The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-03
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that itS spirit and meaning are comprises
10 the words, "the COnstitutioA as It !
and the Union a. It was" By this grea
principle and test the Democracy are de
termined to stand. Defeated they hav
been and may be again, but the time mus
come whsN Jh~i. o'SACsNSO- EIM be cordi
ally, enthusiastically, almost unanimously
Endorsed BY the Americat1 peopl@ Al
who are In favor OF the IhsIntSnaiIEe o
the Constitution d II Is; attd the restora
tiOn of the Union as It was, must soov
join the Democratic party. There is NJ
other place for them to 60. The Admin
istration has trampled upon the one, anC
is endeavOring to dismember the other
and unless arrested in its course by tn,
triumph Of the Democracy, will accom-
plish its object.
1t is q painful! fact that such Platform
is necessary or Of any significance in thi'
State. The contest with open rebellion
against the Constitution and the Union i!
now carried on by arms. What, then, il
the enemy against which we have to con
tend, in behalf of the Constitution anC
the Union, at the ballot boxH 1t is tina
A Abolitionism which demands q new Con
stitution and q different Union-which
under pretence of maintaining the su
premacy Of law, would override all Law
and violate the most sacred constitutions
rights-which, to "give liberty" to 9th
ers, would subject US to military despot.
iSm-and which, in the name Of humani-
ty, would let loose the brutal negro to
accomplish by atrocities what it fears
cannot be accomplished by civilized war
fare. The leaders Of the Administration
party have sOlemnly proclaimed that the
old Union shall not be restored. "No
members OF the Cabinet" exu:tantly, de-
family, arrogantIy exclnims the New York
Tribune, "harbor for moment the idea
Of reconstructing the Union on basis of
slavery" The old Constitution is not
good enough for them; it was made by
white men for the benefit Of white men !;
new one must be formed for the benefit
of negroes. Nothing else will the mem
bers Of the Cabinet accept. The Dcmoc-
racy are satisfied with the good old one,
framed by the fathers of the Republic,
and are pledged to maintain it inviolate.
Is not the Platform presented by the
Democracy one upon which all patriotic
citizens can, and at this time should, stand
together! 1t is in strict accordance with
the resolution adopted by nearly unani-
mouse vote in the United States House of
Representatives, February II, '6l, which
declares
"That neither the Federal Government nor
the people or governments Of the non-Slave.
building States have purpose or constiiu-
tiOnal right to legislate npOn or interfere with
slavery in any Of the States of the Union"
And also with resolution adopted BY
q similar vote, in both the Senate and the
House, and which received the approval
Of President Lincoln himself. at the extra
session of the same year, declaring
That the present deplOrable civil war has
been forced upon the country BY the diSunion-
sts Of the Suuthern States, now in arms
against the constitutional government, aud in
lrms around the capitol; that in this national
emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling Of
mere passion and resentment, will rec"llect
,nly its duty tO the whole country; that this
war is not waged On their part in any spirit Of
1ppssssi"n or fur any purpose of conquest or
j.aM FInrpass az, tpSerlhrawiIy9., Ar
with the rights or established insti-
utiOns Uf those States, but IT, defend and main
ain the supremacy Of the Constitution and to
preserve the Union, with all the dignity equal
" and rights Of the several States Mnimpair-
d; ana that rs soon as these objects are ac-
;omplished the wat ought to cease"
The Democratic party tenaciOusly clings
o the Constitution and the Union as the
'nly hope Of our country. 1t will count
10 expense too great no burdens and sac
'ifices too teavy, for their maintenance.
For that purpose it will cheerfully yield
everything, save those ihestimable rights
which it is the very object Of the Consti-
luton to secure. The Government must
be maintained, and that can be done only
BY maintaining the Constitution upon
which it rests. In the language Of Doug
ns, "what is the Union worth, unless the
Constitution is preserved and maintained
nviolnte in all its provisions? Profes-
sions Of fidelity TO the Union will be ta-
Ken for naught, unless they are accompa-
nicd by obedience to the Constitution
Upon which the Union rests"
-SSSS
OUR quiet community has been much exer-
Used during the past week by a current report
hat one Of the pillars of the Church and fathers
# the Abolition party, had been exercising
strong government" over his household and
Welding the rod Of coercion over his aged com.
,aniOn and helpmAte. The report is true and
has been the cause Of much scandal. We are
1f those who bold that woman should ever re-
:eive gentle treatment, and have not words
strong enough TO express our detestalion of
The brute that nIaltreats his wife; but are not
such acts the legitimate fruit of the present
zone Of popular sentiment When the atroci-
lies Of the Beast Butler" towards the women
of New Orleans. and the bFutalities of Federal
officials towards the women of the South gene
ralIy, are approved from the pulpit and by the
press, may we not expect such acts as this one
hat has so horri6ed the good wives of Placer.
vile to multiply When the best govern.
nent in the world" permits its officials to COM
usR Wholesale acts Of brutality against woman,
without even reb"ke, We must expect its loyal
common people to initiate them. Those in
our midst who indorse the ucts Of Butler. and