The Placer herald., 1863-07-11


demonstrate to the Border States and the seced-
ers. how conservative and concilatory the Chica-
go statesmen could be. Peace being the object,
insult was added 10 injury, in order to attain it,
on \ Republican basis!
Sd. The Supreme Court of the United States
beieg the final arbiter, on all constitutional
questions, having solemnly adjudicat ed, in the
Dred Scott case, that no negro could become
citizen Of The United States, the willy Secretary
Of State-the irrepressible philosopher of free
niggerism in order to exhibit his profound
acquiesence in the law, -.s laid down by that
august tribunal, inaugurated the system of
granting passports to negroes rs American cit
zens, and sent Caesar and Ponp and Cufec
abroad. as the specimen samples of the Amer-
can people.
4th. The same potentate, famishng for the
scent of genuine Ebo. and disposed still further
to conciliate the alienated South. and win her
back to the arms of her Uncle's embraces, ;vised
all the precedents of the State Department, and
by the aid of a subservent Congress, elevated
| the odorterous representatives of Hayti and
Liberia, TO official equality with Lord Lyons and
the Count De Sartiges.
| 5th. Still further to evince the cordiaity of
their aft action for the erriDg sisters" and to
expedite their voluntary return to the Union, the
President and Cabinet devised the ingenious
scheme of destroying the harbors Of the Confed-
crate States, by sinking old hulks in the main
channels, loaded with stones and anchored with
rusty caDleS. o eHeCJ tnlS SeVcraI mlllOnS OF
dollars were expended in the purchase Of IAN
cient marines,' ut enormous rates. These bug
eaten crafts towed into position, and at a
given signal, the vandal act was done, and Char
lesion sealed forever against the commerce of the
word-in the opinion of the Cabinet. Nature,
however, rebeled on the side of the rebels, and
Abolition hate diluted and rendered harm
less by the swelling tides of Cooper and Ashley
rivers.
9th. Following closely upon the heels of this
barbarian triumph, came the Confscation and
Forfeiture acts of Congress. In order greatly
to promote the afectionate remembrance of the
secedcrs, and develop The Union sentiment of the
South, the Federal Legislature violated two
clauses Of the Constitution, in the same breath.
They passed IN er post facto law, overriding
section g. article H. and an act working forfeiture
forever, in utter contempt of section g. article Ill.
These cnactments were designed expressly to
show the rebels, how inviolahle the Aboionists
regarded Constitutional provisions, aud how safe
it would he for them to return to their allegiance.
18th. Rising still higher in the scale oil states
manship, and more and more impressed with the
sanctity Of his inauguration OATH the President.
forced by 4 pressure" which he declared to be
rrepressiblc issued his celebrated Proclamation
('aganst the comct) of September 22d, 1862.
This act WAS particularly pleasant to the rebel
lous States, as it was so well calculated to ap-
pease excitement and revive confidence "n the
best Government the world ever saw" Indeed
no measure could have been invented SO pc
culiarly adapted to the end in view, the recon
slruction Of the Union. But after all, it WAS
merely threat.
Sth, But on January lst, 1868. came the cdct
of negro equality, emancipation and citizenship.
This blow was not aimed at the heart, or at the
head the right arm Of the rebellion, but it
WAS designed to break its backbone! On the 9th
September, 1862 Horace, the prophet, declared
in the Tribune: "With such policy, the traitors
must be called, in good part, from their armies,
| to defend and secure their firesides. With such
policy, in good faith adopted. and thoroughly
carried out. we believe sirty days would amply
suffice to break the backbone of the shareholders
rebellion" Wise prophet! Here we are
first Of July, and the backbone does not even
seem to be bent. This emincntly just measure
produced the results intended. 1t operated mi
raculouSly to restore the Union. 1t courted
efectually the Union men in the South, whose
property was so handsomely enhanced by It, that
they at once threw down their arms and posted to
Washington City TO return thanks In the mean
time Federal officers armed their slaves and sig
nifc ntly pointed to the deenseless women and
children. 1t was so novel u mode to enact justice
that nobody hut Chicago phil 'nthropist could
have discovered it. This commingng the inno-
cent with the guilty, and publishing fidelity even
handedly with treason, commend itself sufficient
ly to the Republican conscience. Besides, it was
so easily done. 1t needed no investigation. II
called for no inquiry 1t avoided the expense Of
| a trial. The experiment was successful, and the
South became almost a unit.
9th. Its unity was completed recently by the
happy faculty the Federal Generals possess for
carrying on the war with christian principles
and the laws of nations The inctation OF negroes
to insu rection; the arming Of mcnial and house.
hold servants; the burning Of Statehouses; the
plundering Of private residences; the larceny Of
spoons and tea kettles, and ladies skirts; the war
in destruction Of pianoes. libraries and bureaus;
the Withholding Of medicines from the sick, the
wounded and the dying; the freezing to death of
prisoners of war at Camp Chase, and the rape of
the school girls at Athens, altogether form such
a catalogue OF brotherly affection must make
the hearts of the rebels yearn, for speedy re-
newal OF constitutional relations with their
"br rehren" Of the North.
The natural result of this wise, patriotic, and
statesman like policy is seen in the following ex
tract from daily paper published in this State.
1t is headed ALABAMA UNIONIsM: "A correspond
ent who was with General Dodge in Northern
Alabama, in April, writes that there no
signs of the Union sentiment which prevailed in
that region in the earlier stages Of the rebel
| HOn."
| We have seen by what means Republican
craftsmanship united divided South We will
next show how the same policy divided a united
North PYM.
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