The Placer herald., 1863-03-14
The Abolitionist Dlsunionists.

The aboitoniss are franticaly appeal
ing to the people to save their party from
The overwhelming and crushing defeat that
awaits it at the hands of long patient
and lorg suffering Democracy. They
are growing more reckless than ever before
in their vile and unmanly abuse of patriotic
Democrats. They are more than usually
earnest upon the hackneyed subject of DEM
orratic ingratitude dsioya ly and treason.
They still insist that Abe Lincoln is the
Government, and that it is treason to op,
pose his Administration or to cri,icise his
acts. With these poor blind bigots and
fanatics an unhesi;ating acqniesence in eve
ry act and measure of Lincoln and his crazy
advisers and supporters is the only
standard of patriotism and public virtue
Every man is vile 'secessionist' and traitor,
deserving death and public dissertation, who
is bold enough to question the wisdom of
Lincoln's acts, or to differ with the Abolition
madmen of New England The Democracy
acknowledges no allegiance to these men.
The Democracy regards the whole batch Of
them as so many traitorous disloyalists
themselves. against whom it is the highest
uuty VI DdlTlblS VI Wal uOW anu iONtItI
more. The Democratic party honors and
lones the Government of their country,
while they utterly srorn and detest the cor
rupt and unprincipled revoutionsts, who
are now seeking to ensave the people of
the free States. While protesting to be the
peculiar and exclusive friends and champ
ons of our country and its free institutions,
these bad men are plotting to dlssember the
Union forever and to change our form of
Government. While waare willing to ad,
NIT that there are honest patriots in the
Abolition party, who sincerely desire resi-
toraton of the Union. no intelligent man
can now doubt that the leaders Of the party
are fully resolved that the two sections of
the old Union shall remain forever apart.
We cannot be mis- aiken AS to the purpose of
the Abolition leaders. A war to preserve
the Union was the widest chimera that
ever entered into the human brain. How
ever general the monstrous d lusion upon
this subject among the masses of the people
we never believed that the Abolition leaders
of New England were the victims of it,
We believed at the commencement, what
subsequent events have demonstrated to be
the facl-'ha; they provoked this war for
the double purpose of breaking up the
American Union and aboshing republican
government upon this continent. OF course
the war was embraced hy these Abolition
leaders all the more eagerly, as atfrdng at
once the means OF gratifying their malignant
hate OF the South and the opportunity for
robbing and llundering the Government
aud the people of all their wealth. 1t is
now boldly proclaimed by many Of these
men, that there is no Union of the States
Some OF the most prominent among them
have already expressed a desire for peace
upon the tasis OF final separation between
the North and Soath To this all of them
vii come AS sure as the sun shines in the
heavens. We toresaw it, and warned the
people of it more than year since. Lin
coins proclamation had no other purpose
to serve under heaven than to render reunion
impossible We will not say that he-poor,
weak and trembling man-so intended his
proclamation. The men who urged him on
to the commission of that crime against the
Constitution of his country, never had any
other motive in so doing.
To these criminal conspirators against their
country and Government the Democratic
party owes no allegiance and will acknowI'
edge none. We will cling TO the Constiu-
ton and defend it; nor are we to he over
awed or intimida'ed in the performance
of a asarred and patriotic duty by the libel
Gus slang of abolition editors. They and
their party leaders are traitors and the only
traitors in tn" loyal States. Their party is
already condemned by the verdict Of the
people, and, Ike a trembling feIon with the
halter around his neck, only awaits exeru-
ton. In the days Of its power, whilst riot
ing in the lust of usurped dominion, it could
inspire terror throughout the country; now
it only excites measureless contempt and
disgust. Express.