The weekly union record., 1864-09-24
a Democratic Threat.


An anonymous correspondent Of the Calfor
MA Express in making a denial of telegram
from this place to the Marysvie Appeal in
relation to tie cheers given for Lincoln and
johnson and General Grant, at the Democratic
meeting, Saturday evening, takes occasion to
threaten Union men il this wise:
This is the last time We will ever suffer
them to disturb Our meeting. We say 10 them,
beware, We have snf red insults at your
hands long enough We DO not wish to break
mp social relations lhat exist TO some degree
among the miles 10 this place, but the Dahl
greD rocket IS a more terrible weapon than the
sword or bullet: You force Us to the issue,
and the curse viii rest on your own head"
The above Is q menace of the Inauguration
of bloodshed and incendarisn by Democrats :,
and is doubtless tue sentiment of some 10 our
midst who are ambitious to become imitators
Of Quanrell aud Forrest, in comparison with
whose acts Of atr0city savage warfare is mild
and humane These would be gnerrillas wait
for the work Of rapne ard slaughter to begin,
that they may wreak bloody revenge upon
Union men whom they malicic2sly hate. But
we say to them, BEWARE, Let them take this
council to themselves, and remember Nv hom
the gods would devoar they first make mad. "
The South orce the garden Of the continent,
but now desoaiel by The terrible struggle that
has been waged throughout her borders, is q
significant Illustration Of this. That the arlS-
tocFatic conspirators who brought this about,
with their barbaric Institution, will be de-
stroyed is Us sure as fate. They rushed, with
the blindness Of rage, to their own destruction.
1t Is true they have brought misery and desc
lation to many Northern hearthstones, but is
that any compensation for their own woes?
The Democrats of Oroville have no just
ground of complaint against their Union
neighbors The speech Of Col. Hatch, who is
an avowed seeessonst, was listened to with as
much patience by our citizens as was consistent
with their determination to maintain the repu-
tation Of the town for genuine Unionism, aud
their fixed resolve to stand by the soldiers and
people Of the North to the end OF the struggle.
The speech was TRADE of abuse against the
Northern people, such as the naughty slave
drivers of the South loved to indulge in the
days when Hammond, in the halls of Congress,
sneered at the mud sills' of the North, whose
intelligence be moderated, but whose bravery
he and his compeoys have since been taught to
respect. The speaker alluded TO 1.-The rabbe
who always hang upon the skirts of parties"
He should have learned, ere this, that the
"rabble" Of the North, unlike those of the
South, are reading "rabbie"-it We except q
class who have always given to the "Democ'
racy" their strength. The Colonel ought to
know that the time Is past When men may draw
comparisons Of an obscene nature in relation to
the "PurItau;cal North" without provoking
the disgust or iil.nature OF his hearers. 1t
might have passed without rebuke in the days
of "Bully Brooks" when Shareholders and
Doughfaees ruled The country, but times have
materially changed since then.
Peace Democrats" should be careful how
they threaten Fosbearance is a virtue pos
sessed by our loyal citizens but, while they
are ready to tolerate anything consistent with
the maintenance of law aud order. they are
determined to put a quietus to overt acts Of
lawlessness in their ineipieucy. Such acts. we
hope, will not occur; but, If they should, Union
men are prepared to act with promptness