The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-01-14
Fatal Poisey.


der other circumstances, are either unseen,
or unconfessed or denied at present But
tisry :z.s, iSNths, nevertheless; Hef9 SNH
sooner they are comprehended and &C.
knowledged and acted upon the better it
will be for the country. The fatal fallAcy
Of the hour is, that success is attainAble
by the present iDiquitOus policy Of the
Administrations policy which is calcu-
lated, If it is not designed, to deceive the
people. We need not inquire in what
success is to consst-whether the restor.
alton Of the Union-the destruction OF
slavery-or the determination of the
white people Of the South. The support
ers Of the war embrace all these classes,
and all Of them will be disappointed. The
radicals are for determination, and nearly
ell Of them for the destruction Of slavery,
and few OF them for the Union Of our faith
ers. They do not hesitate to declare that
they desire the destruction Of the old I'm.
ion, and the establishment Of new ma
tion." We affirm that no man was SO
insane at the commencement Of the war
as to suppose that fraternal blood could
cement the Union, without the co'opera'
ton with US of q considerable portion Of
the Southern people. That cooperation
might have been secured, but it was wick
edly repealed to concliatc and secure the
support of tho Abolition traitors of the
John Brown school; and condition Of
affairs exists to-day, which, had it been
seen ut that time, would have stamped
the war for the Union" as one of the
most reckless and mischievous enterprises
in which men ever engaged. The South,
divided then, is united now; and we do
not know of any man who claims that war
is likely TO give US the Union again. The
special friends of the war do not pretend
that it willard boast that it will not
but they claim that it will give us some
thing bctter-negro freedom. They will
be disappointed here. True, they will
give many slaves the freedom of death,
but they will not abolish the law of slav-
cry in a single State Mr.. Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation has not done
it,nor has it given single slave freedom
Had the Administration pursued con-
ciliatory policy had it respected the rights,
property aud feelings Of the Southern
people, had it refused to listen to the in
sane rawlings Of the radicals, it would have
divided the Southern people and built up
q formidable Union party in the South
party that would have gained strength
daily and in short time been Dominant
But such policy was obnoxious to the
leaders Of the Abolition party,who dread
ed restored Union, knowing that its
restoration would doom them 10 obscuri-
tv. Lincoln had not the tirmneSs to with,
stand their "pressurc," as he remorscful-
ly confessed; he yielded TO it, and in
yielding, sacrificed country to party. lie
adopted their policy, believing it TO be
wicked and fatal, and by adopting it &c.
stroyed the Union sentiment Of the South,
and united the Southern people. History,
reason, and four years of bitter experience
condemn the policy of the Administra-
That policy has extinguished every spark
Of Union sentiment in the Southern States;
it prevents them from coming back into
the Union It has aroused spirit Of de-
tiancc and desperation in the breast Of
every Southern man, woman and child !;
it has imbttered the hatred between the
two sections; it has shed precious blood
10 vain it has crushed industry with en-
ormous taxes and nearly bankrupted the
country. The people will discover, ere
long, the terrible effects Of Lincoln's mis-
chievous policy; they will awake from
their delusion and cast aside the false
prophets by whom they have been led in
to this slough of dcspond.