The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-06-24

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FeIAa safesitQ guess -Ahsa even in 16l4,
when. il Was plotting 10 Withdraw, itself
from the Union, had it caught any other
sections engaged in tIIe same business, III
would Slave cried out treason at the top
Of its.eamUt. a.t.s.t ir1on =. :.
II either one Of our two politics ID, to
break down under the pressure Of that
'gsipiith wi sfray II dnGfchical forces, which.
wiIt 80 muce1 IIl-direeted Industry; 'Wsh
hR\ D been bsgetAing, we are incliHDd to
believe that it yill 6e the central, not the
lor. = establishment; and this for two res.
& AS the superior authenticity Of the lat
Ter, as the expression Of the genius Of the
people, and it's paramount necessity. It,
is the State, not the Federation, which 10
the organic fact of our political 81 stem; the
basis upon which all the other jurisdic.
tiOns are constructed. First born Of the
people, in the order OF time, it is also firSt
in tbs, order of dignity. and Of right. 10
the State, the political character Of the
people spoke inslinctitehyI, and without
disVisiok or comatraint. The State was
no composition Of reluctant compromises;
no average between conflicting theories;
no represen tation Of transient or accident.
al party tnsjorities il was the spontnhe-
ous manifestation Of the political life Of
the,people, in appropriate, iAstituio1s:-
1t will not, perhaps, DO 10. say. that the
State politics of this continent may not At
some time, finish their mission, be.
come effete, and succumb under 4he prin-
ciples of.decay /; but the evidence 10 want.
ing that the Iated period has arrived. x
When apeople bave made their character
cdnctets m 1hstitdtiUns, those iKstitutiohs
do nOtftall'beEOFs theories. 'Tbey Ore iA-
pregusb bio AoSvsFy thing bOt 60ts;'chahges
in economical conditions, or progress, IN
civilization and 1t remains to be proven
that our advance in either has been such
as to render our State establishments
shaCkles.upOn Improvement, in any dsira-
Bile direction. .5. ,...es
Being the child Of theories, the product
of compromises, and the offspring Of L.
borious party CESSATION, the Federal poR.
ty is liable to accident, and subject to be
unsettled by ideas. The. fact Of secession
whatever may be the result-proycs
most cohclusively that, in one important
respect, il did not answer the end f6I
which it was constructed. The intcnsE
jealousy in its favor proves, just - con
clusively, an instructive sense Of its Wan
OF the qualities which insure duration. =
IL there IVES no fear that it would fSh
there would be no propensity TO disu1un
tie the States TO gain materials With which
to buttress its dropping walls and strength
en- its settling foundations. We know
that under the new conditions which the
the past four years have generated there
wiu be, forces against il which sinsxGri be-
fore existed; and We do, not knoH, that,
even II the dismantI tIemenE Of the States
wee ID A4hg easy tots dime, any thing
wCd be- thspsbyo gained toned te'the
durability Of tbe instioARk 0stablishuieat.
Alter the. smoke OF. the conflict, has
cleared away, and time has been afforded
to surrey, with coolness, the eritir6 peliti-
cal field, it will, we suspect, be discover
cd, that it il not in. the States, 90 such,
that the means are to be found to give
that strength to the Central Government
which is thought by many to be so essen-
tial to its continuance and efficiency. 1t
is not the right Of the States, but the lib
critics Of the people, that will be found in
the way Of that reform in our institutions,
which now exists as an unshaped concep.
tion, rather than as deinitive scheme
7If the States arc to be- extinguished; It
will not be because they, iD themselves,
interpose an obstacle to the proposed rev
olution, but because they are incidentally
the guardians Of popular franchises, things
which the ideal strong government will
need to have under its own exclusive con-
troll. The pulling down Of the States will,
therefore, be simply preparatory to the
putting down Of the people. First
clear away the defenses. and then capture
the garrison. The proceeding against the
people can be masked under the pretense
that il is only against some, Of the useless
and cumbrous Institutions; and upon this
plea, it is hoped, 9uDdOabtedlys by those
who haEe GOT .IaE enOugh to think ofa
plan for the campaign, that the people
may be induced to help in the work Of
destruction, and make breach in their
own walls for the enemy to enter. How
truly they conjecture time only can de.
eide. ..
We do not say these things TO deter
any who may be melted, by their theories,
their convictions, or even by that most
potent of all human motives, their inter-
ests, to enlist in the work Of strengthening
the nation with material torn from the
States. We admit to tire full the doc.
triHe that there is no Sacredness in insti'
tutions; that they are all, at thci Ap-
pointed time, doomed to decay and death;
and that, when they have ceased to be,
any longer, fitting representatives Of the
character and tendencies, they
not only ought to, but they will, inevita-
oily fall. II the States, as States, have an.
swered the end of their creation, let them |
be swept away; ifthey have not, they |
will, Of themselves. supply all the resist |
aBoe necessary to their own preservation. |
Weare willing to see tbelezperiment tried;
and viii s60t light against the order Of
but we WI not,as at present
advised, embark ia the work, simply ba,
cause We believe that they who do sOwill |
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