Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-09-15
CALAvERAS CHRONICLE.
MOKELUMNE HILL:
SATURDAE.:: SEPTEMBER Is. 1866
Mot Fulfilled


Upon the conclusion of the war, when
Lee and other generals who had armies un-
der their command had surrendered their
forces, and actual hostilities in the field had
ceased, there was a certain class of politicians
who proclaimed that the causes which called
into existence the Union party had ceased to
exist, that its mission was ended, its destiny
fulfilled, and declared that there was no long
er any necessity for keeping up its organiza-
ton. They asseverated that party composed
of such incongruous materials, constituted
by the consolidation of the wrecks of almost
every former political creed, could not be
held together after the crisis which caused its
formation had passed away. They seemed
to expect that as soon as the last rebel had
lain down his musket, the work was accom-
plished, and that each individual would return
to the political organization to which he had
formerly belonged. Entirely ignoring the
great principles enunciated in the platform
of the Union party, and overlooking the diff
6culties and embarrassments which would
infallibly attend the work of reconstructing
the seeded States, before they could be per-
mitted to assume their former positions in the
to disorganize the party which had saved the
nation, and hoped. by the formation of new
parties, to obtain place and power. Caring
for nothing but the emoluments of office,
seeking only their self -aggrandizement. will
ling to peril the safety of the nation could
they but secure the advantages of position,
they became possessed with the idea that
Others were as devoid of principle and merce-
nary as themselves, and had no doubt that
by free use of Federal patronage they could
so weaken the Union organization that CO.
alition with the Copperheads would make
them the dominant party. But they miscal-
culated the stability, integrity and patriot
Ism of Union men. They are becoming con.
scious that something more potent than de-
sire for official position binds Union men to-
gether in the bonds of fraternal sympathy.
Johnson's appointments. since his desertion
of the party to which he owes his elevation
to power, have almost invariably been scorr-
fully rejected when offered to men of sound
Union principles. With the immense inhu-
ence of the patronage a. the disposal of the
Executive, the traitorous renegade was una
BILE to cause any considerable detection in tie
columns of the Union party. A few syco-
phantic adherents, men to whom ''bread and
butter" is paramount to principle, followed
him into the ranks of the Copperheads. Con-
gress has stood firm and unwavering in the
defence of the great principles of liberty and
equality, despite the allurements of Federal
patronage and threats of Executive vengeance
They have been tried in the balance and found
not wanting. They hold in their hands the
fate OF the nation, and most Zealously have
they guarded the charge entrusted to their
care. So long as they remain true to the
best interests of the country, we have moth
ing to fear from the impotent johnson. The
reception which he has met during his trip to
Chicago, and the result of the elections in the
New England States, must certainly have
convinced his accidental Excellency of the
fallacy OF his hopes to break up the Union
party. and taught him that the people do
not and will not endorse "my policy"
The mission of the Union party. instead of
being fulfilled. has scarcely commenced
When the traitors of the South inaugurated
bloody and disastrous civil war in a hither-
to peaceful and prosperous country, they not
only fired the Southern heart "'but also
kindled flame in the breast of the patriotic
North which will never be quenched until
every cause which led to the revolt has been
consumed. Hecatombs of victims have been
sacrificed to the Moloch, slavery. and the
loyal citizens of the United States have pur-
chased, with their blood. the right to enjoy
the blessings of free government. When
every star which was torn by traitorous hands
from our glorious banner, is restored, and
none but loyal citizens allowed voice in the
affairs of the nation, will the end for which
the Union party was formed be accomplish
ed, and until then the organization will be
maintained.