Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-04-21
The Appeal to Arms.

1t will hardly be believed that scarcely one
wear after the excitement attendent upon the
murder of Abraham Lincoln person pretending
to be an American citizen occupying the shoes
of one whose entire printing establishment was
thrown out of windows for the cnunciation of
similar sentiments, and who himself narrowly
escaped being hung a violen; and open advo-
cate of the assassination, can coolly proceed, in
the midst of a patriotic community, from which
he soicts the patronage that gives him his daily
bread, to invcigh against the Government as
tyrannical, and once more to counsel armed
resistance to the laws Proceeding upon the
ground that open dishonesty has been practiced.
the editor OF the San Francisco Examiner for
merry the Democratic Press reiterates the slurs
so current Of 4 81 bogus Rump Congress, and
queries Does any one belierc thatlars Tins forced
upon tie country Gy THESE UsURPIyG wRETcHES-
laws plainly and palpably at variance with the
Constitution-,eiH he enforced in tie Stqtes?"
Yes, there are a fer who of that way of
thinking and, as the pugnacious gentleman of
sccesh proclivites who edits the Examiner must
have been satisfied by the events of the past four
or five years, who will gladly help to enforce
them, if it be necessary to exterminate the
entire tribe of insurrectonary writers and politi
clans who are continually urging the overthrow
of the Union. The rebels may have adopted Il
new phraseology, but it is all onc-the making
war upon Cogress would be the same making
war upon the Union. and would result in another
bloody strife, which would nearly dicimate the
population without accomplishing its object
To the contrary, we believe that the result of
another rebellion would be to utterly extinguish
the people whose sectionaism so far outweighs
their prudence that they are anxious to destroy
two-thirds of their white fellow citizens for the
sake of accomplishing their purpose. The En-
dminer says alt is high time that this vile
farce meaning the legislation of Congress
should cease" and those who think with the
editor would fain convert it into tragedy. 'lf
the people are willing to be ruled by bogus
Rump Congress, representing part of the States,
let us know it at once. We can then either sig
nifty our acquescence in the new order, or pre-
pare to overthrow the vile oligarchy. But let it
be one thing or the other. Which shall it be?
Stevens Committee or the Constitution? The
Civil Rights Bill overrides both State and Federal
constitutional oblterates all opposing statutes,
and even removes the social distinctions which |
native instinct and the promptngs of decency
have in all times established among the races
The probability is that this law, by fraud and
violence. will pass the forms of enactment. Will
it be enforced? If so, then truly are the Ameri-
can people degenerate race. and the sooner
thev have a master the better"
If this is not an almost direct appeal to arms,
Ms plainly rs language could indicate, we are
incapable of forming an opinion. Yet the utter
ance of treason in the public prints is COM
mon as are traitors. For heaven sake, have |
not the rebels had enough of the appeal to arms ?
Sacramento Der.