Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-05-11
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ed forces to Grants victorious leeions .,
Appomattox Court House ever since the
traitorous emblem of the bastard Confederacy
has ceased to faunt its treason, and BY being
trailed in the dust lost the potency of the
charm which caused the ignorant masses OF
the South to flock to its support; now that
the clarion notes of war are no longer heard,
the doors Of the Temple of Janus are closed.
the last hope of the slaveholding oligarchy
crushed, and the sun of liberty, bathed in the
blood of half a million of martyrs, emerges
from the conflict, frightened and hallowed
BY the terrible ordeal through which it has
passed, class of men protesting to belong
to the Union party has persistently maintain
ed. since the suspension Of actual hostilities,
that the objects for which the party was form
ed have been attained, its mission fulfilled,
and that there was no longer any necessity
for keeping up its organization. Entirely
ignoring the principles upon which the party
is based. and overlooking the fact that man
who would willingly, were it in his power,
hand the North over, bound hand and foot,
to the tender mercies of the implacable enc
mics of freedom, occupies the Presiden-
tial chair, they seem to think that be-
cause the Government has been successful in
putting down armed rebellion, the victory il
gained and nothing more remains to be done.
Al general thing. those who now advocate
the disruption of the party, were never i'm.
bued with Union sentiments. They Joined
the organization simply because it was 4
popular movement, and with the hope that
during the excitement incident upon the
breaking out of the rebellion they could OBJ
tain position and power. Disappointed in
their ambitious aspirations. they are now
striving to destroy the party which carried
US safely through the most trying period in
our history. hoping to erect upon its ruins q
new political organization Of which they
would be the leaders. Luckily the loyal
masses OF the North too thoroughly under
stand the dangers Of the present situation Of
the affairs Of the nation to be led astray BY
the specious arguments of these recreants.
The necessity for maintaining the organiza-
ton and standing firmly by its principles is
as great now as at any time during the pro-
gress of the war. As yet, but single State
which severed its connection with the Union
has been restored. Although the armies of
the Confederacy have been beaten. captured
and scattered to the four winds of the earth,
is the spirit of rebellion crushed: Not by
any means. The hydra. headed monster,
though ground beneath the iron heel of the
Government. still Kisses forth its defiance
and proclains that though overpowerej it is
not conquered, and only awaits . favorable
opportunity to again strike at the liberties of
the people. The tone of the Southern press,
the sentiment of the people and the action of
their leaders. plainly indicate what their
course would be were it not for the whole.
some fear in which they stand of the strong
arm Of the law. They have persistently in.
terposed every obstacle in their power to the
rehabilitation Of the seeded States, and are
constantly evincing their repugnance to as
sumo their former relations in the Union,
except upon their own terms. Since the
cessation Of hostilities, hundreds of loyalsts
have been murdered by these "reconstructed"
rebels. and the hanging of freedmen who at
tempted to exercise their rights. has been
regarded as a mere matter of pastilne. The
amount of the business is, the Southern peo-
pie are as hostl now to the principles Of
free government, as they were the day their
leaders '.fred the Southern heart" by bonn
harding Fort Sumter. The North gained tie
victory but has not yet reaped its fruits.
The great. vital question of reconstruction
has not yet been settled. and the status of
the black man remains to be definitely fixed.
To those wavering. undecided Union men
who are inclined to leave the party upon the
ground that 1t has accomplished all that it
was intended to. and that there no longer
exists necessity for the maintenance of its
organization. We desire to PROFOUND this
auctions: In the present unsettled, perilous
condition Of national affairs, with an Execu-
tive who is devoted, heart and soul, to the
interests and designs of the traitors Of tho
South, to whom do you wish to entrust the
helm Of the ship Of State. To the hands of
party composed Of Northern Copperheads
and Southern Secessionists-a party which
il once in power would again scatter our
navy to the four quarters of the globe, empty
our arsenals and SO divide our army as to
render it powerless, in order to afford the
South another opportunity to rebel-or to
the guidance Of that organization which
proved the salvation Of the country in its
hour Of direst need: II to the latter, then
remain unyielding in your adherence to the
principles upon which its platform is based,
and support. to the best Of your ability. the
candidates who are put forward as the expo.
nents of those principles. Reeollect that .
full State ticket is to be elected this Fall.
Representatives for Congress. who will have
a voice in the settlement of momentous na-
tional questions, are to be chosen. A Chief
Magistrate. who will occupy the position for
the next four years, is to be elected.
1t is Of vital importance that . sweeping,
overwhelming victory be gained BY the Union
party. next September. and the only way to
effect it is for Union men to stand firmly by
their organization.
WE respectfully direct the attention of our
readers to the advertisement Of Weihe / Co.
which We publish this week. They are jus,