Year: 1861

l mon states ItI iOsSdity Is u HAeu idcl,
and her citizens take a just pride in manly
and Independent avowal of their feelings by all
the usual modes accepted on great State occa-
sions. The friends and sympathizers of Seces-
sion, in most instances, retire before the over
whelmlng wave of the popular will, and leave
but few to chafe and rant in their mad insanity
against their Government; and those few poor
followers, although they have an abiding faith
in the Ultimate success of the JEFF Davis treason,
and the independence Of the Negro Confedera-
cy, show little or no disposition to quit State
that has shown Enthusiastically, her firm deter
mination not only 10 stand by the mother
| Government but to do all in her power to nip
treason in the bud. 1t was to be hoped, from
their late expressed devotion to the seeding
States, that when California should take her
stand against the rebels and usurpers of the
South, that they would put that devotion into
practice, and fly to the land of their hearts
dearest affections and fight for her liberties and
pretended injured rights. But not so they
remain here in so hopeless minority that their
voices never break forth except when fred by
the rawlings of a well ordered insanity, amount
ing almost to expressions of conditional Union
men, The fact is they love the South with
a blind infatuation, compassed by no control
ling reason, and think she is laboring under
the most grevous wrongs but when the stick
ing point is presented to them, Of" why don't
you go there, if you think they are right, and
we are wrong? they all answer, " We are sat
satisfied better here" They must all be salts
lied now, that there is no controversy here =
They are not wanted to uphold the South or
justify her course but, in the general demon
strations of our people, they must not be al
lowed, with impunity, to join the vast multi
tudes in expressing their devotion to their
Government and the Union, by mixing in and
saying, " Go on, boys we are all in this Union
movement its good joke, etc." If such
expressions are allowed, it is but mockery of
the sacred devotions exhibited by our people,
and very little of such leaven corrupts the
whole mass. Our watchword now is, as it has
been heretofore, that we want none n our
ranks, but unconditional Union men no time
for wavering now exists, and none should be
trusted with place or high Office, who have
wavered in their adhesion to the Government
and Union, since the first aggressive act against
our flag by the rebels of the so called South
ern Confederacy


The National Democratic Central Commit
tee have shown to the people of the State, that
all partizan political feeling can be cast aside,
when the great question is presented to them
whether the Government is to be maintained
at all hazards, in this crisis. The action of
responded to by the good and loyal people of
our State, all of whom can meet together upon
the principles enunciated in their proceedings,
and join in the Councils called to carry out
the sentiments Of that Committee and all un-
conditional Union men. We cannot but ex-
press our satisfaction at the action of that





non coercion Breckinrdgers, for with them the
people have no sympathies, and we know that
they are not the aflinities - of the uncondi-
tional Union Democracy of our State. We
have no time nor inclination now, to talk
about compromise or what coercion may event
ually produce we only know ths-that our
country has been wickedy wronged by the
Southern rebels and traitors in their overt acts
of treason-beginning to be too numerous to
mention-and we are on the side of the main
tenance of the Government and the Union
We wish our wrongs redressed, and will not
count the cost Millions of money are at our
command ample supplies are at hand, with
out looking outside Of the loyal States and
men, to vindicate the just cause are as the
leaves of the forest, and patriotism now sinks
all other considerations into insignifcance.-
Our country calls upon her true sons to avenge
her wrongs, maintain her integrity, and uphold
her nationality. Who is there then, that is
unwilling to march to the music of the Union
We apprehend few, indeed


A GROSS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are at
loss to determine the cause which instigated
the member of the Democratic Central Com
mittee from this county, Hon. j. w. McCorkle,