Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-20
IHE UNION.
FIpm the New Y ork Mercury

and dnott er at the South, who, with perfectly
antagonis:ic principles, are laboring for the
same end. namely, the dissolution Of the e.
Mon. T'at wise and thinking men are no
to be misfed by either Northern or Southern
fanaticisIsl, we are well aware; but many O
the thoug..ltless may be led by their loud Draw
lings to ssppCs3 that there is d question wheth
er alter all the country would not be benefit
ed 10y dIydIng 1t into two parts, when in re-
alltF no ouch question ought for a moment to
exist In j.le mind Of humane being. Tc
those wi. imagine that the question is open
It nsay b. well to present the testimony of q
4rcshet, .han whom none greater has arisen
son {he csntinent, whose voice may well sound
nov. as : voice from the grave. By singu-
lar coincs dence, the dates Of the extracts Civ
. en- are IDENTICAL.
On tbs 18th day of September, 1897, a letter
sof Whichithe following is a part, was trans
emitted bs George Washington, President OF
:the; g Convention which sat at Philadelphia,
during that year, to the President of the
Congress of the United States in session. In
Il "a convention and Congress were represent
ed the States Of New Hampshier, Massachu-
sets, Connecticut, New y ork, New Jersey,
Pefmsy lgania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
\ orth Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
$ We have the honor to submit to the
consideration of the United States in Congress
assembled, that Constitution which seemed
to as most advisable. y
$ In all our deliberations on this subject,
we. kept steadily in our view that which ap-
pears to ;Is the greatest interest of every true
AThericah--the consolida tion of our Union, in
which Is involved our prosperity, safety, per-
haps out national existence.
d Thin important consideration, seriously
impressed on our minds, led each State in the
Conven.on to be less rigid on points of infe-
rior maAnitude than might have otherwise
been elpC C ed; and thus the Constitution
which We now present, is the result Of spir-
1t ct ami ~; and of that mutual Difference and
concess .on which the popularity of our polit-
zeal situation render Indispensable.
: BY Unanimous order of the convention,
'GEORGE WASHINGTON Pres"
On the 18th of September, nine years after
ward, w. in 1896, was delivered that Fare
well dtress to the people ofthe United States,
which i, ought TO be in the heart and on
the lips IF every child in the land. 1t will be
reLnemL, cred with what earnestness the Patri-
OF pleas; for continuance of the Union.
q PROFOUNDLY penetrated with this idea,
shall cary it with me to my grave, as strong
incitemsnt to unceasing vows that Heaven
may continue to you the choisest tokens of
It's benhicence; that your union and brotherly
affectioal may be perpetual; that the free Con-
stitutios. which is the work of your hands,
may be- sacredly maintained. \ The
unity o. government which constitute you one
people,i also now dear to you. 1t is justly
SO; for.i is main pi lar in the edifice of your
Ie Il indePendence-the support of your tram
guilty 'at home, your peace abroad, of your
safety sof your prosperity, of that very liberty
you so .ighly prize. But as it is easy to fore
sde tha.,, from different causes and from differ
eht quSrterS, much pains Will be taken, many
attlhce,s employed. to weaken In your minds
the conviction of its truth; as this is the point
IN yous political fortress against which the
batteries Of internal and external enemies will
De moA constantly and actively, Though of
ten cosertly and insiduously) directed, it is
Of infisite moment that you should properly
eStlma,e the immence value of your national
Union, to your collective and Individual hap
mess that you should cherish a cordial, hab-
itual, and immovable attachment to it, accus-
tomina yourselves to think and speak of it as
Of the palladium of your political safety and
Frospe,rity; watching for its preservation with
Jealous anxiety, discountenancing whatever
Ilay suggest suspicion that it can, in any e.
vent, re Abandoned and indignantly frown-
ing ION the first dawning of every attempt
to alel. iate any portion of our country from the
rest, q. to enfeeble the sacred ties which now
link tssgether the various parts"
EMIGRATION TO wEST-WISCONSIN
Mr.. MOONEY, who is organizing a society
to direct his counuymen to happy homes in
she " est, hands US the following interesting
letter for publication:
Newly DIRK, Sept. D, 1913.
DEAR SIR: Iheared with pleasure your
lecture on the subject of emigration from Ire
Aand to Wisconsin and Iowa.
was in Wisconsin from August. 1S47 un-
til the latter part of March, 1913, and travel
ed over the greater portion of the settled part
of the State, then Territory. | assure you,
Il was delighted with the beauty of the country
the fertility of the soil, the great variety and
value of the many natural advantages possess
ed by the region, and the intelligent, enterprl-
sing, moral and hospitable character of the
people.
The best lands in Wisconsin, east of the
Wisconsin River, are already In the hands OF
land Spectators, or of the settlers now resi-
ding there But believe that In consequence
of the large quantities OF land entered In WIS
consin by spectators, under military land
warrants. which the spectators obtain iron
the soldiers at very low prices, farms suitable
for emiqrants, and in great numbers, can be
had by persons wishing to form actual settle
ments at Government rates. In Wisconsin
west and northwest of the Wisconsin River
public lands of prime quality may still be ha'
/ in abundance from Government; but the land
| Eastward of the River, and convenlentto out
/ lets communicating with the markets OF New
/ England and New y ork, are considered NOR
/ eliplbIe than locations whose outlet Is south
!