Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-01-11

IL The following remarks occurred IN
the speech of Mr. Baker, of Illinois, and
win find a response in every heart. The
threatening and Boosting of the southern
members viii fail to deter the Wing adj
ministration from keeping right onward in
their progress until the victory is won and
the curse of slavery chained down to its
present limits; there to work its own des-
truotion in utter helplessness. Even if
therewere dangerof the execution Of south
ern threats theconducto Of the Whigswould
be the same but there is none. The peo-
pie of the south must be too enlightened,
and too patriotic to harbor seriously the
feelings which their representatives would
attribute to them. And even in the case
of these Representatives, the political hacks
Of the party-we question very much, if
every man among them did not in his heart
admit the justice and strength of Mr.. Ba-
kers rembrlls. The following are the con
Guiding remarks in Mr. Bakers eloquent
address U'estfe1d Messenger.
l repeat, sir, we will begoverncd by the
viii Of the majority Of the people, consti-
stitutionally expressed; but neither for
the District Of Columbia, or California, or
New Mexico, viii we desire or even dream
Of dissolution of the Union
Gentlemen, when you threaten disso-
luton of the Union, we shall doubt. When
you protest, we shall disclain; but no fer
vid declarations, DO fiery appeals to south
ern feeling, no solemn inyocations to the
Almighty, (as If indeed he was a God Of
Discord) viii make US believe that here,
in this Hall, there is one man who cham
bers in his secret heart purpose so ac-
cursed and so deadly Sir, we do not be-
lieve the Union can ccer be djSs0zre1 No
evidence shall convince us. until the deed
is done, yet if such thing be possible, it
shall not be our fault We shall not be
inundated by threats of violence. We
shall not shrink from the calm expression
Of our deliberate Judgment. We are here
as freemen, to speak for freemen and we
will speak and act as becomes US, in the
face Of the world and of poster;ty Gen
tlemen. who is there among US, amid all
this talk Of dissolution, that does not love
the Inion2 Is there man in this vast
asscmblage, who, on the coolest reflection,
would not give his blood to cement it p
Is not this our Country, and is it not all
our country EApplause.[ Sir,1I confess
this response eladdens my heart and al
ready I reproach myself that I could wa
yer in my confidence but for a moment
Il was a moUrnful spectacle to a true mind
ed man, when threats Of disunion, fierce
and bitter, could draw forth shouts Of APP
pause from gentlemen on the other side
Of the House, as triumphant as if disunion
were glory, and as if indeed, the threats
were already accomplished And yet, sir
the echo contradicts the utterancc. This
shout for the Union viii be taken up by
the masses, it welcomes a experimentation
Of hope and JOY. Tt viii swell among the
mountains Of the North, and travel wiCh
the winds across the prairies Of the West
1t viii vibrate through all the vast extern
ton Of the Confedezacy, and be repeated
by thousand advancing generations
SIR, in the name Of tle men Of the North
so rudely attacked, and speaking what /
know to be their sentiments, [ say disc
luton Of this Union IS, must be, shall be,
impossible, as long as an American heart
beats in an American bosom, or the Al
mighty sends His wisdom and His good
ness to guide and to bless US,
THE delivery Of these remarks was in
terrupted several times by applause