Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-07-18

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/ (At length Hon Kenneth Rayner. OF
/ South Carolina. arose aud stated that he
/ bad so said, and took this occasion TO saw
that be considered the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise, wrong and an out
rage, to which the North ought not to
submit. He said if he had been a mem
Der of Congress he would have had his
right hand severed from his body before
he would consented to the iniquity
Gov Brown. of Tennessee. said he had
stated that 1t was wrong and unjust to re-
peal that act but inasmuch as it was
passed he was opposed to agitation on the
subject by reinstatiug it.
-Four or five more, at this point, took
the floor at once, Ford remarking pleas
antly, Keep cool. gentleman We are
going to have an interesting class meet
ing here; but come up to the confession
al, one at u time ~
daughter long and loud \ number
of gentlemen confessed III substance In
what Gov Brown did)
Mr.. Ford proceeded by saving that
IAN open confession was good for the
soul :" and he hoped that the gentlemen
would learn another truism That the
only way to get rid of guilt was to =: re-
pent and sin no more All we ask of
you, gentlemen. is to do right. remember
ing that there are eternal and unehangc-
able principles of right, which no circum-
stances can vary. and which God himself
may not disturb
By your confessions this day coupled
with your action. you place yourselves in
the condition OF thief who. having bro
ken into your house aud got possion Of
your money, you detect and arrest. You
say to him, you william what are you
doing. thus invading my most sacred
rights ?" The thief comes up to the con
fessioual, as our friends have this day.
saying, :" | know [ have invaded Your
most sacred rights | confess have com
mitted an outrage and inflicted Il great
injury upon you | have broken into
your house and stolen your money |
have done this mean thing | regret, |
deplore it bit. 1nuSnlltct H0f7CltliSta11d-
5aE. neterthelcsS as / hare got IN NOR, let
there be no disturban between me and
thee | both fear and dislike agitation.
Let US just settle this difficulty You juSt
step ont and let me keep Y0Ltr house and
langbter)
This is the ridiculous light in which
we view you Southern gentlemen out in
Ohio (IIere Mississippian interrupts
BY saying. This line was worth nothing
of no value to any person') Ford pro
cecded by saying: That is beautiful you
will steal our property and for excuse say
e It's yalueless Return tie stolen .e00oS
o1ad let the olcacJ jfr tie ruiuc If 1t was
but an old iackuife It's not yours Come
up like men and d the great thing
Confess your wrong and do the riPht--al
WAYS remem bering that to do the right
and avoid the wrong is the great end Of
our being. Do not you, gentlemen of the
South, shrink away from this contact with
truth F.: don't you, | entreat you. through
falsehood or hypocrisy. meanness or fraud,
attempt to hide yourselves from the open
eye of Honor (LODg continued applause
You Southern gentlemen nave said many
pretty things about the Union. We, too.
are devoted to this Union first, last. aud
all the time and we do not make Slavery
a condition precedent to our attachment
to this Union, either Can YOU say as
much Thank God we Of the west have
higher. holier. and more patriotic motives.
We are devoted to this Union, because
ere long, by its perpetuIty and advance
meut, we expect to become an empire of
Freemen, aud because our Union Is the
hope of struggling Freedom everywhere
(Cheers loud and long) Every public
demonstration | have attended here, pat
riotic gentlemen have attempted to turn
into a Union saving machine-uu;d am
sick of the endless prating about the
Union-being fully satisfied that TREY say
Union once and mean NegIo three times.
(Laughter)
The Union. rest assured, is in no dan
GER. We Of Ohio do not intended to 90
out of the Union. or let any body else do
so (Loud cheering And if you fill
clustering South Carolina gentlemen think
Of going out of the Union, please take a
retrospective view OF your past lives, and
YOU viii find this is not the first time you
have tried to kick out of the traces And if
you make the trial. it will not be the first
time you are kicked back Remember
Old :: By the Eternal n brought you Up
standing. once, and we of the Central
Northern States and Western States,
have determined to do 50 whenever neces-
sary. (Applause ..
The gentleman from Virginia asks, if
we are so devoted to the Union at the
North. how it came to pass that we return
such men as HALE. VILsoN aud CHAsE to
the Senate | will answer him fully and
fairly. 1t is the south that brought such
men into notice, politically At the
North. the c0ntinuai 0gttctti071 of tic
Uui0,s tor tie pHrpose Of erte0di1g Stare
RI briagS into aot,ce the n,ea Of the Norti.
of qi11u l7steklect. ard nsOraL force. Does
he understand \ mote. like the gen
tlemen or myself. floats very comfortably
in still and quiet atmosphere; but 1t
takes the wild tornado to move the imbed
ded rock That political tornado has
been raised by yourselves; by your de,
termination to extend, by fraudulent and
unconstitutional meaus, the area OF human
chattledom Do you understand me.
sirl Yes: 7re thank God IRE hare Sttch
men as a WILsox, a SEWARD. SUMNER
and CHASE men who. knowing the right
have nerve to contend for It men Of un-