Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-09-02
For the Mineral Point TriLune.
/" WESLEY


In the Mineral Point Democrat of last week
there was an article signed Wesley the main
design of which was an cndeayor to persuade
the English Americans that the Pierce and
douglas democracy is opposed to slavery. He
might as well set out to prove that " black is
aitife He seems greatly terrified lest the har-
dy, strong minded men from Cornwall should
vote on the side of Republican Democrats, and
he resorts to trick, thinking that he NAV catch
them with a name. He knows that we are all
Methodists or incline that wav, and SO he signs
himself /" Wesley" He lost sight of the fact
that zee are generally Prmitivs Methodists, and
II we We're to be charrned by name, that of
Bourne " or Flesher would have answered
his purpose better with us, at least, We were
never under any particular obligations of kind
ness from the Wesleyans to oblige us to be con-
troned by their name We have however too
much respect and reverence for John Wesley to
allow his name to be used to support the slave
democracy without protesting against it We
know that he has LETT it on record after a per
sonal inspection in the slave States, that AMER
IeAN SLAVERY Is THE SUM OF ALL
4 VILLAINIES."
The writer in the Democrat makes long pa
rade about the principles of Democracy, that
they ere the side of Freedom We need not
TO Do enlightened on that subject, we know that
/ Old Democracy is of the character he describes;
We know also that Democracy has arisen
within the last few years in this country with
Pierce and Douglas in Washington and Atch-
ison and Stringfcllow, in Kansas as its leaders.
and DaDers such "a the Mineral Po;r+ Daroa
zcrat, here and there in the country, as its sup
porters-that this modern Democracy has split
the old party In two, SO that we have now the
pro-slarery Democrats with Buchanan as their
candidate for President; and we have the Fee
State Democrats with Fremont as their can,li-
date for the same Office. The Democrat writer
quotes the ordinance of 1877 as proof that the
Democratic party is anti-slavcry This would
be true OF old Democracy. but he is writing in
favor of the modern sham Democracy. But ev-
en- then he talks very mstily of the Jeffersonian
ordinance of 81. as though he imagined no En-
! glishman had ever read it, and this is lust how
the leaders OF that portion of the Democracy
treat us. they think and speak of us as a set of
Bull headed Englishmen, stupid Cornish
men,--that We know nothing and that we will
take all they say as gospel, especially if they
stick the name of F" W Wesley to it,
/ The ordinance of 1877 DECLARED ALL
! TERRITORY FREE. But the Pierce and Dou-
slas, or Buchanan Democracy is overriding that
instrument and using all the power of the Gov
ernment, with the Army and Treasury Mt it's
command to make Kansas and all other terrific
/ ry slave terrItory-and yet he asks us who told
You that the (bogus) Democratic party were in
favor of slavery" Actions speak louder than
words. We see the old Democratic ordinance
establishing freedom in the territories entirely
stricken down in Inc repeal ofthe Missouri Com
promise, we see the Government crushing out
liberty, by more cruel expressions than the worst
OF Englands Kings thought of son the
side of the opprcssor there is power" and all
that power is welded to aid the Border Ruff
ans" TEE poor white trash" of the south armed
and supported in armed bands, VI ith L. S ar
illlefy muskcis and ammunition, in order to make
/ Free Territory into Slave States, and the Blu
chanan Democrats are supporting and abetting
this sum OF all villainies." And yet with all
this evidence before eyes, this writer in the
! Democrat asks with "a much apparent inno-
cenee sucking duck -" who told Won we
were in favor of slavery" greater than he
has said, by their fruits We shall know them
| tie taunts u.s. in regular pro-slavery style of
being the means of Introducing slavery into this
country, when Colonies it was a Britt 81 pos
session, and thus to intimate that it is sheer hv-
/ pocrisy in us 10 vote against Slavery He saws
" we got the pay for hundreds of thousands OF
Africans 1t helped, he says, to build mp the
/ British power on the ocean We acknowledge
+ this sin, not Of ours but our forefatlers,-they
with Spaniartis, Dutch, Portuguese, Frerch and
/ Turks were engaged in this great sin Remem-
Der though, if there had been no receircrs there
would have been there's. But these old coun-
tries have repentcd, and abolished slavery in
/ their dominons. " Go thou and do likewise"
We have repcntcd for the sins of our foretathers
and to make res tuition, as far as possible. we
have purchased the freedom of all the slaves
IN the British possessions ard set them free
they are doing well. and have not cut the threats
of any of the whi;e men.
! The slave Democracy have not repepted-
they bave not made restitution they hold on to
the POOR sl;."e. and what is worse far worse
they are moving all the fnrces they command
to extend this sum of all villainies,n as John
Wesley calls it, into territory now free, andthu
make all our future States into slave States. and
they expect that ,re Enghsmen are going to be
80 gulled and humbuggcd as to vote for Buchan-
an, and thus help them to do the very wicked
ness we condemn our forefathers for being gull
ty Of They will find out their deluson in No.
ycnlber, nnot before. We will not aid the Pierce
and Douglas slave Democracy, by voting for
/ Buchanan. But by yOfinu 40 ua ;,+a,el
Tor =" reInont and Freedom" We shall extend
Free State Republican Democracy
PRIMITIVE METHODIST
/ EDITOR OF TRIBUNE:
Congress has in its iber-
atty donated TO the State of Miscnnsin for