Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-09-23
no slave State that is half full, but the s.
Is wasted and abused

is wasted and abused.
Nv time does not allow me to enter IN
to anv elaborate consideration OF this ques-
ton. but it is replete with interest TO es-
erv man who loves his country and has
hopes invested In Its future. Ii is ques-
ton between the laboliug men OF the
north. and the negroes OF the south. The
free lahorlng man OF the north should
know that the people OF Kansas are fight
Ing his battles and fighting to Set lie the
question whether he shall nave right 10
90 there and build "a home for himself
and children. Great applause. 1t is,
III fact and truth, a question between the
white men and negroes, and nothing less.
But there are other respects IN which this
question IS TO be looked at. We look for
ward TO a Pacific railroad. as one of the
great and cherished objects the remain
der of this sentence was lost III a sponta-
neous burst of applause. There are few
men whose hairs are So gray that they do
not hope TO live to see the time when the
iron horse shall be heard Numbering over
the plains OF the great wcst, passing be-
vond the Rocky Mountains, and bringing
back the riches OF China and the Indies,
filling the northern states with wealth, EN-
terprIse and commerce. Now tell me, if
you will, if We make Save states OF our
territories TO the Pacific, how soon we
snail see that railroad buiils Never,
naver.l If YOU make them free states,
and fl them with the free population, the
progress and enterprise of the north, the
schools and churches and manufactures of
freemen will rise on all those hills and in
those valleys-a tide Of life will roll over
the Ro~ky Mountains, and IN fifteen years
the Pacific RAILROAD will be built. Great
applause Bui dedicate that soil 10 the
n, gro;s s, and | tel you your response is
truo-it never will be luilt But these
are considerations enough, in political
poin of view, why these territories sho'd
be secured. Suppose they fall into the
hands of the south and become states.-
Each state will send two senator's, and the
south will have the prepanderance OF pow
er and when do you suppose we will get
1t back! Never, never. not Will. We
have doughface. You say trul-. 1t
Will be never. Nothing will get it back
save bloo lshcd and revolution If that
Iowcr passes into their hands how will
tlltN uSt IL. W III liltN bc more SCfufu-
lous in using ii than acquiring it! Ifthev
acquired II by fraud, and robbery ant
murder, viii they be more magnanimous
in using liz No, no. And their frs;
IN assure will be 10 reopen the slave trade,
filling the country with negroes stolen from
their native land. Not only this, but they
will give free transit 10 shareholders into
the tree states with their slaves, thus ia
king the first step towards CARRYING into
execution the threat OF senator ToonbS,
that he would call the roll of his slaves
beneath the shadow of Bunker Hill
| Never, never, they cannot do that !
fes, You say never; bat the man who
SAYS never, must DO never. Great APP
plause, and enthusiastic cheers for Ere
mont. Faith is a very good thing; but
faith without works is dead, being alone.
It Is very COOL thing to have faith that
he Shareholder shall MOI call the roll Of
his slay, on tn soil of the free states;
but the man who would prevent it must be-
gin the work in time. 1t will not do for
men TO say " never" and sit down in the
iulness Of their faith till the work is ac-
compIIshed. The man who would pre-
vent 1t must 81 to work in seas On
must discern the danger in the distance
and use prevention Instead Of cure