Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28
UNION.

UNION.
We observe that the Washington States and
UHion is very much cheered By the prospect of
"a union of the Democracy for the sake of the
Union"
This IS decidedly sensible, and we hope they
have good grounds for congratulation If there
IS anybody IN faror of dissolvng the tinien, he
viii be found nesting in the Democratic fold.
BY all means, then, let these 9Iasi friends of
the union commence at home and when they
shall have succeeded in creating harmony out
of the present discord In their ranks, and shall
have brought their all;es-the ire-ea,crs of the
South, who control the the whole organization
sfthcir party, to just sense of the purpose and
value OF the union, and to a clearer perception
of the principles upon which it established
then let them send ont their missionaries anon 9
the benighteti Republicans, who In their delu-
sion honestly imagine that that they have al
ways been in favor of Liberty AND Union. one
and IuseparaJle4" We are ready to learn les
son, even from the most Insignificant of our OPP
pones4, Aud when we are Informed of the ex-
act description of plaster that viii heal the sores
in the body polite. or of the peculiar kind of
cement needed to patch up the shattered crock
cry of the union, will assist in spreading the
salFe and closing the cracks to the best of our
humble ability.
But supposing we inquire into the nature of
the remedy preventative to be applied IN
the healing of the breach. Is it that squatter
popular sovereignty is TO be repudated? Is
the right ofthe people to egislate for themselves
and to exclude slavery from their limits to be
ignored? Is the right to be conceded to the
South to force their system of compulsory labor
upon the people Of territory noiens ro!ens ?
Is it condition that the army of the United
States shall be used 70 prevent the people from
forming free constitution? All these questions
are answered by the history of the past. But
further, Is the bred Scott decision to be made
test of orthodoxy and Of love for the union? The
South viii take nothing less. Shall Congress
intervene by special enactment to protect the
institution of slavery wherever It's supporters
transport their property? The Democracy IF
tho South make this demand. Shall the slave
trade be re-opened and merchant vessels
converted into slave pens, stuffed with stolen
negroes? SO have leading Democratic politicians
of the South resolved, the present laws against
the iuhuman traffic In flesh and blood have been
ignored by southern courts and juries, and free
trade in the bodies and souls of men declared
one Of their sacred rights. Shall $4,000 900 or
500 900 be paid for the addition of new
territory 10 strengthen the institution and give
it political power by force of NOR unequal rep
resentation? This is party demand urged by
that arch traitor Of human rights, JAMES BucuAx-
Ak. Shall free homesteads upon the public
lands be denied to the laboring men of the coun-
try because it VIII tend to strengthen free in
stead of slave institutional The vote of the last
Congress shows that this is the policy Where
then is the end of the demands that viii be mad :
,.ad submitted to for the ostensble purpose Of
saving the union7" For lie whole history Of
the Democratic party, which arrogates to Itself
all the patriotism in the country. goes to show,
that sooner or later, even baser propositions than
the above will be accepted in obedience to the
dictaiion of that southern despotism which claims
to have controlled and governed the country for
TIE last fifty years
Who then, in view Of these facts are the dis :
unionlsts? The men who fix the price of the
union according to these demands. those who
wish the government administered according to
the principles of Washington and jefferson ?
Oar enemies would fam make Us believe that
the latter the enemies OF our union, and that
the Democracy, which fondles in its bosom the
plotter Of mischief, the leader of disuu!on con-
ventons, advocates of the slave trade, open aid
crs and abettors Of fillibusterir z Is alone able
10 save the union. But the Republican party
believe that If the glorious union formed by r
generation Of wise men Is 10 be preserved, II
mast de done by conducting the government in
accordance with the equal rights guaranteed t.
all men, by the protection of the weak against
the strong. by cultivating the arts of peace in
stead of those of war, by using the army ia case
Of necessity against our enemies. and not in OPP
pressing our own citizens, by fulfilling our con
stitutional obligations and by making freedom
and not slavery the object of our worship-and
who VIII deny that the latter principles will
eventually triumph