Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-09-25

/ hoooey WHO mink IL wrong. WHICH Snal
( be binding on the members of Congress
or President TO favor no measure tha
does no, actually concur with the princi
I pies of that decision. We do not pro
! pose TO be bound by it as political rul.
n that way, because we think il lays the
foundation not merely of enlarging anc
spreading out what we consider an evil
but II lays the foundation for spreading
tha, evil into the States themselves
reversed if We can, and new ludicia
rule established on this subject.
I" will add this, that if there be any
man who does not believe that slavery is
wrong IN the three aspects which | have
mentioned, (moral. social and political, J
or IN any one Of them, that man is mis-
placed. and ought to leave us. While
on the other hand, if there be any man
IN the Rep AN party who is impatient
OUcf The necessity Spra7gtng from ats &C.
tnaI presence, and is fDlpatieat Of the
constitutional guarantees thro,cn around
It. and soould act ia disregard Of these,
he too Is misplaced sta,sdiug actth as
He a0iN find his place Sonse,rtere else
for zoe hare q due regard, as far as ace
are capable Of understanding them, for
all these things. This, gentleman. as
we'll as can give it, is plain Slatemen,
of our principles in all their enormity."
See, also, for illustration on this and
other points. sections 4 z, 10 aud 13, of
the Republican Platform adopted at Chi
cago:
Th,, ~ ,x,,n.o,,,o, ,,,..at,,o - 6
the rights of the States, and especially
the right of each State to order and con-
troll its own domestic institutions accord =
ing TO its own judgment exclusively, is
essential 10 that balance of power on
which the perfection and endurance of
our political fabric depends and we de-
nounce the lawless invasion by armed
force of the soil of any State or Terrific
ry, no matter under what pretex,, as
among the gravess of crimes.
z. That the new dogma that the Con-
sttution, of It's own force, carries slave
ry into any or all of the Territories of
the United States is a dangerous poliu-
cal heresy, az variance with the explicit
provisions of that instrument itself, with
contemporaneous exposition, and with
Legislative and judicial precedent; is rev-
olutionary in its tendency, and subver-
sive of the peace and harmony of the
country.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by their
Federal Governors, of the acts of the
Legislatures of Kansas and Nebraska
prohibiting slavery In those Territories,
we find practical illustration of the
h,a-,nI na,n Ipi IF n In
tervention and Popular Sovereignty, en-
bodied in the Kansas n Nebraska bill, and
a demonstration of the deception and
fraud involved therein.
l3. That we protest against any sale
or alienation 10 others of the public lands
held by actual settlers. ard against any
view of the Free Homestead policy
which regards the settlers as paupers OIL
sup7liants for public bounty; and we de-
mand the passage by Congress of TIE
complete and satisfactory Homestead
measure which has already passed the
House.
|, may be we'll here 10 give the record
of Mr.. Hamin, the Republican candidate
for Vice President. in answer to the
charges of INSCRIPTIONS Democratic pa
pers and speakers, that he is opposed 10
the 18th section of the Chicago Platform
to wit: the Homestead policy. See the
record:
On the l7th OF February, 1859, Gap
pendix Cong. Globe ,, page l)74) Mr..
Wade moved 10 postpone prior orders,
and to take up the House Homestead
bill. On this motIon Mr.. Hamlin voted
YEA, and Nr Douglas did net vote at
ALL
Again, on the same day, when vote
was taken 10 keep the Homestead bill
before the Senate, (page 1860 Mr..
Hamlin vetd YEA.
Again on the same day (page 1876 }
on a motion 10 discuss the Consular and
Diplomatic bill instead OF the Home estead
bill, Mr. Hamlin voted HAY.
On the l9lh of February, 1859, (page
1l43) on a motion TO take up the Home
stead bill, Hamin voted YEA, and Doug
dad not vote.
Again on Tie 25lh of February, (page
l262) Mr. D0olutle moved to postpone
tue bill for the acquisition of Cuba, and
take up the Homestead bill, aud upon
this motion Hamlin vo;ed YEA Mr..
Douglas voted NAY, preferrlng d" nigSers
for the niggerless to "iand for the
iandIess."
Upon this motion Mr. Wade spoke as
follows:
Il am very glad this question has at
length come up. | am glad. too, that II
has antagonized with this niger ques-
ton. Laughter We are shivering
IN the wind, are we, sir, over the Cuba
question You may have occasion to
sniver on that qu sJIon before you are
through with i. Now, sir, | nave been
trying here FOR nearly month TO gel a
straight forward vote upon this great
measure of Land for the Land!ess. |
gIC5y in that measure. II is the great
est that has ever come before the Amer
lean Senate, and It has come 50 there Is
no lodging il. The question will be.
shall we give Niggers 10 the Niggerless,
or LAND To THE LANDLESS.-
| Applause in the galleries
But we proceed with the record;
On the 81 of April, 1850, (page l50S)
upon q motion 10 postpone the Senate
Homestead bill, with a view Of taking
Up that of The House, HamlIn voted YEA
and Douglas not al all.
On the 5,h of April, (page l560) on
a motion TO postpone The Homestead bill
for the Indian appropriation. Mr.. Ham
lin voted SAY.
On the 10Th o. May, (page 2042) on
motion 10 s1hsfiftlta The House hill for