Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-02-14
Correspondence Of the Mineral Point Tribune
WASHINGTON Cry. Feb LIST, 1869.


/ of Representatives. BY he election of Repub.
lican Speaker this afternoon. must demonstrate,
f beyond all dispute, &c those whose minds hare
been alarmed upon the subject, that the threats,
bravado and vaporings Of the southern and
Northern Democracy. with regard TO the consc-
uuences that must and would ensue 10 the event
Of such contingency, have their origin in the
excited state not Of the public mind, but in the
heated and diseased brain OF partizan Repre-
seut4,lves il the halls of Congress.
Could The people Of this vast Confederacy
have Witnessed, as I have Witnessed. the closing
scenes Of this more than eight weeks struggle
for the SpeakershiP. could they have witnessed
TIE insolcu: bearing. the defiant attitude, and
the almost insufFerab., annoyance that has
charac erized the speech and conduct Of the
tire-ca:e-s and nallifers representing the De-
mocrzcy. both North and South. towards that
uunoved. iminoveable and deter mined band
representing the only troly conservative and
{ nion-sas ing organization Of the country. the
Republican party. and then have contrasted 1t
with Tie courteous tearing. and, in many ca
se-, tie cordial and friendly congratulations
with which they greeted the newly elected
presiding officer, :hey advanced, State by
State. 70 the Speakers chair, 10 take the oath Of
/ office aud swear fralty to the Constitution and
The Union. all doubts relation to the stability
of our Confederacy would have vanished from
their minds. and like the "baseless fabric of a
dream. leave not trace behind while feelings
81 I'D ,,ua..on, OF loathing and Of contempt for
he authors OF iAis impious "dlsuuion farce"
would have engTosscd their minds, eliminating
in curses. not loud. but deep. against those
who swure 70 uphold the Constitution and the
Union deliberately tIife with and violate the
provisions Of the enc, and for purposes Of a par
,izan sectional triumph. leave stone
turned, with safety TO themselves, 20 compass
the destruction of the other.
l can add nothing to the in.eres: of your col
umn. by recapitulating the closing scenes Of
this memorable struggle. for the New York
journals. from which you have. 10 doubt, freely
culled, leave nothing to be said IN chat d.Tec
tiun but the lesson it teaches and the moral that
It inculcaie,. cannot, in my Judgment be too
often repeated, viz: That q HOUSE dipijed
aglinst t,ef cannot staadblt that ia Union there
!, strsrg:h'
Never, in the history Of parties, has there
been memorable illustration Of The truth
f TIN. declaration Regarding the Republi-
can organization az the common enemy" the
opposing forces. divided in interests and dis
.r..,.i :, oo,,.al H.. -. .,,t,;.io. c,.,or,,.
in the armies Of Alexander, who, grasping al
empire and dominion. would yield nothing to
the Interests OF the State, bur rushed with fleece
an ,,o-...,,. i..s.e ,,r,., a,ol, o,r.r ,d .h,,s
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R,.,rk S.,,,b NeCrea n McCIer,.ans
I,,a,,..e tt.age,, ,are the mari, and = host Of
,,-h.-. f.rc,l,,,- 1len,selye, in pieces against
~, i.r,,r.e,,,alIs Renublican front and then
re,rea,ing with ,Aeir banners. as various as
their battle cries, soiled and torn. and trailing
IN the dust
tn .;,-,,, ra-Ls 5i5 liz R.r.,,,1;o.- -
..,,,,-a,,o, of tho House the 5oK,.o,.,..y ,,ft5.
-.,,,t,on and Of the Union sustain aud re,..J
The confined assaults Of these rval Generals
,,i fttlons. and for ejrI.t Io,,. 7vs.. rr;.b NJ
sv-rvlng column and unbroken front, with their
banner aloft. and Sherman for the battIe-cry.
did they press steadily ION ward . inch by inch ::
and II for moment they rested upon their
arms, Il was NOT from divided counsels. but that
4 new leader should advance their standard
which still proudly waved in the van Of the
tight. Occupying, the outposts Of the enemy, and
plant It II the very heart Of tie citadel while
he who had 50 long sustained the ''brunt Of the
battle cheerfuliy entered the ranks and assist