Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-03-20

which can only take cognizance of he crea
question collateriIy. In private action bet cen
indsyIduals, aud wuIch action the Constitution
wall not suffer the Court To entertain, If II IA.
wolves twenty collars In money. without the
overriding intervention of jury Of twelve good
and lawful men OF the ueighborhood where the
litigation arises Tae independent, eYer-rener-
ed, ever recurring Parliament Diet, Congress
or LcglSIll are. Is the chief paramount essen
tial, ~ ilsT,eaSasle institution in Republic
Even lsner, suafanteed by organic law. vet il
It be held ~ other tenure tnan the GUARDIAN
care OF such a representative popular assembly,
: but precarnu,ly maintained, while laverv.
enforced by responsible judicial tribunal
IS the c"mp.etest possible de' elrPluent OF des-
pofisrn
Mr. President. did ever the annals of any
Goverfnent slow more rapid more COM
plete departure from the Wisdom and virtue OF
its founders? ? Dad ever the Government Of a
grea; empire. founded on the rights Of human
labor. slide away so fast and So far and moor
Itself so tenaciously on the basis of capital and
that capital invested in laboriug men Did
eve u free representative Legislature. invested
with powers so great. and with the guardian
ship If tights 81 Important, OF trusts 50 sacred,
"f interests 80 precious, aud of hopes at once 50
Lobe and 80 comprehensive surrender and re-
uounce them all 80 unnecessarily 50 unwi.eiy.
81 fatally. and - iugloriously , If it be true
a. every instinct oi our nature, and every PIE
cept OF political experience teaches us. that
Where wealth aecumulafes and men decay
/ then. where IN Ireland. in Italy. in Poland or
ia Hungary. has any ruler prepared for gene
ra's and c'ntia'ng people dis4ppriutmeits. dis
asteTs aud cgi,t'lltleS equal 10 thuse which the
+ Government of the United States holds nav
suspended ovrr 80 large a portion of the cunti-
neur OF NoTttt AluerIes.
t CItizeus OF the United Sta es in the spirit of
( this Toi.cy. sub ,rrted the free kepubIc OF Me-
aragua. and opened 1t 20 Slavery and African
Slave rrade. aud held it ia that condition
waiting annexation TO the United States. until
is Sovereignty was restored by a combination
OF sister Repuhiics exposed to the same danger,
and aPVrchensIve of similar subversion. Other
citizens opened the foreign Slave I rade in via-
larI"B of our laws and treaties; aud, after
suspension of that shameful traffic fer fifty
wears savage Africans have been once more
landed our shores, and distributed. uure-
claimed ami wl.h IinpunIty, aino < our planta-
t!nuS
For tli9 policy. 50 far as the Government has
sanctioned It, tie Democratic party avows itself
rc-pau-Ible. Every where complaint against II
j. denounced. and its opponents prescribed.
N hen Kansas WAS wrIthlng under the wounds
I If inc.pleut seryie war, because of her resist
arce. the Democratic press deriding!y said, let
her bietd" Ofiical integrity has been the
cause for -ebuke aud punishment, when It re
sisted Fl; IDS and designed 10 promote the
. tension I slavery Throughout l!te WiiUit hp-
public there Is not one known disseuter from
that policy remaining in place. if within the
reach Of Tie Executive arm. Nor over the face
ii The whole world Is there to be found one
representative Of our country who IS not
ai,nIa.,i5t OF the extension OF Slavery.
1t Is IN America that these things have hap
peued. In the nineteenth century, the Of
the worlds greatest progress, and while all ua-
tious but ourselves have been either abridginc
or altogether supprcsSug commerce IN men. at
.srF rka
euaucipa,cj, and the Georgian captive. and the
Nubiau prIo.u4er. and the Aby>-Iriau savage
;,r hitei mp ~ freedom hy he Successor OF
/ Nahounct. Tie world prrpo7ses-ed in our
behalf ny our early dcvojjou 10 the rights of
AaUau nT'Ere, as no nation ever before engaged
It's respect aud sympat hieS, asks. in wonder and
amazement. what all this decentralization means?
Ii has "u excuse better ihan the world can i'm
acllc, better thaE we are generally coasciou, of
ot.rSpl,,-.-a virtuuuS exctI-e We have loved
freedom not SO much less, but the Union of our
country 50 much more. " q have been made tn
he.ieve. from time 10 time, that Ia Crisis, both
ul these precious institutions could not be saved
together. and therefore. from time To time sur
rendered safeguards Of freedom To propit,;.te the
] loyalty ui capital, and stay lis hands from dp-
. iu-s injury to the Union. The true state OF the
case. however, ought not to be a mystery 10
ourselves PrescIeuce indeed IS not giyen 70
S'utcSmeu. but are without excuse when
We fail to applchend the logic of current events
ltt par tte- hE lilc NiIf tIllt H. Cltptse 10 Il
villa, they may. the ,.yople OF the United States
To not ptefe. the wealth of the few 10 the lib
eyty of the many. capital TO labor African
slaves to white ireemen, m the national Terri
+ tories and lu future States That question has
+ never been distinctly recognized acted on by
them. The Republican, party emhodies the
/ popular protest and reaction against a policy
which has been fas eued upon the nation by
surprise. avn. which It's reason and conscience uf
! mankind condemn.
The cIuice of the nation Is now between the
+ Democratic party and the Republican party
1 It~ principles and policy are, therefore. Justly
( and even necessarily examined. | know of
onlv one policy winch !; has adopted or avnwcd
/ namely Tie eIyIug OF the Territories OF the
-uI,cd Sta'cs, II possible, by constitutional and
/ lawful means. from being homes OF Slavery or
/ ruIycamy. Who that Considers where this ua-
tinu exists, of what race II is composed, IN what
/ uge # he wurl! i acts its part he public
sag and what are lis predominant institutions.
,-jl-s ou>. habits and sentiments. dOubt that lie
F Republican parlv can and Will. II uu uuwaveriugly
ta!ihtll % that policy. and just and loyal in all
beside, carry It into triuinPhHl success To
doubt i - be uncertain whether civilization
can improve or Christianity save mankind.
! NAV. perhaps, infer. frn;n the necessity oI
the c1Se. that It viii, IN NIL courts and places.
stand by the freedom uf speech and of the
/ press. and Use Constitutional rights "f freemrn
I every where that It Will favor the speedy IA
/ urnyrmeut of the public d1naiu by hom-sted
laws and wall encourage mining. NAM ftctrIr''
and internal commerce. with Hre.iTnl cunnec-
iiol4s between the i Atiau;lc and Pacific states
/ fnr al! tie9e are Important Interests uf Free
/ dom For al Tie rest. the natiaual emerget-
cies not individual Influences must determine,
/ n, s3cieiy goes on, the policy and character oi
the kepub. icau party. Already, bearing IL
part in Legislation and IN treaties it tee : the
necessity of being practical in the care OF the
national health and life. while it leaves meta
phy y~ical speculation To those whose duty 1t Is
- ca4iIYate the eRnobiins science of political
philosophy.
R3; Ia the midst c: these subjects. or rather.
hcf4re falIy reaching them. the Republican
party encounters. Unexpectedly ev and po-
lcGtlas lssue-one prior. and therefore para
mount - ali others-pne " national LIE anil
death Just aS If - much had not been al
ready conceded nay. Just as If nothing i't az
hal ever been conceded to the interests of cail-
til invested III men. We hear ueuaces ot D!su-
uiIu louder more distinct, rnnre emp atIc than
ever with She condition annexed, that they
shall bc executed the moment that Republican
Administration. though coDstltutioRaliy elected,
shall assume the tiDverHmert-
| 81 not certainly know that the people are
prepared to call such an AdminIstratIOr to
power / know only. that through a succession
of floods which never greatly excite, and ebbs
which never entirely discourage me- the volume
Of Republican,, rises higher aud higher.
Thev are probably wise, whose apprehenslons