Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-11-20
The Election.

Never. since the formation of eur Govern
men,. has an election involving questions CT
/ such vital importance 20 lie interests Of our
! country, passed of 30 quietly, AID with As
| li.te sanguinary strife as that just passed
/ From no portion Of the Union have we heard
! of bloodShed, as is frequently the case IN in
poriant elections. Such state Of quiet was
hardly anticipated after SO long and SO warm
" contested canvass. This state OF affairs
/ is highly creditablc 10 the people, particular
/ ly of the large cities. where strife and blood
shed have SO often been Witnessed on cleo
ton DAYS. We think that It is evidence
that the people becoming tired of such
scenes, and feel disposition to submit
quietly 10 the will Of The ma jority.
The elevation Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN and
/ HA~SIBAL HAMLIN to the tw 0 highest Offices
in the gift 0: free people. has been the re
suit of that Election and we believe all men
who are worthy the name Of American cltl-
zens, whatever may be the political disaP
pontments such result brings upon them,
will cheerfully acquesce in the will of the
Submission to that will is of the princ-
pies Of our free institutions. and whoever
talks of resisting it By force, however prom
inent their position in society, are yet but
tyros in the principles of our goyernmsnt.-
Once establish the doctrince in the United
States that the election of a candidate obnox
iUus to the minority, gives thar minority the
right Of forcible resistance. and we have
government OF no more stability than tina, OF
Mexico, where rebellion is almost an every
day occurrence, where the defeated parties so
often set up government Of their own, and
lead al army against their opponents. Are
the people, even of our Southern States
ready for such course! We be!ieys they
have too much paIrlotism-too much COM
mon sense-to render such a state Of things
! possible
Some Of the hot-headed leader. ia the South,
whose education aud interests have caused
I them to believe thA, they were "boIn TO com
mand," encouraged By few Northern spoil
I loving dema gogues no find their - occupa-
| ton gone" may threaten rebellion & dissolu-
| ton. as they have done thousand times be-
/ fore; but the masses of the people even 10
their own sections, will rebuks them for
their folly.
The only sc, Of which the South complains,
and for which they threaten 10 sever them
selves from the Union, is the Election Of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 10 the Presidency. II is
not because Mr.. LINCOLN has done or said
any thing Of which they complain, bur be-
cause he has been elevated TO a position in
which they desired 70 see one from their own
section o: she Union position Of which
they have had control for SO long Time that
they Think It of right belongs TO them exclu-
siyely. Their own peculiar institutions are
such that they live in daily fear of insurrcc-
ton and bloodshsd, and the elevation OF a
man 10 the Presidency who considers the
I institution of Slavery moral and political
EVIL. hightens their fears 10 such degrees
tina, they even unwilling to wait until he
assumes the administration of the govern
ment before they declars themselves no part
Of the American Union. Nor are these Ia
nslics all confined 10 the Slave States We
have them in our very mlds;-men who v ould
much rather see his Union rent into thou
sand fragments than TO any party but the
one - " hich they belong. in power,-men
who publicly proclaim their readiness TO take
up arms ami sht for the South III case Of a
declaration CD their part to dissolve the Uniou.
And these are the very men who have been
most clamerous in adyocatn. the doctrine Of
:" Popular Sovereignty the right Of the
majority 10 rule. But We have no fears of
dissolution OF the Union. The South do moi
desire II and they are too well acquainted
f With the dough-i4ces Of the North TO place
any reliance upon ther AID. They can talk
and threaten under the smartings OF defeat
but they have TOO much regard for their owl
interests - seriously ihink of separating
, themselves ON the rest Of mankind anc
6 suffering the evils sure TO follow such .
2 separation. They hope, perhaps. to brighter
the North By their threats. bur in this to,
! they Hiil fail. The Administration Of ABs.
HAM LINCOLN Will be conducted IN . man
ne. best calculated to promote The interest
Of the whole Union. aud Il We mistake not
Viii be more satisfactory to all sections thai
a4any Northern deinag aes nope 10 See 1,