Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-11-17
From the Madison ArsA ana d.. =
THE PAST AND aR.g Pr

'"EsEAl
The people ofthe NortahAve no.
ened to dissolve the Union noy tbrq
tent offered resistance to the l.' Y az
have been defeated III fayorite mas @ Ibs I
had odious laws passed over sb.5 laS y
united opposition, and have sbl,s arog
taunts and threats from the South .
years and yet have not lisped ! J. aa
treason. They have time and ao.; @0a
doned cherished principles, and ru
most humiliating concessions for ' u
Of peace-hoping each time tbst ~
bition Of slavery would Be satisfied 'u' AZ
the organization Of the eoyern. o1s
South has ruled it, one way ond y
the greater portion Of the time-.n@5l '.aa
thirds Of the time citizens Of sl,r w. W
have filled its highest Offices. M
all this the Northern people, witboa,
tinction IF party, have been loyal : y
Union, aadare SO still. S
How it it at the South! Sa..,,
newspaper has been printed ii C5.s
{the great center Of the pyo-sIayeg
ment) for years, chat has not b5a %ae
complaint against tie North, Or som ''
count to settle, that could be settla3
by secession. In 1850 they waptsi ny
gitiYe slave law, and would have i :,
solve the Union--and they gotit InIo.
they wanted the Missouri Compyomis.s ~
pealed, and accompanied the demand IN
the usual threat--and we suecombd
1857 they GOT the Dred Scott decision
decision that declares slave proDarr
be the same as any other property AZ
entitled to the same kiAd Of treatment "
protection whereYerthe constitatioueyis.l
The most Of rs 1t the North WINGED ma.
this doctrine, but we submitted nm
came the effort to force slavery eoo,f.
ton on Kansas by fraud, aud against 4.
wishes Of her people. We resisted M
almost TO a man, and for once were sucs,
ful-5r perhaps only partially 50; We ae
cecded against slavery but it would bai,
be tie truth to say the English bin Va
less tinctur4d with fraud than Lecompm
These matters were formal, and fafon
or opposed as sectional-or in other wa3
the North was nearly united against tbr
all. The next demand Of slavery was
Charleston. In the Democratic Natm5
Convention, the South demanded al y
Of the mos obnoxious feahgd
the bred Scott decision, and a pledeeln
the party that those features should beea
ned out by Congressional legislation
The demand was refused. The IeprcseD.
tatiyes Of the party from the North knew
they dare not give the pledge-fcr i tbg
did, it would Be repudiated by th4ir Con.
stituents. This really caused the rupture
Devotion to Donolas did very well tovoas
their feelings, but the knowledge ii @
sentima Is Of their brethren at home glild
their action. The South was n5t prepaai
for this oPposit.on-they were not acas
toned to it in that quarter--they though
they must succeed, and they, too, werefm
Well, the result is knoaI. They destroYd
the Democratic party, and lost the ccutrd
of the gofsvEment for the next fouF YEAS
Instead ofintimidating the Northern pse
pie, o. that portion of them comprising il
Democracy, they drove thousands Of thsn
to the support Of the very paryit vas I'M
portant for them to defeat, and it's doab-
FIJI II they have not made enemies oftba
forever.
The year 1860 may Be Set down IN Bis
tory as the first in which the North stoo,
firm as against the demands Of slavery
There are politicians, i i true, who ye'
frightened at their own courage, and e
turned to their allegiance to the South
but The great mass Of the people-deno
Gratis as well as republicans, voted andas
ed in a way that can leave 20 doubt ulc
the minds Of the people Of the South hi
they were honestly represented by northH
men in the Charleston Convention.
What the South will do now, remainst
be seSp. We are not frightened by be
noi alarmed at Der clustering dem
oustrations. The energy, the wealth, an
the power Of this country is in the posses
sion Of the Northern people. They ne'e
have, and they never win make any unll'
or unconstitutional demands Of the South
they have not sought to interfere with he
rights, ana they viii not nov
If, Therefore, She chooses to bring DOWN "
on herselfthe ho2lors If civil war aud th
curse Of disunion, She must take the ee'sa
quences. The day has gone by when az
considerable portion Of the Northern Pc
PIE could be ntiInidated by threats-'l
day has not arrived when they will be w
ling quietly to see the coaiederacy disaeIll
5efed for no other reason than that q hanl
fuI Of shareholders cannot rule It. II
very attitude Of the Northern masses saou.
warn the South, that thus is no time 70 Y
ling. The issues they have raised, nay
been settled in strictly constitutional llall
lcr If they have a spark Of patrons
hey will submit with the same grace 'u Y,
las heretofore been shown by their Nol'J
srn brethren. If they do motive may ]
5ltaer, DIT they nil suffer asosh--Ag"
t Democrat.
Mr.. SgwARD's ARABIAN HoRsEs.- "
Rome n. ", Sentinel, thus describes =:
Stewards steeds :-"Ihe larger horse i
about fifteen hands high, dark bay W. ",
llack nnlin and tail. the latter long, n .n-