Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-06-28
Secession and Peace.
tCONTGNCED.


If it be true that the people Of the Unit
cd States have established the Federal
Government, as in the preamble to the
Constitution is declared and that this
Government has thus far fully answered
Is purposes, as the history of nearly seven
ry-fiye years proves, then common pru-
3ence would seem to dictate resistance, to
me asst extremity, against any attempt
..imed at its overthrow Hence. the issue
between Union and Disunion IS, happiness
IN the one hand and misery on the other;
i is question Of order and its blessings,
- guaranteed by Constitutional Govern
lnent of limited and carefully guarded
powers, or Of anarchy and its curses,
which the future NAV mitigate or aug
nent, just as the uncertainty OF events
may dictate Nor is it an issue affecting
the people Of the mons aveholding States
only: on the contrary, it concerns those
south Of Mason and Dixon line just -
much We are told. indeed. that we need
give ourselves no trouble about them; that
they are able aud willing to take care Of
themselves Not so we say On this
matter we are quite as good judges as
they, and while we express a serious
doubt of the ability of the South to do
without the North, we are sure (and we
say it without shame or chargrin) that the
North cannot do without the South. for
the simple reason that both sections are
rs essential elements in, as they are int
@ral parts of the Union Now, if this be
the controversy which the South propose
setting by resort 70 arms, then we will
fight them, and, if we can, whip them with
more than usual junction for their wanton
folly View this matter as Won will, and
the conclusion Will still be the same. Be
i struggle between Government and
traitors, what it really is, or a party war
between South and North, as some would
maks Is believe, the Union as al stake!
and, therefore, our Southern brethren
must not complain if we show as much
zeal tor its preservation as they manifest
cor Its destruction
In re IS, however, beneath the surface of
our difficulties point of vital interest to
Others than the American people Mankind
cannot, n this enlightened age. view with
IN mt renee a'temptS to overthrow existing
organized governments. Though they may
refrain from actual Interference, they will
not hesitate to pass judgment between the
contendiR3 parIeS, nor will they withhold
their moral seaport in just cause. Not
ONLY the loyal American people then. but
the whole civilized world will hold Jeff
Davis q Co. answerable in this matter
They demand to know of those traitors
why they have plugged a friendly nation
lato civil war. They require them to
make out clear case for justification. by
sho wing that they have borne grievances
10 nto.eTable to be longer endured. and
susceptible of no redress save by an appeal
10 arms. And how have these arch dem
agogues met that demand We will not
weary tie reader with a recitation of the
Htmsy pra:exts, with which Southern Con
slra;ors have for the last six moaths, out
ragged common sense. Credulous as the
world may seem TO those men. il will new
erthelesS, not believe tina; President Lin
c'ln had the will or the power to pervert
II government to unconstitutional purposes
or That the very 60 ernment they seek To
destroy, did not always vouchsa le the mosi
'uni!tHt blessings to them. Nay. by their
own connirymen pronounced traitors to gov
eminent and country, the jus, verdict Of all
mankind brands them traitors to liberty and
humanity.