Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-02-12


/ point out its dangers anl uitimItc fruits
/ they were borne down by the prevailing
current AMI have long since been ex"lu-
/ ded almost entirely from places o. inhu-
ence and public trust
Bu6 it Is asked, was not this doctrine
! also endorsed AMI affirmed Ut the North ?
! After it had been demonstrated that the
/ taeorv OF State sroNer&I -ntv, Is set
I forth in the kentuc XIV and Virginia rcso-
/ lutions, was identified with the iustitu-
/ tions' OF the southern States in other
words. that slavery demtn1ed the reco--
/ milton. o. the doctrlne=a5 an element ~
/ political ai5ii, anl rhat such doc-rlne hat
! become one w.Jh the restless schemes and
( p irposes o. that power, we tini one oi
/ the political parties and at that time the
,iomin ,nt and con roli.n- ? .rty, en- iors % :
II the mosc so.emn amer, IN National
! Convention, tac theories u which we have
referred
b. reference to the proceedings OF one
of the National Conventions OF lSD2, {
ind in the PLATFORM MIRO luesl there FOR
she first time, tie following plank:
Rsso'y4, That the Dsln1c party will
.aitItuiv ab.d. by and uphold the prigviDlcs
i.,id d,sp ia the X ,tucIr and Virginia PESO
iutious Of 1898, aad in the report Of u Md
: N tI tie .rgiail l. 4IsiJturc OF 1929, Iaat
Il adopts thos: principles constituting on"
OF tue MAIN fotA4Lajoies of its yoi,tacal erosl
,nd is resoteel u epry them out IN l.. ,ir o5rt
,as 5tca.tl4g eltd IMPORT
In 1875, AMI again in 1869, we find his
re solution re-airmtd hy the slme party.
, Watcher tn 5 inlitm lnce WAS in tlc inrcr
est OF Slavery. and intended a pledge
of fidelity 10 that Institution, need not be
discussed.
The ~tlte OF Wisconsin, without ever
intending f3rciblc Resistance to the fedc-
ral Cover lme t seized upon thi, theory
under eat proFoctJ.on and In the inter
ts6 0. a ri igI,eou5 cause uoon the pri .ci-
l,e th si it was Il two Ired sword, aui il
Ia val for one party to wed it on he
-ile OF slavery, it was equally l,wiul for
tla otIer to Weld II ON the sile OF free
dom. Ii WAS nleunS by wa.cA it vls
sought to resist the aggression Of the
slave pOW0r, AMI at the TIN with tn Il
power IN Iuil control o. the Federal Gov
ernment-it was deemed the Oniv means
by which such resistance could be madc
e.fectuai The InI.v.uua!s who we're thus
IN tucei to vote for tie resolutions nov
son.ht to be resc;ndod were and are
among the most loyal AM patriotic as wei
.ts intelligent OF oar citizens So far
from being hostile to, they love and cher
Ish the Union Of these states and only
revoIted at the idea that a Government
framed by the ftthers to secure the
blessings of liberty to tn 'm,eives and
their posterity, should be prcstitutcl to
the purposes of chattel slavery.
That Wisconsin hJd no thought of in
terposing resistance to the Goeernment
needs no other proof than that whiah the
records Of the last five months abuudantly
furnished When the rebeIious states
under base and desi -ning leaders, and in
the exercisc OF their alleged ',soyei eign ',
made war upon the Constitution ;tnI the
Govern lent, the loyal sons OF our devoted
State rushed to the defense Of that Con
stItut on and that Government with the
same zeal and aiacritv that they woalI
crowd the avenues q Il banquet.
The undersigned would be tic last 10
assall or question the motives and irnnal- I
scs of the men who endorsed the resolu- F.,
tons Of rs, nor shoul their action /
excite tn least measure Of surprise when |
tits remembered that they were impressed (
wilh the apprehension that a Southern I
oligarchY might continue to Weld and I
administer the functions OF the Federal /
Government
But great changes have transpired; in /
the order OF Providence an are Of history I
with al It's manifold lessons has been !
crowded into 4 span Itwould be strange (
indeed If in the significant light OF recent !
developments we had not grown wiser If !
not better. The power which has SO long |
controlled the Government and had come |
to believe Itself stronger than the Govern I
ment when driven from the seat OF power, /
turned upon and strove, and IS still striving /
to rcnd and destroy that Government
The last @uise has thus been removed /
SEEING upon pfete1t. IN the absence Vi (
an excuse, 1t thrusts It's weapon at the /
heart OF the nation, an Sc k to ruin, for /
no better reason than that it cannot rule. /
Ii it has found the undcrtakin. toJ con |
siderable for it. powers, and Itself 20. Z /
apace backward with the purpose it had /
20 climb. it may thank the reckless ~
dacity OF its champions, who have unde
taken Without reason to overthrow and !
destroy the Government upon whose lib /
cr.si bounty they nave hitherto fed
The aainius oi that power having thus |
been revealed, there are none SO blind as |
not to be able 10 sec it; and thanks to the |
patriotism OF all classes OF our psop.e, |
tlero are lew 80 peryc:sa as not to be
willing 10 >,e it
The fear Of this Government is not. It
would seem, Ii tAe centraiization ot pow
cr ! free press and free ballot box
are all the 6 gIArantJ We need ia tIat re
.ard
Gut in the doctrine Of divided soyer-
eighty 0. man..olI and diverse interT,ret..-
tons .. the or1an,c law, az taught IN the
ID Dry N practice OF the Southern
) ite>. there Is danger
1t Is not sur, ris.n[ in consideration o
the history ot subject, which. by rec n.
events mas been ndered infamous in the
eyes Of all loya people. that there should
be an anxiety to d5s3vOw and repudiate
a theory hereto or: ami under other cir
eumstances. as we h1ye shown affirmed
and endorsed
1t was a theory Of Chief Justice Mar
shah that none should be 50 prompt to
correct an ~. Or as the Jude bv whom
taat error had been m4de 1t j. never
inpo!iJir 10 d. right And no other mo
tive need be required, than the simple
object o. correcting an error furnishes
Let Us have tHen the mlgnanmity and
the patriotism 10 ob7iate the danger al
verrcd to. 50 far as in our power, and chu9
waile we withdraw from the enemies o.
the government ali sympathy which they
may derive from the partizau records oi
the past. let Us place upon the forehead o.