Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-02
p,RTr ORGANIZATION.


A. Is. time approaches for the opening
ee the fail campaign for the election OF
congressman. Members of the Legislature
sna COUNT officers in this State, we De
e,i, m see articles in our exchanges upon
Party organization An attempt Is evil
IDENTITY to be made at farther organiza-
ton of q Union party, composed OF lie
pub!icans and Democrats, the main object
of which is to reduce the Republican vote
Of the State SO much as 60 give the Dem
oe-ats the Offices and place that party once
more ia power in Wisconsin. Buta very
few Daiaocrats-oniy such as are sick of
their old party organization-act with
Union party when they come to the polls,
though very many of them go IN tor 1t
before the election for the seasons above
stated Our readers undoubtedly recol-
lect the action Of the Republican Conven-
to-, last fall. in nominating Union tick
g.. and the few Democrats that supported
it, notwithstanding men OF their own par
.v were put in nomination for some OF the
best officers on the ticket 1t is true ali
ihe candidates nominated were Union
men, and had no sympathy for the rebel
lious acts OF the outhern States, but they
had many of them been Identified with
the Democratic party in Wisconsin we
do not believe The ticket thus nominated
received in this section of the state doz-
or votes that would not have been cast
fer the Republican tickets, had there been
no Union ticket in the field We 90 net
complain of any Of the state officers cleo
ted on that ticket We believe they were
q, good men, and that they have proved
themselves competent. officers. But We
fail to see nhcre any good resulted from
the Union movement that would not as
surely resulted from the election Of
straight Republican ticket
The Republican party is most en-
phatically Union party. They are for
sustaining the Union against the efforts of
seocssion.sss 70 destroy il, whether North
CT South No traitors CT spies for the
southern army are POUNDS in its ranks
Their principles are liberal enough and
their platform broad enough to receive the
support OF every true prsriot who has be-
come tired OF the corruptions and schem-
ings Of the old Democratic organization.
The olive branch OF Union has once been
held out to the Democratic party, and by
.hem rejected Hereafter let US adhere
to the principles of snr PARTY and vote
for mon who sympathiss with US in de-
ARE TO see the principles of the hepublic-
.n party carried out beth in state and M
ten
A. has bs.n truly said By cotemPo-
rary
The Democracy ara everywhere &C
tive, bitter and voluble- They are organ
ling for last desperate onset upon the
antislavery sentiment of tho country,
=, it'll the avowed purpose Of conciliating
rebels by concessions and compromises.
They are INSCRIPTIONS, malignant and
.atiring in their efforts TO undermine the
4 ADMINISTRATION, and destroy public conf
3erec in il. Under thoso circumstances,
y Nonld cs the heio"s y
f5lly for Republicans to give up their or
IMITATION for an untried, underlined am
bicuous Union party 1t would be an
experiment rs absurd az for Gen Halieck
ia the face OF the euemv, when an attack
rad actually commenced, To attempt to
-eorganize his army, and adopt new and
uasFied system Of military eyolutions-