Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-09-24
The Democratic Manifesto Reviewed
WAat a War Democrat Thinks of Il

: ~ fttIt u ~ u DCHtDCFGE LHlftsS OF II
1t would be carrying the Joke too far.
and doing injustice TO large portion OF
our people, to represent this address as
embodyirg the views of the democrats in
/ Wisconsin George B. Smith, Esq, one
/ OF the oldest and most eloquent democrat
c ora tors in the State and A. r. r. But
/ Ter, Esq, who Is too well known as q dem
ocrat to need any commentator, opposed
1t with al their power; and Jonathan f.
Arnold, patriot, a democrat, an orator
and a gentleman, put forth one Of his hap
pest efforts protesting against the bitter
ness OF Its partlzan spirit, at time when
| the government stood in need Of the united
voices and exer5ions Of the whole people,
| lnis convention never had its like be-
/ fore and probably win never have again.
As one OF the DELEGATES said to the rest,
not one IN twenty believed in the address
But they were angry ut the administration /;
angry that Mcclellan had been supeseacd !;
angry that he did not accomplish so-ae
great thing before he was superseded; an
/ cry at everybody and everything; they
could not express their feelings at home.
and the world would not hear or heed them
/ Ii they did; and they resolved to come
| here and have one, long, loud, saucy talk
4 aAAAA tiiCh DC SiiCuO iOIeNCTInOre. IN IIllS
unamiahle state they wanted physician
who could minister to mind diseased 7;
ana they knew AIr Ryan had the ability
/ to DO It; they thought he was in the mood
to do It, Accordingly before the conven-
| tlon was organized, Mr. EIdredge, Of Fond
/ du Lac, moved the appointment Of a com
mittee on resolutions with T. c. Ryan for
| chairman This was rather left handed
compliment TO the presiding officer, who is
ordinarily supposed to have sufficient in
| telIlGence to appoint committees but the
| boys were not a-going to forego their treat
they fixed 1t IN advance so that no blum
/ der could interfere with their designs. =
Alter the permanent organization Mr.. Ell
/ drege renewed hIs motion for the appoint-
ment OF q committee Of five on ReS0{at-
tons, with Mr.. Ryan, for chairman It
was carried, and Mr.. Ryan presented his
resolution, filing FIVE columns IN fine typ5
in the News. Mr. Ryan called it an ad-
! dress; but no committee had been raised
70 draft an address; and the production
IN question should be called ''Mr Ryan s
resolution to kill the democratic party p
| Some have suggested that there was on
ms part q suppressed, disguised patriotism
IN writing this address; that he really
/ deprecated the existence Of parties in this
| rerilous hour; and therefore determined
10 destroy the only party IN which he was
| entitled TO raise his voice or exercise his
septic powers. There are some features
Of the address that render this theory
/ plausible; but upon the whole it is not
! ccrtaj IN that this IS its true explanation.
The democratic party has been called
! by its enemies the pro-slayery party. This
/ has been Teneiied as . sian6er by all the
! democrats OF Wisconsin. They have said
that with slavery we had nothing TO do /;
/ that 1t 7as q local institution protected in
tie States by the constitution in relation
4! to slavery, where a part of compromises
upon which that instrument was based !:
and that it was our duty to obey every
provision, whether he approved or disap-
| proved. Jefferson pronounced slavery u
| curse and sin But hear what Mr. Ryan
says:
Nature never placed the races toeeth-
CT. When broughe together, the seryitude
of the inferior is the best condition Of both
races; a necessary evil resulting from the
violation of natural Law in bringing
| them together. But Eanaticism did not
SO see it, &c, &c
| Mr.. jefferson did not so see it; nobody
ii a free State, except Mr.. Ryan, ever did
see it so, nor was it ever heard Of in a
/ slave State until Mr. Calhoun promulgated
/ the infamous dogma to the astonishment
! of the Christian world The Spaniards
| have been universally execrated in history
! for enslaving the Indians But according
to Mir Ryan, this was perfectly lght-
The SIN was IN the white race coming
/ here. Mature never placed the aces to-
gethcr, But when the white man had
committed the sin against nature of dis
covering and settling upon this continent,
/ then inhabited by II inferior race. he was
/ perfectly JUSTIFIED in enslaying It. II is
/ ne 6cst condition for both races"
/ Is this democracry? Is this the creed
which If man does not believe he shall
/ be driven from the face of Mr. Ryan and
the whole democratic party? Mr. Ryu2
tells Us IN the outset that 1t becomes Us
/ TO consider the application OF old princi-
pies to new conditions; and he has set
Us the example with g vengeance. The
most cruel and barbarous slavery ever
known on earth, the slavery OF the Indians
! bv she Sp3niards, Is, by the doctrine Of
/ this address, justified per Sc; made the
platform Of democratic convention in a
/ free AMI Chris tan cou ltry. in the last half
Of the nineteenth century Dld Mr. Ell
dredee, Of Fon du Lac, and John " Cary,
/ Esq. Of this civ, both of 3choH u0ted for
| this address, believe Ii this part OF it or
did they willingly vote an address they
did not believe in? If this complete jus
I tifeation Of slavery per Sc IS an article Of
democratic faish, who originated it2 In
what convention has it ever found favor,
or in what democratic platform has it
+ ever been a plank
Bat far more Questionable, because
more dangerous part Of the address, is its
manifest apology FOR the rebellion; and Its
/ labored eGects to throw the blame Of it
upon the North, Paragraph is piled upon
para graph 10 show that the abohtionists
are really answerable for this war; and
the occasional express repadiation of the
necessary inference from all its statements
and arguments, cannot redeem it with any
intelligent reader. 4 skiIlful lawyer, wish.
ing to apologize for murderer, would
+ say. Now gentlemen Of the jury, / do
not justify my client, but you should con-
slider the circumstances Of this offence.
Nv client was aa honest. peaceable nan
pursuing his own calling, on his own
premises. si1e deceased came there; came
with insulting language and menacing
gestures my client declined any discus
sion with HIM and requested him to 90
away; hut the deceased became more
rude and insolent, heaping upon my un-
fortunate client every kind of offensive