Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-10-22
Wadsworth and Seymour.
speech Of Hon Ddiel S. Dickinson.

Hon. Daniel :. Dickinson made a rou-
sing ard characteristic speech at the
Wadsworth ratification meeting III New
York, on Wednesday evening Read the
following extracts
| hen the most atrocious conspiracy
/ which ever desecrated earth Ioun de, elep-
ment IN an assault upon our national hag
at Sumpter. and IN efforts to massacre
/ haif-starved garrison, placed there in
time OF profound peace according, to uni
/ form usage, Tor no other oiense than as
serting the supremacy of their country
constitution, and giving to the breeze as
4 emblematical thereof, the glorous Stars
and Stripes of their fathers-,ghen the
i brave volunteers who were hurrying to
the capital, to save it from mob rule and
/ rebellion and coniagration. were bleeding
1 by treacherous hands-when strons men
/ trembled. when women wcpt, and children
/ instinctlvely chung closer to the maternal
/ bosom-when ali communication between
| the loyal States and the capital was cut of
/ by rebciIous iJrces-when the President
/ eject of the United States had then recent
/ ~ reached the seat OF government, where
/ duty called him, by IA circuitDus and an nm
usual route and in disguise, to escape the
dagger OF the assassin, ana when our land
was filed with excitement and consterna-
tion and alarm-when - 'shrieked the tim
/ ld an stood still the rave, and the con
fding masses looked about to see who
were the me for the crisis, among the
citizens Of the Empire State, who had
! borne a part in public affairs and were
naturally looked up TO eXamplars In
such a crisis, there were two whom subse-
I
mestic history They did not, like the
two characterized by the prophet Nathen,
/ live IN one city laughterl /; neither was
the one rich and the other poor; but nei-
ther was far from the central regions OF
| this great state Both were in the full
maturity of natural life both had been
honored by marks of popular confidence;
both had been educated by that care known
only TO fathers sohcitude and Il fathers
hone; both were blessed with ample
wealth-the fruits of industrious and en-
terprising progenitors-and both were
! qualified by circumstances and fortune TO
exercise an Important influence upon pub
| lie affairs in moments OF peril In tins,
their countrvs evil lay both LETT the State
Of their birth and residence, and their
homes of comfort and plenty, about the
same time and went abroad One bId
adieu to his wife and children, turned his
back upon his broad and fertile acres, and
his extensive business pursuits, and with
his sons and assistants repaired TO the the
tire Of strife and danger, cheers while
Vet the arm Of government was paralvzed
by treachery, and destitution reigned in
the camp, and ordered forward cargoes o.
subsistence for famishing soldiers, and
with his own hands, and by the aid OF his
sons, apportioned them among the needy
upon the rebeliious border lie gave, too,
three sons to the cause OF the constitutions
he volunteered his services TO the govern
ment for the field, in any capacity whore
he could be most serviceabIe in crushing
the rebellion, Applause, and WAS Cen
tirely unsolicited by him) appointeG a brig
adler general Of volunteers, accepted d
commission, and devoted his time and en-
ergies, and ample means to his country's
cause, and he is at this hour doing service
| This mans name Is James :. Nadsworth
Tremendous applause.
About the same time the other individ-
ual designated, left his family aud resi-
dence OF reposc, bat not for the seat of war
| Laughter He hied himself away upon
the double quick in the opposite direction,
laughter, land for nearly half a year hid
iIlti>ttl tiitlt inc Iilti ,itifi u
mantle woodlands and inland towns OF
Wisconsin, and his tongue was silent on
the subject OF denoun ing the rebellion as
those OF the murdered volunteers whose
ghosts walked unrevenged among us.
Sensation. There we may suppose he
baskeG and balanced, and watched and
waited, and turned and twisted, laugh
ter. until antumn, when a small knot OF
ieiunct defeated, desperate, and despica-
bic politicians, who had for years hung
upon the subsistence department Of the
Democratic party in this State, came to
hi~ relief bv entering the field Laugh
ter They borrowed without leave the
honored name OF Democracy, under which
to perpetrate their covert treason, as the
hypocrite
''stoe the livery Of the court Of heaven.
To serve the deyi in
This disgrIcelul and disloyal record
stands out as the doin.s Of men too stoiid
in political deprayity to be gifted with or
diuary instincts. and too regardless OF the
popular will 10 he mindful OF shame and
the defeat they experienced at tue hands
OF the people, should serve as waru-
ing to trimmerS and traitors and paricides
and in-rates, through all future tlme.
This movement drew the secluded one
from his hiding place, and he came forth
with all the courage ot him who, in a CON
hict with his wife, being driven under the
bed while remaining thus erSconsed de-
clared, chat whether she con en- ed or not,
he would look out through a-not hole in
the clapboards, so Tong as he had the spirit
! Of a man. tlreat ANA repeated laughter
and applause He entered the political
canvass, and on the 18th of October, 1861,
a few days beiore the election, made