Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-30

try, some of whom are upon the State ticket
But the other extract traces the giant crime
OF rebellion to its proper source. Il reads al
ollows.
SO But the truth il that the apostles OF secession
were traitors at heart, independent tha election
! and that they wanted and used the election oniy
as lever to preeipitate the South its alleg
| ance. They duped the South into the heller that
the entire people OF the North were infected EitF
! the leprosy Of Abolition
| And the resolutions to put both Of these
| statements at defiance and taking sides with
! the reToited States, informs Us that the abo-
| Htionists were the original and accursed
| cause OF the civil war now raging. And tie
| learned and able gentleman who was the pre-
sldEtg officer Il the nominating Convention, de-
! ac1ed that our olru government drelg tie fs,st
pre- from Southern, guns By poeconce1fed trick
| 10 it.5tiote cis7l 1ear. Indeed, tAe Address.
| through many paragraphs, ltbors to divide
/ tue responsibility Of our present condition
| between the secesSionists and the sectional
/ parties IN the North. But the account given
/ by the presiding officer CT u viIIainous and
/ unchlValrous act of the South, goes bevoud d
mere paliIation; it acts as a Justification IT.
| 1t is intended TO do, and to throw tGe casss8
/ bslI upon the North alone
But these Inconsistencies and historical
| peryerslons would not have been endorsed
/ by the delegates If they had TOR a moment
thought OF the past. Many years before the
sAOoiItionists" or "Republicans" mad a voice,
South Carolina ito whom the term Original
J and accursed cause OF this rebellion Is far
more applicable than where We find i'll re
fused TO vote at the Presidential election at
ali; and in 1882, this State had levied armies
| and prepared everything for resistance to the
| laws, rs much as II foreign invasion was
about TO enter her territory. She adopted
an ordinance OF conditional secession, ana
such was the Indomitable spirit that appeared
to prevail, and the determination net to per
nat the laws of the United States 10 he exc
cuted that an act OF compromise was effected
solely TO avert the consequences her threats
OF civil war predicted. General jackson was
President at the time, and he was about TO
give an appalling explanation OF what he con
sldered 'treasonable practices"
he considered that Calhoun had incurred
! the penalty OF death, death by the gall0ws,
without overt act OF violence and in the
presence OF the Great Eternal he ayowed tIs
solemn determination that ne should F,e.
/ Brought to Justice. He did not stop to pa
laver with South Carolina through platforms
about their having received long ana grieyous
prOTocatlon, 10y assaults upon their coustItu-
uOnaI rights, on account OF the revenue laws
which they affirmed TO be sectional Tor the
benefit OF the North. The DISPUTE. was ended
| BY compromising the protective system ana
every national measure tor the last thirty
years that the South has found too long or
too short Tor their views, has been denounced
as sectional, and such no DOUBT do they re-
gard even the Dombdrdmeut OF Charleston / "
self. General jackson declared that nullti-
cation was the prete1t Tor dIsuniOu then, and
that taeIr next prete1t would DE slavery
The Ryan platform verIhes ms prediction
But it is a most indecent opposition to engraft
paiHatIons for unpardoued traitors III the
democratic creed.
That portion OF the address relating TO sa-
very is one OF the most singular passages 10
oe found III political literature. Ii rivals any
of the tortured deteuses winch bondage. calls
70 its aid, tor although We are told tuat the
democracy uas 40 apology for Southern sla-
very get a considerable space 10 devoted to
It's YIndieatIon. NItiuu u quarter OF Il cen
fury, although slavery had put forth more
apologies Tor Its own existence ana extension
than any other subject OF criticism III the cir
Gle OF human affairs, yet the democracy have
never been so unwlae as TO make defense OF
slavery All element OF psrty, wisdom and pie
y. " Z have always regarded the InsJItu-
ton within the protection of the cOustItu-
tl0u,u compromises; and even Southern deEI-
Ocrats, Of the most extreme opinions, never
asked Us 10 defend 1t outside OF the cUust. tn
ton. But while the masters anu parCIz,suo of
slavery have had no little anxiety III dIspos-
lng OF its imputed crInunality within tuetr
own conscience, and before the world, the ter
rlole question is disposed by the conscience
keepers OF the Wisconsin democracy, by de
cIaring, a. an abstract proposition = that the
proper condition OF the African was sub.
lection IN some form to the white .
=" when brought together the 5ervItude OF the
3" inferior Is the best condition for Dotr
" races X - Nature mas made social
equality impossible without fatally SHINING
s.,rr4 a.4fs Il. <
things Il pronounced "a misfortune, not a
crime "a necessary evil resulting from
" the violation OF natural law in bringing them
together, &c, sc. This goes far beyond
the serious opinions of reasonable Southern
ers, and the phiiauthroplst Of the .ddress
should not have withheld the opinion OF Mr..
jefferson, y hon We have always regarded as
the best possible authority, Who upon this es-
pecial subject in the abstract, has said that
the Almighty has no attribute that can take
sides with the slave master. The attempt is
now made, We believe, for the first time, TO
make this dogma not a mere expression of
opinion, but an article of political faith and
perhaps We should not be surprised that the
attempt to dIscredit the war and its active
powers should be coupled with a Yndication
o, the peculiar institution our enemies up
hold as the basis of their gov arnmeut, and
which has led TO the blood AMI ashes of this
rebellion.
As a political organization the loyal demo
Gratis have nothing to do with it whatever
Its present treatment is one purely military,
its future consideration viii be urged before
competent tribunals, or disposed Of b. the
direct course Of events beyond the control of
political action. The Union must and shall
be preserved, even if slaverE should perish
IN the dreadful contest.
The address designates the present hour
las a time Of great trial and calamity :" ''of
national suffering and SORROW and q crisis
OF fearful peril to the Union = and it might
have added infinitely stronger terms To ex-
press the appalling dangers OF our condition;
yet IN such moment when it was necessary
TO unite all patriotic citizens, it torgets and
tOrglyes no differences OF party opinion, but
II recalls and embItters them all. The fear
tul peril calls for an amnesty OF party ami
mosities, and an offer OF peace for psf differ
euces Of opinion. At the moment OF its ap-
pearance Cancellation WAS the overruling thO't
OF the people. Instead, however, Of this,
the address becomes q sweeping and ungra-
CIOuS accusation against immense body Of
the i0gai people Of the NORTH rho, II sro,id ap-
peI' from the retsruS hare FURNISHED dynljes
'riH 90 many o. oar defenders. The changes
are sounded upon abohtIoulsts and republI-
cans, and the traitors of the south may feel
themselves compensated tor what is said of
them IN the viudictive abuse heapeCI uDOu 20