Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-02

ploAn-ses Aiaae pl the leaders AZ tne oeEin-
ming of the secession movement
Fast and foremost, they promised that Sc
cession should be peacsa5ie..z
| iSeco1adly, They promised that if perehanee
war should ensue, it would be very short
war; that 1t would not last sac months that
/ the Yankees would rot fight-that oae South
erner could whip from, ten to one hundred of
/ them-that England and France would speed
/ lily recognize Us, and tender us every assist
| ance we might desire-that whatever might
/ be tlelrs abstract opinions on the subject of
slavery, their interests would impel them to
promote its perpetuity in the Southern States
that if, after al, they should not be dis
| posed to assist Us, Cotton lcaS huaq, and
would soon bring all the crowned heads of
| Europe on their knees II duplication to as:
would compel them TO raise the blockade
| should one be established in thirty DAYS, in
| sixty days, in ninety days, in one hundred
/ and twenty days, IN SIX months, in nine
/ months, in one gear at furthest.
I 1htrdty, They promised us that all the slave
/ States, except Delaware, would join the
| Southern Contoderacy; that slavery should
not only be perpetuated IL the States, but
| that it should be extended into all the Terri
| tories in which che negro could live: that all
the grievances occasioned by the non-execu-
| ton OF the tugltive-slave law siSbuld be speed
! lily redressed that slave property should be
| established upon q basis as safe as that of
| land property.
| FoHthty, They promised US that the new
| government should be q mere Confederacy of
| States, OF absolute sovereignty and equal
| rights that the States should be tyranniZed
over by no such central deSDotiSHa " as the
| old government at " ashington that the glo-
| rious doctrine of Ssate rights and nullihca-
| ton, as taught by Mr.. Jefferson and Mr. Cal
| hOun, should prevail in the new Confederacy;
that the sovereignty of the States and their ju-
| dicial decisions should be sacredly respected.
| FEtthly, They promised US the early and per-
| manent establishment OF the wealthiest and
| best government on the earth, whose credit
| should be better than that Of any other ma
| ton; whose prospe Ity and happiness should
| be the envy of the civilized world.
And, lastly, they promised US that if war
| Should ensue, they would go TO the battlefield
| and spill, II necessary, the last drop of their
blood in the cause Of their beloved South.
The Standard then shows how egregiously
these promises have failed:
While such have been their promises what
have been their performances Instead of
secession being peacable, as they promised
that it would, 1t has given rise to such war
as has never before desolated any country
since the barbarians Of the \ crth oyerran the
| Roman Empire.
So far from the wars ending in six months
| as they said it would should it ensue, it has
already lasted more than two years; and, if
their policy Is TO be pursued 1t viii last more
than two years longer; and, Notwithstanding
their predictions, the Yankees nave fought
on many occasions with spirit and determIn-
alton worthy of their ancestors Of the Revo-
ution-worthy of the deeendants of those
austerc old Purtans whose heroic spirit and
re ljtrio
I the terror of the civilized world-or of those
French Huguenots " who, thrice IN the six
| teenth century, cOntended with heroic spirit
| and various fortunes against all the genius of
| the house of Lorraine and all the power of
| the house OF NalOis." England and France
| have not recognized us-have not raised the
blockade-have not shown US any sympathy,
| nor Is there any probability that they ever
will, and that cotton is not king is uni
versalIy acknowledged. And Maryland has
| not Joined the Contederacy, nor has Kentucky
| nor Missouri ever really been with US Sla-
very has not only not been perpetuated in the
| States, nor extended into the Territories, but
| Missouri has passed an act of eHtaacjDatjon and
| Maryland is ready to do so rather than give
| up her place in the Union, and the last hope
| OF obtaining foot Of the Territories for
| the purpose of extending slavery has depart
| ed from the COnfederacy forever. The griey-
|
| Northern States to execute the fugitive slave
| law have not only not been remedied, bit
more SluUcS h0ge teen lost to the South toreger
since secession 1gdS u1a1tgcTGted than ar0d hare
escaped from Hei7' masters IN tie Union Ia fire
| centuries. And how have they kept their
promises that they would respect the sover-
| eighty of the States Whatever the Gov
ernment may be in theory, in fact we have a
grand military constellation, which almost en-
tircly ignores the existence of the States,
and dsregards the decisions of their highest
| judicial tribunals
| Instead of an early and permanent estab-
| lishment of the wealthiest and best Govern
| ment in the world with unboundcd credit F."
| what have we got? In spite of all the vic
! tories which they profess to have obtained
over the Yankees, they have lost the States
| of Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Lou
| isiana Mississippi and Tennessee, and az ma
| hUDable opinion hare lost than torege,' and, in
| all probability, Alabama will soon be added
| to the number. This will leave to the Con
| tedcracy but tire State out Of the original
| thirteen, and Of these fUe the Yankees baUe pos
session Of many Of tie most important points,
and one-tbiy'd Of their territory SO FAR, THE
| YANKEES HAVE NEVER FAILED TO HOLD EVERY
| PLACE OF IMPORTANCE WHICH THEY HAVE TAKEN,
| and present indications are that Charleston lcjH
soon be aotietj to tie lslnh6er. The campaign of
| General Lee into Pennsylvania has undoubt-
| eddy proved O. failure, and with it the last
| hope of cOn4uering a peace by successful
| invasion of the enemy's country. Our army
has certainly been very much weakened and
dispirited by this failure and the fall of Vicks-
! burg, and how long even Richmond will be
| safe no one can tell. As the Richmond En-
| Ytirer said some time ago: They are slowly
| but surely gaining upon us, acre by acre, mile
| by mile" and, unless Providence interposes
| IN our behalf-of which | see no indication
we VIII, at no great distance of time, be a
| subjugated people
| As to our unbounded credit based upon the
| security of King Cotton, it is unnecessary to
| speak When we see one OF the most infiu-
| entail States in the Confederacy discrediting
a very large part of the Confederate curren-
| cy, and the Confederate Government itself
| repudating, to some extent it solemn obi
| cations, cannot but suppose the confidence
| of other nations in the good faith and credit
| of this Government is small indeed. As re-
| CARDS their promise ''to 90 to the war and spill
| the last drop of blood in the cause of their
| beloved South, | will say nothing Every
| body knows how the Secessonists of North
| Carolina have kept that promise Everybody
| knows that the leaders, with a few honorable
! exceptions, viii neither fight nor negotiate
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