Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-07-15

puDllC man 0eeO rear 10 express us Se0tl-
rnents, and the truer the suggestions Of his
own heart the warmer will be the senti-
ments. | have never feared to express
mine, and am here now to proclaim to all
the world that have always been an aotl-
slavery IMAM, and there is no terror tor me
in the cry of ssAbolitionist." The proud
est summit Of human power which the
popular voice ever placed man in could
not induce me to give up these sentiments
of liberty and humanity.
A great deal has been said upon arbi-
trary arrests. Traitors TO their Govern
ment are particularly sensitive upon this
ground, but now let me tell You, that if
you arrest man VINO Is traitor In the
free States, you DO far more praiseworthy
act than it you arrested traitor in the
South. [Cheersl Every nation Is emit
tied TO the right of preservation, and
if these arrests are constitutional, then
your Constitution itself is unconstitutional
because it says that the writ of hdbeas
corpus shall not be suspended e1cept in
cases of rebellion or invasion, and il shall
be suspended in that case. Rely upon the
courts with their slow, crude processes,
listening to ingenious arguments of their
counsel and the doubtful and ambiguous
upon them, while your country is bleeding
at every pore and the enemy laundering
at your gates
The Constitution says that the writ of
hd6eas corpus shall be suspended whenever
In case OF insurrection or rebellion the
public safety shall require it. The Presi
dent has the power to suspend it; if there
is traitor in the land he has not only the
power but it is his duty TO arrest him and
send him South, where she belongs, as In
the case of Vallandigham.
There is man who has never had one
warm, patriotic impulse; who in Congress
voted against all measures providing for
supplies tor the United States Governments;
who by his disloyal sentiments has been
discouraging enlistments. and who III every
place has been talking against this glorious
Government of Washington and ours, and
yet he is nominated by certain party as
the candidate for Governor of Ohlol II
Ohio shall doom herself 10 the everlasting
infamy Of his election, then the star that
answers to her name shall have no associ-
alton in the everlasting cluster that pro-
claims the freedom and power of this
American Govern ment. Cheers. We
are not to talk about arrests no, we must
quiet treason when and wherever found
there is no crushing out this rebellion IN.
til we extinguish the fire in the rear
will take that back, lcrIes don't take il
back, yes, because the country will be
saved anyhow. Cheers.
FellOw-citiZens, | speak upon this spb-
iect with feeling and emotion, but / am
for the Union, and will spend what little
of life Heaven has blessed me with before
the ever glorious stars and stripes shall
trail in the dust. | am a southern man,
and there in Kentucky is the grave of my
mother, the home of my childhood; and
so help me God, before one jot or little OF
southern rights shall be torn from them,
| would lay down my life. | could ask
for them, that when this glorious nation
shall be restored, that it shall be free from
the everlasting curse OF human slavery.
consider that there is nothing discOuragiDg
in the prospects before ue. If l had the
power, this war should be brought to 6
close soon. l should adopt the Language
of MIR. Douglas that the shortest road to
peace is the most stupendous preparation
for war" | would take one million o.
people for our ARMY would have five
hundred Thousand to be drilling at home
and pressing forward to support those that
lave gone before them.
If you don't like the President, he il
the best you have got and you must stand
by him, and not bring him nto contempt
before the world but, like true patriots
sustain him in this most perplexing cause
in which be is engaged. | would say tc
my democratic friends, and my republican
| friends, and Union men everywhere, there
| is 30 longer any republican party or demo
| cratic PARTY. 1t is now unio7s or disunion
and, fellow citizens, | know no party ex
cepr my country In all my appointments
| have appointed more persoLs whose pc
litlcal faith Is opposite to mine than those
of my own party. | have received every
! man who will bring good, honest heart
| and a strong, valiant arm in the defence
| of his Government. The news comes OF
| this 4th of July that our armies are glo
| riously triumphant.
| pray you, without distinction OF party
| to send TO those brave boys in the army
| send to them the undivided sentiment
| one glorious, one universal cheer from al
| the inhabitants of tie North. | ask these
| men, who are now making every effort in
| opposition to the Government, if they
| have sunk so low as 10 be considered en-
| emles or their country, that they wouid
| not say one solitary word OF hope and
| cheer for the poor soldiers who are pour
| ing out their blood for them to-day? Il
| this the democratic party, who have
| brought themselves down SO low as to be
| considered enemies of their country in
| this her trying hour2 Will they be ready
| 10 do the work Of traitors
| Fellow citizens, | need not say that
refer to Wisconsin with delight. Wiscon
sin and Illinois are the two twin sisters
who have done so much in carrying on
this war. Covered with glory and resplen-
| dent with the lustre OF the great achieve
ments of their sOns-the memories o.
whose deeds will be carried down to the
| remotest time and cause their States tC
stand among the brightest stars in the gal
SKY of the Union. They never qua.led in
| the hour of conflict; their very names are
synonymous with heroic deeds and lofty
courage. and. alas, upon many rude spoI
upon the wilds of Arkansas, the Ohio and
Mississippi, 10 Maryland and Tennessee
repose the remains of those brave boys
who left mother, father, friends and al
the enjoyInents of civilized society to Offer
up their lives willing sacrifice to their
country. They were brave and intelligent
as any OF you here; but row they sleep
their last sleep, they have fought their
last batule, no sound shall awake them to