Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-06-10
4 Democratic Paper AppIauds the DIS
position made OF Val. andIgham.
lion &c Green 81 Advocate.l

From the Green Bay Advocated
There Is good deal OF noise made about
the " new candidate for inartyrdom, and
the deep damuatlon of his taking oil. -
Indignant speeches, letters and editorials,
and very grave opinions from eminent
iurisJ-n denoanCe the disregard OF law in
The manner of his seizure, trial and pun
ishment. lie hear Ucry little mention
aaGds as to the question aohether he Is or as
net traitor, UuC most prufuse talk as to
the way lie was got rid of.
y allandIgham, 10 speeches ia New Jer-
ses, ONO, Indiana ard elsewhere, inclted
hostility TO This government and Opp0siticR
to the further prosecution Of The 1Gr he
declared lt to DC ii war Tor the freeing OF
the nlggers aid the ensavement OF the
whites that 10 was not a war TOR the res
JUraUOu OF tile UuIon-that the people
should resist any further reinforcements of
men, either by volunteer enllstments or by
dTaIJ-that IL Is war against the rights
OF S.ate--and 60 on No 1HteIL.Gent man
glU deny that such talk is reasonable ;;
and u is the more criminal because Val
landIghan Is an Influential man, an elo~
queut speaker, and has done great deal
tOaca1ds citing hostility against The g0v-
erl.ae.,t IL tbc Month.
ped up and got ria OF Is one of the very
lew IustaIces IN which the Presiden has
G.eplayed decision aud judgment at the
right moment. II gives Us ii little better
opinion OF INN than we have had for
long ume. The Tdrce Of trusting Such a
Pestjt6ut man, an these times, to the delays
ana uncertainties Of u cIClt court ana eS-
p6clutiy 5a u DIS rlct injected by his an
Tueuce, has not been enacted; bat he has
been banded by the most certain and
efficient means at hand, just as you would
Pun mad dog with ii pltchtork and throw
him over tne fence. III It was not done
exactly according To the forms and cere-
noLIes laid down IN the statute books
there : Eiquancy and enterPrIze about
ii which we IKE.
There Is class OF fellows down South
who Use tie same language NallaudIg ham
did. Thy say this war Is tor the over
throw ut In liberties OF the people, ana
they are very much opposed 20 its further
prosecution. They say also that il should
not be e. c0uraged longer by eniistments
or submission 10 drafts. BE see no practi-
cal difference betreeu theu- postum. and
has mere IL enough difference III the
MODE OF managing tire TWO cases. hovev-
eT, 70 do away with auv cause for fault
finding IN the case OF \ alan1Ig lie
was at least given the sembIance OF a trial,
and was got rid OF without personal bodily
harm. Ia lie case OF the Others We have
been in the habit, tor more than u year
past, Of not only blocking up their har-
bUrs, turning their nIggers loose, and de-
stroyiug their property, but OF shooting
them down wherever touHd.
There are only tIo0 kinds Of men n01o IN
these GHlte3 StateS-tk0se toh0 are for the
g0UeTHaaeat an as prosecution u the soar,
AMI those scho are against it, There Is no
such thing Is a mode ground, or or neu
trahty. neither the government Is a
good or poor one, II Is legally constituted
and il is the only one We have OF can hsve
until another election-Jhat Is unless We
fall under JEFF. Davis government If
We were to overthrow the Lincoln admin
istratIUa, We would not only tall into a
vortex OF Al archy, but would be the prey
OF all tAg kites and vuitures who are re-
gardIng u even now 80 greedily from the
shores OF England and France Every
10Y al ard true American will carry the
lag aud keep step 10, the music OF the