Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-12-09
What Democratic Victories Mean.

probation which they the mseves give to their
single victory in New Jersey
The spirit which prevails there NAV be
gathered from the proceedings of celebra-
ton of their victory held BY the so-called
Democracy of Bergen county, at Bergen, on
the oath ult. FERNANDO WooD, of New
York, ex-Gov. Price, C. C. BURR..and others
spoke. The most radical opinions were ex-
pressed. Here are some of The toasts
The state Of Near Jersey-The only spot of dry
land in the deluge.
The County OF Bergea-The Banner County of
Democracy, which has not such non -descript as
| War Democrat within its borders.
| s'Biessed are the Peacemdkers.''
The Last Man and the Last DoUar-May the on
| be abolitionist, and the other shnplaster
| and may they both perish in the last ditch
state RisAts-May they not be forgotten in de-
| lirious and bloody triumphs of State wrongs.
| Our Distinguished CueSt-IIon- Fernando Wood.
The Var Democr0t-A white mans face on the
body OF negro
The only Possible Renaedy for .Sscessioa and the
only Hope Of the UHfoH-Peace, mutual
sion and compromise.
| To the first GOrernor-Who shah have the virtue
and courage to keep his oath Of Office, and protect
and defeod the Constitution, laws SOW ereignty
! OF his State ana the rights of its citizens.
| FERNANDO WooD responded to the toast in
| his own honor He began by congratulating
! New jersey, the only northern State that has
| given Democratic majority, on the exalted
| position which she had attained in the eyes
| of the world by her considerate devotion to
| the principles of free government, and the
| unqualified sentiments she had ever expires
| sed in favor of peace.
From the report of his speech We take the
| following extract, giving what the speaker
| regarded as correct exposition of the views
of the orthodox Democracy respecting the
| war:
Whatever may be the secret or ayowed
grounds on which a prosecution OF this war
| would justify his course; rest assured my
friends, 1t leads to result that will engulf all
alike IN one common maelStorm of destruc-
ton. care not 1ctether It be prosecuted for
patriotic purposes or not the objects Of men
or OF the Government are nothing in view of
the fact that the effect, tendency and catas-
| trophe viii of necessity be fatally disastrous
| 1t is folly to pirate of motives however high
| and ennobling they may ostensbly appear,
when the results which accrue from those
motives are destructive and debasing 1t
may be as well said that man is ustified in
jumping from an eminence, fall from which
| he Is certain to break his neck, because he
| did not design doing any injury to himself
| Whatever his intentions may have been he
| perlshes IN the act So with this war. Wheth-
er we will or no, its continued prosecution is
certain destruction. There IS no such thing as
rebellion meder tie institutions upon acltach the
Gpoer7oae1tt Of tbs county IS founded. Sap
pose AeC York choose TO seceIe teh0 dare preyenL
her Z Firginjd had tie same right as NelC York
War is disunion and disintegration. No man
in his senses disputes this. Every man who
tavors it, directly or indirectly, favors the
dissolution of the American Union-promotes
the establishment of centralized despotism,
and advances the fortunes of the most despe-
rate and INSCRIPTIONS knaves that ever ours
ed country. The advocates of the war NAV
well be classed the "evil disposed and
the - simple minded" These two classes
comprehend the whole war party of the
country The Democracy cannot follow
either.
He said the Democratic party to which his
hearers belonged must discard all aid and as
sistance from and utilization with the War
Democrats; they must accept neither their
friendship, influence or votes. He believed
that when the President called for troops
il only State Executive aoiH brain and 1te5pe
hal tone his ty under tie Constitutions the aCa1'
'"o'dd hare been StoIYDed before now With IOO,-
600 men under Lee threatening Washington
neither Stanton nor Lincoln would have had
courage enough to turn and face the fire they
would have felt in the rear. 1t is tie duty of
tie people NOR 10 refuse 10 gre another man or
another dollar for the purpose Of carrying on the
,rar. \ reference made by the speaker to Mr.
Vallandigham was received with the most
boisterous applause.
II VALLANDIGHAN had been elected, and the
States of New York and PENNSYLVANIA car
ried for the Democratic ticket, the leaders of
that party throughout the country would
without doubt, have adopted substantially the
the course prescribed in the above The
people understood the issue however and
could not be deceived.
Lieut.. GROGAN, of Gen. TRBBLEs Staff
has just arrived in Richmond. having succeed
ed in cifectng his escape from Fort johnson,
IN Lake Erie. The mode of his escape was
very adventurous and perilous, but is not
proper To be made known. The Lieutenant
passed through Maryland, and expresses him
self very greattul for the aid and comforts so
freely afforded him, usual, by the good
SOutherners of that State.-Hiclnt0fd E5tqlfiy-
CT.
These good Southerners of Maryland, who
aid and comfort rebels, are the men whom
! the copperheads in the North are so anxious
to have allowed to vote without Waking the
| oath Of allegiance.
\ PLor TO DESTROY RIcHNoND The Rich
mond papers of the 18th, give glowing ac-
| count of plot of the Union prisoners to rise
| on their guards, move in a mass upon the
| city, set it on fire, destroy all the arsenals,
| &c, and then march to Fortress Monroe
| They add, in their panic, that Gen. FOSTER
knew all about it, and was to join them with
brigade of cavalry. But the plot Of it ever
eNisted) was detected and squelched and the
| people of Richmond are again in repose
| IS Middle Tennessee furnished the meat
| and corn for the rebel army. One hundred
| and fifty thousand hogs were gotten in Middle
| Tennessee last year, and Atlanta was a store
house for the surplus which remained after
! feeding the army. From this surplus the
| Virginia army was largely supplied and large
quantities of bacon were shipped to Virginia
| from Atlanta This source of supply is now
| forever gone.
| - Mr.. 4. H. HoEs, jeweler of Chicago,
| proposed to give a gold watch to the person
| who contributed most to the Northwestern
Fair. The watch goes to President LINCOLN,
| who donated the original draft Of the E:nan-