Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-10-02
wisconsin.

| WISCONSIN,.
| The loyal Democrats of Wisconsin have
very emphatically repudiated the acts OF
the copperhead convention at Madison, and
planted themselves on platform of une-
quivocal support of the Government. A
Mass State Convention was held at James
vile on the 9th, over which the Hon. L.
E Arnold of Milwaukee presided, and which
was addressed by such well known demo-
Gratis as Gen. John A. McClernand, ex-
Senator Walker, and Judge Hubbell. The
keynote of the convention was struck in
the speech of its president, who declared
its object to be the restoration of the dem
ocratic party to IFS old fealty to the Consti-
tuition and the Government, and TO present
an unbroken front for the crushing of the
rebellion. MY objection to the action of
the democratic party" said Mr.. Arnold, is
its intense partisanship. Its tendency has
been to cripple the Government, to weaken
the army, to throw cold water on the patri-
otism of its followers, and TO look more for
party success than TO putting down the re-
bellion." Truer words never were spoken,
and their value is that they are a sort of
States evidence, being what democrat
says of his party.
The resolutions adopted by the conven-
ton touching the war are mainly sound and
patriotic, not partisan, in sentiment. Here
is one which embodies principle vitality
essential to republican government, and to
which the so-caled democratic party in
| Wisconsin and elsewhere is shamefully rec
reant:
ResolUed, That the inherent element of
democracy is the rule of the People, its
first principle of action is a prompt submits
sion to the lawfully expressed will of thema-
iority that the democratic party, now find
ing an administration of the General Gov
eminent, constitutionally placed in power,
though without its aid and against its wishes,
is bound, upon all questions affecting the
national safety, to yield to it the same cor
dial and unconditional support which it
would have yielded to an Administration of
its own choice.
And the following is equally loyal and
outspoken, and coming honestly from the
heart as well as the lips of democratic
convention, puts TO shame the professions
of such as will not unite in similar dec
laration and pledge:
Resolred, That we believe vigorous and
uncompromising prosecution of the war, Is
the shortest and surest road to peace. We,
therefore, call upon the President of the
United States to exert the whole power of
the Government, and exhaust, if need be,
the entire resouI ces of the country, in crush
ing the rebellion and we pledge to him,
for this object, our cordial aud unccndition-
al support.
On the question Of Emancipation tie
sense of the convention was unmistakaOle.
The speakers and resolutions alike pro-
claimed that Slavery and everything else
in behalf of which the rebellion was begun,
or by which its strength was maintained
must be destroyed. Gen. McClernand said
g If Slavery stood in the way of the Union,
let it be swept away" Senator Walker
made home-thrust at his old democratic
constituents ar associates, reminding them
that the State Legs lature, which in l849
they controlled, passed resolution calling
on him to resign his seat in the United
States Senate because he had offered prop
osition, TO extend the Constitution and the
laws of the United States over the newly
acquired Territory of California, and did
not incorporate into it the Wilmot Provso.
Such is genuine democracy, and wherev-
er they assume similar patriotic ground,
there ought to be no division against them,
certainly not in tine present state of the
country