Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-03-25

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that of slaves, whether white or black
and are their northern allies 1t ignoring
the right of the majority to rule, and trv-
ing to deny them the means of safety and
protection so wisely given them by the
Constitution And when the necessity
of the times require TO resort to extreme
measures for the safety of the country
/ Usurpation and Tyranny is the ery.
Had they power they would slay every
| loyal man, impeach the President and the
Cabinet, sink Plymouth Rock (iorsoeth
if it happened to be the resting place OF
| a band of men fleeing from the oppress-
ors Of the Old World and in great de :
gree the birthplace of our civil and relig-
ious liberty) hand the government over to
JEFF Davis and his minions, to their un-
speakable delight.
What means that rejoicing South over
| late elections? llluminations on grand
scale, and the booming of cannon too
| clearly indicating the purpose and concert
| of action between northern and southern
traitors With what eagerness they
watched the result of those evidences of
strife and disunion that cost them years
| of labor to sow and instil in the minds of
northern people, SO essential to the con-
sumation of their hellish designs.
Whenever did the motto, United we
stand, divided we fall behsove the Amer
;can people to watch well the issues of
the day with more force than the present :?
How essential is healthy public opin-
ion how important q candid searching
inquiry into the acts and motives of lead
ers of the public mind and true and sim
cere devotion to the union at home to IN
sur; the blessings and the success sful OPP
erations of our republican institutions
which has been the hope of tie world.
The safety of the government, the ne
cessities of the times, which has called
such an army into the field, demands 1T !;
every soldier requires honesty of purpose
and the united sympathy Of every man,
woman and child, to strengthen his hopes,
to nerve his arm, to encourage his heart,
to inspire and cheer him on in the per-
formance of the high and noble duties
now imposed upon him, and in frowning
down that spirit that would demorallze
the Army and turn every man of it into
a perfect villain.
TO this end let every republican that
endorses the doctrine of jefferson, that
majoritics should rule, and it has been
the greatest glory of the American people
that minortieS have heretofore cheerfully
acceded to them that ight; And Demo
Gratis who revere the memory of jackson
who swore by the eternal that the union
must and shall be preserved, unite as
one man In upholdmg tie thousands now
marshaled to defend the country and the
honest efforts of the Administration in its
endeavorS to perpetuate the work and
memory of the men whose blood and sul
fering gave us our independence, and
as we cherish the teacl ing of American
mothers who taught US to love our coun-
try and despise the man that would bar
ter away its liberty, let all unite in put
ting down this foul plot. From every
public place, from every cottage md ham
let, from every mouth let a warning voice
be raised against these workers of iniqul-
ty, and if persstant, let the retribution of
an indignant people meet out to them the
reward they so justly merit. A warning
voice Is being raised in the army Let
loyal men everyn here cooperate, and not
allow these emissaries of Davis II &C., by
false prctence and peryerslon OF names TO
mlslead the unwary Like their work
ers south, they sail under false colors, re-
sort to the most dishonorable mears.-
For the accomplishment OF their unholy
purpose, they cry peace, wnen they well
know there Is no peace The south spurns
their offers and they ever will, as long as
there is the evidence of n divided north.
They work upon the sensibility of the
people by picturing false figures in rela-
ton to our losses. Thousands of our
youngmen have been slain It's true Know
ing Its power they put on the garb of
mourning and cry our young men slain
while their course proiongs the war
They cry expenditure in order to dispar-
tIo 0f bo thau
cry Abolition, hoping this will frighten
the people out of common sense while
they coax and encourage the south to hold
out lit le longer in heir mad and hope
less career thereby calling for IN nore blood,
more treasure more desolations Of homes
more energy to undo the work of iniquity
their reasonable lips and hands are now
performing.
And they are wrapping themselves in
the cloak of Democracy to cover their hid
eousness what perversion of names
What would old Hickory say to these
f;llse pretensions could his voice be heard?
would he not drive them from Is pres
ence when they come claiming disciple
ship bv declaring II never knew you ??
Would they not he in the same category
with the devil when Christ said 'get be
hind me Satan p | assure you their
course is not endorsed by Democrats in
the army, but they are regarded as real
enemies of their country as are southern
traitors whose hands are dripping with
the blood of our laughtered comrades,
and their actions more dangerous than
southern steel grape, cannistcr, or round
shot They are responsible for the loss
of thousands of lives unnecessarily sacri-
feed upon the altar of discomfort, in the
studied opposition to means used to put
down treason and their efforts to paralize
the arm of the government.
With an undivided north, ere this We
would have seen this menstrous rebe lion
crushed, our country in the enjoyment of
peace without the sacrifice of one single
principle that has constituted US a great
people-the admiration of the world
Priding ourselves in a government as
afors time, conscious of its powers not on
" to punish treason wherever found, but
to maintain its honor and integrity; prov
ing to the world that chr government was
fact and no longer a mere experiment.
And let me say here that some of the boys
feel most shamefully deceived in some of
the persons whom they assisted by their
votes in raising to positions where they
might be instrumental in doing much
GOOD b,,+ ara oxa~tinfr themselves both bv