Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-03-04

gag. in crusade Only against an institution Of the
South And then, s3r, whom thsse men exe eones
dred or eight hundred thousand more. and then Be-
no nearer the goal than when We started. Newt
ssas sss q De'f,
iar - this administration hnSe hesn able 20 con-
pusaiDs Ris oa The
last shenoe and the last hops for the Of
the onie1 a., !: In in the virtue q he people Until
agc it y idle sall q rsssorss the
This war 10 unlike any Other var that ever az
isse1at il unlike : foreign war. Isb wa ssnsues
brethren and sisters, end among fathers and moth
ers. They have TO lead them at the South.
men who highly educated and acute, who nave
sue usetsd 8 system of rebellion, which, pernsps
the humber classes are not responsible for Edu-
en- tone to public sentiment. The only way to re.
store Union is to bring the people Of the south
and of the North to mingis once more together; l
If the people In that section once lay down their
arms, no power the earth can ever induce theu
to take them up again. when they see me graves
that they have nlled and that this war Is destruc
tive to life liberty and union. every snang that Is
dear to them earth, they will acknowledge their
errors. Why the God of Nature made our country
for one republic. The rivers and the prar1es nave
bound Us together in one bond. Nothing but the
u.s. There may be time when the bonds OF union,
the bonds Of concord, win not be strongly con-
tion- Rut after penitence and contritlon both
North and Soutn, believe tho people Of this re-
canpcs come together in the manner contemplated
in these resolutions, they can never together
1t ILL., because the continuance of this 10 DIS
union, inevitable, certain.
| The gentleman from Grant (Rountree) and every
other gentleman ntng that side Of the ques-
ton, assumes it to be fact that the Democratic
party, a. q party, constantly obstructlny the
progress of this war. deny is emphatically such
is not the case and never has been the case. At
the outset Democratic party rallied In MAS to
support of the Union, and lent TO that support
ali their influence ana ali their money. When he
administration departed from its original profsss
ions and pursued some other course, said II was
destruction of the Union that 1t never could be
restored under such lead. ask gentlemen to look
at these resolutions FOR q moment. Allow me to
read the prean BILE. tReads IT'D
IL would have been we'll had these ideas been fol-
lowed. We have fought long, and yet the same
questions of Intercourse are still upon And
experience No great roubls in this republic was
ever before settled except by compsomise. When
the American people become 50 sstranged that they
cannot meet upon q common basis, there 10 no loR-
ger any hope tor the Union, and when large party
tbs North have said and are continually saying
that this uitimatum Of this struggle must be TO
conquer . De ace il comes with . bad grace. II
| had such men now living as Daniel webster and
Henry Clay, believe it would not ret be late
to this country to the condition In which IL
was. This peace never can BIO conquered by the
force of arms. There must be concessions from the
North and from the South, which believe both are
prepared to make, the moment they shall be in
portion to express their views.
listing circumstances, necessarily calls upon tho
people of the North to raise and arm million men.
Ii necessarily calls for the sending into the field
many men we have already sent there
Now what can We gain by the repetition Of the
same course of action We have tried this plan
long enough. On southern battle-fieids there lie
hundred ana fifty Thousand OF the loyal men
| the North. And one hundred and fifty thousand
more, yea, two hundred tho usand more, are fast on
| their way TO the same graves. The hospitals in
every State, and by she side of every river,
filed with the dying and the deaa-and AL for
whatl All tor thu purpose of aboishing slavery
| of abolishiug the Union. For one, am unwihng
to try this plan any longer. You have shed blood
enough at Pitrsburx Oorinsh, YORKTOWN aud scorxn
of other battle Ids say tS-day, standing here,
another iiIe not another drop OF blood uutii
an effort for compromise shall prove unsyaiing
The people of both parties demand i'll know it.
| They nave hoard the wall of widows and orphans,
and bereavedfr.ends, until the soul sickens de-
spair. Ask the North and the South to beat their.
| swords into plowshares, aud their spears into
/ pruning-hooks. and instead OF drenching the
| earth with human gore, turn to the Christian
/ pursuits of producing cotton, and rice, ana a
| compromise have been tried and they s.su prove
unavailing, then may be willing to try again.
| AT IeastI will be found anywhere and everywhere,
| where in my Judgment my action shall be fer the
restoration OF the Union and nowhere else. When
L read these petitions against abolition, particular
ly from the district which represent. which come
up here; know that represent the feelings of nv
| constituents, when oppose the policy of the Ad-
| Mr. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Have any De-
titions come up here asking Tor autions of this
| kindl
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have come here which embody the doctrine of these
| resolutions. do not attempt to lead any gentle
man. 1 do not attempt to manufacture pu bic sem
| timent. But hold that when a petition comes
from my district, EXPRESSING In as authoritative
the people to the further prosecution of this
that it is my duty, represe nting my consttu-
| ency, TO take the position which take here.
| stand on this floor only of the Democratic
| party of this State. am only a humble indlyid
ual. ask public favor patronage-only TO
express my sentiments and the sentiments OF the
peSI.e Ii will make but little difference to me
only ask that from little gathering like that of
this Assembly, there may be a spark kindled which
shali blaze up among the people into the true doc
trine. We should be known In Europe = people
not seeking to wade in human blood forever Hith-
erto have been known in Europe q people
more fond of the mites OF peace than ony other
people upon the earth. The whole voice Of Eng
nd to-day is replete with admonition against the
continuance of this struggle, and they do not sav
which party is most to blame ana in favor Of ths
passage of these resolutions.
MIR. FIELD moved the previous question.
MIR. WHITE wanted to be he ard a moment
MIR. WEBB thought that the gentleman (Mr
Whte) ought to be heard in the discussion Of bis
own resolutions.
Mr.. FIELD said he was tired of this discussion.
Mr.. JONES hoped the motion for the previous
questan would be withdrawn, as be Was unwilling
TO vote either way upon the resolutions, without
having said Few words upon them,
Mr.. BARRON wished to say q few words and
thought that other members did
Mr.. WHITE being unwilling to promise that he
would renew the motion for the previous question,
the motion, which second ed.
The house then agreed that the main question
should be put, which was done, with the following
vote Democrats in Itdlscs, Republicans in Roman:
In favor Of the adoption of the resolutions:
Messrs. Alert, Bentley. Burroughs, BurcA,
Chapman, Collins. Eviston, Hanrahan, Hide
brandt, Jones, AeCoIum, Oetlirg, O'Hara, Port
faeT, Poaoer, Richdrd.o,, San5orn, Chants ScAot-
tier, Shdndhdn, Simon. Saovsr, 1A0nnds, Waste
and ZilSer-25.
Against their adoption
Messrs Adams, Aicott, Barron, Bates, Bingham,
Eats Field, Fisher, B: Foster e. H. Foster, frdse
Galloway, Gilmore, Glenn, Greene, Hanson, Hs:en,
Head, Hill, Hyer, Jackson, Larsanl, Larkta, NO.
Fdrland, Miller, Monroe, Newman, Osborn, Phil
lips Pope, Pratt, Priest, Powers, Pullsn, Rand,
Ro6fns0n, Rothe, Rountree, SAarpstetn, ". II.
Smith, Spsuidng, Starks, Starr, sturtevant, Taylor
Treat, Turner, Vivian, Wagner, Wslworth, Webb,
E. Wescctt, w. s. Wescott, Wheeler, Wright, MIR.
Speaker-o3.
JEFF. Davis Organ Demolished by Con.
valescent Soldiers.
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