Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-10-28
Can Loyal Man vote for the Palmer Ticket !


yALLANDIGHAM himself is g dead cock in
the pitt but the VALLAsDIGHAN issue is yet
before the people of Wisconsin. The Demo
cratic ticket, headed by H. L. PALMER, is pre-
sented upon platform endorsing NALLAS-
DIGHAM and expressing in most ardent terms
a desire for his election as Chief Magistrate
of Ohio Il therefore behooves the voters of
Wisconsin to understand precisely what are
the principles and purposes of party that
desires the election of a man like NALLAN-
DIGHAN as Governor of one of the first States
of the Union.
These principles and purposes can be best
understood from an examination of the avowed
sentiments of VALLANDIGHAM himself, and
from his utterances and votes as member of
Congress and elsewhere On the 7th of Feb
ruarv, 1861, he submitted a scheme in the
House, proposing to diSsolue the present Union
and erect on It's ruins :. foar geographical sec
tons" Here is the gist of his plan
In his first article, he proposed dividing the
United States into four sections, geogrdPf'1cat
sctioaS.
The Sc. md proposed to render the voting
majority of Senators from each section should
be ne oessary in order to the passage Oh any
sssuch bill, order or resolution" 1t also pro-
posed to make the election OF the President
and Vice President dependent upon vote OF
the majority of the electors from the Jour geo.
graphical sections.
The third article explicitly provided for the
disruption of the Government-the secession OF
any State-upon the consent OF the leglsla-
~, he @
which it belonged, and that the President
shall have ''power to adjust with the seced-
ing States all questions arising by reason OF
their secession"
The fourth provided for the extension Of sla-
yeg-y to each of the sections and all territories,
&c. Congressional Globe, Part 1st, page
1874, ID Session, 35th Congress)
On the 18th of January, 1861, Mr.. ADRIAN
offered the following resolution in the House
of Representatives;
Resolved, That fully approve Of the bold and
patriotic act of Major Anderson in wlthdra"hs
from Fort Moultre to Fort sumter, aud of the de-
termination Of the President to MAINTAIN thaI
fearless officer in his present position ana t4dt ~e
1oiH support the President all coStttui0nd al meas
sfTes to enforce the Iates and preSerge the Union.
The vote was yeas pa, Nays 3d. Among
the Nays was Vallandigham.
On the 18th of July Mr.. Eli oft, from the
| Committee on Commerce, reported the fol-
| lowing resolution, and asked unanimous con
sent to have it put upon its passage:
| Resolrsd That the Secretary Of the treasury be
requested TO employ imme dately a sumcleht force
! protect commerce from the pirates that now
| infcst
Vallandigham objected to its consideration.-
| Mr. Elliot then inquired: 500 l understand
the gentleman from ONO to object?" Val
| landigham: YES"
The Congressional Gloje shows that Valland-
| ighau introduced into the House u resolution
declaring vacant the chair of Mr.. Blair OF
| No, and Curtis of Iowa, because they had
gone into the Union army, ,cEjle he gotea against
| a resolution for IN expulsion of Dr.. Clark, ocho
had gone into the re5Ramly.
| On the 18th of December, 1861, Mr.. Sedg-
| wick of New York, from the Committee on
| Naval affairs, reported bill to authorize the
| construction of twenty ironclad steamers
| Mr.. Vallandigham interposed every obstacle
| to the bin, and as a last resort moved pro
viso Mr. Sedgwick, referring to the proviso,
| said That will embarrass the Department.
To which Mr.. Vallandigham promptly and
| spitefulIy answered, That IS snhat I'caht ~
! o. r--,,. C'1-r- aovl--o-, page 10
In q speech at Dayton, Ohio, in August
1862, vallandigham boosted as follows:
IHAVE NOT VOTED FOR ANY ARMY
| OR NAVY BILL, OR ANY ARMY OR Ma
| Wy APPROPRIATION, SINCE THE MEET
! ING OF CONGRESS ON THE 4TH OF JULY,
! 1861.
On another occasion he uttered these abom-
Unable sentiments:
| Then, Sir, 1 am not a Southern man either
ALTHOUGH IN THIS MOST UNHOLY
| AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL CRUSADE
| AGAINST the SOUTH, in the midst of THE
/ INVASION, ARSON, INSURRECTION AND
| MURDER TO WHICH SHE HAS BEEN
| SUBJECT and with whom she is still threat
| cned-with the TORCH OF TILE INCENDI
AIRY AND THE DAGGER OF THE ASSAS-
| SIN SUSPENDED OVER HER-MY MOST
| CORDIAL SYMPATHIES ARE WHOLLY
| WITH HER.
| Such are the sentiments which the Ryan
| and Palmer Democracy endorse, and which
they labor to promote. No intelligent man
| who loves his countrywide wishes the re-
beIlion crushed and the Union sustained
! viii give his sanction to these principles
| Yet no man can vote for PALMER and his as
| sociates without substantially endorsing them
and thus lending direct aid and comfort tc
JEFF. DAVIS and his cause.
| The Cause of the War.
| The Ryan Address attributes the war tc