Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-30

There can only be one conclusion drawn
from this supine conduct, and that Is that q
controlling body Of TIE party ~ sgsry part Of th
STATE ore seilsg 10 gree vp the ,eoolted : ates
,osta0af an Effort, should ths- effort require IT
more fighting to retain them, there can b. 10
/ doubt that this wing Of the party constitutes
SO large proportion in It's ranks as to over
awe the more patriotic and dictate the policy
or the entire body
In the present temper Of the LOYAL people,
our orators, on public occasions, are not yet
equal TO the statement of the naked fact, but
without some powerful agency interposes 70
+ check their downward tendency, they will
+ soon be forced into its open admission.
And 50 true Is this, that even now If dem
ocrat who is convinced that the vigorous
+ prosecution Of the war is of paramount im-
portance TO all other considerations, as the
only possible salvation for the Union, and
avows his sentiments, he is instantly ostra-
+ clsed by the platform adherants. He IL thrust
+ from their councils and confidence he il
pronounced an enemy of his country and con-
signed 10 outer darkness and the black re
publican party.
This sort Of political jargon is the very
provocative To urge people 10 disregard their
obligations as good citizens, and the same
housing after political bug-bears character
ICES the Ryan address and platform resolu-
of evil forebodings, oblique perceptions and
furious denuuciations, trlRe the additional re
SOlre Of the c0Hfeufi0H 1ghict adgDtsd Them 10
aH4fd tie constitution Itself 10 satisfy 9tpaYd0R-
ed traitors show evidently they had forgotten
the prestige of the democratic party, and how
ready they were to plunge it into an abyss
long ago reached by every BODY Of men IN
our history, who have endeayOred TO weaken
the faith Of our people in the righteousness
. of = i. -
country. The most noted instances of his
tOrlc Intdmy have been thus acquired. and
posterity has ALWAYS looked back TO these
symptoms OF ILAeNarm patriotism with a dis
taste that no defense vas ever able to obvi-
| ate. The ill-fame which it casts behind grows
| like the shadows Of night, darker a. the
| world continues its course. While this act
OF treachcry Il now new to the democracy,
and its perpetrators have sufficient interest
10 assert its palHations, the imposture may
last, but these will soon die from around it.
/ leaving it in naked disgrace before all after
times
We behold the soil Of our country redden-
, ed with the blood Of a whole generation, and
our soldiers in their graves and our warriors
IN their blOod-st,tined shrOuds-the murdered
host of this accused rebeIlion-implore Us
10 sustain by voice and deed the cause in
which they fell.
Shall the democracy, who have ever been
the war party Of the country, rally unhesita-
tIngly and Internationally TO the front of dam
ger and the protection of the Union! We
look back With reverence TO its early history,
let Us act with the same wisdom, patriotism
and unhinching determination TO sustain our
government although We 10 not administer
IT. trusts
The document commonly known as the
= RYAN Address, was Incorporated as part Of
the Democratic creed by tins nominating Con-
veutlOn. 1t i less definite in its recommen-
datious thau the resolutions, but when it f 81
appeared, the height of inhammatory language
thought to have been reached and many
Ot the most answering members OF the dem
OcTltlC party we're alarmed at its tone, and
many OF the presses which nov endorse II,
refused Il admission into their columns, DuI
on the contrary, spoke Of 1t as an insult to
the party and the country. The system that
has brought all similar productions into the
world was cautious and systematic. At first
they PASSED for the spleen OF selfish politicians
of the New York Nelrs and Daily Day Book
school. The popular enthusiasm for some
time, kept down the sprouting disioyalty Of
this class N Wisconsin, and the attacks upon
the conduct Of the war had called the atten-
ton OF authority TO several OF the most vio-
lent and dangerous dislOyalists in other States.
Owing 10 these facts the RYAN Address"
and all papers ike II, became guarded in
their language, and always introduced some
patriotic common places as a mask TO their
real designs b. means, however, Of news
paper talsihcatIUus and public speeches equal
Ii ii-in-enuOus and the Formation Of clubs, IN
rct.ct til. most J1coJusicli or7jes Tes applaud
-, an open disatfectIou was created towards
our cause, which, IN many places, has since
been tOmeutcd into open anarchy and blood
shed. and even in Wisconsin, we have seen
officers obstructed in the performance of their
duties, and unable 10 execute the law, with
out the presence Of military forces The
holder ground of the platform resolutions
have thus been reached, step by step. This
Is evident on the most CursorY comparison.
The Address deals in generalities, which arg
afterwards condensed and pointed in the reso-
buttons. The former venture no farther than
to say, I'm the following moderate terms 81 We
believe that the Executive acts Of which we
complain, were done rather IN inadyertance,
by subordinate officers, than III the deliberate
purpose of subyeruing the Constitution or
with the sanction of the President"
The resolutions declare precisely upon the
same point, that
These guarantees have been systematically VI
ofared by the present federal administration. Not
hy accident. By mistake, bur upon the deliber-
ate assumpr i0u of the President OF the United
states and Gs s9bor Eat-s civil AMI military, that
they may OF right violate them whenever their
Judgment It NAV seem cXpedIent."
And in the same breath we have the fol-
lowing threat:
And We cold that every deliberate violation Of
che popular liberty OF private right by the Presi-
dent ms suboriiustes is a crime against the
Constitution which viii be followed by Just consti-
tutiouAI punishment, If peace and constitutional
order should ever again reign II our distracted
country
The extravaganza contained in these e1-
traces would have been out Of place at the
date OF the Address. The people mad not
vet been tacitly compromised TO listen to such
rhodomantal3es, and would have rejected the
whole affair, with such repuIsiEe feature
in II.
Again. the Address saws.
. Nlatever man, officer, or party assumes 10 be
true 90 the Union and to the Constit ton, a.
tcretat hers made It and toretau joy-
ID 1t, i disoyal co both. Blind submission the
administration Of the Government. Is dew otion
60 the country 20 the Coust ution. The Admin
lSrratiou i not the Constitution = . and
when the Administration violates the ConstIru-
fon, leg atty 70 IA AiHsiHiStr sGy become
loyalty ths Gaio7.''
The statement II the resolutions informs u
/ that-
- The history Of he world hiss rarely shown a
crC-Se- ernaric abuse OF deIeza- and
HuIt 81 powers more InsoIeut assumption OF
arbitrary power by she constitutional servants Of
T shs people
/ The first was As far as il vas deemed advisa-
4 bIe to 20, Al the time Of penning the Ad-