Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-08-19

helt. Make Eiin take 1t back Now. as
for any regard for the Southern army. that
thing Is so Infamous and damnable that / don't
care tor noticing anything about il. / know
no man believes 1t. He knows il TO be a lie
He knows lac IS slanderer, q defamcr and a
lar and the truth IS not in him when he as
serts it, He says that | induced some of NV
relations to join the Southern army | have
had the exquisite pleasure of taking three or
four OF the gentlemen prisoners.
Storey says, / have grossly insultcd senator
Douglas III Springfield, for taking the stand he
did IN favor OF this My God Is he not
pretty man to call mother man traitor and
insult a man tor .alliug 4 part IN this var !?
Douglas and my self were friends at hit last
days ] attended him ON his last iourn to
Chicago; and this animal, this wretch, this
vile crawling creature, says i Insulted hin in
the street for taking q stand in favor OF his
country.
CNCoNSTITUTIoNALITY.
Gen LOGAN paid his respects to the resolu-
lions passed by a so-called Democratic conven-
ton at Springfield, Illinois, on the 18th of
June, to the effect that the further prosecution
of the war was unconstitutionaI--the same
doctrine which was promulgated at the Demo
cratic convention here last week-in this
style:
According to this resolution and to the doc
trine adopted by these men, We must have
stopped the war at this time T.. e had
stopped then, on the nth Of june, what kind
Of condition would we have been ina : If they
had ceased on that day, / suppose Gen Lee
would have travelled just where he pleased :
and that, reckon, would have been a consti-
tutional act. But on the It'll Of July, Gen
Meade drove Gen. Lee out OF PENNSYLVANIA.
hot 1
All of his acts of course tend to anarchy and
misrUlc, because he drove GEN Lee out OF
Pennsylvania.
If We had stopped there we should not have
taken Eicksburg
Well, Gen Macarthur addressing iiml, YOU
and do not believe we violated the Constitu-
ton, when we marched down the streets Of
EicksJurg, and played Yankee Doodle and had
the Stars and Stripes waving over us iGreat
cheers.
If we had stopped then, Port Hudson would
not have been taken if We had stopped then,
Gen. Prentiss would not have whipped Gen
Price down at Helena il We had stopped then
the Mississippi would have been blockaded by
their cannon and bristling batteries
But then, according TO these resolutions. we
must stop at that time and all our acts are I'm
constitutional. Then according to this doc
trine, the opening of the Mississippi river IS a
NlOl0llBu OF the constitution and OF the law
an act Tor WhIcn We are uttIvs pOnsIbIe an act
for which YOU and |, and each and every one of
Us ought to be tried for treason ICheers l.
Now, this is the condition III which these men
have placed us. 1t is not the Democracy
have known. Its not the good old sort
THE UNION AZ IT WAS"
This resolution further SAYS: We are in
favor of peace upon the basis of the restora-
ton Of the Union" The " Union as it was"
They are in favor of National Convention.
Would they have a Convention at which dele
gates should assemble from North Carolina.
Texas and Florida. and all those places that
are now in rebellion? Ifso want the gen
tleman who introduced the resolution, and the
men that passed it, to tell me how long it
would take TO get South Carolina to send del
egates to any Convention. How would YOU
notify them OF it? How would YOU induce
them to send their representatives Would
4 member of Congress, elected in one of those
States, attend any such Convention: No such
thing. They knew it well That phrase was
introduced for the purpose Of miseuiding and
misleading the people.
Now. my fcllow-CItizens, [ want to read the
latter clause Of it, and show what a strange
piece of composition it is. You know YOU
find great many people who say that they
prefer the Constitution as it is, and the
Union as it was"
They ask Tor Convention which shall de-
eide upon the terms Of peace, and settle upon
the Constitution, with such omc7,d5HeatS as JUS
tice demands Thus, gentlemen, at one min
ute they want tie Constitution itself and vet in
the next breath they say they are in favor of
making stcb amendments as shall secure such
rights rs these Deope are entitled to. Yet these
men proclaim that they are for the Union and
the Constitution, tor the Constitution as it is.
and the Union as it was.
THE CONSTITUTION As II Is"
1 think the men who are in favor Of this
war are for the Constitution as it is. | don't
care what party they are Of l do not think [
have found a man who supported this war
who is not lover of the Constitution as it is
These gentlemen say they are for the Consti
tuition as it IS and yet they pass resolution
which says they are for it as it is not And
vet they are for the Constitution as it vas
Well, am for 1t as it was. I am for having
South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, and every other State brought back
into the Union l am for it in that way
These gentlemen want the Union restored lust
as 1t was. It they are in favor of restoring
this Government for the purpose of enabling
jeff. Davis and IOOlnbs, and all those crowds
of traitors to sit in Congress, l am not for it
. as it was" / am for restoring every foot of
territory that belonged to the Union. and
bringing II back TO the Union. Then | am for
their having such rights as NAV enable them
TO reconstruct State governments and pass
such laws as may be for their best interests
| am for that, but / am not for allowing JEFF
Davis or any Of his fellow rebels to hold any
office in this Government whatever. I'm
mense applause.
CRoAkEES, GRCMBLERS AND DIsLoYALIsTs
Why Is 1t that the time is come now when
officers and soldiers in the army are traduced
and yillifed from one end of the country IN
the other When was there ever a time in
this country, when the country vas in war
that a man engaged in the army was not ira.
duced OF Siandered by certain portion of the
community Why is it: These soldiers will
not see this government DESTROYED. but these
men are throwing every obstacle in the way
OF the efficiency Of the army and navy Eve
" victory won by our armies Is a small af-
fair" II Is placed upon an improper basis
somebody has been doing wrong . the
victory is not sufficient it Is - not what we
desirep." But every defeat we have is put
IN large letters and magnifed Everybody
must be notified that the Federal troops have
been licked" not only whipped but badly