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

il NOT rrosscuted for eonfscstiQn and emsncipa-
ton. T6eS9 ne1sures arc VIZ me4SufeS-me2G-
nrss Which hi must be ps ra,y m;ssyv IN thei9
character. 1t not till this war had ragged nearly
two Years, that thess measures were adopted-nI
this had fingered because Of rebels In the army
the dstermination to put down this rebellion, the
quiIes the whole iniuence OF che SAole people OF
the loyal states = put a immediate stop to this
1t is not emancipation, nor confseAtion Mat
lie the object OF this How does q seadier go to
work to destroy his ensmyf Does he not cut of /
his supplies where he can, to weaken. him (, OF
the confscation act and the epSAncipatioA
proclamation became war measures. So far Is
OF the utmost benefit, but TO carry them out the
administration will need the united support the
war and the opposition to itlat home afordng
aid and comfort TO our enemies, and the traitors
ton. are doing more injury TO the U,ion cause
than all the traitors in the rebel srmy.
JET. Davis and his governments we'll know that they
have large sympathi.ias party at the North, and
they believe thai they will in time be aided by this
party accomplishing division of this Union. 1t
fo interest and for your interest, and for the
interest OF every in this nation, that this
bellion should be put down. / would rather that
every negro in the Southern States should be bot
and paid for at the highest price, than that any
portion OF this nation should be permanently dis
severed. My blood chiils within me TO hear any
Union. It il IRRESPONSIBLE to contemplate such an
act. desired sdrect vote upon these resolutions
because L wish to know how tar they meet the APP
proba,ion of this body. look upon them ruin
Gus in their tendency. If they embodied the SEN
uments of the loyal people Of these states, we
should be in subsection TO the rebel in
less than sixty days. If in favor OF dis
membermen., if We in favor of yielding to our
| enc miles, if are in favor bowling down to the
men making war upon the constitution and the
government, / want know who among rs IL is.
am glad to hear the gentleman from IiIwau-
kea as he II he n
error in some respects. He does not say that ne
fully endorses the confscation act, the procla
nation OF emancipation. For my part, 1 would
take the last Niger, the last mule and the last
dollar, frsm rebel, WI oever he be, TO put down
| this re lion. aas.a ssee-s.s
| Mr. BARRON IRep) believe there are p.- 1osi
tons which too outrageous, if not too absurd,
to receive the attention Of this body These reso-
buttons are among such propositions. They easht
not be discussed by this Legislature, or by the
Legislature of any loyal State All wish tc say
in regard to them, at the present time, is that If
my pc litcal history had been like that of the gen.
| tleman from Milwaukee, i should, of course,
| come in here to oppose these resolutions. L be.
| heve the breckenridge men supported Mr.. Breckin-
| ridge from the best Of motives Such men IS
Dickinson and Butler wished to preserve the Union.
They failed in the sacrifices they made, and they
4 do not wish to make any more. Now, sir, look
| upon the men, who, like the gentleman from Mil
lS4s, on the Buffalo platform, and who while in the
Legislature years since refused TO rescind the
Demo, atic resolutions OF lS49, as being peculiarly
open the obj of having alarmed the SOUTH
| aud hayinS thereby brought on this war. think
such men did more 20 bring dissolution OF the
Union than all the Breckenridge men IN exist encs
| The votes that we gave in the North IN lS4S con-
tributed very much to satisfy the south that they
| could not extend slavery any farther.
| L find no fault whatever with the proclamation
of the President, and if did, loyal citizen OF
the Union, should feel myself compelled to sub
NIT to the views of the President and his oonstitu-
| uonal advisers. no reason whatever why
| gentlemen who are really loyal should deem il
their duty to ypose the OF this Administration
for putting down the rebellion, because these acts
and orders do not with their previous notions
| Mr.. WALW nth, tRep.) 1t is not my INTENT on
to detain the House long upon these resol utions,
but inasmach they are interded to operate upon
the public mind an interior design to show that
large portion OF the people Of tins State are IN favor
of peace, believe it to b. our duty to expose the
design of those Offering these resolutions and
| ing them upon our attention st.4
| The opposition to this war is not a case which
stands alone by itself. Look the of the
| olution. Do not there combining to-
| gether to oppose that war, which we now consider
the most noble effort for liberty ever en- by
| man ? Did these unto with savages to
crush thus etortf The tories have passed away but
| they have made their record. they are re member
| ed only be hated As come down to the war
of 1872, find that the Gath day OF December.
| 1914, body OF men assembled at Hartford to op-
the Administration, and denounced the Administra-
ton. They, too, have made their record. By that
record they made their political graves deep that
they viii resurrected And sir coming down
to the present we find an address issued in the
| city of Milwaukee denouncng the abolition of
slavery the District of olumbia and demo cling
various of the present Administration snd the
Administration itself. This ADDRESS was opposed by
the NEST patriotic men in the Democratic party,
but IL passed the convention whom 1t was pre-
scented. Have net record in 1865 of opposition to
this war and is record the Journal OF
this House, that fifty given for L.
| G. Ryan tor United States Senatorf Here is
| another record that will stand This record will
\ back plague It's authors ~1IrLs least they
| want to have it.
| Are the people of Wisconsin to get upon their
knees give the rebels opportunity resusci-
| tate their exhausted means carrying the
war These resolutions bear the same relation to
he of hal he Int nf fha
| Hartford Convention did TO the war OF 1872. l
| was glad to hear the sentiments uttered by the
| gentleman from Milwau kee (Mr. Sharpsteil.) He
| is one of the Democrats, and cordially well
come him into the ranks of the supporters this
| Union. He occupies a noble position, and every
| Democrat occupying the position OF a loyal and
| true man to the Government cordially welcome
as fellow helper in the great work of saving the
| government and the Constitution. We do STOP
| to ask what their ante cedents are.
| In iris vote which is pending, we are to make q
| permanent record. We are to say TO the people,
| We to say decidedly, either that in favor
| of conquering peace, or that We in favor of
respite The friends of these resolutions are ask
| ing stop all measures merely because an
emancipation proclamat ton has gone forth, which
| is only q necessary war measure and a
| confiscation act has been passed. Do stop to
| ask what is constitutional, when a man attempts
to destroy ouI property our lives, do defend
| ourselves as men should! Certainly, we do the
| latter.
| Mr.. sHARPsTEIN. rise to reply, not to any
thing said of my outside of the Legislature,
| but as the gentleman from Polk (Mr. Barron) has
said something of my course a fermer occasion
| in the Legislature, L rise to correct him. Ten
years ago in the Senate. Resolutions were
introduced resembling the resolutions of 1s49. The
Democrats went into caucus on the resolutions to
rescind, Such men Charles Dunn, Henry l..
Palmer, and others of that class, were in that
| Gus, and opposed medang with the resolutions of
a former Legislature. Twas then young man,
| aud unable to overcome the influence of these
| gentlemen, although favored the resembling as
we'll as could. did not live in Kenosha county
till 1S49, an can assure gentlemen that my
ord made in the campaign of 1S4S, has never been
| falsifed.
Mr.. SANBORN. (Dem-) most cordially agree
with every gentleman, whether In this House
out of it, when tt object OF their action is the
| preservation of the Union. 1 know never utter
ed sentiment in my life, in contradiction to this
statement. never will till every hope, till the
| last opportunity of restoration is exhausted.
BY this time We ought to profit by experience.-
1t is not all our duty just to shut eyes and
| close We have some veritabls facts to
contend with, something more than a for
ideas. Some men may think that idea
| operate the battle field, bat what
we now ne ed most is action, and correct action
Men may differ regard to matters of public poll
cy. The gentleman from Milwaukee (Mr. Sharp
sten) is honest ia his opinion that his views are
just. The gentleman from Polk (Mr. Bafron) and
the gentleman from HIGHLAND (Mr. Waiworth) may
think their views just. also say Repeal and
Rscede We ask the administration 70 Repeal and