Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-09-28

the disciples and advocates of secession
to follow the example of the South, an,
sever the West from the Federal Union
The success Of the Chicago programme il
November viii be the signal for carryin:
these designs into execution, aud the 4tl
OF March will dawn upon new Western
Contederacy, aiming at independence, de
lying the power of the national arms, anC
cooperating with the slave power of tht
Southern States in blotting from existenc,
the free Republic of the estcrn world.
We call upon the people to crush al
these schemes and to brand their author.
and allies with their lasting reProbation
We call upon them TO support the Gov
/ ernment, to quell the rebellion, to defend
and preserve the Union We call upor
/ them to stand by the President, who, un
/ der circumstances Of unparalleled Difficult
/ ty, has welded the power Of the nation
with untaltering courage and fidelity
/ with integrity which even calumny has
not dared to impeach, and with wisdom
and prudence upon which success is even
now stamping the surest and the final
seal. His election will proclaim to the
world the unaltered and unalterable de-
termination of the American people to
quell the rebellion and save the Union.
1t will strike down forever the false hopes
and expectations of the rebel government.
and proclaim to the people Of the rebel
States that their only hope of peace lies
IN abandoning their hostility to the Gov
ernment, and resuming their allegiance
to the Constitution and laws ofthe United
States
We call upon the Union Committees
ano the Union Leagues, and upon ali 10y
al associations in every State, County and
town, to perfect their organizations; to
inluse fresh activity into their operations :;
to canvass carefully and promptly their
respective districts: to circulate docu-
ments and newspapers containing Just
and iorcible eXpOsitions of the merits of
our cause; to combat by assemblages of
the people in public meetings, by public
speeches, by conversation, by letters and
personal appeals, and in all just and proper
modes, the deceptive and perilous sophis-
tries OF the agents and political allies of
the rebellion. Let them be on their guard
against the arts OF corruption and intrigue
which VIII be brought with INSCRIPTIONS
desperation, to bear upon them. The reb-
ell government, and those foreign powers
most deeply Interested in our destruction,
could well afford to expend millions in
Oyerthrowing this administration, and
placing in power the nominees and rep
resentatives Of the Chicago Convention.
The skies are bright and full of prom
Ise. The liOn-hearted citizen soldiers of
the Republic march with steady step and
untaltering purpose to Il speedy and glo-
rious victory. The heart Of the people
beats true to the Union. Every triumph
of the Union arms over rebel troops arous-
es afresh the courage and confidence OF
Union men, and cn1ifs Cue heart ANA tco-
imates the ranks Of the submission seces-
sionists represented at Chicago 4 I'm
ion victory in November will end the
long aud laborious strife. 1t viii paral-
iZe the arm Of the rebellion. 1t Will dis
perse its armies, destroy the hope by
which the dcspotism at Richmond now
holds its subjects in bondage, release the
people of the Southern States from their
enforced disloyalty, and give them again
the blessings of selfgoyernment within
the Union, and under the protecting Con
stitution and flag Of the United States. 1t
will enable cur own government to ex-
change the weapons Of war for the cOunsels
Of peace, to relax the stern control over
public action and public speech which q
state of war renders unavoidable, to re
store our financial system, to dissolve all
military courts and hand over again to
the civil tribunals Of Justice the punish
ment Of crime and the preservation of
public order, and to restore TO their fire
sides and their homes, clothed with honors
and to be held IN everlasting remembrance,
that great army Of citizen soldiers who
have barred their breasts against armed
rebellion, and won the imperishable
renown Of saving the Union, for which
their fathers and their brothers died.
Signed by the Committee.
H. J. Raymond, Chm, y y,
Samuel T. Hersey, Me,
John B. Clarke. n IL,
Abraham w Gardner, Vt,
William Clafin, Mass,
Thos G. Turner, r. L.,
y D. S9erry Conn,
Marcus L. Ward, y J.,
: r. Puryiancc, Pa,
Nath B. Smithers, Del,
II W. Hoffman, Md,
s H. Boyd, Mo-,
G. B. Senter, @,
j D, Defrees, Ind,
Burton G. Cook, Ill,
Marsh Giddings, Mich,
: Judd Wis,
d. b Stubs, Iowr,
A w Campbell, W. Va,
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