Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-09-28
APPEAL
oi the National Union Committee TO
the People ofthe United States.
HEAD QUARTERS OF TIE
NATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE.

IN the flames OF civil war, draws near it:
) crisis. Its armies have been beaten, it,
territory has been conquered, the fort:
} and posts which it treacherously seizeC
. have been occupied and held by the col
diers Of the Republic, It's foreign allies
have been detached from its support, and
ITS hostile arm, para1yzed by exhaustion
and discouraged by defeat, is upheld by
the hope ofpolitical victories to be achiev-
ed by its allies in the Presidential election
IN November next
II the people in that election sustain
the Government, If they re-assert its Just
authority and re-afirm their purpose to
maintain 1t by war so lon@ as war assails
it, the rebellion viii speedily end. If
they falter in this determination, or leave
any room for doubt on this vital point, the
rebels will take fresh courage and pro
| long the contest. Every rebel i'm arms.
/ every rebel In olice-eyery rebeI-every
/ hater of democratic freedom and the rights
/ of man, longs for the overthrow Of the
! Administration and the expulsion of 4 bra
4 ham Lincoln from the Presidential chair.
In the Northern and Western States
I this hostility has been organized In the
/ acts and declarations of the CHICAGO Con
vention That Convention gives silent
approval OF the rebellion itself, and an
( open condemnation of the war waged for
/ its suppression. Without word Of cen
sure for the conspirators who plotted the
nations death, it brands with unspairing
denunciation the patriots and heroes who
defend its life While it passes in utter
silence the gigantic usurpations Of JefeT-
son Davis and his confederate traitors
while it overlooks entirely, and thus, by
Just and necessary Inference, approves
their abrogation OF political rights and
personal liberties over all that portion of
the United : atcs in which they have been
able thus far TO sustain their uSurped au-
thority, it pours out its wrath, without
stint or measure, upon every act by which
the Constitutional President Of the United
States has sought to protect and defend
the life and liberties Of the nation, whose
executive power IS placed in his hands.
The Convention has no words Of eXul-
tati0n for our victories no thanks and
honors for the soldiers and sailors who
have shed their blood to achieve them.
While 1t deuounces our Government for
neglect of duty toward our "fellow citi-
zens who are now, and long have been,
prisoners Of war in Il suffering condition,
it has not even n SYLLABLE Of censure for
those rebel authorities who, with more
than savage cruelty, and in utter disre-
gard Of every dictate of humanity, rs well
a f every usage of civilized warfare.
have deliberately and with systematic
purpose, inflicted upon those prisoners all
the tOrtures Of exposure, OF neglect and
starvation. and have offered premiums for
their murder to the BRUTAL guards to whose
grim custody they have been consigned.
And, on the very eve of the most glorious
victories that have ever crowned our arms,
! l.. Il
successful war when three fourths of the
territory originally held by the rebels has
rassed into our hands: at the very mo
mcnt when the rebellion itsclfis tottering
to lis fall. ana the flag Of our country is
rapidly adyaacing to It's old supremacy,
the party represented at Chicago demands
that Immediate cff-rts be made for a cas-
sation of hcstilities' "a step which would
Immediately arrest our cOnquCring armies
and snatch from them the rlories Of a fl
nal triumph, repeal the blockade, and
throw tho whole rebel frontier open to the
supplies they so sOrelv need, secure the
recognition of foreign powers, and either
0ccomuIiSh their independence or give
them ability to fight for four years longer,
We appeal to the people Of the United
-tates-overs Of the Union and friends
Of Freedom-against the contamination
of the foul crime against both. which the
acts and declarations of the Chicago Con
vcntion involve. We invoke them not to
sanction these principles and sentiments
hv cIecting the candidates rut forward to
represent them We implore them, as
thcv love their country, rs they seek the
renewed integrity of its territory. rs they
desire the peaceful protection Of its FLAG,
and the blessings Of its free institutions
In, nd
their rosteritv. not to arrest the blow
which is Just ready to descend upon the
rebellion now t0ttering to Its fall rot to
give the rebels time to renew their strength
for fresh conflicts: not to aid those who
would aid them in oyerthrowing our Gov
ernmcnt in destroying our Union, in
plun@inS into chaos of ruin and anar-
chv the great communities of which the
Constitution makes ono great and @lorI-
Gus ration. and in thus extinEuIshIng,
finally and forever. the hopes of all who
have faith in Freedom and the rights of
man.
We call upon the people to bear in mind
that 1v whatever sOphistrles they may
cloak their purposes the CHICAGO Conyen-
ton neither condemns the action of the
Richmond rebels. nor proposes 10 eEpel
them against their VIII, or by an exercise
OF force, from the seats of power they
have usurped. In all essential respects,
the action that Convention took accords
with the results the rebels seek, Both
desire a cessation ofhostilities Both de-
nounce. with unsnairing bitterness, the
Government Of the United States, and
both alike seek its overthrow. Both de-
mand that the attempt to conquer armed
rebellion bv force of arms shall be aban-
doned, and both demand that when the
Government of the United States shall
have passed into the hands ofmen opposed
10 an armed defense Of the Government
against rebellion, the war shall end by
peaceful conference Of these allied powers,
hat more than this could the renels ask
or need for the contamination Of all their
plans We call upon the people to bear
in mind that. If they elect the candidates
of the Chicago Convention. they arrest
the Government In the execution of its
plans and purposes on the very eve of
their fulillment, and one third of n year
before any new Administration can take
its place. The interval viii be one Of