Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-11-02
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 81, 1864.

4. Hyatt Smith, Esq, and others:
GENTLEMEN-Go ours of the 22d instant is
received, and | most cheerfully accept
your kind imitation.
Amid the perils and prosecutions that
assailed the early Church, a faithful few
remained obedient to the Christian faith
and in loneliness and sorrow, in separa-
ton and exile, deserted by leaders and in
perils "by false brethren followed the
precepts of the Great Teacher, and,
strengthened by prosecutions, rallied aud
advanced to evangelize the world.
Democracy, the hand maid of religion,
whose golden rule-equality of rights and
the greatest good to the greatest number
is second only, in sublimity and benef-
cence, to the golden rule of our holy rel-
gion Is now suffering its trial season; and
our faith in truth, in justice and in the in
telligence and patriotism Of the great
masses of the people, Is our only guiding
star amid the gloom that surrounds US
They who ought to have been our leaders,
whose counsels should have pointed the
democracy to the war path, are crying
peace, disgraceful, disas strous peace; beck
oning the democracy away from the field
of duty, danger, and glory, and leading US
with unerring certainty to the graves
in their shrouds. In their platform, in
their speeches, from their press, no word
of cheer, no hopefulness, no exultation ;
no word Of encouragement to our brave
army; no pledge of assistance to our tor
mented government; no condemnation Of
rebellion and treason.
The faction that controlled the Chicago
Convention, belied the history Of our party
and disgraced its name. 1t has no claim
TO the support of democrats Where is
the young ardor of patriotism, the hopefu
| endeavor, the public defiance" of danger
that made the glory of democracy, and
challenged the admira ton of the world
Gone-all gone. And instead we have in
| the platfr rrm an Indictment of our govern
ment as bitter as jeff Davis could draft :;
we are told that circumcised brokers are
the only proper guardians Of the labor
and muscle of the country that Grant,
/ Sherman and Sheridan must stand aside
and negotiators, red, not with blood, but
/ tape, must lead our armies; that the white
| flag is our proper ensign; and that these
rebels who have betrayed and ruined our
party, and threaten to overthrow the gov
ernm ent, must be soothed and entreated ;
/ and if they must be enveloped in smoke.
/ it must proceed, not from the fire of battle.
| hut the pipe of peace Democracy has at
all times held other language to its aud
/ the nations enemies.
! TO all this craven crying for peace, let
me quote from the eloquent patriotic and
sOul-moving speech of Hon. Jonathan +.
/ Arnold, in the Janesviile convention a
year ago Speaking of the idea that we
must hold out the olive branch of peace
to the rebels, Mr. Arnold said 'Now gen
! tlemen, how utterly futile Is any such idea.
| Holc disi0yaI as any such pr0posifion-
( Will the South listen to offers of peace
/ Who has iutimated it? What public pa
per has proclaimed it, or what leading
/ statesman Of the South has suggested it2
/ No one. On the contrary, they have said
no terms Of peace would ever be listened
/ to except based upon the recognition of
their independence Why then should lce
/ hoid ont tie olire branch Of peaccf In
addition to what they have said there is
/ the undeniabie fact that they have an i'm
mense army in the field which must be
put down if this rebe Hon be ever crushed ."
And again, what we want then is to whip
] the army that is to be done by soldier.
( in the field Hence | say 1T is tcrong to
/ ia k of ending this rebellion By proposi-
/ tions of peace | trust n God the time
will come when we may hold out the oli1 e
( branch buI that must Be after Charles
+ ton and Mobile hare been taken and the
army Of Virginia Whipped"
( 1t is understood Mr.. Arnold has left U.s.
+ seeing his duty at present in the support
/ of Mcclellan, and defense of the Chicago
Platform but thank God, he has not ia
ken this noble speech ietth him; that re-
/ mains 10 us, an imperishable lesson of
patriotic duty, which it should be our
/ highest ambition 20 cherish and execute
/ L will be with you on the 9TH of Noyem
/ Der. Then we will consult together of
our duty in these perilous times, renew
our pledge TO the only faith, and drink
again at the ancient springs
MATT. H. CARPENTER.
PAEriSGTos-"T They're always giving
things different resignation from what they
used to have, said Mrs. Partington to Ike.