Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-12-14

sons and fathers with an utterly FREQ noI1
and press, and with avowed conspirators
! against the country in the midst of us.
and which is well TO be remarked, with
out any actual personal popularity of the
candidate such as Bonaparte or jackson
enjoyed-a candidate who in the midst of
war is not at the head of our troops, and
cannot be-if we elect him, the thinking
I historian viii put his finger on this pas
sage and say, Friends, this is astounding ),
this is a remarkable people.
Such is the testimony of a great histo-
rian upon the contingent possibility Of an
event, now become history-such his
! award of honor to the people who should
do this. But the Christian patriot takes
not this honor to himself; but seeing
these grand results, will lay his hand on
his mouth and his mouth in the
dust and cry Not unto us, O
Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy
name give glory for Thy mercy and for
Thy truths sake" Our country, and
perhaps no country, ever before passed
through such an ordeal The friends and
coadiutors of the rebellion were among
us, and as leaders, under an honored
name, were able upon false issues, to con-
troll and lead n strong party against the
government itself They cried "peace,
peace While their hands were full of
weapons Of war, and with hearts full os
treason they We're exerting all their power
and satanic skill to bring a civil war to
onr very doors The day of our Presi-
Dental election was finally fixed upon as
the time for turning loose the assassin to
devastatc and destroy The popu Gus cit
les Of our lake borders, these rich treas
uries of the great North West were to be
the theater Of this inhuman tragedy. But
God, who -maketh the wrath of man to
praise Him, and who restraineth the re
mainder of wrath, interposed to defeat
this gigantic Internal plot. Call it, if you
please, IAN accident" but is not the hand
food clearly seen in the detection of the
infamous Dodd, by a mere paper left be-
/ hind in removing his Office Behold it,
| too, in the exposition of those stupendous
frauds, now proven to the world, by which
the old Empire State would have been
made to speak treason against the will of
an emphatic majority of her truly loyal
sons . plot which almost succeeded as il
was, and would have been an entire sue
cess, but for a timely exposure. But near
er home--look at the b ack and damning
! treason unearthcd in the metropolis Of the
great State of Illinois We quote the
name Of Benedict Arnold as a synonym
! for all that is dcspicable, base and trea~
sonable but here are men, living in these
! free States and grown rich on; their boun-
/ ty, whose treason is so black and bloody,
that the name of Arnold would be dis
| graced if associated with theirs Their
plans were seemingly well laid, their pro-
visions were ample, and their fellow con-
spirators were numbered by thousands
We of the NORTHWEST stood for weeks
above n burning crater that might at any
moment have burst forth bearing ruin and
death into all our homes But an All
seeing God was watching the dark plots of
treason. and when, from time to time,
they would have broken forth He held
them back. At length in His own good
time iust when some Of the chief actors
were within the reach of loyal hands, lie
exposed to an astonished world the dark
est page of crime and treason that history
has ever recorded The storm was avert
/ ed-thc election is passed, and the world
knows the result We have been in the
crucible The gold has been refined-the
dross we'll nigh consumed The problem
Of the Republic is solved The power oI
a free Government is demonstrated Ths
car of civilization goes forward "IIth
erto hath the Lord helped us
The consequences Of the late election
no man can estimate. 1t has shown us
tour strength it has established our gov
crnmcnt in the Judgment Of mankind, as
the frccst, the strongest and the best that
man ever made; it has endorsed by the
pledge of this whole nation every dollar
Of our national currency and bonds; il
has testified to all the world that the SEN
timent of this nation is for universal free
dom. and established in millions Of hearts
the sure hope that the nation is soon to be
purced and her honor redeemed, by the
) liberation of the last man he'd to invoun
tary servitude without due process Of Law
as the penalty of crime, for it has set the
great seal of nation sanction To tina
sublime, heroic act which announced the
wear of jubilee on the first day of the mem
orahle eighteen hundred and sixty~three
and asst vet not least, it has dealt the Leav
lest BOW on the rebellion that it was il
the power Of loyal men to strike, for it ha
| piedged to the vigorous prosecution of TIN
war. ali the men and al the means ncces
sarv for bringing 1t TO a triumphant close
. There Is no 1nistaking the meaning of tina
! voice 1t comes from the far Pacific coast
and New England shouts back her greet
inc-shore responds to shore with the gla,
paeans-state answers to state with tn
: exultant song of the free-Oregon an
; Iowa catch the strain-Maryl yland, fre