Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-10-26

der the pretence of a military necessity
or war power higher than the Constitution
OF the United States (because all the pow
er he exercises 1T above and beyond it)-
you have violated and disregarded the
constitution In every part" Now, that is
true There Is no doubt about it. jeff
Davis and his whole army are in opposi-
ton to the Constitution. They have a
separate flag, a separate Congress, a sepa.
rate army, and they have ATTEMPTED Ia
make Davis President in violation of the
Constitution, and he has appointed Cab
met in violation of the Constitution. Ey-
cry act they have done has been in viola
ton of the Constitution. They have de-
stroyed the peace, happiness and prosper
Ity of the country, and that resolution
app les to them and to nobody else. TAP
! plause.
| Let US take the next portion of this res
olution and examine it.
| And public liberty and private right alike
| trodden down. and the material prosperity of
the country essentially impaired, Justice, hu-
manlty, liberty and the public welfare demand
tlat immediate efforts be made for cessation
of hostilities, with view to an ultimate Con
vention of the States, or other neaccablc
means, to the end that, a. the earliest practi-
cable moment, peace may be restored on the
basis of the Federal Union of the States
Ii L had found that resolution in n rebel
paper as having been passed by a meet
ing OF rebels, l would have said that it
was just such resolution as would have
expected them to pass. Applause They
would, probably, have said further: "We.
the Georgia militia have fought four wears
| to keep JEFF. Davis in power, and we and
JET. Davis have violated the Constitution
IN every particular, and we demand that
we be permitted TO ask for n Convention
OF States to ask it to allow US to Law down
our arms and return to our allegiance
leave 1t to any man in this audience, if
you take the facts on both sides and ex-
ammo the resolutions, to say whether that
resolution was not more fit to have been
passed by rebels who are tired of the war,
| than by convention of proud American
citizens. That resolution was written by
! a sharp man. i see the points of Vallan-
digham fingers there; | see Wood and
see Pendleton And | see upon it the
marks of all the infamous traitors who
stood side by side with old Cobb and his
co-workers.
They say further, we are going to have
a convention of the States Let us sup
pose, though it is almost unreasonable to
believe that these men live in the North
let US suppose, however, that they are
honest, but deceived how are they going
to do it? They are going to ask for ces-
sation of hostiiities. What does that
mean? 1t means that an agreement shall
be made between the President Of the
United States and the pretended President
of the Southern Confederacy that there
shall be no more fighting for n certain
/ 10 ,rrth nF hot ohpl Il
our armies, ami see if we cannot settle our
national difficulties Don't you know thut
if an armistice existed between the rebels
and ourselves, and we should withdraw
our forces to the Ohio river, that the reb-
els would follow along up and retake the
same positions that they held a year ago :?
and that it would require four years more
to whip them hack again to the line they
now hold. Then it would probably take
three or four to finish it up, making nearly
twelve years of war.
THE CONTRAST
The speaker here read the first and
second Baltimore resolutions.
That is the language of the "Lincon'
they ia k so much about. 1t has the ring
of the metal in it. That is the kind of
speeches | have made ever since the war
everything in our power to aid the Gov
ernment in quelling by force of arms the
rebellion now raging against its authority"
and when the rebellion is suppressed,
bring to the leaders such punishment as
their crimes deserve That is what the
resolution says, and so help me God, | am
for it Applause.
] ask any Democrat any Republican,
any American citizen who loves his coun-
try, what there is in either of these reso-
lutions to object to ? They breathe true
patriotism. They say they are for sup
pressing the rebellion. They are for clos
ing it by war-the only means by which
it can be done-and that is my kind of
talk and doctrine; | have no comment to
make on those two resolutions, They
commend themselves to the good judgment
and appreciation of every patriot; contrast
them with the resolutions passed by the
Vallandigham Chicago militia, and say
which suits you best
ELECTIONS IN REBEL STATES.
want to examine the third resolution
of the Chicago platform-'"Fhat the direct
interference of the military authorities of
the United States in the recent elections
held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and
Delaware, was shameful violation of the
Constitution, and a repetition of such acts
in the approaching election viii be held
as revolutionary, and resisted with all the
means and power under our control =
They saw that the Government of the Uni
ted States has interfered with the elections
in those States, and they are mad about it
| don't know whether the Government in
terfered or not, but ! know they would not
allow rebels to vote, and / thank God for
II. Applause
Why is it that these men passed resolu-
/ tions denouncing everything done by the
officers of the army, and nothing which is
done by the rebels? Kentucky is invaded
| by Forrest, Morgan and Bragg, who, with
/ their followers, piunder and rob peaceful
citizens, but nothing is said about it
] That is all right But if an officer Of the
United States is ordered not to allow
rebels to vote, ii lis violation of the
rights of citizens, and if it is repeated
they are going to resist it with all the
power under their control Now, Mr..
General Burbidge, you had better look
out You had better not prevent Morgan s
horse thieves from voting III you do,
/ Vallandieham' militia viii resist ycu with
/ all the power under their controlf Now,
4 in reference to their resistance, | don