Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-25
SWITZERLAND TO THE UNITED sT,TrS
"A voice from Freedoms Mountain HON..

ton Suisse describes as meeting Of er,;,e,+
men of all parties in favor of the Ana-;o.,
Union and o. measures taken by the Govern.
ment at Washington for the abo1;t;o, 80
slavery. After addresses by many prorina,-
men of Switzerland, the following address
was reported by a committee, and adopted bv.
reclamation:
PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAN UNION. The peo.
pie of Geneva, in meeting assembled at the
Electoral Hall, address to the people of the
Union brotherly greeting and testimonials of
their lively sympathy.
The events which are happening in the
bosom of the great Republic of the Union
have not found the people of Geneva indif-
terent. 1t is with painful sentiments they
have witnessed the violation of the Federal
compact by some States. 1t is with grief
that they have seen States forget that feder--
ative unity is proclaimed by the constitution;
that such unity was recommended and main
tanned by the first Presidents of the Union
the immortal Washington, twice elected
President, 1889, 1898, 1877; Thomas Jeffer-
son, twice elected President, 1901, 1909, sc.
The people of Geneva offer the most ar
dent prayers, that inspired solely by patriot
lc thoughts, the States still in revolt may
range themselves ever under the Star-Span-
gled Banner Of the Union. The people of
GENEVA, with all their wishes, forward this
movement, because thenceforth liberty will
be triumphant without distinction of race, at
the North as at the South.
The citizens of Geneva recognize that
strict solidarity exists between free people .
that one of them cannot suffer without ex-
periencing sad counter blow Convinced
OF this truth, in the presence of the civil
war which facilitates the projects of the enc
mics OF the American Republic, they believe
1t to be their duty to give expression to a
iraIernal WORD OF encouragement to republ-
cans on the other side of the ocean.
People of the United States, the only Re.
public of Europe, Helvetia, has had also her
moments of intestine strife and attemnts at
separation. She has come forth triumphant
ly from these trials. She has come forth
stronger more united than before. Those of
our cantons which formerly wished to sepa-
rate, would now rise without distinction to
uphold the Federal compact. 1t will be the
same with the American Union. The South
ern States will comprehend that the safe
guard of their independence and of their
prosperity is to be found in the Constitution
in liberty.
People of the Union! Soldiers of the en-
tirety of the country! Courage and constan.
cy. You have our sympathies, because in
defending the Union you also defend liberty.
You abolish an odlous and crying shame of =
part of the United States-slavery.
The violation Of the Federal Constitution
by some States of the Union has caused to
the people OF Geneva sentiment the more
more painful because nothing justified that
violation. No wrong can be alleged by the
OF oft ~ "
eminent or against other authorities. The
determination to destroy the Federal com
pact of Union is applicable only by the wish
to maintain slavery, by the determination to
make that essential to the form of Govern
ment.
This scheme, we truly hope, will not be re-
allied, but were it so, we think that only
European Governments and with stronger
reason, free Switzerland, would not abase it,
self by acknowledging a power based upon
slavery. People Of the Union The citi-
zens Of Geneva assembled in meeting to ad-
dress to you their fluctuations on the aim YOU
pursue to maintain the Constitution invioiate
and to destroy slavery.
The struggle has commenced between the
two ples-Iiberty and Slavery,
The consignee of victory must be the abo-
lition of slavery forever and everywhere.
Hail Liberty! Hail Republic of the Unit
ed States
REPLY OF SECRETARY SEWARD.
The Government having been officially ad-
yised of the meeting at which the foregoing
address was adopted, the Secretary of State
has responded as follows:
To tie People Of Genera:
l have received from the American Consul
who resides at Geneva, and laid before the
President, your fervent, eloquent and most
fraternal address to the people of the United
States. BY his command, I give you thanks
in the name Of all my countrymen, for the
timely and appropriate words of sympathy
and friendship which you have spoken. Your
address adds strength to the already strong
claim which binds the first Federal Republic
Of America to the oldest and foremost Fed
eral Republic of Europe. The people of
Switzerland may rest assured, whoever else
may fall, that it will not be the people of the
United States which will betray the republi-
can system to foreign enemies, or surrender
it to domestic faction. With ardent prayers
for the preservation Of the Constitution, the
freedom and the prosperity of Switzerland,
I have the honor to remain, citizens, your
most obedient and sincere friend,
WV. II. SEWARD.
State Dept, Washington, July 80, 1864.
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THE New York World keeps up pretenoe
of being in favor of military operations to
put down rebellion. 1t is opposed, however,
to all specific measures adopted for that pur-
pose, and sneers at and misrepresents the
fighting Generals who lead our armies Nc
CLELLAN and BUELL. are the kind Of warriors
it admres In a recent issue it publishes
two editorials-one seeking to show how in
exhaustble are the resources of the South,
the other how nearly depleted the North has
become. Can that cause be just one which
depends for its success upon attempts to
dampen the courage of the lovers of our
country, by belittling our own strength and
exalting that of the Rebels? And yet De-
rnocracy thriyes best in times of gloom and
and its only hope of success is in
spreading the funeral pail of darkness over
the land.
UNITED STATES SToCKs IN GERMANY.-It is
IN interesting and Significant fact that the
in Z. S. 5-2O's now constitute
ree-fourths of all the business done at the
frankfort Bourse, Germany. Prominent
'ankers estimate the amount of United States
'onds in Germany and Holland, at the present
ime, at not less than S2oo,OoO,ooo. In fact,
nany importers sell their goods in New York,
nd direct their correspondents to remit their
ay in 5-20's, instead Of in exchange. 1t is
lated that London and IIiyernnnl merchants