Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-13

Comfy, was re-nominated for State Prison
Commissioner in the same manner
The State Central Committee authorized |
bv resolution Yesterday, announced by /
the Chair, as follows:
Horace Rublee Chairman.
f. L. Buttrick, lst District.
J. ]. r Pease, ID
]. c. Cover, 81
J II Gillett 4th
Col II f. Belitz, 9Th
" T. Price, 9th
Hon J. r Doolittle called mp the report
of the Committee on Resolutions ana
moved that the majority report be adop'eu
Carried
The additional resolutions reported by
Mr. / II Paine OF Milwaukee were taken
up - o,,o,,l
the third reso ution of the series by IN
sertin., after the word suffrage, wher"
i first occurs, while rebels and traitors
are allowed to vote.
Mr. Proudft of Dane moved TO snhsti
tute Tor the minority report the follow
ing:
Resolred, That the Democratic party
stands indicted at the bar of OUTRAGED
pub &c opinion Tor the IO4-O"iHsa hiS'
crimes and misiemeanors:
Through its leading men and organs 1t
has encouraged and svmpathized with
black and causeless treason;
It has displayed cowardice before the
1t has melted mobs to pillage, murder
and destroy;
It has sought to disfranchise free white
citizen soldiers Of lawful are;
Il has been unceasing in its praise Of
its countrv's barbarous and brutal foes;
/, has denounced lis counrv's defend
ers n 'minions Of despotism," Lincoln
hirclings,' and with other opprobrious
epithets
il has been factious and false in its OPP
position TO the government throughout the
war:
1t has opposed enlistments Of white
men;
It has opposed en'istments Of colorod
It has opposed drafting with commuto-
ton;
has opposed drafting without COM
intuition;
It has advised instructions in loyal
States
Il has sought and hoped for foreign in
reference;
1t has excused and palliated the crime
Of rebels in bounding, starving ara muir
derine prisoners Of war, who were cap
tured in fair battle;
/ Il has Nv living and intrigue sought to
/ ininre tie public credit;
/ 1t has helped with all its power to keep
/ down the value of the currency and to
/ raise the price Of necessities of life:
/ 1t has al coated the assassination of
I the public servants Of the people who
were duly e ected and installed
/ 1t declared the war fixture and indi-
! Gated It's WILLINGNESS to submit to armed
( treason at time when that treason
! WAS about to receive its death blow:
/ 1t has favored and supported the aristo-
/ cratic. as against the Democratic idea:
( 1t has tawncd upon those who construed
/ for its own ruin and licked the hand that
smote ii;
/ 1t has said when the President called
/ for soldiers to help the veterans at the
/ front, 'let Democrats STAY at home and let
4 Aholitianists, niggers and Indians 20 and
| fight
1t has said that under the policy of the
/ Government the armies Of the Union could
nc. and ought not succeed:
1t has continually endea-ored hy sonh
istrv and 4alsehood, TO divide the North
and 50 DESTROY the nation:
4 1t has held thaa triumphs Of Union
arms were violations of the Constitution
1t has termed the attemnt to supply the
starving garrison of Fort Sumter. in April
1861, "a djsgracofuI political trick to give
the Administration an excuse to declare
war
All these sins aud many others it must
answer for in the coming trial and We
Join this issue with firm reliance upon
Almighty tiud and his Intelligence that be
has Given to this reopIe
Mr. Cover of Grant moved 70 test the
sense Of the Convention that tie further
consideration of the minority report be
laid ON the table Carried.
Mr. Doolittlc of Racine. moved the fol-
lowing Is an additiauaI resolution. which
was unauimnu~lv adopted
Reso7re3 That this Convention is Of
opinion that Justice demands MT the hands
Of the Federal Government such an equaI
iZHfion ct soldiers h0untins as TO give to
those soldiers who volunteered 1T an early
stare In the war served faithfully. and are
4 honorahis discharged. hountiaz equal to
those ceivrd hv soldiers who entered the
service NJ later period
Mr. kevs of Dam. offered the following.
I which Was unanimous y ad pied:
Re7olrsd That the course Of the Cen
er7i Government in giving preference to
f. disabled soldiers as employees IN an nuh-
4 lie Offices. is endorsed bv this Convention.
anu we do therefore earnestly recommend
10 our state officers To follow the examine
and whore the PROPER Qualifications are
+. possessed by the soldier ID give him the
pre- ference
Nr. DonlittIc, of Racine. moved vote
I "f thanks to the officers Of the Convention
ior the q hIe and impartial manner in which
they had discharged choir duties.
unanimously a36ntrd
The Convention then adjourned sine die.
MORGAN l. Martin.
President
J. H BarvF1rHorr lsecretaries,
O. { HAzElroN.