Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-01-18

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| and do W, not owe it to posterity, the op-
portunity being now clearly presented, by
| the act Of those who have claimed the
| right to no q slaves, to remove this great
| curse from the land, and Il Us take off a
great load which must otherwise fall upon
| the neckS of our poSterltyH he right to
| hold slaves as Il moral question, 1t is un-
necessary 1T this day and age of tho world
TO examine That slavery is great moral
wrong z, has long since been well establish
| ed Few Will be found who ha~e now the
bardlhood to attempt to defend 1t. And
| the fact that there are any, Is strong eyI-
| denee of the corrup'ing and demoraliZins
| influence Of the barbarous and inhuman
practice. All good men Ia e long de-
| plOred the existence of it. John Wesley
| denounced it as ''the sum of all vilianies
| Said Washington, There is no man liv-
/ ing who ishes more sincerely than do,
! TO see plan adopted for the abolition Of
| it. Madison thought it wrong TO admit
! in the Constitution the idea that there
cou be properly n man. Said John
/ Adams, "Sla cry Is Il crime much h'acker
than any Africans face. Jefferson and
! Franklin also deplared the existence Of it
Sud Lafayette, Il would never have
| drawn my sword in the cause Of America,
| could | haze conceived that thereby | was
founding a land of slavery Admitting
it to be wrong for man to ensIave his fell
low man, says one, ut does not concern
US at the North The master and bis
5 ave are alone affected thereby In an
swer to this it is only necessary 20 point
to the present rebel ion Is not the whole
nation nay the whole world convu!>ei and
affected by it? But were the assertion
true is it not the duty Of man to help his
J. fellow man lie p those that need help
is the Divine injunction SAYS another,
at is domestic institution, and States
! within their borders like pri ate indyid l.
ais within their domicils are protected. -
/ 'Tis true they are protected in proper acts ;
but no indi. dual has the right in his own
domicil to take AWAY the rights Of his
neiEhhor No indi' idual has Il right in
his own domicil, to establish a nuisance
that will send ont a poisonous efiluvia. that
| Will sickcn and DESTROY the community
around and should he do SO law and
Justice would demand that the nuisance
should he ahated Bat the Constitution
/ protects slavery saws another The Con
Stitution If it pro tccts it any, here, which
ut least admits of doubt. certainly does not
/ protect il where this proclamation reaches;
and if it does protect it e 'sewhe,e. II ought
to he amended So that it shoa i no longer
protect 50 great wronr. | ha already
discussed this question much further than
| intended, and | fear further than sho'd
have done 1T this time ! viii on add
that in my Judgment the President. in this
/ measure. has not q crstcnDpd the bounds
Of the Constitution or rood uolicv and
sbou 4 lie sustained and sunnorteJ Iv
every lover Of his country Of whatever
party or sect. All c0ad AMI true mn
Iotn aIac,iono haze ,,ossad tbair e,Ia,,,
iudr ment unon his acts. and ha Q declared
/ in p manner not f, be misunderstood. that
ha = rirbt TT n. thnn yr;+b . f,,,
b,nd stana Lv tho r;.,h+ ro,,n,,,r.,r;r.,
.b.t 81 I1oS,os +Lo.,, III 5.,,,.,-l, nj;
lJosai - - ,S,,.a -
a,d ,,-0r.l,- c,r ,,,ro ma, ,,,rtI,,. ,,arl
earnest mon ,rprki,a r,,tr;nti,. CA =
men ar, what our conntrT needs in theSe
timas ord u-bot shn ,,5s+ 10 !, tho
enr,,,;I md :, ,i,o f,jJ - insI,ro s,1.-
ASS Wa tban,, C,oJ we harn ,,.,n,- sn..b
IN fha Ala a,l Stata AMI :, ~, I,,r
cnnntrv IaoLs,~ Frnn, tbo,,,. no ox....t.
halo and sba. will mt Ia di.a,,,oi,,tnd =,
INTERPRETATIONS God ! ,yorl LIN, I,rol,.rl,
such means to.dov 10 sac and nuriry the
nat;on The fopnd Itions of our Govern
mpnt are haino laid unon = frmar has.
and She will vet rise hirhar and Li.shar
i'm tho tc,,,.,lo or r,,,a IT, ,,,,,.rs 10 :.
now suIJerin.e are. not the mans Of di~sn-
lutioo Lnt tho run.rs Of =, na,, birth and
She win soon c,nerce into biobar more
I,e,utifiI. more yirtuous. and more q, orr
Gus life
Amid the ricom which has surrounded
the nation. our noble State has n, or fall
tered She has ALWAYS and nr,nnttv rn-
sponded to the call Of the General Gov
crnment There eonll lie n, ni<eak;n,,
the feeIinos cr her raon1o Tbair yo.a-
aud their sacrifices have declared that
they stand hv tbe Union Tbri, l,plIars
an their ballots have aIw vs. nninta5 IN
the same direction. Never was there =
suhIimcr s,inctacIe than was exLibi-nd ON
the eighth dav Of No ember last whom
orr ncor}e who had 50 ro~,efv sacrificed
In the ha lot hox AMI 81 ennlv declared