The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-10-24
STRONG SECESSION DocuGEST.
The Democratic State Central Commit
tee E..Yofs Secession and
Ecun,.iStilu

tee f:.Yofs Secession and
Reputation.
/! Up to the present time the political
canvass III this state. on both sides, has
/ been conducted With unusual fairness and
"A generous spirit. But we now witness
departure from that line Of policy, In
/ the publication in the Daily 4Nstos OF
Sunday morning of an address oi the
democratic central committee to Its par-
! tisan5 in this state
! Henry L. Palmer is the chairman of
the committee. and as it is the represen-
tative hedy oi That party. its utterances
denand the attention Of the people OF
the state. The whole tone Of the ad-
dress is So exceedingly bitter, so full of
gall AMI wormwood, so tinctured with
/ sectional haze toward New England. tha.
examined in South Carolina in the years
! 1869 aud 1861, We could find similar doc
uments promulgated to their people, to
inc!te sectional hate and ani!no>i5ies
against the north and particularly against
! New Engand.
/ We soreiy deprecate the publication of
such sectional al1 intiaiuagory appeals,
| that is, II we are to Continue IN one Un-
ion. They are strong and powerful aeces-
t sion documents, and As sucn it MAY have
been intended BY the leaders OF the cop
| perhead party in " Wisconsin.
! The south wa, punished by the north
for lis rebellion against the nation, and
these politicians would ike to witness the
Fast involved in ii war with the West, in
order that that section might be sorcly
punished. This Is really the spirit OF the
state central committee : address.
Secondly, the aldre.'s distinctly favors,
nos merely a partial, but almost Whole
sale re.u i!a;ioH ofthe national debt. Ii de-
care, that all the government b1nds-of
course tlcy- include the ten fortles-which
are distinctly pledged to De payable IN
! gold, shat! be redeemed In currency L.
opposes Oh: internal revenue laws, and
! demands their abolition, aud a reduction
Of iIeariy all the taxes. 1t is opposed to
/ the clec.i3n OF Ia. .ge duties a5 tna Gus
tom house, hl;l4sl upon the, e revenues
! denea,i, the power OF the govGrnuent
70 pay the b3u lci interest III cola. Vi
coarse, with the internal revenue taxa
tiol nearly ali abolished, ana duties oniy
ir o5cd to collect, Ill coin, one third of
the existing revenue, Il gepudiuttou of tts
pof;e ri elsjf Is i3se. sttdle. and that is the
se.aui puius ii the democratic state ceil-
tcll committee address.
IN. sh.sd is the destruction and mp
roofing OF all the iiatoilal banks. Busi
ness men Of every ci,.s should look this
far in the face, and see 10 what this al
dress leads, These democratlc destruct-
ives urge the demolition OF national
banks. These Institutions have three
ilnu led AMI fifty millions q! bonds on
deposit III Wa hington. 10 wind u, 5he
! banks, these viii have to be sold ut once.
. Throwing nearly one hundred millions OF
| bonds un the market and the assurance
! that two hundred an. fifty million, more
are soan 10 lie pressed fof saie, II wouid
break up the government credit, and ;h'l-
! para!yZc individual credit. ami break
! nlne-teaths o! the GicrchintS anl man
| ufactarerS from The ST. Lawrence 70 the
RIO |IIanIe.
More il will be really understood hat
"a soon "a the national bank currency Is
withdrawn. tht e VIII never be a reStlalp
tion ot specie payments. because there
will be nothing ,ut government paper in
circulation, anl the history oi the world
sn Tvs that no government Ill the course
OF two thon ana years. which has Issued
! paper for currency. has ever redeemed Its
cur ency, III com, ami maintained 1t TO a
snecie standard. TINT haS only been
dome by private banking ilstii ution,.
Such is the history OF The world.
Electors of Wis; ;onsln GA can thus I'M
derstand what scheue Of confusion, dis.
turi,anca, and turnlof, aud perpetualIy
irrt rtd-enaolc paper. Is proposed BY the
dem crate central committee OF "i,con-
sin, anl For which 1hey "a * your sufsag-
ea on the 1iii Of Noyem Der next.
The fundamental principles of the ad-
dress are so manifest, so giarlng. that
they incu.cate the following dangerous
hefesleS:
FIRST, secession and future civil war be-
tween the " est aud the East.
Second, repudiatlon OF the natlonai
debt. and as pseiininlry thereto, ano-
| htion OF the Internal taxation ana the ta-
/; riff on foreign merchandise
! Third, the destruction aud upturnlng
of all the national banks Ill the unlted
/ States
Fourth. an irredeemable paper eurfen-
cy to continue at the pleasure OF the GoV-
eminent.
There is not one of these which can
be called democratic principle, such a>
can be sustained by true disciple ol
Jefferson and Wright. They are rather
/ the offshoot and the pro, uct OF a Copper
head party, which sympathized with the
| shareholders in their rebellion against the
! national! government, aud winch abhor-
red the war because it taught that demos
racy was s.ronger than alistocracy, anu
that the broader the elective franchise
was dltfused the stronger Was the govern
ment, and the more capable was 1t OF re-
sisting dastardly enemies from within, ,and
foreign enemies from without That wa
the lesson of our great civil war, ,and thai
the copperheads want now to trampie II
the dust Wisconsin,.