Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30


Illustrating it, l. x That is the party
which, on the 18th of September 1850, wrote
the Fugitive Slave act in the statute book BY
that act the United State, commanded the
Federal courts to multiply court commission
ers without limit By that act the United
states offered such commissioners Il clean
bounty OF five dollars each for certificates that
residents Of Massachusetts, or Of any other
state were fugitiSes from Texas or some other
state: and when such certificate was OBJ
tanned pledged all its forces 10 remove such
resident TO the State wherein he was claimed;
which made that certificate, so purchased of
such hucksters, conclusive evidence Of the
right 10 remove, and commanded every tribu-
nal within the insultcd State to be still and
all It's citizens to aid the outrage-a statute
the very first victim of which was "a free man
from Pennsylvania, who, being declared flu
giiiyc by 50 commissioner, was transported
to Virginia by the United States, and, finding
no man there base enough to claim him, he
was allowed to get back at his own expense
DEMOCRATIC IMpoTENCY.
\ Government which denied its right to aid
commerce over the Des Moines Rapids, and
which advertised its mpotency to control its
own filibusters, could hardly be expected to
make becoming figure when confronted
with war When, therefore, in 1861 the stand
ard of rebellion was raised, and State after
State wheeled detiantly into the ranks of re-
volt, II was perhaps not SO very surprising
that one-balf the Democratic party joined the
revolt, while the other halfeaclaimed it could
not he resieted-not 50 very surprising that
the & per cent. bonds issued in February, 1861,
We're sold at a discount of per cent, and not
so very surprising that Great Britain should
have proclaimed the rebels to be lawful bel
Hgcrents before she knew gun had been
fired
But it was surprising that President of the
United States should address special message
to Congress to persuade the public that,
although the rebellion was Illegal, yet the
Government had no right to suppress ii; for
by that act he introduced to the world gov
eminent the like Of which had never before
been scen-a government against which it was
unlawful to revolt, and dy which it was unlaw-
ful to suppress revolt Such Il government is
described nowhere in political history save in
the message of President Buchanan.
Such was the style of administration to
which the republican party succeeded on the
4th Of March, 1861. That party was instructed
to but one duty. You simply commanded it
to save vour Territories from the dchcment
Of slavery; that was all.
REPUBLICAN STATEsMANsHIP.
That command has been fulfilled. There is
no slavery in any of your Territories and
quite rs little slavery in any of the States.
At home and abroad the Union was pro-
claimed to be dissolved in 1861. The Union
is restored now.
Nine States then claimed to have left the
protection Of the Constitution forever. They
have all returned to that protection now.
In 1861 the Confederate States of Amer
lea" so called, were clamoring for admission
into the family Of nations. Each one of those
communities now has honorable recognition
as an integral part Of the United States
A race numbering millions has been raised
from the condition of chattels to the state of
man.
Abroad our career has been scarcely less
triumphant. Great Britain has corrected the
mistake she made when she assumed that the
appearance of the Confederate States was the
sure premontiOn of the departure of the
United States She has done what Great
Britain never did bcforc-she has apologized
for mistake,
The Republic, which was detied by her own
citizens and dcspiscd everywhere in 1861, has
led Great Britain voluntarily to submit her
conduct to the judgment of nations, and in
pursuance Of their judgment she has paid
fine of Sl5,0OO,OOO for the wrong she did us.
Those islands to which she made claim on
our northwest coast are relinquished.
The committee further cite as among
the results of Republican rule the blood
less triumphs of our diplomacy, postage
reform, the material development of the
country in population and wealth, the
advancement of public credit, the com
pletion of the public land system, and
she establishment of the future land
policy of the Republican party, which
last is indicated by the adoption by the
House of Representatives of the follow.
ing;
Resoired, That in the judgment of this House
the policy of granting subsidies in public land to
railroad and other corporations ought To be dis
continued; and that every consideration of pub
lie policy and equal justice to the whole people
requires that the public lands of the United
States should be held for the exclusive purpose
of securing homesteads to actual settlers under
the Homestead and Presumption laws, subject TO
reasonable appropriations of such lands for edu-
cational purposes.
The address continues:
When YOU committed the Union TO the
keeping of the Republican party, it seemed
on the verge Of dissolution. Many hoped and
some feared it had received an incurablc
wound We present the Union to YOU to-day
every whit whole. The Republic is ut peace
throughout all her borders she is at peace
with all the world. Her rightful authority is
disputed nowhere; her opinions are respected
everywhere. She stands i'm the very van
guard Of sovereign States. We challenge
history to produce another instance of
country raised from such humiliation
to such grandeur in so short a
time And this transformation has
been wrought not merely without the
aid Of the Democratic party but in spite OF
its utmost hostility, =
THE NEEDS or THE HOUR.
You are about to select representatives to
new Congress. We earnestly cntreat YOU
10 send the trucst and ahlest Republicans
YOU have. But we cntrcat you to send Re
puhlicauS and not Democrats. You viii send
one or the other. No matter what the ndi
ydual may call himself, or what disguise he,
may wear, he will bc q Republican or
Democrat There is at present no room for
any other style in our politics. If YOU do
moi mean to retrace The past, you viii select
Republicans and not Democrats. II YOU