Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-06-16
Wade's Daguerreotype of the Dough-
faces

Wade's Daguerreotype of the Dough-
faces.
Your allies, the doughfaces of the
North, in my Judgment, are the most
despicable OF men. The modern dough-
face is not a character peculiar to the
age IN which we live, but YOU find
trace of him at every period Of the
worlds history. He is void of pride !:
he isvoid of self-respect heis actuated
by amean, groyelling selfshness that
would sell his Master for q price
" by, sir, when old Moses, under the
immediate inspiration Of God Almighty.
enticed whole nation Of slaves. and
run away, not to Canada, but to old
Canaan, [ suppose that Pharoah and all
the chiyalry Of old Egypt denounced
him as a most furious Abolitienist,
daughter I do not know but that
they biasphened their God, who had
assisted the fugitives from labor to es-
cape. 1 have no doubt at all that, when
some Southern men of the Gospel come
up to preach to the North, they will say
that the Almighty acted very fanat!-
cal part in the business. 1 am afraid
they will say 50; for he was aiding and
abetting in the escape. But amidst the
glorles OF that great. deliverance. even
feeding upon miracles of the Almighty
rs they went along there were not
wanting those who loved Egypt better
than they loved liberty whose souls
longed Tor the flesh pots Of Egypt: and
who could turn from the visible glories
Of the Almighty God to worship an
Egyptian calf. These were the DOUGH-
faces OF that day. They were nation
al men, (aughter.) They were not ex-
actly Northern men with Southern
principles; but they were Israclites with
Egyptian principles, Qaughter.)
Again, when the Saviour of the world
went forth on His great mission to pro-
claim glad tidings Of JOY to all the peo-
pie of the earth, to break every woke
and to preach deliverance to the cap
tive, He met with the same class of
men IN the persons Of Judas Iscariot
and the chief priests In the DAYS of
our own Revolution, when Washington
and his noble associates were CARRYING
on that struggle to establish Justice.
and to secure the blessings of liberty to
themselves andthen posteritv, they met
with the same class of men in the adj
mlrerS Of George III. and Lord North.
They are all of the same class-false
to the education of their fatherS-false
to the great principles which have been
lnstllled into them by their mothers
from their .birth-willing to do ANYTHING,
that will minister to the cupiditv OF
their masters, let the consequences be
what they may. 1t is this class ofmcD,
aided by aclose aristocrcy, at the South
that has enabled tho minority to rule
with an iron hand the majority, since
the organization of this Government
| have endeavored to daguerreotvpe
these men for the benefit Of future ages:
for l believe that, like the Indian tribes.
they are disappearing. You have put
them to very hard service, sir. They
die faster than the Northern negroes
in the lce-swamps-poIitically, I mean.
on put them to service that they can
not stand. When you ask them to
vote for a fugitive bill, they may do it
once, but political death stares them in
the face. When YOU ask them to go
with you for the repeal of the Missouri
restriction, you find the same state Of
things. And now, worse than all,
when you ask them to fasten on their
fellow men IN Territory of the Uni
ted States, a constitution which the
people abhor, | tell you every north
ern representative who participates in
this act is not only politically dead,
but he may thank God if he escapes
with that.
But the Senator spoke about degra-
ded class in our great commercial cit
les. [ have to confess that there is
some truth in that. We have dcgra
ded class in our cities. They are off.
scourings generally Of the Old World
linen who come here reduced to bco-
gary by their ignorance; reduced to
beggary by their vice; ignorant, vicious.
dangerous. [ do not deny it. They
are incident to all large cities; but the
are the chief cornerstone of your polit
zeal strength in the North. Find me a
vicious ward Of any city that does not
uphold your system Of slavery, vote for
its candidates, support its measures and
labor for its men. No, sir, you should
not complain of this vicious population.
In ts'ith and in fact they are about the
only stay and support you have there
now, and you ought not to traduce
them From their very nature, they
attach themselves to you, and | do not
think by any treatment you will be able
to drive them of. They are naturally
with you; they were slaves in their own
countries; they do not know anything
than to be the undertrappers Of some
body; and when they hear that there
are shareholders contending with free
men, you find them with the former all
the time.-Speech Of 3. f. Wade, in
the &. y Senate ..-.
HE BIBLE IN OUR PUBIC SCHOOLS.
The Board Of Education Of the city
OF " atertoWn have unanimously resoly-
ed that the reading of the Bible, and
all FORMS Of ho discontinued