Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-03-14
MApIsoN. March 4th. 1861.

Form Mortgage Bill and otEer mat
ters.
MADISON, March 4th, 1861.
Friend CoyER:-By way Of amusement
this winter we have had few lectures, two
or three concerts, as many masquerade
balls, the wonderful performances Of Wy
man the Wizard, and the pery moral plays
and high-ilung dances Of a one-horse thea
tire. The supply however hal not been
adequate to the demand, and SO the Demo-
cratic caucus undertook to provide some
thing rich, rare and racy, ia the shape of a
Union-saying convention called by their
order. Few stage-struck Republicans could
be found, most of them preferring to be
spectators rather than actors. The Demo-
cratic committee got up play bin IN the
shape of sundry resolutions, which | sup
pose you lave seen in the papers. An
effort was made to get Senator Virgin to
act as stage-manager, but he respectfully
declined, but moi as enormously stated in
/ the official proceedings, ''approying of the
objects of the meeting" Charles j. Robin
son, "a fellow Of infinite humor" was put
on Id his stead. II. S. Orion and L. G..
Ryan played high tragedy in two acts, and
this was followed BY the comedy of the
"Sincere Politician" acted to the life by
Geo. B. Smith and Moses NJ. Strong. A
fellow in the pit, Jared Warner, undertook
by way Of episode to introduce one OF two
little things not in the bill!s, but he was
especially Kissed down. The performances
closed with broad face, rendered by Pump
Carpenter and Bean, and the Buresque of
..apponting commissioners to Washington"
to start after the Peace Conference had adj
journed. The large and appreciated audi
ence enjoyed the performances highly, and
especially relished the joke of endorsing
Seward and Lincoln by those who had al
ways advocated principles diametricaIly op-
posed to theirs, and had accused them and
the Republican party ofall manners wrong
doings and intentions. For those whose
Misrepresentation Of Republican principles
and alliance with and support Of known
disunionists had done SO much to bring
about the present unfortunate state Of affairs
to set up as the special friends Of the Union,
was decidedly cool. The Democrats gen
orally feel very sore about their entire fall
ure to rope in Republicans to help them
out, and are convinced that they cannot
vet come the game Of dividing the Repub-
iican party, or get any considerable num-
Der Of them to abandon their principles.
The names of four or FIVE Republicans APP
pear on a committee to nominate Commits
sioners, but only two, | believe, Of doubt
fuI political gender, acted.
The Farm Mortgage Bill has occupied
the greater part of the time Of the Assem-
Div the last week. Dir. Clark Of your
county offered substitute for the original
bill, which was much less Objectionable,
ar,l it is thought by many, would afford
better protection and give more real relief
to the farm mortgagors than the monstFos-
ity which their proisssed friends are trying
to crowd through Mr Clark's substitute
was rejected lie made an admirable ar
gument, showing up me odious features OF
1.-THE bill, as did also Judge Spooner and
Others, but it was ordered to third read
1 inr BY vote of48 to AZ. Every possible
j influence, appeals 10 sympathy, threats Of
political death Of defeat Of measures in
which members are intrusted, charges OF
corruption, arguments on the floor, in the
Lobby and in the papers-are used 70 car
~ the bill. Those who oppose It exactly
IS II is, are denounced as enemies OF the
farmer, oppressors of the poor, &c. LIS
fnsl passage was prevented Friday and
i Saturday under the rules. This morning
is its defeat was expected, on a direct vote
ii was referred to a select committee.
The 22a Of February and 4th Of July
have been made legal holidays. Tho AZ
torney General has given bis opinion that
any amendments tf the banking law must
/ 30 submitted to vote oithe peopie. An
Intellectual effort was madc to pass bill
asking the opinion Of the Supreme Courl
on the same question. The lill reducing
printers fees was voted down ID the Sen
ate, s to l9. A new charter fos Platte
vile has passed the Senate. The bill sub
| hitting tie removal Of Iowa county seat
|, to tie people. which had paased the Sen