Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-04-22
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ffrom Woods speech es Democratic Meeting In
New York city. Apf1l It'll.

ffrom Woods Speech es Democratic Meeting In
New York city, April 7th.l
II the so-oallsd vse Democrats Qaughtsf) should
war Il eensernsd there. you'd be no change. II
would simply bs tie eecasags Of oas Get Of for
rs:s.s. "a s e .ss:a ss.: a:a
Prsddent would do, r such an ono sheald succeed
NJ NJ Leeol1 sn.- that dP's e :, 80. IA, Me
:s.r:r!e 1ssisa 1ss1s, ' bus 1ssss.s.ns : s.,ns.
-certsinly not for % better SChs.1s.) IL you'd
tacrecss o.v dsot ssiu more, FOB DEMOCRATS CAN
MEN. Gaughter) But II he should be an inde-
pendent man, With nerve and brain, and tAs Prt':
things y Guild soon be produced.
This extract is from WOODS speech
reported by the World. Wooo don's -
: ...e -.-oS..:s T.S; %
in his opinion than the abolitionists. e
reference to the timid, weak-bf
kind, great on the stump at findiugt
but vacillating CT taint-hearted in
tiop, |" is thrust at Gov. Sx14o1
appears to be kind OF poliucal :,
yearning after the rewards
| seems to offer, but staggered b - on
of the consequences when cailed
copperhead friends to enact the W Nc
| he was elected to carry into e4 30 VIM
The admission respecting tn
Democrats for stealing is deq p1
| Those who will study the
| reports, and ascertain the
| plexion of the men who o'
dilieent in plundering the ooeA nl0'
oe, &c ~ III ,ers, since the
En L In ~. tr. will find thai
| ter. xo"o AZ 'A'' .''''
| ONE END OF THE Fl
| WATER. In view of AN NIL
the New YORK WorldIsn ' 'eosn' e'ec'ions
denoe in the peace guns ~ 'oSe " ~
head platform. IG
e,co 70 Eu.o Ska naive.y with refer
aoa;nst tho war ~. FOODS recent speecf
nenooro,;o 49,, hd demanding that the
peace platform: ""nu niiniy on Tux
What is mo4
Democratic par4e unwlse, than to ask the
form upon a pla 70 step on Its OWE plat
| der water in CEDl& one end of aohich is un
Prior 70 tb1 on aecticut to-day?"
World wos 6,{e Connecticut election the
Democracy ofe WIN aoJura'lons 10 Inc
| t;ckat r. III tlat State to stand by theil
| Connecticut d no fault to find with the
success p; 2 -atform. 1t predicted the
told the pep Candidates piaced on 1t, ane
and libert/ople as they valued free speech
Well WHY N general to support them
nrnol roxE shouldn't the World make di.
10 ationsa
mama ID TsRNUTs."-This is the popular
ond Op.. copperhead Democrats in Indiana
the II o. An attempted explanation OF
saxs il m, by the Cincinnati Enquirer,
unteaI twas originally applied to the vol.
| and . from southern Illinois, Miss uri
clotf lentucky, w41s came into camp in
tor es colored with an infusion of but
crsl at ba-k, and who were mostly Demo-
| toJs. The fact is that it is the common
| of used for rebel soldiers by the army
Il ;he southwest. A "butternut in the
| h. cay means a rebel, the rebel soldiers
| n ng mostly dressed in a coarse jean, of
| me manufacture, colored with butternut
| I rk. Those who saw the rebel prisoners
4. Camp Randall q year ago know what
\ butternut means. Let secesh -sympa
! using Democrats adopt the term; it is
1 cry appropriate for them but true Dem
,crats-men who stand by the Govern
ment-will prefer the Hickory to the But
ternut.
The LOST IRON CLAD-The Keokuk.
which it appears the rebels, after subject
ing it to terrible fen d'enter, succeeded
in sinking, was not one of the Monitor or
Ericsson batteries, but of quite different
construction. She was smaller, being 159
feet long-including ram of five feet
and SO feet wide, drawing nine feet of
water. Her sides sloped inward at an
| angle 80.
The Keokuk was built by Mr.. WHITNEY.
the great ship builder of New York, and
was constructed of iron. Her armor,
which extended four feet below the water
line, consisted of inch bars of iron stand
ing t inches apart, the interslices being
filled with yellow pine. She had two i'm
movable turrets, with three ports each,
but only carrying one gun each. The ar
NOR OF the turrets was six and quarter
inches thick
The vessel was thought to possess ad-
vantages over the Monitors in ventilation
and ease of management, fitting her espe-
clally for intricate navigation 1t seems
she was not invulnerabIe, as were the
Monitors. As an experiment she has
failed.
@ Never, says the Erening Post,
since wars began, have men come alive
Out of fire such as our Monitor fleet sus.
tanned in Charleston harbor, with the loss
OF but single life. A similar reconnois-
sance, made by land forces, would have
cost probably thousands of lives; if at
tempted by wooden ships the whole fleet
would have been sunk, not a man who en-