Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-08-06
DoDGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1855.

sentiments is arrested, then the country
IS ruined at once And the complaints
OF these men come with such persistent
and 'damnable iteration, Z" that one would
suppose our constitution had been bro
ken to pieces by the efforts to preserve
it, and that there was not a fragment
worth saving This as President Lin
coin would say, "reminds me of story"
A veteran church sister was asked by
the presiding elder, GLOW many com
mandments are there?" "Nine, was the
reply. "Sister Peabody, says the elder,
reprovingly, 'haye you sat under the
preaching Of the gospel eight and thirty
/, years, and don't know how many COM
mandments there are?" II know, FL
der, was the answer, "there used to be
ten, but | broke one of em last week, and
there aint but nine zettP (Great laugh
ter.) And these fellows seem to imag-
Inc that showing rebel aympathiser in
to the guard house, has some effect on
the constitution, as Mrs Peabody thought
her indiscretion had on the decalogue.
(Renewed laughter and applause.)
Why if the constitution is SC fimsy
that the very efforts to preserve it, will
destroy it-if 1t is the smoking flax,
which you spoil in trying to quench !;
or a buble which bursts when you touch
it, or a gossamer thread, or butterfy's
wing,
cor like the ranbow's lovely form
Eyanishing amid the Storm,
let's away with it; let us have consti-
tuition of oak and hickory, (''that's it; !"
''bully for you,'D with foundation Of
solid granite, and spire of polished
steel, so that when we assemble about it
for its defense, it will not, if a soldier
rubs his blue coat against the corner
tumble down on our heads Goods
THE CONSTITUTION NOT VIOLATED.
But such talk is the merest balder-
dash. That the constitution is in dan
ger-that one line OF article has been
transgressed is a lie-and uttered by
aspiring demogogues, by partisan malig-
nants, and by the tools of faction, know
ing it to be lie. The constitution has
not been violated, no rights have been
infringed, except the right to be rebel
"a right which no man possesses. The
constitution, and the laws made under
it, are still our sword and shield every
battle fought, and gun fired by the army
of the Union, has been strictly on con
stitutional principles, except in cases
where our boys ran, as they have once
or twice, and that | am in little doubt
about. Gaughter.) The constitution is
now our guide and watchword-it is what
we are fighting for; it is our pillar of
cloud by day, and fire by night, to lead
US through this Red Sea Of war, and
this wilderness Of our trials; it is still
unimpaired and our egis, and SO it will
remain till not rebel on the broad con
tinent shall dispute its vitality, or deny
that it is in full force and effect. And
[ am inclined to think that one clause
that which conters on the executive
the pardoning power, they will be very
happy to use for their own benefit. (Ap-
plause and laughter.
MORAL CHARACTER OF REBEL SYMPA-
THIsERs.
No person has been wronged. The
wrong doer alone, has been disturbed in
his evil deeds. 1t is a just right and
necessity of war to confne or Danish
the enemy's friend in our midst, as
much as to kill the enemy himself
in battle. And lii this case, under
the circumstances of war, oh, a thousand
times more so. For when we contem-
plate the enormous wickedness of this
rebellion-the oceans Of tears, the riy-
ers of blood, the hell of suffering that
it has caused-what can we say OF him,
who for loves sake, or for hate, from
party feeling or personal regard, or spite,
or for any cause, has sympathy or ex-
cuse for traitors? This say: that mott the
slaughter of the innocents, not the mas
sacre of st. Bartholomew, not the con-
eentrated crimes which have stained the
history of civilization, and which felons
of all degrees have expiated in prisons
and on scaffolds, equal in black intensity
the unmitigated and deep deprayity Of
the smoothest tongued miscreant, who
! in his innermost thoughts-in the very
secret recess of his heart of hearts, cher
ishes enmity, or disdain, or coldness or
| lukewarmness, or aught but the most
vivid, burning and constant enthusiasm
| for the success of our arms and the
triumph of our cause. prolonged ap-
plause.)
THE PEACE MEN.
And other men, doubtless hoping for
the blessing pronounced in the beati-
tudes, have turned peace makers. | do
not think they fill the bill. One who
thinks to restore peace between a man
fighting for his life and an angry grizzly
bear. would as much deserve to be
Icalled one Of ''the children Of God, 7