Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-12-03

house Of nv friend David Wiils,.Eso., by the
side ofsseveral distinguished persons ladies
aud gentlemen, foreigners and Americans,
among them the French Minister at Washing
ton, since appointed French Ambassador, aud
the admiral of the French feet, and that IN
sgentlemanly appearance, IIf.nners, and con-
sersation, he wasthe p er of any man at the
table.
The Miseegenatloh Pamphlet--A Democratic
Production.
Another significant illustration has just
been given of the utterly hypocritical and
fraudulent character of the Organization,
which, sander the leadership of AUGUsT BEL
MONT and assuming the name of the Demo
cratic party, was arrayed against the Union
ticket during the late. Presidential canvass.
Not only with total insensibility to shame,
but glorying in the infamy of the revelation,
it is now confessed that the miscegenation
pamphlet, which afforded one Of the chief
points of abuse and denunciation against the
Administration party by Copperhead Editors
and stump orators during the canvass, was
the production of Democratic writers and
was deliberately concocted for the purpose
of making political capital against the Adj
ministration.
Published anonymously, it failed to receive
the slightest token of appreciation or endorse
ment from any newspaper orperson ever con-
nected with the Republican party; and vet,
the opposition, through the. whole campaign,
has represented it as an expression of Re-
publican views. The supporters of the Adj
ministration were styled "miscegenationists ("
and the Democratic leaders used the pam
phlet, written by themselves,T as an argr
ment toinfame the prejudiees and excite the
aprrehensions, especially of the Irish popula-
ton, ON the subject of negro equality.
The manner in which the revelation is
made is hardly less disgraceful than the con-
temptible fraud itself 1t frstappears in the
New York correspondence of the London
Morning Herald paper that lends all its in
huenese to the support of the rebel cause,
and is copied thence, with great flourish of
trumpets, as the hugest joke of the age, into
the. New York World From this correspon-
dence it appears that the correspondent of a
foreign journal, Indignantly hostile to the
Union cause, is in full communion and conf
dence with the leaders of the Copperhead
party and so anxious not to interfere with
McCLEILAN's prospects that he withholds
communicating what he denominates " one
of the most Sextraordihary hoaxes
that ever agitated the literary world, ]"
until it was certain that his e1poSe would not
reach this country tillafter the election. He
begins. As this letter will not return in a
printed form to the United States before the
Presidential election shall have taken place,
it will do no harm, where harm might other
wise possibly be done to give the history" &c.
He then proceeds to relate how last winter
"two young gentlemenn connected with the
New York press, both " obstinate Democrats
in politics." got up the miscegnation pam
phlet solely with view of committing, if
possible, the orators and essayists of the Re-
publican party to the principle enumerated"
Before the pamphlet was published, proof
sheets were sent in advance to leading Re-
publicans and to radical Abolitionists with re-
quest that they should read it and in return give
their views upon it. President LINCOLN, Sec
rotary SEWARD, Senator SUMNER and other
Republicans were thus favored 1t was
doubtless hoped some responses might be OBJ
tanned that could be used during the canvass.
Though the Herald correspondent dilates on the
success of the scheme, he can only refer TO
the names of few crazy-headed fanatics,
none of whom ever acted or sympathized
with the Republican party, as having re-
sponded with any degree of liberation to
these advances. PARKER PfLLsBURY, Mrs.
LucRETI3 MoTT, two women of the name of
WELD and GRMKE, ALBERT BRISBANE, and
gentleman of color, alone responded as far as
it appears, and of these BRISBANE gives no en-
dorsement to the idea, but ventilates some of
els Fourierite theories on the future perfect
ed white man, who is to be developed by the
union of a cross of "the extreme races"
with cross of "the central or pivotal race"
The Herald writer is obliged to admit that
" the bulk of the Republican party, composed
as it is of very shrewd politicians, constantly
on the alert for traps of that Sort" withheld
an endorsement of the book. He then re-
lates how the subject was by " dextrous man.
ipulation introduced into Congress, and as.
S. Cox, of Ohio, an acknowledged header Of
the Democracy, made a brilliant and forcible
speech against it," and how it was ''an admir-
able political weapon to use against the Re-
publicans" 2~'
Not content with publishing the. Herald's
correspondents account, the World has an
litorial expatiating upon the brilliancy and
Ingenuity of the hoax. We presume that the
"two young gentlemen" said to have written
it, if all the facts were known, would resolve
into the middle-aged Bohemian who conducts
the World The rhetoric of the pamphlet is
the rhetoric of the editorials in that paper.
If such is the case, it will shortly appear.
MARBLES vanity is too excessive to conceal
what he thinks a smart thing because it is
also shameful thing. D.. Or .To
: We have in the history of this pamphlet an
example ofthe tactics ofthe Copperhead party.
The whole canvass was conducted by, them
upon false pretences. They first made men
of straw, and then set upon them. Sunset !"
Cox making a speech against miscegenation
in Congress--feigning to believe that the
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