Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1864-10-18

concluded to come hsok into the
Union and submit to the Constitq-
ton and laws, and discourage shooS-
ting union men and burning their
property, and abolish slavery at home,
we propoae that even this last out
rage may be forgiven--oonditioHed
however that the masses Of that
countysTise at the November election
and vote out OF Office and power the
Internal Ineendiary demagogues that
have so long misled the people, We
talked lately with some Irishmcn of
that county, while on their way to
Prairie du Chen, and asked them
what they meant by organizingto re-
sist the draft and they said, tive are
badly governed at Benton, 1nisled by
bad men, and when we talk of oppo-
sing them and obeying the laws, we
are threatened with loss of life and
property" Such was the answer to
our question, in substance, there be-
ing u number Of persons present, one
of whom said, iithis is slavery-dem-
ocratic slavery" to which one of the
| Irishmen replied, 'syes, we are slaves
to bad masters" Let the Local sup
port freedom at nome, if it dares, 9th
erwise there will be soon different
uprising than what was designed for
resisting the draft-an uprising of
the fettered people that will draft
the demagoguos of that county out
of power. Men were never very long
held in political bondage without an
uprising--of few at first, then OF
the masses.
| The people of Benton, and New
Diggings, after drilling some months
| in the use of fire arms in view of re
sisting the draft, being in spirit and
intent as much out of the Union as
South Carolina, lately sent Peace
Commissioners to the Provost Mar
shall "with terms of submission on
the basis of the Union" offering to
discard their secession leaders, re-en-
ter the Union, furnish their quota of
men and no longer resist the Consti-
tuition and laws. The Provost Mar
shall informed them that he had no
Ipower under the Constitution and
laws except to treat them as enemies
in war, friends in peace, and said he
would welcome them back into the
union, conditioned that they would
lay down their arms and submit and
not shoot any more of his officers
sent to enforce the laws, nor burn
any more property. It's understood
that, on behalf the masses of Benton
and Lafayette county, the Commits
sioners accepted the terms and that
| they with the reclaimed masses of
that county have since gone to work
heart and soul to fill their quotas of
men to fight against rebels, whereso-
ever to be found. The demagogue
Copperhead leaders of Lafayette
county have been ordered to dry up
or skedaddle, and they have dried up,
and the masses have gone to work
for the Union--many of them prom
Using to vote for OLD Abe and the
Union as well as fight for the Union.
The disease called "negro on the
brain" is healing and Iowa county
will be free State in November,
along with Atlanta and Maryland
The Shullsburgh Local continues to
whine about the bad show of things,
and actually advises the back track
by discouraging the use OF stones and
eggs-just as though the mob prac-
tice had been discovered to be fail
ure for the enforcement of democra-
cy in Lafayette county, 1t may
even refuse Lafayette county as an
asylum for deserters, for when trea-
son sickens there is no telling what
may follow as the remedy. 1t may
swallow the Emancipation Proclama-
ton, now since there is no longer
any power to enforce the bonds of
democracy in Lafayette county by
means ofstones and rotten eggs.