Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18
POLITICAL ITEMS.

EOLl IOAL LEND.
Some irreverent radical wag styles the
wigwam at Philadelphia where the johnson
Convention is in session, Hospital for Polit-
ical Ilvalids.
1t is said there is a Federal officer IN the
Chippewa Valley, who being asked if ne was
not afraid he would be removed, replied, mo
sir. Andy johnson has got to he id lively
TO iopover faster than can" Is it posi-
ble that the officer referred 10 is H. G. V +?
The dispatches from Philadelphia say
that Chas. Eldridge and Brick Pomeroy are
very prominent at the Convention. Sen. Do
little aud Gov Randall must feel proud OF
their new associates. We understand Pom
eroy wanted the Wigwam decorated with
notices selected from his editorials advising
the assassination Of President Lincoln. and
praising Forest, the murderer at Font Pillow.
The Chippewa Falls Union says il learns
on good authority that Hon. II D. Barron IS
pI ointment candidate for Secretary Of War
10 succeed stanton. This can hardly lie. as
Judge Barron has been. auI doubtless now IS
q decided '.Tadc / !"
-Vallandigham must lie disgytsted How
ever much he may be deficient in loyalty. he
las grit aud square, s;aud-up rlucl, in him.
Ills name has been as much If 4 terror TO the
managers Of Che Philadelphia Convention as
the ghost Of murdered Banquo was to Mac
beth. He would not down" at anybody
bidding. Doolittle aud Raymond figured to
keep him away, bit I.e went. As last resort
a large number OF Southern delegates went 10
him and requested him not 10 90 into the
Cony entiOH. He replied that he was elected
delegate and should present himself as such.
A large portion ofthe Northern delegates sus
tanned tallanaigham in lis political course
q large portion Of the Southern delegates. in
GLIDING black flag Chalmers and Fort Pillow
Forest, came with hands rcd with the blood
of our country's loyal def-n .ers. 1t IS cow
ardly in them 10 throw of ON VallandighaIa
NON. Eallandigham finally left the COnven-
vention. for the reason. We suspect. that Brick
POmeroy was admitted. Tough as Vallan-
digham is politically, We do not believe he is
willing to associate with that apologist for as
ssssiustion and defamcr Of the dead, Pomeroy.
Congressional matters are beginning t.
he quoted more active. We were somewhat
surprised TO see By leader in the last Polk
Co. Press, that Judge Barron is a candidate
His friends were 50 positive that he would not
be candidate in any event. that this an
nOuacement was unlocked for. Hon. I. c.
Pound has many friends who feel quite san
guine Of his nomination, while the Jackson
Co. Eauner is confident that Judge W. T.
Price viii be the winning msn, and the La
Crosse Republican thinks there will not be
any serious opposition 10 Gen. C. G. Wash
burn. Gen. Wasbburn has written an excel
lent letter to the Daily Wisconsin in reply TO
an article by s. ". Booth. This letter DEM
OnstTates the groundlessRess of any doubt as
TO his position, and cannot fail to add TO his
strength. We do not expect any strife in the
Convention. When the delegates meet, the
strength of the different candidates can be
easily determined, and we believe the result
will be unanimous and harmonious nominal
tion, and the election of the candidate by
majority which will show most conclusively
that the people of the Sixth District believe
.hat the men who preserved this country are
tbe men to govern it.
i'm another column viii be found an ex-
cellent letter from Gen. W. d. McISDoE to his
constituents in this District, which will be
read with pleasure by those whom he has so
faithfully represented at Washington. Gen
McIndOe went into Congress at the darkest
time dnring the progress ofthe war. In the
gloomy fall Of 1862. when many a true and
able man went down under the pressure Of
doubt and opposition to the conduct of the
war, Dir. Hanchett was reelected. after an ex-
citing canvas, by the answering Republic
cans of this District HIS sudden death made
Unnecessary to choose his successor, and Gen.
McIndoe was the almost unanimous choice of
Union men and he was elected for Mr. Ham
chett's unexpired term and for new term
with no serious opposition. In 1864. he was
reelected. and would doubtless be returned
again were he willing to accept a nomination
He is identified with--all those great measures
which have marked our struggle for National
preservation, and which have resulted in the
abolition of Slavery. and the establishment of
NationalautLority on all National soil 1t is
proud thing TO have been a faithful Con-
gresham in he four years past. We hope his
successor may as faithfully uphold the inter.
ssts of Justice and Equal Rights as he has
done.
Senator Doolittle thinks it was an affect
ting sight TO see Massachusetts and South
Carolina delegates walk into the Philadelphia
Convention arm in arm. There was once an
other little tableaux the people were good
deal more interested init was when one of
oar cavalrymen took JEFF Davis BY the arm
aDd walked of with him.