Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-09-18
Correspondence Of tue Grant County HcraldJ
The Philadelphia Loyal Convention.
Another Interesting Letter from
5adge Mus.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3, 1866.


delegates, arrived here on Saturday
noon, and took up his headquarters
1t the Continental. The Governor
is active and true, and one of the
Southern members says we shall not
have another var if we elect such
Executives and State officers in all
the Northern States as Wisconsin has
done. A very large number Of dis,
GlnguiShed Union men, both from the
North and South, had made their ap
pcarance in the city at different times
for a week past. On Saturday | had
the pleasure Of meeting Gov. Fetch
or, of Missouri, a young and noble
looking, earnest man. "GovernOr, !
understand Andrew johnson is intcn.
ding to help you sustain the rebel
discriminating Constitution OF mis-
souri,. Don't you thank him for his
assistance 2" "Well, our Constitu.
ton is somewhat severe a rebel
CANT preach the Gospel; some of my
pious friends think the gates of Heav-
on should not be closed against 70,
pcntant rebels. ] think that pro-
vision of our Constitution is wrong.
! voted against it but Gen. Sherman
Toid me that the Constitution and
laws Of the State should be sustained );
that military force, if necessary,
should Be employed to enforce, not
override the law" This is exactly
what Governor Fletcher said. The
rebels in Missouri expect that United
States troops Will clear their way to
the polls with The bayonct. They
Will be disappointed. AS you enter
the region Of the rebellion, you en-
counter an earnest, almost fanatical
radicalism, which is unknown to the
North. Here is old Parson Brown
low, too feeble to speak here is the
gallant Col. Brownlow here are al
most quorum ofthe Tennessee Leg
islature; here is Horace Maynard, a
plain, matter of fact, religious man.
Maynard says that they must keep
tho rebels from the ballot-box, or
Union men surrender all except East
Tennessee. Mr.. f. says he is mcr>
chant tailor in NJ Rebels will not
cross the threshold of his store. lie
IS supported by negro customers.
Like Governor Wells, the Southern
Unionists begin to feel and admit the
necessity of negro suffrage. Hamil-
ton says it will produce a CONFUSION
In Texas but nothing but the ne
groes' vote can save Union men
there from the hands of their mortal
enemies. Clearly universal suffrage
will effect separation of the races
as far as they desire to be separated.
If there be u natural antagonism of
the races as insisted on, it ought to
be allowed to move freely in the
groove of equal suffrage. The black
man would gravitate towards South
Carolina, whore he would be IN the
majority. If the voting privilege
will draw him to Wisconsin, rs the
Democrats fear, they can protect
themselves by insisting that their
"Southern brethren" shall be infested
with negro voters as we'll as them.
selves. That the negro, being q sub
stance, must occupy space somewhere
in the United States is fact, stub
born fact in natural philosophy, toe
stubborn for any amount of negro
phDbia to eradicate. Will not tho
negro occupy as small space il
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
IS anywhere else? If the negro il
these States will not vote for Dem
0cratic candidate, he is at liberty tt
como North, to New Jersey, and
abandon his practical miscegenation
The only practical, natural and just
separation of the races must depend
or equal suffrage then the white,
and Blacks will separate just SO tal
as they like; and they ought not tC
separate farther. The New York
ii9rqld says We have picked up straw
delegates in Massachusetts to repre-
sent the Southern States. Tennessee
alone has here n hundred delegates
most of them known here in tn,
North. We know something Of Bolts
of "Porte C1ayOn," of Underwood
something Of Governor Hahn, o
Hamilton, and Stokes, and other dis
tiugqished Southern leaders who ar,
here. Tho Herald cannot lie down
such a demonstration as PhiIadclphi;
witnessed to-day Members Of the
police and citizens who are accustom
I'd to number men by the acre, cst
Matc the number of spectators wit
blessing the procession IN the street.
10 day, at $4,000 persons. | care lit
lie about pageants | want princi
pies of faith but to these that test
the future by numbers, this day was
day of dread or Of Joy, as the spec
tator witnessed delegation after del.
egation from the North and from The
South arranged in she order Of thei,
States, moving down Chestnut street
across which broa | flags were suspe
ded. l read The notices, "RebeI:
routed by the bullet shall not rule by
the ballot" "Wclcome to the fire
tried Union men Of the South" The
streets on each side were packed By
men, women and children, al! perva
ded by the enthusiasm of the occasion
/ saw an urchin, with book and
slate under his arm, rush forward and
catch hold Of the hand OF one of the
delegates; bis eyes heamed with
triumph-"Ain't Andy Johnson used
up now!" A Oakley who looked up
and down at the interminable cayal-