, 1866-11-03
THE CAMPAIGN IN WISCONSIN.
A Confederate Mass Meeting Drowned
put-Doolitsie at madison-GFeat EI-
r*ctat1ons and no PcffoTn1Ance-Doo-
littles8 Speeches.

T%CtRf40pk ana NO |
little's Speeches.
|CoETetpondcnce Of tho Chicago Tttbnnc,l
MAptsos, Wis. October q, 1864.
The Union men here hayc felt particularly
jolly ever since Saturday morning, notwith-
standing the weather has most Of the time
been Us dismal as combination Of snow,
| saln, raw winds and mud could mike II, over
| tile inglorious failure Of the great mass meet
ing which the supporters OF "my policy"
| had for weeks hccn making, preparations for |
| ani Of the results Of which they cherished |
| great expectations. To be sure the Copper |
heads and bread and butter men have had
faces propostlouatcly long, but that only !
adds to our enjoyment.
The elements were unpropitlous TO be
sure, but the sturds Democracy, when they
were trimming under their old colora and
following their old leaders. did not use to
be deferred by storms from Ea1lFing to mass
meetings and the polls. Now, however,
they are dtsheartened By Jears Of successive
failure. They arc called on TO worship thcy
know not what, and when they see such
double dcse1teEs as johnson, Doolittle and
Randall, whom they have learned to hAte
and dcspise. men whom they have been
don't 60 in with any enthusiasm. Scarcely
: any body came to the meeting Saturday from
Out Of town, though tho most pressing
appeals bad been pads to CONG nu,9
. ont thr unconserted. Il was with great DIFF
Gculty ttnt enough Of the untcrrifcd Of the
: rity could be assembled to make rcspccta-
Die ward meeting. Tue failure on the part
E ra.t Of tic audience. Postmaster General
! ! tnuda,l, Geo. c. Bates, and Thomas Hoyne,
y of Chicago; Senator Doolttt1c, Emil Rothe,
a and two or three home luminarles were to
cn,iehten the masses. But only Doolittle
aua Rothe appeared, and the latter not till
evening, 20 ihat the crowd only had two dim
stars to shine upon them Instead Of whole
a constellation.
it pooL1T7LE's sPEEcn.
5. Doo1itt1c bore the burden and heat OF the
n day. talking oil the afternoon snd part Of the
~ evening, snd he never appeared TO wo!se nd
" vantage when be had the field all to himself
'r Some Union men listened to him, but With
a. disgust, increased at the ideA thai u lnef
10 votcs be had been placed In . position where
I. be could so misrcrresent Them. Lie the
~ SOW that was washed hnd retained to her
W walloxing In the miro, the Senator has sunk
II clear down to the depths Of the slough ol
" head c3sp.trar. such is wc heard al the
m years Of the war, with the the greatest 'caru.
~ estncss." lie declared that the Union
-. was going TO smash unless the Radicals were
'et stopped IL their mad career that those whe
nd made fun Of his thfrty-eix star argument
nc would s'eec stars soon; that those who
~ were opposed to Andy's polily we're more
| tDk1A1nuS 1QE4 Ot bQB OHlOu ku1u AuE ICUt&S y
ut The Son,h: that the Southern States would b
ms justified In fo!cfblc resistance to their con
'ur tinucd exclusion from representation: tha
ch '.uo department Of the Government conl<
m. Impose on any State or people OF the Gutot
~ ans other treaty Of peace than the Constitu
ol tion !" tiliculcd the idea Of anr guarantee
est being required aEainst the recurrence of e
ar tcltun Or the pay mcnt Of the rebel debt =.
.ss. bc enough TO deter any Northern Reptesen
4as tatiyc from voting for Its assumption; an
a. asserted that the effect Of the policy
SonEress h.a besn to make ioy men q ~, ~
I Is with the dlslosa1, and that traitors were nj
| greatly out Of the WAY.
-" MS EVENING srEEcu,
'ioe The evening speech Of the Senator vas T.
thy richest performance. He started out wit
op1osins any change in the basis Of repr'
MI sentation aud denying that II the Constit1
~. tional Amendment was not ratified the Sous
gu, will coulc into Congress With an increase
ible lie c,aimcd that one-fourth Of The rorriaas
will Of the South. white and black, had perish.
,rt. in consequence Of the war. aud with =
80 greatest JUNCTION went on to show thst 7!
aeS negroes had been worn out, and wontd
tnds diving so fast that before $50 twoffths
pur~ item would be gone, and OF course count I
. be more as part Of the basis Of represen.atio
ON The Senator argued that tho blacks must
ben- so,ne ~ ne other country. and these prospes
,ow- f fur the .nigscr" seemed to de1Igg
ext, hi. hearers hugely. In connection With q
haye matter Of representation, the sena'
that lanI ehsa Hn@ NV Tnn'sn ID ..scaing that Il v
IT to rskinc Inc cream of the whole conntf
.thcr charpirp that that section opposed maxi
And voter basis Of rcprcscntation because u
I'M would lessen the power OF New EuEls'
c.n which he insisted was TAT g!eattF tNAM
any ,,,n,c 1anwnrthr of a map Of the high
make tIoua} prctcnsions OF Senator Dooistte; y
aud has rrotcs.cd The viewB which enabled
ttcly 10 get and rctaio the place he now holds
cow ccpt what followed Just aNcr, Whcn
.ncb Senator eg"tstieay declared thas - "e s1ss s.
+ the the Union Governor and State officers, Z
with. that the very Legislature which asked
mo.f. to resign owed il election to his .Houdr
,.,.d wjedon In preventing the ad"pttnn o.
"H..s doctrine OF negro suffrage In this 81 81
*hseh which he was now cendemued fos not Il
with ing at the South. We think L.Elslat
o.srs- viii shortly be elected that xiAl es I.
s,,.,3 wiec indebted to Scrator Dooltttle, vi
viii make another loud call on him to "a
Fhiea The scat he diseraces.
in the In view Of the developments Of ths
hare frw months, Union men genefa!ly otEl
c puE- realize tne It,s,ssd II the r1:r;at ia
: ~ fnsf{rr Bra,ey, who by the way Frcs
Isl be nytr the meeting SATURDAY night
that 1here i 20! IN al The th.s nreaj j.ss e T.
!ay to thorouch.nrto M s..etsn ,nIous denc.nor
ed for nr. nue. I'D 1.ltcIous preten*toEs, and tue
must loud sounding snat ., q h. ss:.ses
'ortant 4 we fse ri, rnrre5 he would ttlnd bcso'
10 this Mo,it n,o Ike mesi thamefes hypoe1tte. "a
essions most b szen l|pos'or; ~, a,st.lnes amop
be nton,e. His political rrcnrl ts history o.
post liz tontssdietious and startling nsonsssn =
'rc can "oA" 49,
ncccs~ ---.. ~ ..r.,-,rx In the Ten