, 1866-09-18

WISCONSIN, POLITICS. i,
Congressional Nominations and Pros
f. peetS-Speeches Of senator Doo1itt1c
and Postmaster General ff4u&Alls
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hIVus ALI kAG Gt0uHle6aluual CAAQA4AIEet WIN
have any chance Of an clectlont have been
nominated. On the Republican side, B. r.
Hopkins, of the Second, Amaea Cobb. Of tho
Third, and c. G. Washburno. OF tho Sixth
District, will bo chosen by overwhelming ma |
strenuous efforts to defent Philctus Sawyer,
handsome majority. Two years ago the-}
Union najorltt6s wero-in tho Fist District:
IPalncs) 6s4 III tho Second Ropklns') 4, ,40s;
ID The Thira (Cobb's ;. q, I'D; II tho Finh
Eawyer'sl 2.044 !; In tho Sixth (1vaehburne's), |
G,el9 md the Coppcrhead minority In tho |
TIE F1RsT DISTRICT.
tr1ct. The Coprcriohnsons hays pitted against
General Paine, the present hblo and faithful |
representative. James 8. Brown who wns /
elected over John F. Potter, ln 1BtS'. by 14S
majority, II time ofunlvcrsal dependency,
tho six Congressman. and had OFT ,nalority
on tic whole Congressional voto Of tho State.
or General Paine, need not speak. Ills
record during tlu whole war, frat as organ.
ss. ss5 Of oa tns s. rssmsn ean sns o y hs %s
Fourth Wisconsin Rcg!mcnt--lcadlng. It In
the very face of death, and losing Ills leg
while pertlllng his llio In the assault upon
PORT uudson-is part Of the glorious history
BELOVED. lie reprcscnts the Views of tho
Congressional District. al TIC close Of his
present term. the District Will have been rep
resented, since the organization OF the 3tato,
ist. blr. Browns professional career disap-
pointed the expectations Of the people. ''Ile
made great profeasions Of patriotism and
loyalty during the canvass, and the Repub-
lican press here were very mild on him, and
DnV1t
But: he proved, after 6e took his seat in
Congress, q thorough partisan, atf1ltAttng
With the Copperheads In their schemes to
embar1ass the Government, and voting
abolish slavery throughout the country.
The Nt1st, this morning, In defining Mr..
"air. brown voted against the amendment only
| he was opposed to tho ccntrali.ation Of further
powers ia he central Government, provided for
in n ,he successful resolution" ..,.
! on the subject {scc Cong. Globe, 1S64-5, vol.
| /, pp. 527-S. proves. While admitting that
Congress had the. posctr to inausnrate tts
| plan to abolish slavery, by Il Constitutional
AmendmentIj1st Is q Jury has the Rower to
he denied lis right to do so, and he proposed
the following plan as substitute
SEcTloS l. Hereafter. every sale, transfer,
/ or assignment Of the right Of one person to
| the service or labor of another, shall 10 roid:
! and by the mere fact Of the consent Of the
owner TO such sale, assignment. Or trnnsfer.
| the person owing service or labor shall be
released from all such obligation and shall be-
come wholly free,
termed slaves, owing service Or labor to 9TH
ers, are hereby released from such obligation,
and are ard shall be wholly free.
SEC. s. From and after tho list day Of jan
uary, a. D, 1850, slavery and all Involuntary
cuardian and ward, or that imrozcd as i
punishment for crime, are aud shall be nbol.
fshcd.
So 4 C., Congress St shs1, py 'aT .,RE, R,Feyae
age Or loss sustained through the operation
Of this law, by loyal citizens Of the United
States,
:. Bat mark: this substitute lhr Bro1un
1rouiI not rott for hio.self-he only urged Re
puclicaus to yote for it instead Of their OWE
plan. He denied explicitly the riqht ia
abolish slavery by q Constitutional Amend
ment, affIr,uIilc that the Southern States
would never have ratified the Constitution
had they supposed It conferred such right
Rennbljcans would vote foF lis substitute
, hc Wnnld mt votc ooain,t It. lie saII
.If this substitute Is accented. while cauuo
. vote Tar It, "a being an abase Of power, Ehal
Tic ASSERTION Of the Nftcs then, that Mr.
, Brown was neyes opposed to the abolition o
l s1avery Constitutional Amendment" is un
/ qualjhcdly falsc. Nay, 80 intrinsicaliy wronl
3 was such abolition in Ills estimation, that
, with all his ingenuity as q lawyer and poll
slavery si By constitutional Amendment lend whici
: would command his OWL vote.
9 BREAD AND burrER RECRUITS,
II The copperheads expect to carry this dis
Q trict for Iii. Brown, II possible, BY the hel
e can ranks. They may, pcrhaps, ret hnu
dreSl votes In the district, principally in thi
city, but they will lose some who have vote
q with them heretofore. Aud for every votl
+ lost to General Paine through my policy, !,
t trust ofthe President and disgust and alarr
c ut his outrageous speeches. The Republ
t cans expect 10 re.elcct General Paine by q
$ increased majority. The election return
o% vsTmoat and Maine ,d a5s ar iuaeatiq
i this Congressional District.
:. SPEECHES OF pooL1T1LE AND RANDALL.
8 Mcssrs. Dnolittle aud Randall have ha
n their reception, and made their defence {
t their own treachcry and the enpostacy OF thcl
J. and Coppcrhead parties had changed place
d with the Republican party, and that the
r and Andy had undergone no rarallax- A
II the drunken Indian, who couldn't ind b
q wigwnm, said, Indian nc not lost-TiSMal
5 bodies Of the country had changed, but wit
@ them there had bccn" variablsness. ne
d shndow of turning" It vas ludicrous
G see the CoppcrheNds compelled to swatlo'
d allopathic doses Of such stufc-to deny the
il own record for four years past, and to II
Is dorsc no1o what they damned then, an
II some of them made very Wry lace
" at 1t. The Fenians were 2!
8 there, They don't seem to enh
s heartily in the read.ana.ontter brigade, e
d menis Of Andy near the Canada line tho pa
N summer. On the whole, the reception
q these Johnson apostaies was cniIlnG. .. af
IS their meeting confessedly faAure. WIN
'c Copperhcaa majority OF more tt. Ihah TT tWo .'
II eoot nots G asa Raas ossIs apa ~ nc
d aud with the adjunets ct bonfire. nns
IN md cannon, not more than half as mar
&c persons were a.t.ae!eo 70 1sas n,s o9stm Mn1
d fiiea. Gie % Then W It was % crowded to It's utmo
L. capacity, and moro than thousand perso
Of went away unable to gain admtttance. A
thc tone Of this mseting was salssonar;ag1ng
he ings Of that living crowd Of earnest men al
d women who welcomed Mess1s: ho%e O.
n- Paine home from their Congressional labol
at had almost vital1z1ng power enough
IT. quicken the dead and mate the DRY 6ou
le live" Among the VICE PTesldsnts Of :
q. Collector shales vas on the Committee
to Resolutions. AL else was stark, und1sgnise
H. andiluted Copperheadisn, de1an! and da
n natoTy of blacks and black Republicans
&c. DooL1TILE ON THE eLAItohM.
OF IN manner, senator DooAtle WIS o
ly and Jesuit1cal. His cher effort vas
vt< show that the nntlon was bound y the
lal tion Of Congress and the President, from i
al to 1866, to sustain my policy" snd i I
Ia. Congress, ana not ne ana t9e Ffes1dent, q
ot Rrosea 1alse 70 ane p.ansa'Pies oi tnT ~ nep,