Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-01-24
Uses of Johnsorn's Trcacfae1y.

The old maxim that External vigilance
Is the price of liberty" never needed a
louder and more continual repetition than
1t does to-day, and in our political situa.
ton. It would seem as though the devil
had been given q wider license than is
usual to tempt and try the good and loyal
men of the land, and, as was done with the
old patriarch, oil that they have of value
and substance Ia freedom and the Union
has haen put into Satan's hands for while,
tLat he may try them with all sorts Of
frauds, treacheriess and outrages, to the
end of proving whether they are suf1-
GENTLY yigilant and active, and have firm
ness, selfsacri6ce and enduring constancy
enough TO hold fast through all dangers
and defend against all foes those priceless
blessings. The course which the rebels
have taken,r prompted by their own uns
changed spirit of hate and defiance, and
encouraged and cheered by their Northern
allies, would go far to show that they are
not, fit for, and do not deserve any but
harsh measures of unrelenting and severe
discipline and punishment. The history
Of human affairs will be searched In vain
to find another instance In which 80 much
magnanimity, Cancellation and forbear-
ance have been so utterly thrown away !;
Or rather, have been returned with SO
much malignity, revenge and defiance.
Whatever has been granted to the rebels
as an earnest and pledge of our willing.
ness to forget and forgive, and Of our desire
to 60 to the extreme limits OF concession,
and insist upon nothing but what was alb,
solutely essential to the future safety of
the Union, and the protection of all it's
citizens, has been seized by them with the
most bitter and seornful expressions Of
hate and defiance, declared to be their
natural and constitutional right, and, SO
soon as possessed, turned at once into a
weapon for enforcing their unjust claims,
or resisting the establishment In their
midst of the just rights aud equal priv.
leges of all. .it', 10 sss pin t3as .je.
1t would seem as though Johnson had
been raised up and placed in the seat of
power at this junoture in our affairs for
the very purpose Of stimulating the In.
fernal spirit OF malice and rebellion to O
new life and more intense activity. .It
must have seemed to the rebels special
Providence that this offspring of the poor
white trash, for whom they felt such un-
snesEabls Contempt. who had been among
the first to dsnounce their treason, who
had been one of. their most determined
and bitter foes all through the war, and
who had ascended to the seat of chief
mower breathing out ithreatenings and
slaughter against them an--that this man,
with 80 low mean white origin that
they had spewed him out of their mouths,
and with such bold and clear record for
freedom and the Union that they hated
him from the very bottom of their, souls
that he should all at once turn round and
be on their side--that he should perpe-
trate a treaohery so vile to his party and
his country as to fully match, and even
exceed, In guilt their own infamous trea-
son--that he should take his chief Coun.
sellers and advisers from their own party,
and elevate to seats Of power all the rebels
and their friends that he dared-and thus
prove himself their ally, comrade, and
devoted champion and friend---was indeed
more than was to be hoped for in the
natural course of events. To the religious
rebel mind, that saw in SO many events
during the war the manifest interference
of Providence for the defence and pro
lection of the peculiar institutions and
pious Southern people he SO much cher.
ished, this detection Of johnson seemed
to show that though Heaven had hid It's
face for awhile, and the cause seemed 8
nlost cause" yet it was in fact not 80
Well could they say, g Hath not He who
changes the hearts of the children of men
wrought this miracle for us? Hath He
not turned the hate of our worst foe into
pity and loves Ii Heaven be on our side,
as is clear by this sign and wonder, who
can be against us and prosperS" "' ID
Well may rebels. after help and hope had
come to them 90 suddenly and unexpeot.
edly from such source, say and believe
that they gave up too quick. that the fight
was by no means ended, and the cause, sc
far from being lost, In fair way to tgi.
uynph. And then the manner In which this
new reinforcement came to their aid, and
ths spirit with which Johnson threw him.
self with all his forces on their side, was SC
exactly in keeping with the history Of the
rebellion that it must have reused all their
fellow feeling and given new play to all
their fraternal sympathies. As the rebel
lion was begotten and brought forth in
treachery and fraud, the only fit method
to revive and invigorate it was by just
such practices of these same infamous vices
and crimes as marked with unparalleled
guilt the conduct of Andrew johnson.
Hence the original traitors hug to their
bosoms with uncommon Joy this deed OF
almost unequaled psrfdy and meanness.
1t is Of the same piece as the original
treason, and stamped with every mark of
shameless treachery and fraud that distin.
guished their own great crime. There
fore, they look upon 1t with untold pride
and delight, and hope from 1t resurrection
and life for all their, buried hopes and
schemes, 3'''>'
But we are firmly persuaded that the
devil has been permitted to thus afdiot
and torment the good and pure men, the
patriotic saints and loyal apostles who
love the. constitution and the u MON, and
are willing to give their all, and to spend
and be spent for them, only that their de-
votion may be the more signal, their la.
bors and sacrifices the more precious, and
their final triumph the more complete and
glorious. We cannot think that the ark
Of our liberties and Union, after having
been carried safely through all the blood
and fire of the war, Is at last TO be de-
stroyed by the vils hands OF SO low and
mean traitor as Andrew Johnson. We
feel sure that O merciful Providence will
save us from an affection and pollution SO
terrible. It Is permitted the wicked
to flourish for time, that the final tri.
umph of the saints may be the more
glorious. and their perfeotlng through
suffering the more complete. - Chicago
Tribune.
How FASHION DETERMINES TIE VALUE
OF FuRs.-The following Is the introduc-
ton to a fur dealers advertisement In
the Toledo papers: "Just quarter of a
century ago Ientered the fur trade, paying
10 cents for mink, % cents for muskrats
and SO for little, yellow martin skins.