Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-10-30

is professional elocutionist, and it woul
be a luxury to hear him, let him say wha
he might; but when speaking good word
and striking brave blows for the right, h
furnishes a rare intellectual treat. Hi
speech was well worthy of being reported
at length. E9a q
Democratic papers and stump speakers
had had a good deal to say about the
"great tidal wave of reaction" which was
to sweep over the country. We haze seen
that tidal wave. We saw it rising in Yer
mont and Maine, rolling on over Ohio, In
diana and Pennsylvania, and on the third
of November we shall see it sweep away
The entire Democratic party. The Octo-
Der elections show that the people have
not forgotten the war, but are fighting il
out on the same old line.
The government had said that its bonds
should not be taxed. Would it be COM
mon honesty to ego back" on that prom
Use? gfff al, a aes.f s4g a-4sssei
. When our lamented Lincoln called for
men TO suppress the rebellion, Democrats
said it was unconstitutional. They want
ed draft which would fall equally on all
classes. When drafting becamea military
M ifx-f ho I'd Is
tutionall unconstitutional! B At every
step of the war they kept up the same
howl. But we have got g soft thing" on
them now. Their party leaders are clam
oring for a taxation of government bonds
the very thing that the Supreme Court of
the United States has, in no less than five
cases, decided to be unconstitutional!
Democrats say the reconstruction acts
are unconstitutional. Suppose they are
Is there any way of reaching the matter
except through the decision ofthe Supreme
Court? ragi.srls mF
The seeding states threw off their al
egiance to the central government, and
one of their own, which has
been destroyed by the military power of
Uncle Sam, leaving the rebel states con-
luered territories-n nothing more, nothing
less. Congress has said that these states
shall at least knock at the door of the
Union, before they shall be again admitted
Democrats had niger on the brain"
Democrats passed the fugitive slave law,
and made it crime for negroes to read
even the word of God. 1t is said bv some
that negroes. are an inferior race; by 9TH
ers that they are not Learned men dsa-
gree. fthey are inferior, get your feet
off their necks They were not intelligent
enough to revile the President as baboon ;
nor malign our brave boys in blue as
$ Lincoln's hirelings;;" not intelligent
enough to asssassinate the President, nor
starve our brothers. But 400, 900 Of them
loere intelligent enough to fight for the
salvation of our common country, and
against their former masters ;,they were
enough to act as scouts and
guides in our army, and to assist escaping
prisoners. Their hearts beat in unison
with those of our soldiers, and ever true to-
the flag. To illustrate this the speaker
related an incident of charge of colored
soldiers upon rebel works The color
sergeant, in the foremost rank, was severe
" wounded, but still pressed on. mount
ing the works only to receive rebel bay
onet in his breast. His face was as black
as the ace of spades, and his hair as crink-
y as Democrats brain (immense APP
plause) but sinking slowly upon his knees,
With upturned eyes, he still held to his
,oiors. a few hours later, when he lay
lying, his brave old soul just going, he
said:- II r.s.l5 f,.s.f
Boys! Me-ozd Flag-neuer touched
the ground" e5.- s,4n
The Colonel did not wish to be hard on
the Democratic party, because, as his
friend Tom Reynolds would say, he had
been brought up by pious mother, who
had taught him to speak "tinderly and
reverently of the dead" And if the Demo-
cratic party is not quite dead yet it will
be on Tuesday next. He lately met a
Democratic friend in Madison, looking
rather bluer than usual, and inquired the
cause. ssWell, they tell me that said at
a meeting the other night that if the re-
suit of the October elections was against
us, it would break up the government.
As it has turned out, you Englishmen will
have to go to England, Irishmen to Ire
land, Germans to Germany, Norwegians to
Norway, and we, us Democrats, aosU haze
to go to hell, and | FEEL AS IF | WAS THERE
NOW ~ 1870 ssdlHq 81 ~
True war Democrats would, FIVE out of
six of them, vote for Grant and Colfax.
Occasionally we see such an anomaly as
one of them voting the Blair ticket This
class reminded him of the drover down
east, who bought up large drove of hogs
for the city market, where they were COM
handing high price. As measure of
economy, instead Of going by rail, he went
on foot, driving the hogs, and reaching
the city in about week-found tie mar.
ket down, and sold at sacrifice. Upon
reaching home his neighbors gathered
n ro.,pI co,,,o ;aar;pr OF his fo11u opd 9TH