Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-24
ssg~The Democratic party have repeat

Eag@The Democratic party have repeat
edly been beaten. In fact, they have been
worse beaten, oftener beaten, and more dis
gracefully beaten than any other political
party ever organized, and it has long been
mystery to short sighted mortals, why
this corrupt, this detestable party did not
die. Some have asserted that believing in
hereafter,it was afraid to die; others that
it was made up of such incomprehensible
ignorance that it did not know enough to
die. But wise old Solomon knew better
than any one else what allied this party,
when he said Though you bray fool in
a mortar, his folly will not depart from
him." We have not only 0rayed them in
mortars, but in rifled cannon, in fifteen inch
guns, and many other curious and un-
pleasantly effective instruments, and still
their folly seems to be altogether their
most prominent quality At Vicksburgh,
and at New Orleans we braYed them with
our mortars at Atlanta, at Savannah and
at Richmond we brayed them in our best
and most effective manner, and yet here
they are at New York on the 4th of July,
1868, as fresh in their folly as they were
the day they fred on Fort Sumter in 1861.
In fact, the process seems only to have
brought the disease to the surface, and
they are blooming all over with folly spots
as well soaked topers do with gin-blossoms.
One wing of this great fool-party declares
for reputation of the national debt, and
actually expects honest and sane men to
uphold and work for their dishonest and
death deserving schemes. Another says,
thanks ito the brave soldiers for what
they have done. We acknowledge the alb
clifton of slavery, and the reconstruction
of the rebel states. We accept the situa-
ton and are satisfed-vote for u.s." and
they are fools enough to think that the peo-
Pile, knowing their past record, and know
ing their fre-in-the-rear policy of the past
seven years, will believe what they say
now, and will vote for them to rule the
country, rather than intrust their destiny
with its defenders and preservers. One
prominent Democrat asserts that the cleo
ton of Seymour and Blair will be the sal
walton Of the "Lost Cause" Although
the platform of this fool-party declares the
matter of slavery and secession forever
settled ''by the voluntary action of the
Southern States in constitutional conven-
ton assembled" the candidate for Vice
President says, 1--WE must have President
who will execute the will of the people. By
trampling into the dust the usurpations Of
Congress Enoa0n as the reconstruction acts"
Again, this fool-party propose to flood the
country with rebel generals, congressman,
and soldiers, with hands hardly washed of
the blood of our patriot defenders, to cry
down Grant and Colfax, and laud and mag
Nifty Seymour rnd Blair. Men in our own
county who prayed that the bones of our
brave boys might bleach on southern bat
tie fields, now say, "boys. we thank you
for your valuable services in the cause Of
liberty-pzease cote for u.s." Such are
some of the tactics and maneuvers Of this
great fool-party; but to review them all
would be too great task for US to under
take, and we commend it and great many
of it's members to the mercies of that great
parsonage, the STOOL killer" who, it is be-
lieved, will have to pay second visit to
our world.