Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-10-16
POLITICAL ITEMS.

g There is church in Troy, N. Y,
with membership of three hundred per-
sons, in which there is not a single Demo
crat. 'e,a ..e.G -as.}I..H ac-7 .i &
E A vote was taken in the senior class
in Yale college, the other day, with the
following result First Division, Sey-
mour II, Grant 49,; Second Division, Sey-
mour IS, Grant 49, Total, Grant SO, Sey-
mour "a. . -...... -. ...,.. $780,
Us General McClernand, of Illinois,
the Democratic Mugwump Of that State,
claims that he Furnished the brains for
Grants army" The only thing that gives
color to the claim is the fact that he hasn't
any left. He's done something with them,
if he ever had any.-Hartord Post.
q B- Delmar the Doleful," as the 7ri6-
ataae calls him, Is the same Alexander Del
mar who few years since started a flash
weekly in this city, and tried to "float "
with an original novel of his own. In
spite of the fact that he advertised him
self as "the American Dickens" the story
was very stupid.-Neao York Mail.
gB A New Orleans paper says: "The
Blair Guards c;l Friday, and the Seymour
Guards on Saturday, paraded through the
the three bars, red, white and red-which
attracted general attention, and excited
emotions of approval or condemnation, ac-
cordding to the political bias of the specta-
tor"
gY- On the 9TH instant three rebel
Democrats attempted to chastise the teach
er of a colored school in Opelousas, La,
but were prevented by the interference OF
his friends. The teacher had warrant
issued for the arrest of the rebels, but be-
fore it could be executed a gang of armed
rebels attacked the congregated negroes
and killed or wounded 300 Of them. The
Progress Office was. sacked and one'of the
editors lynched. ,...I ..l a.s5
S8 -Four years ago Frank Blair said
1.-The Democratic party of the present
day IS Democratic IN name, and nothing
else. The old Jefferson and Jackson priaa-
ciples haze been a6a1adone7 The man who
did not escape the rope by three hours, is
the author of all to which the Democratic
party of the present day subscribes. 1t
has not one scintill0 Of true Democracy TO
animate ats carcass"
How do the Copperheads like this kind
of talk, coming, as it does, from their can
didate for the second office within the gift
of the American people?
gY Mr.. John Quincy Adams, Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Massa-
chusetts, recently spoke in Springfield,
Mass. In the course of his speech he
alluded as follows to General Grant
"Take the candidates, for instance, who
represent the conflicting ideas of pubic
duty in this election. I have seen General
Grant stigmatized as bad General, an
incompetent man and confirmed drunk
ard. : I have not the honor of his ac-
quaintance, but when am told he is no
soldier, can only reply, 'Donelson :
when you say he is o dolt, my heart re-
spends, Vicksburg,' and when I hear of
his intemperance, | can only quote Mr..
Lincoln, and wish he had had more Cen
erals in the war who knew his tipple. No,
gentlemen, he finished the war, and that
is enough to entitle him to my respect and
admiration. .-f..,
~ We afectionately invite the atten-
ton of the plowholders to the derelic-
tions of their champions. 1t is dreadful,
we are told, to pay the "bloated bond
holders" in gold, while the "plowholders'
must be content with shinplasters. We
must elect Pendleton's candidate on Pen
dleton's platform, and this monstrous in
justice shall be corrected. But some
wretch, with cold-blooded fancy for dry
facts, has been burrowing among the Yeas
and Nays in The Congressional Globe,
whence he extracts the shocking piece OF
information that Mr. George FL. Pendleton
voted to pay the bloated bondholder his
interest in gold; and that Messrs Clement
L. Vallandinghara and Daniel w. Voor-
hees aided and abetted the same iniquity.
Alas and alackaday whom shall we
trust ?-N y. Tribune.
cY A Washington special to the Chi
cago Tribune, dated October z, says:
| Chief Justice Chase expresses himself
freely to his friends concerning the politi-
cal situation. He feels entirely confident
! of Grants election, and not only this, but
| says further that he will be President for
! eight years if he desires it, for he will be
cautious, will bring good men around him,
| will make no serious blunders, and that
his influence upon the Republican party
will be to consolidate it. On the other
hand, Mr.. Chase says in his judgment the
| Democratic party viii be hopelessly di-
vided, by the fact that it has fully identi-
| fed itself with rebels and rebel ideas, and
this will surely drive off large numbers oi
| Northern Democrats and leave the party
| powerless against the Republicans. Mr.
| Chase expects TO be able to sympathize
| fully with General Crafts administration