Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-28
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bitterly that the name Copperhesd (self'
imposed, by the way) is applied to
certain Democrats. The World calls
it an insolent phrase" and more than
hints that it is out Of TASTE" Does
the World, asks the Columbus Journal,
apply the term Disunion to Republican
members of Congress personally, ana
Rump" to Congress collectively, as mat
ter of courtesy?
C A Wisconsin Democratic Senator
shouted "Good :" in his seat in the Senate,
the other day, when the following senti-
ment from leading Democratic paper in
Wisconsin was read in the Senate Cham
Der of that State:
at is but little while since the glorious
effort of John Wilkes Booth gave fresh
hope to the friends of liberty, and canon
lied the name of the heroic youth in the
hearts of all who believe that resistance
to tyranny is obed fence to God"
ey The Philadelphia E0eaa5ng Star fur
nishes q recently published letter, from
which we take the following amazing
statement "There is plan laid for the
assassination of Edwin III. Stanton, Secre-
tary of War, by about dozen of ex-rebels,
who formerly belonged to the Knights of
the Golden Circle. The plan is SO well
laid out that there is not the least chance
OF detection. | can vouch for the truth OF
this, as ! and friend Of mine discovered
it in Baltimore"
EY- Among all the humbugs of the day,
the biggest is Sergeant Bates, who is now
on tramp from the Mississippito the sea,
carrying the national flag. 1t is very
nice way to raise the wind, but an exceed
ingly poor way to demonstrate the loyalty
Of the section Of country through which
he traverses. Had he started Oh his mis-
sion without great flourish of trumpets
there might have been some significance
in his feat. AS 1t is there is none what
ever.
eg Says the St. Louis Democrat: :
general Grants correspondence with
MIR. johnson has the ring Of the true met
al The honorable soldier and the indig-
nant patriot appear in every sentence.
'The butcher Copperheads call him
and in truth he does fell Copperhead lies
as butcher fells o bullock. The same
terrible, downright, sledge-hammer blows
by which the rebellion was crushed iall
now upon the President and his supporters.
The whole country will be both surprised
and gratifed at the bold tone of these let
tiers, and their thorough sympathy with
the Radical policy of Reconstruction will
give hearty satisfaction to all true Repub-
hcans."
gy The Wisconsin Cop perhead Con-
vention endorsed the doctrines of the La.
Crosse Democra by admitting one of its
editors to seat as delegate. In addition
to this, Sat- Clark, the Copperhead leader
in the Senate, in g speech, took occasion
to give his hearty adhesion to the doc
trines of the Democrat, and to claim them
as his own, referring particularly to an ar.
ticle eulogizing the assassination of Presi,
dent Lincoln, and recommending the
assassination of members of Congress.
Senator Bragg, having been q soldier,
though now in the ranks Of the Copper
head party, could not quite bear this, and,
in the excitement of the moment, protested
against the Democrat being rec ognized as a
Democratic organ.
GB Some growler depreciates Grant for
lack of scholarship, whereat the New York
Evening Post says;
Whether Grant is learned or unlearned
we scarcely know; whether he has the
sensibility which delights in the beauties
of nature and art, or the aspiration which
would master every science, we are not in
formed he may, like Washington, prefer
horses to the muses.; or he may, like jack
son, take an interest in SO vulgar a thing
as cock fight; but whatever his taste in
these respects, we are quite certain, from
the facts of his career, that he is not an
ignoramus, for that sort hardly get through
West Point; that he is not wholly Hitter
ate. for the style OF his letters proves that;
that he has excellent sense, for he accom-
plishes what he undertakes that he is not
a self-seeker, for he has never solicited q
place nor an advancement; that he is hon
est and true, for he has never yet wavered
in the discharge of his duty; in short that
he is a sound, practical genius, who sees
what's to- be done and does it; and, there
fore, good typical American, whom
Americans will forgive though he be not
endowed and adorned with all the brillian-
cy of the schools.