Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-21
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FOLITICAL.

Eey~ The Fisk University, a colored in
stitution established some months ago in
Nashville, Tenn, has about one hundred
and sixty, students. ~ sdi 1o7 tpG79
eI johnson ought to be good tailor,
since he, is good at nothing else; but
he made a ridiculous failure when he
ATTEMPTED to take the measure of Grant
cY The Union League of Philadelphia
has ordered a hundred thousand copies of
Senator Morton's recent speech on recon-
struction for circulation in Pennsy lvania.
.1o ~. 1t is reported that vile rebel asso-
citation called the Red Jackets are doing
mischief and inspiring terror about Ohm
sonville, Tenn, as the Kuklux Khan is in
some other parts Of the State. gqoaod
c The New Orleans Crescent, a Demo
cratic paper, estimates that only about two
thousand will be disfranchised in Louis
lana by the provision of the, Constitution
adopted by the Convention. 'e
h7 Is A Copperhead contemporary says:
SIT is quite time the Democracy was up
and doing" Most people think that " the
Democracy" have done enough, and that
it is about time it "went up ag9noon
esY The Madison (Wis.) State Journal
says that the Madison Union, the lately
revived Copperhead organ in that city, has
again suspended. A few days since it read
the Lacrosse Democrat out of the party.
The effort was too much for 1t. -. sus
C After Mr.. Frederick Douglass lee
turcd at Ann Arbor, a short time ago, the
son of United States Senator attending
college there, stepping upon the platform,
advanced to Mr.. Douglass, extended his
hand and remarked "My name is - ;
I am the son Of a United States Senator"
care your" said Mr.. Douglass, az have
every reason to believe that | am, too. " bn
4 eY According to the code of Georgia,
murder in the first degree is a bailable
offense. Twelve thousand dollars is the
highest bail required in such cases, so that
any gentleman possessing that amount of
ready money can murder his neighbor with
impunity. If this is the value of white
mans life among the chiyalry, we can
easily imagine what negros life is worth.
b CD Since General Grant obeyed the
law respecting the tenure-ofoffice by
yielding the war Office to Secretary Stan
ton, the Copperheads discovered that he is
dIunkard. During the war this same
charge was made against him to Mr.. Lin
coin. "Can you inform me what kind of
liquor General Grant drinks?" was Mr..
Lincoln's anxious reply. 81 want to know,
in order that may send some of it to some
OF the other Generals" .r ada ..4
e5y In view of the late letters of Grant,
the Springfield Republican APPLY remarks:
Grant seems to have acted all through
the affair with his accustomed sagacity and
deliberation, and has not made false move
nor one without careful consideration.
He acted with General Sherman as his
confidential adviser, and nobody doubts
that the two are more than match for the
President and his whole Cabinet combined.
The publication of the correspondence dis
misses all doubts of Grants position to-
wards the Republican majority in Congress
or toward the Administration and its sup
porters. Grants reticence has been only
a wise silence until the time should come
for the disclosure of State secrets, and in
the most effective manner"