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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-21

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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17
How VIII the Soldiers Vote.

THROUGHOUT the war for the Union,
the party which received the vote of every
opponent Of that war-every one who
deemed it war of invasion and aggres-
sion on the part of the North-stOutly
claimed the rank and file of our volunteer
Boys in Blue" as recruited from its
ranks, and devoted to its principles. A
majority of the officers, it asserted, might
be upholders of the Lincoln despotism,"
but the men without shoulder-straps were
Democrats, as their votes would prove.
"Then," we suggested, "let us unite in
so altering our laws, and our Constitutions,
too, where that shall be necessary, as to
enable every citizen who, during the war,
shall be necessarily absent from home
whether in camp or hospital, as soldier
of the Union, to vote as though he were at
home"
Not one single Democratic Legislature
closed with this proposition. New Jersey,
Indiana and Illinois chose Democratic
Legislatures in 1862; so their soldiers were
not allowed to vote for President i'll 1864.
Nearly every Republican State, with Ken
lucky and Maryland, then ruled by car
nest Unionists, enabled their soldiers to
vote in the field Gen. Mcclellan was the
Democratic nominee for President. He
long commanded the largest of our armies,
and was for time General-in-C Chief; he
studied to ingratlate himself with his sol
diers, was kind to, and popular with, them.
If he could not secure their votes, no other
man Of his party could.
In this State the soldiers votes were so
cast that no one could say how they voted
in most States it was otherwise. Here is
the aggregate vote Of the soldiers, in every
State from which we have returns
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

ed civil power since governments were
instituted among men; they struck the
shackles from four millions of human
beings, and gave them every civil right
under the Constitution and laws. And
while accomplishing these herculean tasks,
the Republican party administered the
government so wisely that prosperity has
been all the time abroad in the land; great
business enterprises have been under
taken and successfully prosecuted; factO-
ries have been built; the forest subdued !;
farms brought under cultivation; naviga-
BILE rivers improved; thousands of miles
of railway constructed; the continent
spanned by telegraph wires; the two
oceans well nigh connected by road OF
iron; the emigrants protected on the re-
motest frontier; Territories carved out of
the wilderness domain; and new States of
promise and power added to the national
Union.
What other party in the history of this
country ever confronted such difficulties !?
What other party ever gained such victo-
ries? But great as it's achievements have
been, it's work is not yet finished. Out of
the fierce conflicts Of the recent past, in
deed still raging, order and harmony, con-
ciliation and friendship, are yet to be
evoked; not, indeed, by unwise conces-
sion and timid compromise, but by that
firm policy which is based on Right and
under the leadership OF one, who, so terri
bly, earnest in war, is yet to-day the en-
bOdiment of peace, the conservator of
public juctise, the hope of the loyal
millions
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

looked into. Sign it for forms sake, and
you sbal never here of it again, Mr.. Nc
l." With trembling hand the old
gentleman signed the paper without glanc-
ing at its contents There was not light
enough to see the words. The paper was
nothing but certificate attached to a
marriage contract between Mr.. Robert
l. and Miss Rachel Mel.
The disguised stock broker was set at
liberty, but he did not return to his home
until the close of the following day, when
he presented himself as just returning
from his journey to n A. Rachel well
coined him with unusual ardor, yet each
had secret which was closely guarded.
She was no longer Miss Rachel, but Mrs.
L, Roberts welded wife,
That fact did not transpire, however,
for week thereafter. Then Mr.. Mol
sensibly succumbed, the wedding was
publicly celebrated, and harmony reigned
at last. But not a word was said about
the events of that night, when the old
gentleman was away at N. A. He had
his ideas on the subject, but did not give
them utterance.
Robert L was the recipient of q
handsome dividend at the hand of his
father-in-law, and q few weeks since he re-
moved to this city with his bride, and here
he will engage in business.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

GNoTE-Missouri and Colorado soldiers
voted at previous elections-almostal all Re-
publican-but not distinctively for Presi-
dent in '64.
*x*The soldiers of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Iowa, California, and Wisconsin voted
likewise in '63, as did most of them in '62,
with results substantially identical with
those exhibited in the foregoing table of
the vote cast in '64.
The soldiers of several States who had
not yet been mustered out of service when
the elections for 1866 occurred, respect
lively voted again, with results substan-
tally like the foregoing. limo year of the
war was the Republican vote less than
three fourths ofal that cast by volunteers
in service.
Such being the recorded facts, we sub
nit that the pretense Of getting up Con-
vention of Union soldiers to oppose the
election of Grant and Colfax surpasses all
recognized bounds of partisan imposture.
Not that there are no good soldiers who
dislike and oppose them-we know there
are such, but they are scarce as white
blackbirds. The bulk of the soldier vote
against Grant will be cast by Confederate,
not Union soldiers-by the men whom he
defeated captured, and paroled, and who
have personal reasons for preterrlng such
antagonists as Buell., Franklin, Fitz John
Porter and Mcclellan.
If Robert E. Lee could be induced to
unite in the anti-Grant call and preside
over the Convention when assembled, he
would give it responsibility and force but
a Convention of Union soldiers to oppose
Gen. Grants too broad joke for the sea-
son. 1t was wise to hold it in this bounty
jumping city, where all sorts of meetings
can be got up to order if the proper appli-
ances are used; but the honorably dis
charged Union volunteers are almost solid
for Grant, as the returns of next Novcm
Der will prove. A Convention in 1857 of
Revolutionary soldiers to oppose the cleo
ton of General Washington to the Presi-
dency, or of defenders of New Orleans in
1928 to defeat the election of Old Hickory,
would not have been more preposterous
than is the attempt in 1868 to muster an
army of Union soldiers in opposition to
the election of General Grant.-Ne0 York
Tribune.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17
Grants GeneralShip.

AS SOON as 1t became apparent that Cen
eral Grant was to be the candidate of the
Chicago Convention the New York
World led off and the small fry Copper
head sheets followed suit in the base work
of attempting to rob him of his laurels
and destroy his military reputation with
the people, The World began its labor of
detraction by devoting two columns to his
alleged "bad generalship. at Fort Donel-
son." 1t coolly asserted:
First. That "the chief merit of that
siege was due to General G. F. Smith"
Second. That no credit was due to Grant
for obtaining a surrender, inasmuch as
"there was no danger to brave, or even
any resistance to encounter"
Third. That only eight thousand pris-
oners surrendered to him
Fourth. That Grants removal immedi-
ately after the surrender proved that
his superiors lacked confidence in his
skill, and "ascribed the success at Fort
Donelson to C.sF. Smith, who was given
his command.
Fifth. That G. F. Smith unfortunately
fell sick and died, and consequently could
not be continued in the command.
iSIGth. That had it not been for this
unfortunate sickness and death of Smith,
VIC OuOulu udNC UCCu OcifCd bAoSSletOC-
full first day at Pittsburg Landing"
A prompt refutation of every one of
these statements was instantly made by
the New York AdUeYtiser, by reproducing
the following crushing documents:
First. Smiths reply to Buckner: No
congratulations are due me. | simply
obeyed orders
Second. The particulars of fierce bat
tie on the day before the surrender, show
ing that instead of being exhausted" the
besieged were able to partially repel a
fierce and bloody assault.
THIRD. Grants figures, showing that he
captured and sent North 1863 prisoners.
Fourth The letter from McCullum,
Halleck's Chief Of Staff, written to Grant
four days after the surrender: 81 received
with the highest qualification, your reports
and letter from Fort Donelson, so gallant
ly captured under your brilliant Ieader-
ship. /, in common with the whole coun-
try, warmly congratulate you upon this
remarkable achievement"
Fifth. Halleck's letters to Washington,
stating that after investigation he had
become satisfied that the supposed causes
for Grants partial removal did not exist.
iS5pth. Halleck's letter to Grant, in re-
sponse to three requests to be relieved, viz.
"You cannot be relieved from your COM
mand. There is no good reason for it.
Instead of relieving you, wish you, as
soon as your new army is in the field, to
assume the immediate command, and lead
it on to neao victories"
Se0eaath. Smiths letter to Grant on re-
storing to him, il March, the superior
command after holding it for few days:
II wrote you yesterday to say how glad /
to resume your command, from which you
were 50 unceremoniously and, as 1 think,
so unjustly stricken down"
Eighth. General VIM. T. Sherman's let
ter to the United Ser05ce Nagasine, show
ing that instead of being "sick" and
"dead" weeks before, General G.. F.
Smith selected the battlefield of Pittsburg
Landing. General Smith died on the 18th
of April, nineteen days after the battle.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

pulses, though his judgment is not so cool
and reliable. In other words, though
more brilliant man, he does not possess
that sterling good common sense which
-eminently distinguishes General Grant.
He is, however, a most brave and generous
man, thoroughly in earnest, and ready to
sacrifice everything for the good of his
country. He is true friend and thor
oughly unselfsh and there are no better
men--or few, at least = than General
Shermann n
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17
The Prince Imperial.

AN American traveller, who lately saw
the Prince Imperial Of France, says that
he is an extremely amiable and interesting
looking boy, with wonderful air of not
exactly intelligence, perhaps, SO much as
precocious manliness of bearing for his
age-the natural effect of his bringing up,
and of the way in which, of late especially
he has been forced, as it were, into pub
lie notice. He lifts his boys cap with al
most painful gravity or dignity to return
salute, showing a head of fine dark au-
burn hair, with pretty wave in it, and
face which has grown more like his father,
and less strongly resembling his mother,
than it used to be- The brow expands
somewhat more on the Napoleon model,
and the expression of meekness, which
formerly predominatcd very decldedly,
has given place to greater thoughtfulncss
and intellectual development. The first
great danger to which he will be exposed
will probably arise from over forcing.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17
Mcpherson on Grant and Sherman.

THE gallant General Mcpherson who
fell mortally wounded near Atlanta, Ga.
was for time member of Grants mill
tary family, and served through the mem
orabie Vicksburg campaign as commander
of the Seventeenth Army Corps. He left
the following record written but a short
time before his untimely death, Of his
opinion of Grant and Sherman:
General U. S. Grant l regard as one of
the most remarkable men of our country.
Without aspiring to be genius, or pos
sessing those characteristics which i'm
press one forcibly at first sight, his sterling
good sense, calm Judgment and persisten-
cy of purpose more than compensate for
those dashing, brilliant qualities which are
apt to captivate at first glance To know
and appreciate General Grant fully, one
ought to be member of his military
family. Though possessing remarkable
reticence as far as military operations are
concerned, he is frank and affable, con
verses well, and has a peculiarly retentlge
memory When not oppressed with the
cares of his position, he is very fond OF
talking, telling anecdotes, etc. HIS purity
of character is unimpeachable, and ms
patriotism of the most exalted KIND. lie
is generous to a fault, humane and true;
and a steadfast friend to those whom he
deems worthy of his confidence, he can be
relied upon in case of emergency. Gen
eral w. T Sherman is what might be called
brilliant man, possessing broad and
comprehensive intellect. A rapid thinker
and ready writer, fertile in his resources
and untiring in his exertions, he possesses
those characteristics which forcibly inn
press you at first sight lie has mingled
largely with the world and has tried
various professions has read and reflect
ed much, and having a remarkably reten-
tive memory, is well informed on most
subjects which come within the scope
of human thought. He is Of much more
excitable temperament than General
Grant, and more apt to be swayed by im'
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17
goetru.
From the r. r. Gazette.
TIE IRON HORSE.
By THOMAS CLARKE.

BY THOMAS CLARKE.
Wild dashine DER the prairie,
Tremendous in his force,
Yet graceful as a fairy,
Behold the iron horsel
lie swallows up the solid ground,
While rushing past us at a bound.
Away, like lightning flashing,
He speeds his whirlwind flight,
While westward, onward dash1ng
In his resistless might,
Until. in the Pacific wave,
His rceking hanks he soon shall lave.
There shall he taste the pleasures
Which from the Orient spring;
And laden with IT'S treasures,
His flight shall homeward wing;
And thence, unwearied as before,
Shall scatter wealth at every door.
Through him earth's distant corners
Together shall be brought;
And inlidels and sinners
This lesson shall be taught,
That men of every cline and creed
Shall brothers be, in word and decd.
Oh, mans great civilizer,
Bestowed by Heaven on earth,
Through thee our race. grown wiser,
Shall hail that second birth,
Whereby Heaven here shall be begun,
War banished; peace eternal won.
CHICAGO, June 29th, 1868.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

THE SPREADING RUBfoR.--
Saws Gossip One to Gossip Two,
. While shopping in the town,
Old Mrs. Pry to me remarked
Smith bOtqJlA his goods of Brown"
Says Gossip Two to Gossip Three,
Who cast her eylds down,
= I've heard it said to-day, my friend,
Smith got his goods from Brown
Says Gossip Three to Gossip -Four,
With something of a frown,
. I've heard strange news-what do You think
Smith to0k his goods from Brown.
Says Gossip -Four to Gossip Five,
Who blszed it round the town,
:. I've heard to-day such shocking news
Smith 5f0te his goods from Brownl"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

A YOUNG woman, in France, tumbled
her little sister down well so that the in
heriiance might not be divided. Little
sister grabbed the root of tree as she rose
to the surface, and held on until rescued.
The other has gone to prison for ten years.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

GREAT BRITAIN derived revenue of
$4,000 from its patent Office last year.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17

AN English paper publishes a curious
hist of the largest capitalists known to ex-
lst III the world. The first is an American
manufacturer who has an income of ten
millions the second is a Russian boyard,
and the third an Englishman possessing
immense territories in the East Indies
The .Rothschilds only occupy the number
eleven on the list.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-22
Impeachment Arguments Conn
mence To-day.

To-day, argument in the Impeachment
trial will commence on the part of the
managers. For all the good that argument
in behalf of the President will do, it might
be dispensed with. Indeed, the trial might
have been omitted. The trial has
been a farce, and a most contemplate
one at that. President JOHNSON stands
before the country innocent of the
charges on which he has ostensibly
been tried but from the beginning of
the trial, the Republican press have insisted
that the President must be convicted and
removed-not for the alleged violation of
law, but as one of them expressed it, ''for
raising hi generally" The New York
Tribune of Monday concludes an editoria
on the subject of ''the Trial of JOHNSON" in
these words:
.The Senate cannot uote to let loose this mad
bull in the National clsindshOp, with full
knowledge OF his incurably vicious pro-
pensities and his furiously savage temper.
His acquittal would be a virtual charter of
license to heap outrage on outrage, evadlng
and defying the laws, and doing his wicked
worst to re-establiSh vindictive Rebel
domination throughout the South. He is
an aching tooth in the National Jaw, a
screeching infant in a crowded lecture
room; and there can be no peace nor COM
fort till he is out"
In view of all the pressure that has been
brought to bear upon the Senate to convict
the President, it is expecting almost too
much to expect his acquittal. One of the
principal reasons urged as demanding his
removal, is that if he is not convicted and
removed it will result in the destruction of
the Republican party. Will the people in
dorse SO outrageous wrong?
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-22
The New York Times Surprised
at the Weakness of the PrOsecu.
tion Against the President.

The New York Times Surprised
at the Weakness of the Prosecu.
tion Against the President.
The New York Times of Monday, in re-
urday evening, says:
"The first ground of surprise to most OF
us was at the weakness of the evidence for
the prosecution. We confess we thought
they would be able to bring far better
grounds for their charges. President john
son is such a very impudent man, and has
pursued such foolish and unjustifiable
course during the last two years, that we
imagined it would be easy to fasten upon
him conduct and language that could be
construed into plausible proof of the accu-
sations. But we hardly suppose that many
lawyers or many fair-minded persons will
be able to say that they succeeded in this.
In fact, the managers seemed to be so badly
off for anything like tolerable testimony,
that they called up witnesses who, upon
the slightest cross-examination, gave evil
dence that told strongly against them.
"The next ground of surprise to most of
US has appeared during the last fortnight,
In the character of the evidence offered by
the defense. If, after reading it, any one
can credit the charge that the President
entered into a conspiracy with Thomas, or
the charge that he sought to use force in
the election of Stanton, or the charge that
he attempted an unlawful control of the
public funds, or the charge that he attempt
ed to 'demoralize' General Emory, he must
certainly do so at the expense of proofs
such as are not often brought to bear upon
matters capable of legal treatment"
The surprise of the Times is shared by
every fair minded journal and individual
in the country, and yet the Radicals are
clamoring for the conviction of the Presi-
dent, alleging that the life OF the Repub-
lican party is involved in it.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-22
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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-22
A Bad Thing i'm which the *. X
X. is InnOcent

The Gadsden Times says that on Monday
last we were in Jacksonville, and wit
messed sight sickening and revolving in the
extreme. After the arrest of Judge Pope,
who was so feeble from ill-health that be
could scarcely walk, and as the guards were
conducting him to Jail, an aged, gray
haired man, so afflicted with paralysis that
he had not walked for years without the
aid of crutches, too outraged to contain
himself, cried out, Judge, are they taking
you to Jail? Well, d-n me if I'd go with
them" For this monstrous utterance, a
soldier made tilt at him with fiXe d bay
onet. The choleric old man bestowed a
shower of oaths on the soldier, who turned
away and lett him. His friends now COM
ing up, got the old gentleman in his buggy
and started out of town with him. Lieu
tenant johnson, commanding the post
came up about this time, and ordered the
buggy stopped and arrested him.
As he was being conducted to jail hi
again cursed the Lieutenant and guard, and
for this toas beaten ,oith his o,on crutch until i
1cGs broken orer him.
Another is breathing the tainted atmos
where of the dungeon there tor even a les
ofense than this.
These are no eXaggerations. We coul(
mention other victims for even lighter of
fenses still, if offenses these be at all. Cit
izens are arrested and incarcerated at tn,
caprice of this small tyrant, who, by til,
potency of 1st Lieutenant's shoulde
straps, lords it over the patient and toleran
and dlaw-abiding citizens of that section.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-22
!. J. R. No. s5--oonoerning the Lewis.

II. J. r. No 65--Coneerning the Lewis
town Reservoir.
Resolved By the General Assenbly or the
State of Ohio, That the Board OF Public
Works are hereby instructed to make the
necessary Investigation and SURVEYS to as
certain what lands have been overfiowed or
in any manner been rendered worthless or
damaged by the construction of the Lewis
town Reservoir, also to whom said lands
belong and whether the same have all been
paid for bv the State, and any other facts
affecting the rights and interests of the
State, growing out of the construction o
said reservoir. or to the owners of proper,
ty in the vicinity of the same, or of the
stream connected Herewith, and that saii
Board report the result of said investiga
tion and survey to this General Assembly
On the first Monday of January next.
On motion of Mr.. HILL, of Defiance, tn,
House took a recess till tomorrow morn.
ing at 10 o'clock.