Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-01

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mil1L 2z-..si, aoqi NO. 16.aA
dedicated to liberty had vanished as a
dream, before the first stormlof passion
that had assailed it, s.e4a bas ae,1as sti
Here at home treason was unseated.
y The laws were derided and scorned; the
public property was seized and appro-
priated as though it were a, waif upon the
ocean. Good men everywhere begged
and iu1plored for little for bearance, offer
Z ing the blank sheet whereon to write their
d1own terms of compromise, and were an
swered back with insult; the orator
wasted his eloquence in vain the states
man exhausted his lastlpeaceful remedy
i and then, and not until then, did war, the
last arbiter of kings and of peoples, assume
absolute dominion over this great land of
q freedom aid aF1I 98HY ~ saoitUio
4 .ss The volunteer soldier stepped upon the
arena, and offered his life and his services
to defend and maintain the Government
4 against all its enemies and oppressors
whomsoever. He sWore the oath that re-
.bellion and anarchy should not rule this
| land of ours, but that liberty, justice and
J law should be restored to- their rightful
\ throne. He has kept his oath, and we
! now behold again our good Ship of State,
full-rigged, once more on her destined
course to that future which is hidden from
] all mortal eyes; and the flag is still there,
unchanged, not q star obliterated, nor
I stripe dinmed-that same old flag that we
1 have followed SO often in the glare of
scorching sun, by the moons pale beams,
and the lurid light Of the blazing pine
7 torch @e'" Ht73o5 st2tht sLS yRlH
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j represent this ideal volunteer, the higher
honor, yea, the highest honor that is CON
ceded to mortal on earth? taei 7u'
iI1o You caneasily recall how long the war
l seemed to lis in its progress, but how
short, even now, looking back upon it af-
ter a period of little more than three
years How inconceivably sSprt, then,
will it appear to those who, a hundred
years. hence, will grope through the pages
I of history to learn of uthe events and
causes that led five millions of people to
/ rebel when no, single act of oppression
or tyranny was even alleged We owe it
ito'them, while still in the vigor of life and
/, health, to record the parts we playedain
this grand drama of life with the motives
! and feelings that actuated us through its
/ various stages hsis r921 & sds Isi GAat
Many time and.oftyou have lainu upon
the bare ground, with no canopy above
but that Of Heaven with. its host of gilt
l-tering stars; and I know you have
dreamed Of a. time to come like this, when
Fseated in peace and security, surrounded
by admiring friends, You would be
crowned by q tiara of light such as now
| ihaags over your heads. Accept this, then,
as tie .fruition of your dream, andsenjoy
the hour fpss STA 3s# s9ua3zaqmi aI9unE
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/ of the armies specially represented hero
will address you, and tell you of the deeds
I you uhaye done. Give them a willing and
to your homes, tell them all that
these armies, though dispersed in the flesh,
yet live in the spirit as strong and enthu-
siastic as they were four years ago, when
in the very death grapple with the enemies
of our country and of Fertilization. fsa
And now, in the name of the committee
/ that has made these preparations, 1 extend
to you all cordial greeting-to the vet
eran of 1861, to the recruit of 1865 yea,
! to the convert of the very last hour of
grace. In the name of the people of Chi
cago, who have ,provided;the means, I bid
you welcome, and assure you that seat
awaits you at every fireside. -,
And in the name Of every patriot Of the
land / give you welcome, and tell you that
1 the lightning's flash is not swift enoughto to
satisfy their yearniDg hearts to know what
is done here this night TfH e3 79s9 s7s
The presence of the men about me, their
I high Office, and the duties they have left
to be with you here, all attest the interest
and grandeur OF. the occasion, and ia. their
names, too, comrades all, Il bid you thrice
welcome Tremendous applause. 7s1
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"A FEW nights ago, a watchiman in
Columbus, o. discovered q lady in her
night-clothes crouching behind a fence.
She explained that she had been walking
in her sleep; had wakened suddenly and
was SO bewildered that she could9not tell
which direction to go to reach home. The
officer asked her to name some locality
near her residence, which she did. He
walked toward the place named, she fol
lowed at some distance. AS they reached
q well known grocery establishment, she
said, 81 know my way now, sir, thank
you, and good night" and ran, quickly up
a cross street to her home, 1t seems she
had Travelled some distance in her sleep,
and before waking had arrived in a part
of the city entirely strange to her.sa eds
Ib: GzgT President Jehnson's advocacya of
practical reputation is perfectly logical.
His own reputation has convinced him
that the American people have sure way
of disposing of what they deem intoler-
ably odious. Complacently deeming, him
self less detestable than heavy national
debt, he mistakenly supposes that as The
people have repudiated the one. they will
be willing to repudiate the other But he
forgets that there are degrees Of evil. A
national debt may bea "curse," but it Is
verdict of the people that itisby noimeans
/" such q miserable oass as he is.=-AE5gny
E0enS7sg Journal.
GY The Hartford. Post publishes the
following puff of the New York World:
eThe publisher Of the New York World
proposes shortly to commence printing a
German edition of that journal. There
are very few newspapers that could be
translated into German so easily as the
World--its English is so very cultural
We should find it in our heart to congratu-
late the public upon the event, were Hnot
that the English edition is to be continued
--and-realiy---- have nothing against
the Germans 5.t.9 - -. -
gssy- In-his speech at a banquet ataPhil-
adelphia, on the 10th, Speaker Colfax said,
relative to the incoming administration,
that the most searching retrenchment,
honesty, efficiency and high character, in
all connected with the public service, rigid
guardianship of the Treasury against un-
and 20 s..ha,y,ao