Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-08


terferin in their behalf agin men Nv their
own race wuz too sicknin And this, too,
done by Dimocrats! Wat is the country
comm to?
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
WITCH WIZ Postmaster.
The Minnesota Democracy.
THE Democracy of Minnesota, like their
brethren in Ohio and Pennsylvania, are
very. anxious to get office. They have been
out in the cold very long time. In Ohio
they talk of greenbacks and negro SUI
| frage; in Pennsylvania, their candidate
being "bloated bondholder," they ignore
the subject of taxing the bonds, and say
nothing of greenbacks. They dodge, also,
the question of negro suffrage. In Wis
consin, few days ago, they nominated
| man who had supported the war, and they
congratulated the world upon the fact that
slavery had been abolished! The Mime
sofa Democracy have just held their con-
vention, and they, too, have trimmed their
sails with view of reaching an anchor
age in office. Their regular platform was
about as meaningless as it could be; and
so an cold liner, "-one of the ALBANIAN
tine Democrats who claims to have made
the voyage in the ark with the fathers,-
offered resolution opposing the Fifteenth
Amendment. Then ensued scene, the
like of which had never been seen in a
Democratic convention. The resolution
was opposed! Negro suffrage was de-
clared to be "dead ISSUE" and that man
was proclaimed an enemy to his party
who would attempt any longer to refuse
political equality to the negro. This, be
it remembered, in Democratic canven-
ton. This in the nineteenth century.
This, in the Northwest. This, while
Lee and Breckenridge, and Val
landigham, and Pendleton, and
Frank Blair are living. This, too, with
out obtaining any satisfactory answer to
that memorable and time honored question
of the Democracy, "Do you want your
daughter to marry negro?" This, when
California has voted to exclude the Chinese,
and the Democracy of Illinois and Indiana
still believe that negroes, having fiat noses,
but species of beast. No wonder the
man who opposed opposition to negro suf-
frage was brave. He preached new Cos
pei in the Democratic synagogue. He
event back" on the fathers. He pro-
posed to disregard the wishes of the De-
mocracy of Kentucky. He was for fore
ing that sovereign State" to permit her
negroes to vote. 1t was, as the reporters
say after an impressive sermon at camp
meeting, a refreshing season." Old men
were there, and young men were there
There were present men who, one year ago,
at New York, vowed eternal brotherhood
with Wade Hampton; who had declared
that to elevate the negro to political equali-
ty was the degradation of the white race,
to whose special custody this nation was
committed. But, alas for the Caucasians
The negro had found champions in the
Democratic camp. The negro had at last
become fragrant in nostrils hitherto
offended at his proximity The old
law and its anti-African commentaries
were solemnly burned, and the conven-
tion,-the Democratic Convention,-by
vote of over two-thirds, sOlemnly and
| formally accepted the men with flat noses,
black skins, and elongated heels as fellow
citizens; equal, in all things political, with
| the rank and file of the Democratic party
This was not done without struggle
The old story of the curse upon Ham was
repeated. The resolutions of '98 were
quoted. The Democratic platforms, from
the days of Felix Grundy to those of
Frank Blair, were read Works on the
origin of species, showing the distinctive
Oll1lC1CuCCo DCbWCCH tiiC WIllCC lllC
black man, were exhibited. "Shall we
admit negroes to our tables?" was stentori-
ously demanded. All this, once product
i've of so much enthusiasm in Democratic
conventions, was received with ominous
silence.
One Democrat, tired of his long exile
from officiel. trust, said that, if the conven-
ton opposed negro suffrage, it had better
nominate candidates who were used to
being beaten Another said that the
| Democracy had, out of Difference to their
Southern brethren, fought the negro; but,
as the Democracy down South were them
selves running negroes for Office, and were
all in favor OF negro suffrage, he did not
see why they in Minnesota might not do
| the same The "progressives" were
called upon to wrest the party from the
control of the "ilnmovables, that is, the
old fogies and the progressives did rally,
and did declare that they would not say
another word against negro suffrage or
| the Fifteenth Amendment!
Whittier are we drifting? Well may
| Vallandigham say that, with the over
throw of the old leaders, the Democratic
party will change its color, and give the
lie to its past history. The Democracy OF
Wisconsin and Minnesota, who have had
pfdCtlcdl experience Will negro suffrage
in their States, haul down their once de.
faint "all Caucasian flags, and adopt the
Republican policy of political equality
In the race,--to be squarely on that future
national platform, the Democracy OF
Illinois to be in the rear? Virginia, by a
unanimous VOTE has declared for it. The
Democracy of Mississippi have their negro
candidates stamping the State. Are Hi
nois Democrats to be progressive" OF
"immovable? Are they to cling to the
resolutions of '99, and caucasian ism, or
| are they to Join hands with their brethren
of Minnesota and welcome their duslzy fell
low citizens to perfect equality 20 icagO
Tribune, Sept 20.
ACCORDING to the sixteenth annual re-
port of the American Congregational
Union, during the past year grants have
been made to 81 churches, in aid of the
erection Oh houses of worship. The total
amour paid them was 5000. The to-
tai expense Of these buildings was over
$240,000. The union gives but small
amounts to each church, averaging $412