This brought up Strong all standing, hke a
trooper’s horse against a sign post ; and af
ter a pause, he answered no. But as soon as
he had finished, Mr. Codding, the abolition
lecturer, and Mr. Booth, the abolition editor
of Milwaukee, rose and explained the reso
lution as including negro suffrage—soon af
ter w hich Strong sloped,
Saturday night they met again, and for
fear of being misunderstood, passed a formal
resolution to include the negro. Upon this,
Moses is reported to have said, that if that
is the way they grease over their platform
he should slide off it.
The Cass and Van Buren parties, alias
Locos and Free Sailers, have each been
caucusmug and maneuvering for the Sena
tor. The Vanites, who emlMidy all the old
abolitionists and some Locos, and some few
Whigs under the cognomen of Free Soil,
have seemingly contracted their entire force
in the State, here at this time ; and having
baited their hook with free trade, have ap
parently made great inroads into the Loco
ranks—so much so, that at present, they
have the control of the election of Senator.
