Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-07-20

lars and cents; and IT such principles were
allowed to be carried out, it doubtless would
be found cheaper to do away entirely witt
a representative government, and concen
trate the whole governing power in any
one man who would rule the people the
cheapest. But we shall at q future tins
attempt to show, that aside from the priv
leges we should gain by becoming free
and independent State, we should be greaf
gamers in pecuniary point Of view by
adopting a State government.
o. We arc sorry to see the "dog in
the manger" spirit exhibited by many OF
the towns in the Territory towards each
other, particularly when there is not the
slightest occasion, from any real rivalry OF
interest, for an indulgence in any thing
like a feeling of jealousy: and we are sor-
r. to sec, too, the course pursued by some
editors ofpapers among US, who, by ground
less statements and Liberal remarks, strive
to keep up aud increase these petty animos-
tiles and ic2louses.
A few weeks ago, it will be recollected,
we took occasion to speak of IL; "l.ot We
deemed to be IMPROPER conduct on the part
! Of the captain of the steamboat Wisconsin,
in inducing passengers whose destination
was the southern part ofthe territory to
land at Milwaukee, much to their nconve-
nicnce and injury: and in connection, with
out meaning any thing to the disparage-
ment Of Milwaukee, we spoke of the facil-
tiles which our pier afforded for the safe
and speedy landing of passengers and
freight, and Of the easy access which could
be had, through the medium Of good roads,
to almost any part of the southern interior,
from Southport.
This brought down upon us, from the
editor Of the Milwaukee Courier, violent
phi'ippic.-Southport, its citizens, and its
newspapers, were soundly and sadly berated
for presuming to think they had any rights
or interests: and although it was graciously
admitted, that our town had through the OPP
GRAFTON of some g fcttious circumstances :"
grown to be quite respectable in size, and
to be Of some lille importance, yet our day
of prosperity was soon to be succeeded by
a night of adversity-our speedy downfall
was confidently predicted-nay, it was the
opinion of the sage editor, very POLITICALLY
expressed, that we were already as dead
as q hummer.'
Now, if all this was said for the benefit
of Milwaukee, we are at loss to conceive
how it can have the intended effect and if
merely to injurc Southport, the editor GER
tainly wasted bis time, for the growth and
prosperity Of our village are secured bv
permanent advantages which will be about
rs much affected by petty newspaper squibs
as the rock of Gibraltar would be by the
discharge against it of a pocket pistol.
Before the smoke of the Courier's attack
has fairly disappeared, another charge is
made upon us, and from quarter, too, or
rather a corner, which the reader would
hardly think of-viz: Green Bay! In
connection with Milwaukee and Racine,
Southport is accused through hired agent,
whose locus IN quo is said to be Buffalo, of
rcpreSentinSto "poor emigrants " DESTROYS
of finding their way to the northern part
of the territory, that Green Bay is out of
WiscOnsin-that there is frost, snow, and
ice in that region the whole year round ::
that nothing will or can grow there in
! fine, that it is a second Greenland" Saws
the Republican," that they (the people of
Milwaukee, Racine, and SOUTHPORT do
employ these agents and pay them, and
that these agents do resort to all manner
Of falsehood to induce emigrants to land at
one or the other of these three Stripping
| places, they cannot, they dare not deny,
and yet claim any rjghi 10 truth i"
The right to truth may possibly be
solely confined to Green Bay; but that
right in this case has been most grevously
abused, for we must be permitted (in the
trust that our presumption for daring not
only to claim but to exercise right" to
tell the truth" will be pardoned,) to in
form our northern friends, that Southport
has no hired agents" or runners ;;
abroad, nor has, we believe, Milwaukee or
R2cino: and that consequently, all the
Republicans dignifed epithets, applied tc
these imaginary beings, and to the citizens
Of this and tie other places named, such as
1fllo''s,' iieing. for h're,' 'iWamous,' FALSE
statements" " baseness," sc. &c, are en-.
tirely thrown away, and excite nothing bu