Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-09-16
WHie CONVENTION AND WING CANp,-

WHiG CONVENTION AND WIG CAND,-
p,TEs.-The wing Convention for the nomi
nation for county offices assembled at ke.-
logg's on Tuesday laSl. Twenty Two
d elegstcs represented, six out OF fourteen
of the towns being unrepresen:od. For
Represcn a ives The convention made choice
Of
DA>,EL SLAusoS, of Racine,
l.. P. HARVEY, Of Southport,
II. s. tIULBURT, Of Rochester
It VII be perceived, that IN making
choice Of their candidates the wings chose
TO break in upon a act arrangement which
has heretofore existed between the county
and the towns by taking the Ulcers mainly
from the towns Should the wing ticket
succeed as will be perceived of all The
county officers, there will he but one from
The country. This is a wing matter
and perhaps none of our business, yel we
cannot folbaar TO express our opinion Of it,
We do not desire to uake capital out of it,
and whether il benefits or INJURIES us we do
no, consider, when we say that i is in our
opionon no, right. We DO not believe in
claims of any particular towns or sections
of The county TO candidates; Oh the contrary
we 90 for the best men, but when we say
we 60 for taking the bcs, men, we arc pre-
pared 10 say that quite as good men are 10
be found in the country as the towns. 1t
is assuming too much 10 say that the coun-
try cannot furnish men fit for representa-
tives. True linen of book learning are more
apt to congregate about the towns; SO are the
idlers, the Office seekers and The vain, and
} conccted. But it is not the book men who
are always the men of talent, or the fit legis-
lators nor is it the iders and office seek
ers whether clothed in polished and studied
language or otherwise sound, sterling COM
mon sense IS what is required. This exists
quite as nationally and abundan,ly in the
country as the towns, and where ii does The
commonesl kind of Justice and good feeling
should lead TO the allowance of proper and
liberal proportion of the Cffices 10 the coun-
try. The towns have always been conceded
the two members of the upper House. The
country which polls twice as many votes,
have been content with The members of the
lower House. Is it right to take these away
from them and concentrate the whole Of
them on the lake shore. The country has
, more than mere technical interest in the
matte. Their interest is zeal and subsan
tial and impor ant.a The agricultural inter
) est is the main in,cres, ol,he county, and
if it has nothing TO ask for, it has rights 10
guard. 1t is not the farmer who asks for
Banks and for laws for specializing pur-
poses To oppose them is peculiarly his
interest, and shall he be denied all pari
cipation in legislation, and his rights hand
ed over TO those, whose interest it is nine
times out of ten TO violate them. We are
pleased that our own Convention showed,
no disposition 10 invade The privileges of
the country in this respect, and we doubt
not our party in town are unive' sally salts
fed. If our opponents expected to excite
local prejndices in their favor by this course
we think they will be mistaken. We have
no idea tbat amy Ocmocra, N th;s town.
can be seducei from iheir principles by a
course of this kind Such precedent
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