Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-08-05
Frcm the Wisconsin Argus.
MR.. MARTIN AND THE BANK OF
WISCONSIN,.

ne point OF attack upon Mr. MART II
seems to have been agreed upon by our
wing opponents, and the onset he's already
commenced in RICH, gallant style.
They have marched around our Jericho,
in search of vulner BILE pc nj, which they
think they have at last discovered in the
fracture Of the Wisconsin Bank. The Mil
wausie Sentinel Of July l2ta his brought
Calthumpian force upon this part of the
wall. lie mas copied one of the notes oe
this old bank, bearin, Mr.. Martins name,
and suggests that "honest democrats" will
not vote for man who was ever connect
ted with such an institution.
We are far enough from disposition
20 susta n banks or bank politicians, aud
was Mr.. Martin now in favor of banks, we
could nol-why, he would not have been
nominated Mr.. Martin was. seven years
ago, in 1893, President Of a bank, since
which time he has neither been connected
in any way with bank, nor defended the
utility or expedency Of the banking sys-
tenn. The Sentinel does not state wheh.
err, or upon what grounds Mr. Martin is
obj c,Ionabe to the whigs-his objections
are all in behalf of ''honest democrats
those who go he whole shoa,' in defence
OF democratic principles" We think the
Sentinel would have spen, his time TO bet
ter advantage, had he employed ii in rails
ing objections which would have been more
valid in The estimation Of his own party,
and left democrats TO hunt up their own OBJ.
Jcctions. NV hole shoat" democrats, we
imagine, will be satisfied with The fact that
Mr.. Martin has always kept full up 10 the
foremost ranks of the party in their p o.
gress against banks and all other monop,
olies; and the few bank democrats we
have left. will have to be sa,isfisd with
the fact that he once thought az the, do
now.
Whether wings object to Mr.. Martin be-
cause he was once, like every body else
al that time, in favor Of banks, or because
he is now, and for many years has been in
theory and practice, utterly opposed to eve
~ thing of the kind. the Sentinel saith not.
Their policy seems TO be to keep dark con.
corning their own sentiments. and if posi-
BILE to get democrats 10 quarrelng about
theirs; bot they cant come it; more than
nine-tenlhs of the democrats OF the Terrific
ry are satisfied with Mr. Ms. democracy
as II is, and those who are not. will proba
bly, vote for h m for what he was once. -
Ii the wings object TO hun as he is, they
cannot condemn him Tor wha, he was. and
ii they condemn him for wha, he was.they
seal their own lips against Directing 10 him
as he is.
As 10 this change Of sentiment involvir Q
any lnsiaell ~ or inconsistency of polii cal
character, II is nonsense 10 name H. There
scarcely man in the nation who has
been accustomed 10 think upon The subject
whose views .. The bank ng system have
not been ma orally modified within the
last seven years United Safes Bank
has become IAN obsolete dra.'' even with
the fathers OF the party which commended
for it.
The Sentinel is greaiiy horriiied at some
thing, but whether il is al bank, or anti.
bank. Philip drunk or Philip sober, they do
not choose TO say. but would have demo
Gratis laae frighs a, this or that. as they
may themselves be the one thing or the
other. But one thing is curious:-while
The Sentinel would haveeyerv homes, DEM
ocrat pelritied with horrcr that Mr.. Mar
tin should crer have been a bank man, how
ever "long, long ago. he seems TO expect
that these same honest democrats will turn
cnmplacently to the Milwaukee wings, who
only last winter, bcset The Legislature like
an army oil locusss 10 resusciia,e, revive,