Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-08-19
From the wisconsin Argus.
MORGAN i. MARTIN AND JAMES
MIN EOLLlNS

/ based upon reasons sd''Si ~ h''ieei''
No man ought to allow his Preference 10 be
,aa,e.n;ned bv reasons which are not midi
''aaalI, sound and collectively consistent.
',,,,.,a,,nd reason at all, and moons sent 7
.aasan, nentralize aud destroy each other.
'0a ne Milwaukee Sentinel Of July 9th, I'M
,s...I,os ~ stale some reasons which he I
a .sarssses 10 believe will determine the
r.o;c, Of a large majority, IN favor OF Col !
s ,: ,raference 10 Mr. Martin. Before {
IN f,r,her. we vii admit on die .tse
/ hand, that a reason or qaai'heauoiSsE ,a'ch
EXISTS in favor of Mr. Collins, whcn does
no, exist in the same degree IN tayor OF Mr..
! Martin. should be credited 10 the former
and claim. ON the other hand, The benefit of
The same rule when II viii appyc.in our ia
yor. and that reasons which apply and quail
| i6ca,ions which pertain alike to each, should
be considered as fair offsets.
/ lst The first consideration which the
| Sentinel urges in favor Of Mr.. Collins,is,
/ that there is not In all their party man
who q. has more devoted, political, and
even among his .paTty's opponents. pers6aatl
friends"
Nav not the same be said of Mr.. Martin?
1t is a mater Of but little consequence
which is the largest circle ofpersoaat friends
unless personal friendship isthe test of pc
lical preferences; gin that case, we Will at
least wager goose quill agansttiie odiio!'
gold pen, that Mr.. Martin will make as
hige u hole in his neighbours jacket, as he
viii receive in his own. Which has the
largest number of political friends is ques-
ton which caanot now be definitely settled,
but will be better known after election.
2. The second consideration suggested,
is, that g Col Collins is one of oar Oldest
settlers" This, we grant, is an important
qualification, iniespectsto which, Mr.. Mar
tin, If we mistake not, must have the pref
encc. We have known Mr.. Martin as a Cit
izcn of the country over seventeen years,
and we know no,how long he had been here
before. Can the Col. chalk higher than
this?
81. almost the whole period of his life
in Wisconsin has been marked with Sc
ries of eminent public services"
Mr.. Collins has indeed been member of
our Territorial legislature for several years
and for aughiwe know, has acquitted him.
self creditabIy. Mr.. Martin was five years
a representative in the Legislative Council
OF Michigan, from the district west Of Lake
| Michigan, and has been six years member
OF the Wisconsin legislature. Can Col.
Collins boast OF a higher compliment from
the peopel
4th 'For his integrity and ability to faith.
fully represent us in Congress, no one
doubts--that be is fithfnl, consistent and
interchangeable iii the discharge ofhis public
duties, no one denes.'' Does any one
doubt that Mr.. Martin is all of that? On
the scole Of ability, no one who knows the
two men will doubt that Mr.. Martin has The
pre-eminence. ~.
"5lh. "That he is gentleman of unnum,
bered qualities of head and heart, no one
will pretend TO question" The Sentinel
has gut ahcaIof US this tine. Ii would be
useless for our candidate 10 attempt to raise
aSsBl~e by the side ola man whose qualities
are absolutely numberless, but for the lortu-
nate circumstance that the Sentinel has left
the nature The Co.'s. qualities as indefinite
as their number. This gives us forlorn
hope ofgettng set off Of few good quail
tiles IN our candidate, against an indefinite
number ofhis opponents, which may he bad
or Indifferent. by the way, we are inclined
10 believe, the editors devil WIS about right
in supposng that his gold pen would e" rritc
itscLt," as this quotation and the one precc-
ding it, looks as ftho thing had been trying
its bad. But that the elegant contrvancc,
because it was apcn Of gold in a case of
silver, would, as mater of course, indite
words winch would be ''lke opples of gold
in pictures of silver is, perhaps, more than
any devil would have ventuyed 10 predict
9th. unlike his competition, he, (rhe
Col hasnever occupied Other han siraigh,
forward, consistent position"
Ii may be owing 10 our Ignorance, bat we
cannot comprehend the nature of straight
IforDtrd position. 1t appears 10 Us some
thing like standing walk or stationary pro-
grcss; but friend at our elbow has suggcs-
ted better expos ton of the pasase. H.
says that when a man is so drunk that he can
only navigate by running straight. lo-wArd,
hemay be said to occupy "a straight forward
position. We were not before aware that
Col. Collins hid ever occupied any other
that this position.
7ih. 'slie has ever been steady, unwa-
vering fiend Of internal Improvements. =
And has not NIr. Martin ever been the same
His course in the legislature abundautly
establishes The fact that he has. What
preference then is due to MIR. Collins on
this score?
s b. '.That lie is whig-a thorough
going, true hearted wing, all are aware. !"
This is good enough reason why wings
should vote for him, but we do not see hoy
it is goiHgto have the effect 10 draw TO him
the support of democrats. But the Senlin-
ei has remedy at hand. Ho Thanks he
perceives in that city and county Of MI
waukie, ga spirit OF calm reflection and JUDI
cious enquiry" and his gold pen goes on 10
| say--''1 his evidence can be hailed as
| fact conclusive that there is yet a conserv-
alive principle deeply imbeded in the
| breasts OF at least portion Of the people .
! The Sentinel seems 10 be aware that the
wings are in the minority, but hopes that
theie are conservative democrats enough 10
| help out their case. IL there are any con-
sentative democrats in Milwaukee, we hope
the Sentinel may not be frustrated in his
design to run offwiih them Conservative
democra are only wings in disguise, and
the sooner they go where they belong, the
better.
Finally:-ssA crisis has arrived in the
| affairs of the Territory, when it is evident
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