Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-09-01
THE MASS TICKET FALLING TO
PIECES.
DEMOCRATS DECLINING CONNEC-
TION WITH 1T.
READ THE FOLLOWING.

For several yeats in this county,,he wings
have been making determined and sircnu-
Gus efforts to procure the political asccnden-
cy; but year after year, as the democratic
majority has increased, have their hopes and
prospects decreased, until, they know that
in fair and honorable contest before the
people, they stand no chance. They remain
true, however, to The purpose itIying. and
as they hope for nothing in fair contest
they propose to try what virtue there is in
deception. The novelty of the occasion OF
the election Of delegates 10 form state
constitution, furnishes an opportunity TO cry
out for new state Of affairs. They have
told us all their lives that there was nothing
so good for the country as wing principles,
but now they abandon that ground, and pro.
TESS a willingness 10 cmbrace any and AL
partics; hose whom they have universally
condemned and affected to despise. VIII
any mistake the motive of this? 1t is that
same object for which they have so long
been struggling, the political ascendency in
the county. The success of their present
ticket, is but the beginning of what they
hone to accomplish. They seek on this oc-
cason TO distract and divide us in the hope
Of future advantage antl success. To do this
they have invoked and secured the all Of
few disallcc,ed democrats, such rs can al
ways be found in our party after every no.
mination, in consequence of their own me-
rits or that of their particular friends, Ia
wing been overlooked. They have also for
the purpose Of better deception attempted
10 make portion Of their ticket democratic,
ard with what success, the letters below
will show We claim, without qualification,
that the whole matter Of this mass meeting
is but tick, designed TO entrap democrats
into the elevation of wings TO office, and
that ii is so understood and generally CON
sidered by good democrats, we appeal to
these letters of declnation to show. But
further, TO show on what imsy grounds this
is claimed as in any degree democratic
movement, we will state; in this town on;
of between two and three hundred democra-
tic voters, but five either acknowledged or
rcputcd democrats, could lie found 10 S On
the call for mass meeting; but two or three
attended the meeting, and al this present
time, we bele"e four persons is the whole
number who have ever acted with the de-
mocrliic party, who will have any hing TO
do with it. In the northern part Of the
county there is not one particle Of dIsaf- c.
ton towards the regular ticket, and we no.
nes,ly believe, with the exception perhaps
Of two small towns, the number of dsatfac-
ted democrats who will 90 what is left Of the
mongrel ticket, holds in the several towns,
ahnni the same proportion to the democratic
voters that they do in this town. Be not
deceived then voters by attempts to make
this movement appear in any wise a demo
cratic movement. 1t is but new Invention
Of the old enemy to saddle upon you prin-
ciples which yon despise and which you
have time and again repudiated. Meet them
as heretofore, with your u"iIed strengh,
and as heIe ofore you will be successful.
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