Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-09-01
DEMOCRATTC FLFCrORS,


This is the last opportunity shall have of ad
dressing you before election. On Monday next, the
contest will be decided and what shall be tic result
remains with you, 1t remains with you, because
there be no doubt but you constitute acjoify
Of the electors of the county. Your county ticket,
| we believe, IS unohjectonable With the candidate
for Council we are personally acquainted and know
him to be wei! qualified TO represent your principles
| and interests at Madison. We have no personal ac-
quaintance with the candidates for representatives
but we assured by those who have, that they
| good and true, worthy in every respect OF
| your suffrages, The balance OF the ticket offered
you, probably will dispute is fully equal TO
that offered by your opponents in which view it has
a claim upon, and right to demand, your united
sufraees. We wish to urge upon you the import
ance of attention to your duties as electors 1t is
the business of every to act though the re-
suit dcpende on his ind dua vote and exerton: and
we trust every democrat in Racine county will feel
sufficiently the responsibility resting upon him, to
deposit his ballot on Monday next for the good
cause.
With regard TO the delegacy we have word to
say. 1t has doubtless been apparent to our readers
that We have not gone into the support of our can
didate Wi h the ardor and warmth that we usually
feel in support the representatives of our cause
Indeed, It for time a serious question IN our
mind as to our duty in the premises. The candidate
is personally Objectionable not to IS alone by any
means bat to many Democrats, and the question is
as to the extent OF party obi legations That the no.
mination OF objectionable is the necessary re-
salt of present party organization, We do not
believe The people are honest and we'll disposed
and know very well what is right and what wrong,
and bad nominations can only result from their re-
missneSs and lnattenton to the primary meetings
OF our organization. shall we, then, because we
have suffered, by remissness AN evil TO spring
up which we make only temporary in its character
abandon organization, and incur the permanent
evils which must flow from that cause! We did
not consider this to be the best course and SO think
ing our course was decided In supporting the
nominee, whilst iasehoods and exaggerations have
been INDUCED towards him by his opponents, we
cannot deny that he has manifested many glaring
faults OF character. 1t would be folly in us to deny
it, as the effect would only be to iniure our own
reputation for truthiulness and candor without doing
him any good. Those who are disposed TO oppose
him say that the only mode of correcting these
evils is 10 de.eat these nominations at the polls If
the people are going to take their primary
meetings out of the hands OF designing selfish. and
dishonest politicians we will admit that this would
be the better and proper course; but we doubt not
thousands will vote for this nomination for the sole
purpose OF sustaining the party integrity, who, on
the occasion of another nomination. will rush to
the primary assenblages, determined to prevent a
similar recurrence The nomination we think will
secure the end which some think deteat is necessary
| to secure; and if it will is any evil which may
grow out of the of the nominee likely to be
as great as the evil which would flow from break
ing our organization TO secure his deeat He
think not, and our course is determined. We urge
his election these grounds and whilst We cannot
and will not question the motives of those who
think differently, we do believe that they entertain
a mistaken opinion to their duty as democrats
and party men. Let all, then, who think with us
be at the polls on Monday next and whilst they
vote for the nominee of the Convention, resolve
either to break down and abandon the party organ
lzaton at once, or TO attend the primary meetings
and prevent recurrence ofthe disagrecable circum-
stances IN which we all feel ourselves placed