Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-03-31


II Are the people fully awake to the Importance
of the responsibilities which devol,e upon them il
view OF coming elections The policy OF our young
state for good or evil, Will be settled at the frs
election under state government, aud which It shall
be is yet in The hands Of the people There are
great and glorious principles calling US to action
and the question is, whether we shall lose sight Of
them IN mere personal scran,bIes for office jcopar
ding thereby the interests and honor of car young
state or whether discalding these selfish scranbcs
we cleaye TO principle, TO onr present and perma
ucnt advantage, BY our late treaty with Mexico
We acquire large extent of that country The
question will arise at once and must be settled at
once, whether the territory thus acquired shall be
free or slave territory. The question is whether
the free states and free men shall have any part or
parcel in the TERRITORY acquired mainly by their
blood and treasure. or whether it shall be given up
cNclusN ely 10 the possession OF slavery that no
free laborcr may set his loot on it, without degrade
ton. Can there be any doubt as to what the true
honor and istcrc>t of tie country demand, or can
there be any doubt as 10 the views and wishes OF
the freemon OF Wisconsin on the subject. There is
not but if VIC lose sight of these matters in our fac
tional, personal stres is hcrenot danger that WIS
cousin may be misrprescuted in the councils Of
the nation on this great question. We do not ex-
pect politicians to iorcgo their ambitious schemes
for the sake of these principles or for the sake OF
the public welfare but we do ask the people if it
would not be well for them 10 rise above the petty
quarrcls and ambitions of politicians, and demand
good and tried mca, upon whom they can depend to
stand by these great principles.
Besides the selection of United States Senators,
our Legislature has a most important duty to per
form in the selection OF a committee of three to re-
wise and simplify the practice in courts under our
present code of laws This is highly important, to
the interests OF the people fer if this reform be car
red ont, As It both can and should be, feel con
hdent there will be saving TO our territory anni-
ally, an amount equal to the whole expenses OF
state government. Yet this advantage which the
PEOPLE now hold in their hands can be all thrown
away. by osi"g light OF the main question aud al
lowing ourselves to be influenced by MINOR consid-
cratons. There are also other reforms to be CARR
cd out, all having reference to The interests of the
great mass OF the people, and all Of which may be
enacted and enacted properly. ii People bat attend
to It. Their present and future pro>perity-the
present and future prosperity of the ncw state, is
Intimately connected with the measures we have
mentioned, and their establishment depends upon
the choice ofthe people in the coming elections.
TaE FoREIGN News Some further details of
the late revolution in France will be found IN our
paper OF 70 day. We have not vet however, rece-
we'd the intelligence by course OF mail and our de-
tails at best, are but meagre. Probably but little
intelligence OF the affair has yet reached this side
Of the Atlantic, and We shall be compelled to wait
for another steamer to get idea of the state Of
affairs.