Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-06-23
ADVOCATE AND TELEGRAPH UNDER
CENSURE OF THE WISCONSIN ARGUS.

think il best 10 vindicate his course, will require
no aid from us. Our otrn vndication in reference
to the rebukes and exposuatons of the Argus,
we do not feel to be very urgently called for, but
Our friend at Madison has distinctly arTaigned
us for certain grave denquencies, we ough; not
perhaps 10 treat his performance with utter neg
Iect
" The Racine Advocate and Southport Tele-
graph he says "ha,e both bolted the national,
democratic nominees. and refuse to sustain Genls
Cass and Butler" Indeed, we are detected! 1t is
known at Madison and proclaimed IN the columns
of the Argus, that we have perpetrated the awful
deed; (hOresco reftrcnsD Can we name it, yes
we must; the awful deed of having an opinion Of
our own, and making public avowal of i'll!
Ills then all up with MS las said the Moor }
Othelos occupations gone" Bring rescue or
two if you have them. Inasmuch as are thus
BADLY exposed we may well come to the ;ratch.
We are verify guilty of the alledged bigh crimes
and misdemeanors HIth all our might, uc plead
guilty. We did, being moved and instigated by
our own regard for ri ht and honor and decency,
we did deliberately, and with full intent in the
matter specified, hare an opinion OF our own and
we made public avowal of it. This course
the Argus alledges " meets with anything but the
appreciation of the democracy Well, we cant
help that Bloody sorry that the democracy, of
the Argus and others of like creed, should be ready
10 concede amy thing but approval" to those who
/ h IN bo;r
Hictions of right We would have preferred how
ever, that the Argus had Ike pit at home sentiment
SO derogatory to the honor of democracy. where
e.agency comes in, democracy runs out ap-
pears to be the doctrine of the Argus The de
mocracy we observe No democracy. of course,
except among the supporters Of Cass and Butler
All else which claims to be recognized as such is
spurious. Unless they obey Gen. Commander.
who represented a whole state on his own hook
unless they approve of the exclusion of the dele
"a OF the largest state in the Union-excuded
at the bidding of the slave power holding iron sway
over the misnamed national democratic conyen-
ton at Batimore--unless they support the nomi-
nation OF a man who voluntarily sold himself to be
tle tooi Oh sldNccTdtS III theI stupenuou9 echelcS
of villainy-uness they consent to endorse the
thrice execrable policy OF tayoring and 2dtronizlng
chattle slavery through the earth-unless they
go all that length, they" meet with anything but
| the appreciation of the democ racy.' 'Shame burn
the cheek TO cinder!" Sooner than avow a sent-
mcnt thus inelllbly loathsome would walk the
tread mill in the pcntentary o the last hour of
our earthly existence What motive could have
induced this course we know not" continues the
Argus Well, he said it. Sorry, we say again that
his excess ofdemocratc (Cdssocratic,) zeal should
render him incapable of comprehending such a mo
tive as opposition to everlasting slave rule and sla-
very extension. ''If it was to secure the admira-
ton of wing editors, it has fully succeeded
Can't help that either. If wings commend US for
acting according to our sense of right, must
even submit 10 the reproach of their commenda-
ton. Must everything which wings commend be
contraband? if so, we advise the Argus never to
weed his garden or so 10 church again; for boih
these practices are commended by rhig cdHoyS-"tot
the trcachery of the act. Trcachcry of not sup
porting Lewis Cass for the Presidency! Trcachcry
of evncing, in this instance, spirit of ndepen-
dence becoming freeman, and consistent regard
for the rights and interests of the north perpetual
ly trodden down by the all grasping and remorse-
less oigarchy of the slave states! Ireachry! 1t
is the Argus which procaims that opposition to
the policy of slavery extension is treason TO the
democracy! Ii this be to deserve the name OF
Ill L.
"Time honored customs"-Not an extravaganza
ly long time, if you please. We have more re-
spect for the democracy, even when we see it har-
messed to the of slavery, than to consent TO the
insnuation that the usage of the Baltimore Con-
vention is time honoTed' usage regards that
party. "Whcerei' does such things as TO op-
pose the doings of the Baltimore Convention
" is an enemy TO the democracy" we suppose
OF the Wisconsin Argus ard its comIeeIs in
advocating the Cass policy of slavery extension.
We anticipate the preteXt that we must hare Tdy
Tor extension. even in case we repudiate CdSs eX
tension. 1t does not follow that because we re-
fuse to steal one sheep, we mnSt steal the other
because we decline walking into ditch we have
decided TO waiow in the other. We can bray bet
ter than that oursef So long as Cass is an open
and Jealous extensionist his having an extension
ist for a competitor is reason why should
support him. 1t is the loathsome, damning prin-
ciple of slavery extension which we repudiate alike
in both candidates Aud there is not a being in
earth or heaven whom we would not Iepudiate,
should we ascertain that he had adopted such a
principle IS one OF the rules TO govern his course
OF action.
The course OF these two sheets eXcies only re
gre in the breast of true democrats" We suppress
tue utterance OF the feeling which the idea of sup
porting Cass and slavery extension excites in oar
breast. 1t requires powerful stomach, howey
er, (hoping no offence The Argus "hopes they
(the Telegraph and Advocate) will reconsider their
course" We have done that repeatedly, frcnl
Argus. and have seen that it is a course which we
must abide by And lie found battling against the
common enemy" That is the thing we will do |
right earnestly. We know Of no common enemy !
to the interests and honor of the free States half so
insolent and raPacious as the slave power, uhose
serye tool is receiving the no less serle support