Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-09-03
Pierce and King County Mass Meeting.

Pierce and King County Mass Meeting.
We were denied the pleasure of listening on
Saturday evening last, to the " stout headed" Sc
nator from Milwaukee, and the Hon. J. R. Doo-
little, of Racine, in their efforts to encourage the
Pierce and. King democracy of this section, in
the rather disagreeable work of sustaining their
candidates in the coming election What was
said, however, we learn very generally, from the
"organ," as also, that it was all highly sa,isfac-
tory to those concerned, and of great value to the
cause.
The former gentleman spoke in German which
makes what he said rather sealed book. except
to the initiated; the latter gentleman though.
| give it to them in hearty Saxon, which we are
better able to appreciate. OF this, what little we
gather leads US TO the conclusion, that the spea.
ker exhibited much of that better part Of valor-
discretion. Well aware that this Pierce g. King
democracy won't bear a very close analysis, he
conten'ed himself, by dealing in glory, and pro-
gress, and every thing else, in the package, by
wholesale. The conclusion he appears to have
attempted to establish was, that the great demo-
cratic party is necessarily party progressing al
ways into every thing good, and the grea, wing
party Is just as necessarily hold back party that
won't have any good as long as it can help it :;
consequently the way to glory lays right through
the election of Pierce & King, and can't be found
in any other direction.
Mr. Doolitte, and good many others. appear
to be In politics, what the Turks are in religion.
No difference what We do ourselves, say they,
God is great-Mahomet is his prophet-what
will be, will be-" and that S the end of it, This
party which calls itself Democratic has inpaIed.
transfixed, and cruciied, the very soul and prn-
ciple of progress, and is now calling on the peo-
pie to walk up to the polls and sanction, sustain
and establish this effor,by electing the candidates
pledged to it and Mr.. Doolitte says, " do it,
and we shall 60 right forward in the path of pro-
gress to very summit of republican glory. "God
is great and the Democratic party is his pro-
phet-what will be, will be-says Mr.. Doolitle,
so, go ahead boys no odds what we say or what
we do, we can't help but go to glory. We are
not entirely without faith in an overriding Prov
idence, and don't suppose people generally are,
bnt we doubt whether it hath this extent Provi-
dence, by enlightened people, is only looked to
help those who help themselves, and what people
do is considered to have an influence on individ-
ual as we'll as national progress. Besides, i,
looks TO us as if this peculiar philosophy strictly
applied, would operate rather disaatrously on
Mr. Doolittle's own party, for if the party must
and will progress in spite Of itself, it might just
as well diaband and make no further effort
In spite Of such efforts as this Of Mr. Doottle' 5
we have no doubt people will look at this matter
as 1t is. We may talk large and wide about de-
mocracy, and glory, and progress, but people
will revert to existing facts which show that
this so-caed democratic party is laboring to es-
ablish an order of things the very essence of dcs-
potIsin instead of democracy; and knowing these
facts, it is not likely any jingle of words will at
tract them to assist in such work.
Speaking of the meeting however, as a county
demonstration, advertised weeks before hand, it
was in point of numbers, slim affair The
court room, which will seat perhaps $50 persons
was about four-fifths filled, and of these, fully
one half were members of other parties. Our
Pierce q King friends may be strong in this sec
but we have seen no evidence of it as yet.
L. H. II. VAN AMRINGE, for years an able
advocate of Land Reform, and its pioneer in this
State, comes out in a mastery address to the
Land Reformers, urging them to 90 for Hale &
Julian. Land Reformcrs are men of thought,
and they will follow this advice, not because it
comes from Mr.. V. a., but because it is mani
testify their duty 10 the cause. We look upon
Land Reform, as the very basis of oil reform and
It's adoption, as the most efftctual means of OBJ
lite.ating all kinds of slavery, and had the Free
Democracy failed to appreciate this great princ-
pie and commit themselves to it, we should have
felt much less interested than we do in their
movements But they are committed to it, hon
e>tly and cOnscientiously, and we have not
doubt, that every Land Reformer, who esteems
that principle in its true light ard gives it its re-
al importance, will labor with them, as the only
party that is committed to it, and from which
can be expected substantial aid in its final adop-
ton.
The DrOught--CrOpr SC.
The DROUGHT, in this section, is cxtraordi-