Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-11-12

FAIR PLAY" Is ALL WE AsK.-The Sentinel
gets extravagantly riled at attering notice of
its procedure in the campaign just closed. We
are sorry to be the occasion of so much unhappi-
ness to our usually good tempered neighbour and
as We ask nothing but "fair play" we should be
very 10th to make a statement that the facts would
not justify. We intended no such thing If we
wrote sharply it was because we wrote Just as the
thing at the time made us feel. Our article was
written and our paper was on the press before the
Sentinel of Thursday came to hand, and was writ
ten with Wednesdays paper before our eyes-and
in that which had the returns of the wards which
hay roted straight for tie regular candidates of each
party, we were surprzcd at not seeing the returns
from the wards where the wings had betrayed
Durand and voted for Wells. Can the Sentinel
now acquit us of that ''incffablc mcanncss" fit
does, we shall try and believe that It could not
get the returns Of the votes Congressman in the
other wards until Thursday morning. Isn't that
'fair?" As far as the general course of the Tclc-
graph is concerned, we can prove from the Senti-
mel itself that it is usually fair dealing paper"
and We never thought Of exposing what we con
sdered the Misunderstanding policy of the Sentinel
until we had what we considered combinations
strong proofs of holy writ of its dcsiIa in
thrusting Durand forward in the campaign; and
this was done efectually that after he had sent
his fifteen hundred dollars to Milwaukee, that he
actually told one of his friends only three days.
before the election that he had no doubt but that
he should be elected. We know the Sentinel was
never green enough to indulge that illusion; and
we have no doubt that the Sentinel considered the
election of Wells rs certain as soon as the uom-
nation of Durand was made. The reply of the
Sentinel to the article of the Free Democrat
(which we copied last week. we should publish if
it was at hand. We are perfectly willing to re-
cciye the good opinion of our contemporaries
Whether we hare 1t or nor, we intend to do what
is right. And this leads us TO say that the wing
vote of Milwaukee city which was turned over to
the support of Wells was not large at
first supposed. But we DONE think The leaders
Of the Jenny Lind Club deserve any particular
credit for that There is no doubt in our opinion,
that Wells would have got every vote if they
could have given them to him. 1t still remains
an honest conviction with us, that the Wings of
Milwaukee actually preferred Wells of that city,
(Old Hunkcr as be waS) to Durand of Racine
And it still remains another conviction that Du-
rand was nominated for no other purpose than TO
defeat Durkcc and secure the election of Wells
and we are further positively of the honest conyic
ton, that if Durand had not been thrust forward
that Durkcc would have been the member elect
from this District; and these opinions fire cannot
melt out oGus." We intend, as we stated above,
TO give our contemporaries of the press no grounds
tor charging with mt;,jrncss, much less ofdoing
them wrong. We were mistaken on the number
of The figures in Milwaukee, but we still thiuk
that the course of the Sentinel was very repre-
hensble in its labor for, and representation of the
prospects of Durand. And in conclusion VIC
would again express our obligations to the Senti-
MI for their dui,y exchange, as aso!to the Wis
consin and Free Democrat for the same courtesy.
Ifthis Is not pay enough on that score, send US
the bill and ell cash it.