Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-07-09

Is, shall the government be restored to its orgi-
nal design, shall the constitution be applied to its
legitimate purpose, or shall this reckless disre.
gard Of the constitution be persevered in. Il is
really question of the permanence of the go
verntnent and of the Union, for any person with
particle OF reflection can perceive that when the
constitution comes TO be considered as noucht
there will virtually be an end of the government
and the union. This then is the real issue and
the only issue presented TO the people And
where stands Pierce and Scott with reference to
it. We have published the platforms of the par
ties and the assent of the candidates The
amount OF the whole of it, in brief, is, that tie 90
vernment shall continue to be administered for
the benefit of slavery against liberty-that the
constitution shall continue to be treated as
nought, and from Mr.. Pierce we have the addi-
uonal assurance that no act of his life has been
out of harmony with this fell design against the
constitution, union, and government Is any
man who has ever acted with the Free Soil par.
ty, ready TO thus raise q parrcidal hand against
his country and the cause of liberty throughout
the eartb2 We hope not.
/ We are aware Of the reasons urged to ndu.e
Free Sellers to abandon their effort and 90 for
one or the other Of the candidates. The most
Jealous effort is made BY appeal to old prejudices
On one hand we are all urged to 60 in and lick
the wings, and on the other to 90 in and lick the
democrats, for no other reason, it would seem,
than merely the fun of lcking-just as an OBJ
streperous bully pitches into crowd and deals
away right and left, because he happens to be
chock full of fight. Are we men of prejudice or
reason? These wings and democrats are equal
! y good citizens; they are our fathers, brothers,
sons, and we should have some good reason for
licking them, or trying to. The only good rca-
son that could be given for interference on our
part with either party, is, that one or the other
Of them would carry out the objects we desire,
which we do not understand that either pretend
a purpose of doing. Take all the practical parts
Of the two platforms, and you might change the
candidates from one to the other and neither
would ever find out the change. nor would their
parties. Therefore democracy or whiggery, if
there be such things, are no wise involved and
we should be foolish to lose the substance of our
present position, by running after such a starved
/ shadow Us is proposed.
Choose between two evils" is another mode
of appeal. But here there is really nothing TO
choose, unless it be in the relative ability of the
respective parties TO do mischief, for both have
avowed an intention to 90 the worst But were
there choice, we deny that an individual is ius-
tilted in doing what lie acknowledges an evil,
however small it may appear. If this govern
ment is to stand, it must be upon the integrity
of its pcople-it has no other resource and what
becomes Of this integrity if men abandon them
selves and descend tothe commission Of acknow-
lodged evils If man may do little cvil-let
himself down a little ways, why may he not do
J greater evil and let himself down further And
if man may DO a little evil in politics why not
in any other walk Of life? Where does this To-
gic stop7 Does it not unhinge and break loose
the very foundations of individual and national
safety and Sc urity, by destroying the individual
and national conscience! So we think We
can't eradicate evil by practicing but only BY
condemning, and the only effect we can perceive
of choosing between evils, is that we shall never
have any thing else to choose between. We
hope every man will act up to his highest convic-
ton of right wherever il; may lead for an indi-
vidual who sacrifices his own convictions is on.
of sight of land without helm or compass, and so
is nation composed of such individuals. Dare
to do right
But we need not allude in detail to the char
actcr Of the efforts that will be made to induce
free soilers to 60 for one or the other of these
candidates, for it will fully develop itself We
conclude by repeating, that the real issue is as
we have statcd-on one hand to sustain the 90
vernment and constitution, on the other to sub
vert them. To this latter purpose are both par
ties pledged and the hope of the republic must
be in the minority that arrays itself against them
Is there man who has heretofore enlisted in the
army Of freedom, that proposes now to desert?
Shall we despair because complete triumph has
not crowned our first onset? Freedoms triumphs
are not so won. The war Of cur fathers for in
dependence had its periods of gloom and doubt,
made so by treachery and desertion CT professed
friends but to the stcadrast few triumph came at
last. We are right; let us stand firm. There
are thousands and tens Of thousands in both the
other parties who are i'll at ease. They will
sooner or later come in to the defence Of the con-
stuiion. To fater now is to betray the cause
of repubIicanism and freedom throughout the
world.
u In 1914, the editor of the n. Y. Eve
Post and other distinguished democrats Of that
state, issued document, known as the "Sccret
Circular" addressed to reliable members of the
party, in which ,aey were urged to go for Mr..
Polk, but to reject the platform of Texas annex
alton, sc, on which he was presented. Well,
the editor and the reliabes went for Mr. Polk
and rejected the platform; but it did not make
bit of difference in Mr.. Folks action All the
editor the Post dreamed or feared in Mr. Folks
success, and more too. came TO pass Now the