Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-10-22

e. Mr.. DCRAND, the Wing nominee tor Con-
grcss, says he occupies the position with re-
ference TO principles, that Mr.. Durkec does. If
Mr.. Durand has any desire for the success of these
principles, we naturally inquire why he allows him
self to run against Mr. Durkce, and thus divide
the friends of these principles to the great danger
of their defeat. Mr. Durand has perfect right to
run, and every person that chooses has right to
support him, but the existing circumstances of the
case, make it very evident that Mr.. Durand and
his friends are moved by some other motive than
a supreme love for principle, or they would not
thus risk their defeat. Mr.. Durand spits most de-
tcrmincdlv and unqualitedly on the whg platform
and therefore not reasonable to suppose that the
friends of that platform will sustain him. Wells
represents their sentiments much more nearly than
Durand does, and they will 90 for Wells. What
sort Of policy is then for the friends of the prn
cipleS held by Durkce and protested by Durand
to divide their strength and run the risk of defeat!
But why not go for Durand well as Durkcc!
will be asked. Mainly, because great majority
of the friends of these principles have more conf
dcnce in Durkce than Durand, and therefore his
success is much more probable than Durand's
But whilst Durkcc, according to Durards own
admission, occupies as good position as he does ,
to the people, he will be understood as occupying
a much better Durand is the candidate of It
party that is part of great national party. This
national party occupies Il position opposed to the
sentiment Dur;nd processes to be friendly to-
Now, this party having nominated Durand, and
having elected him, if he is elected, to whom does
h. all,
with what consistency can he refuse to obey the
demand of the power that made HIM He must
and will, all other party men do, when they get
to Washington, 90 with the party, wherevcrit goes.
! Dnrkce, the other hand, is the representative
not of South Carolina Democracy whiggcry,
but of the people of Wisconsin, and there is no
power other than the people to whom he is in
debtcd, or owes allegiance.
Moreover he has been thoroughly tried, and is
known TO be reliable, and hence as we said, can
command the cheerful strength of these principles
when Durand could not. But again, if Durkec
does occupy the same position that Durand does,
do the friends of Gen Scott want to the risk of
getting Wells into Congress. For all righteous
objects and for all objects that Durand himself
processes to be friendly to, according to his own
showing, Durkec will do just as we'll as he will ;
and yet for no object that think of, the
friends of Scott seem disposed to help an nvctc-
rate old bunker, like Wells, who will consider it
a boundcn christian duty to oppose a whig prcSi-
dent, right wrong, in preference to cecting Dur
| kcc Now, we suppose there are politicians and
leaders on both sides that have their ends to ac-
compliSh, and Will take their own way of accom-
pli>hng them, but it docs seem to us, that men
who are the same really in principle, should adopt
the most practicable way of advancing that prn-
cpc. Then Durand, claiming to occupy no
ground different from that of Durkcc, s it not man
ifcstly good policy, sound wisdom for the friends
of the principles they mutually represent to unite
on the man, who is most certainly and reliably
the representative of those principles and who Of
fcrs a certainty of success.