Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-26

Green Bay, Oct. Is 1858.

the Cln inst. anu DdSiei " W H.
Ii is useless for me to express to yo'
how deeply the receipt Of your letter
and the action of the so called s'Pe0ple'
Convention, at Watertown Oh the 6tf
inst, have embarrassed me. You are a
ware of the fact, that my nomination by
the Wing Convention, was brought a
bout by no action or corporation on my
part, that it came unexpectedly and IN
sought for. On receiving the official an
nouncement of the nomination, was i,
doubt what course to pursue. 10 ac
cept it, was in direct opposition to my
personal feelings and wishes, as we'll ii.
contrary to my interests. To decline il
must necessarily have caused serious
embarrassment as it would break nE
the ticket. and. at least, temporarily dis.
organize the party.
AS Wig, | consented to accept the
nomination, and in doing SO | hoped for
,he cordml, unanimous and hearty sup
port of every Wing throughout the State
| haye ever been, or at least, ever in
tend to be. true and consistent Wing,
in principle and action. | consider the
integrity OF that party as paramount to
temporary success, brought about by a
combination of circumstances, union OF
the different .'isms" Of the day, or the
disaffection Of disappointed office SEEKERS
or polifical aUire workers. | deem the
organization of The Wing Party as worth
preserving, our principles as worthy 10
be cherished. These were the sole mo-
tives which induced me TO consent 10 be-
come the regular Wing candidate for
Governor. AS such. consider myself
in the hands OF the Wing party, and, for
the time being, their representative. |
shall not be governed, in my action in
relation to the "Waterfown movement .
by the dictation of ''bolters'' from any
party, or the lukewarmness of others,
but by the ,oishes and desires of the par
ty that has honored me by placing my
name at the head of its ticket, lie, f" The
Whig Party Of Wisconsin," With that
party | wish 10 act with it am content
to stand or fall. The main cause of the
movement. at Watertown is alleged to be
the uni.tness Of part of the nominees
on the regular Democratic ticket, and 1T
is SAID, it was brought about by men of
all parties. But so far as | have been
informed, there are no names given of
the principal movers thereof nor is the
".Address of the Peoples Mass Conuen-
ton" signed by any person. / cannot
suppose that Wigs have had any direct
agency in bringing this movement about.
especially as | have neither heard or
seen any expression of dissatisfaction on
the part of members OF the party with
its ticket; nor am | aware that any
meetings were held, or notices given it,
any part of the State, whereby such an
expression of the wishes OF the party
could be elected, as to warrant this pro-
ceeding. Had this been so, the candi-
date now before the people could have
j ldged Of the course proper to be pur-
sued on the present occasion.
You will doubtless remember, that in
replying to the communication of the
committee (of which you were one) APP
pr,sing me Of my nomination, and ask
ing my acception-after accepting it |
used language 10 this effect-reserUing 10
myself md my political friends the pripi-
lege hereafter TO aoathd,,aso mig name. from
the canpass, should future epents render
such a course conducive 10 the public wel-
fare, or words to that effect. thereby
meant to say, and now repeat, that such
contingency depends, not upon my
own judgement alone, but must be salts
factory to the Wing pnrty. In my opin-
ion, this event has not yet occurred
and until have an expression of that
party, favorable to the "Watertown
movement, | shaU not Ulthdraw ny name
from the ticket, or give up the contest.
| make these remarks because | have
heard 1t stated here, as coming from diff
ferent sections of the State, that | had
unqnalitiedly withdrawn, and that my
letter TO that effect had been read at Wa
tertown. | now say that have never
declined the nomination, nor do intend
to 90 SO at present. | have already said
that | Go not believe Wigs have acted
IN this matter, without comforting with
the candidates on their party ticket nor
do | believe that any would be found
willing so unceremonion>ly to thrust
them aside, merely to crafty the wish
es OF disappointed politicians. who feel
no sympathy with us, but who ale viii
Ing to use our party to serve their own
purposes, and defeat the men who they
say have been improperly nominated and
are not worthy of public trust and con
fldence. II the Democratic party have
made nominations Of men who lack IN.
tegrity, honesty and ability, let them
take the consequences, aud bear the o.
di'iin and disgrace OF such reckless mea.
snres and, although such men may be
elected, and the interests of the State
thereby suffer, that evil will, il is To be
hoped, prove temporary the honest mer
OF the party will be admonished, and fu
ture Conventions will be actuated b,
purer motives. and governed by differ
ent principles of action. AS Wings it i.
our duty to preserve our integrity AM
honesty OF DtlrDuSe ri the action ~