Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-22
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authority for saying we are in favor Of
union with its third party Of Free De-
mocracy. We intend to belong to the
first party of the age or none. Nothing
was further from our mind at the time
we wrote the article he probably alludes
to. Our purpose was TO make public
jump off from the compromises and ma
tional negro platforms. That our posi-
ton may be The better understood, we
present them again, but in different
shape:
Some four years ago, Thomas II. Benz
TON declared, s'the salvation ofthe coun-
try rests with the Wing party" We
believe he was right, so We shall follow
close at the heels of that party. They
are less corrupt, and are better friends
TO the union and The interests Of the
country than any other party we know
Of. Moreover, they strongly oppose fill
libustering, and robbing other nations Of
territory, and the spread Of negro labor.
The doctrine first proclaimed by Gen
cral JACKSON, and which since become
the practice of alb parties, measures,
not men" has been complete failure.
1t was the foundation of all conventions,
platforms and cauoussing. Any dcma-
gogue can jump on a "measures, not
men" platform; if he can manage to get
nominated he is sure Of election--upon
the merits of what he processes, not for
hiS o,cn merits. We don't believe insu-
pererogation. Let every man stand on
his own bottom, and if il is too rotten to
bear him up, let him fall. No boosting,
no copper bottoming with other mems
pewter. measures, not men" is what
nominated and elected General Prince;
il nominated Scorr, and had the latter
been elected, we cannot see any differ
ence, since both stood upon platforms SO
exactly alike that not zone in 500 Of the
voters could see any difference. HALE
got on a platform. 1t would be DOWN
right lying TO deny his being infinitely
the best man of the three, everybody |
knows he was the best man and sound |
est statesman, the only statesman Of the I
lot. Does any sane man believe that
JonN P. HALE had not merit enough of
his own TO shine !? Did he want plat
form to boost him up
We therefore wash our hands Of all
platforms. We expect TO go for men,
not measures, because we have more faith
in the merits of some men, than the pro-
LESSONS d the many. Abolish platforms,
and such statesmen as SEWARD, BEN
rog, HALn and BELL will stand chances
for election over such tad-poles as
PlEacE, SCoTg and CLAYTON. Men Of
the first named class have stood The lest
for hall century. Ihe acts OF their lives
arc the best platforms known. They
would not sell themselves Tor all the u
inverse, nor sell their country to Sc
cond Didlus Juiianus. Who doubts but
that FERCE, DOUGLAS, and the like
would sell their country and themselves
to The highest bidder They wall do
and profess anything for Office,
God, devil or men-then turn JuGasscs, I
and damn heaven he'll or EARTH Mem, I
aot measures, Is cur platform henceiorth. |
1t is The platform oil the honest masses
OF voters, and has been for molahs..-
lad lie people oi Wisconsin adopted II
d liltle sooner, they would have saved
probably 100000. BARsrow and his
munclblcs would moi have been elected
nor thought or
We oppose unions or compacts be-
tween parties, merely for Tie sake OF
gaining q. majority over . third parry
the Democra ats and 4AboliiioniSts united
in 1876, elected their man Tor Governor,
fell out, swore vengeance and have been
- S'''S ~ N~ANh IotS S"SAA SNASi w. SAAASSs
Ihe Wings lett their candidate tor Gov
ernor last fall because he was OF unsound
material, they went for Horror, whom
the Free democrats had selected, be-
cause he was known 10 be one OF the
best meU in the Stale, No union was
intended but upon men, moi Of parties
nor platforms, but Of men. We united
upon men, not upon measures. we may
do SO again.
AZ Several valuable mineral pros
poets have been discovered lately at Bee
town.
We cannot find the article onthe rails
ing Of Mules, which friend in Beetown
requests US to publish.
S5~Esq. ArwooD has sold his tavern
IN Piatteyille, to Mr.. Wm. BurLER, pre-
sent oooupan, Of The Union Hotel. Pos
session some time in the latter part of
summer.
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