Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-07-10
For the Grant County Herald.
The Coming struggle.

! there Wlll--thefe must be. Inc people III
not going tamely to submit to the dictt
ton of a contemplate majority Of polite:
e lblacklegs, either in Washington or an
: where else.
i VIII there be another party formed ?
think not. The people are getting sic
of parties; despising caucusses; reptidis
ting National Conventions. For one hoI
9 est man which happens to turn up in cal
: Icus, ten rascals are produced; and for Pre-
lsident, it seems that none but an obscur
Iimbecile, who can be made a plant toe
IN the hands Of the descendants OF Juda
: iscariot, has any chance of nomination.
1t seems to me that the people mus
take this whole matter into their ow1
Hands, and spit upon all the whippers-i
who call mere party caucuSses. A part
Icaucus is humbug. How is it managed
Why thus: half dozen or SO Of wire-pul
lers, who have long forsworn all honest in
dustry, but who think it more respectabl
to be paupers on the State, than that 0
the Town Treasury, get togetherand agree
among themselves as to how they shall di
wide the offices among them. This is sci
dom settled without good deal of quar-
relling and round eursing, but when settled
they call caucus, fixing on Saturday at
Iternoon, or at time when business is il
full SWING, 50 that no one is able to attenG
but themselves and few of the looser sor
of fellows, who are to do the electioneerine
at the groceries d ten-pi1l-;iiileyys, torso muci
whiskey, as value received. Then out
comes ''the ticket" with the imposing en-
dorsement Of the CAUCUS, and the party
has generally gone it blind.
But they, the people, have been so bam-
boozled Of late both in State and National
politics, that they will surely begin to look
out for themselves, and let the word caucus
be contemplate, only to be hooted at, and
mass meetings Of the people in every town
and village be held And let Slavery and
Freedom be the issue, as it will, and no
other; then we shall have two classes of
candidatas,--if slavery is bold enough to
offer a candidate. The strength Of the
two great antagonistic principles will then
be fairly tried. Let the enemies of uni
versal human freedom go for 'meosures"
and its friends go for s'nsen,' and we need
not fear but ''nen" will conquer.
Ii the delegates to the Madison Con
vention agree together to call such gener-
al gatherings as above referred to, without
seeking to influence them by any wire-puI-
hing, there can be no doubt but the people
will be found capable Of selfgovernment.
For my part as one of the people, my
mnd is made up, not to vote for any un-
tried man for CONGRESS. These are not
zines TO venture on any new untried man.
This will be the game the caucusses will
Try to play: calculating that il no one
knows anything about their nominee, asl
n the case Of Pierce for President, there
will be no array Of opposition. We mast
have tried, well known men. IF Mr.. Cole
becomes a candidate for this district | shall
support him, as | kaow his private as WE'LL
IS his public character. If Mr.. Eastman
oe a candidate { have no thought thew
will both be candidates at the same time,
shall do all | can to honor him, because
le did honor to his constituents and to
reedom in the late battle with the slave
ties.
Either Cole or Eastman, say 1. No
new, untred man. X
REMARKs.-We like very well the spir-
t Of our correspondents article, though in
one or two particulars we do not exactly
approve Under circumstances we could
support BEN G. EASTMAN; as for instance
suppose the bogus democracy should as
'emble in Convention at Madison OF Mine
al Point, and there nominate BERIAH
BRowN, as they have long had in contem-
plation to do,-he being the bell-weather
Of the negro-extensionists, and High Priest
Of the inquisition for the extinguishment
Of liberty in territory erected to freedom
-selfappointed to be sure, but whose au-
thority is as binding, and twice over as
much respected in Wisconsin as that of
Archbishop HUeHEs; well, suppose that
among other events in the private pro-
5ramne, Ben should appeal to the people
to support his late anti-Nebraska vote. ac-
cording to the natural course of any man
having spoonful Of spunk Suppose
that Ben would assume a war
like attitude towards the administration.
and deal righteously thereunto. We'd
most heartily go in for standing by him,
and we believe it would not be necessary
to fire gun to secure his reelection
We cannot support him upon a regular
of any convention, that appro-
yes the administration. Such conyen-
ton dare not nominate him; it is utterly
impossible to get together democratic
of any other material than ne
gro extension filhbusters, for tho leaders
are all such to man; there may be ex-
ceptions but we've heard of none.
As for Cole, he's been well tried.-o-I
beyed instructions of our Legislature when
IN Congress in 1850, upon the Fugitive
Slave LAWS known to be right in his
private opinions upon the negro question,
and upon the fillibuster movements of the
day. He is not an ltra man. ,,pon any