Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-09-20


SAMUEL d. HASTINGS, of La Crosse Co.
For Aaorxey General
ALEX, w. RANDALL, of Waukesha Co.
s.el.r, sat For Treasurer,
CHARLES RGSER, of Manitowoc Co.
Fer Bank ControHer,
FRANCIS H. WEST, of Green Co.
For State Smper.m 'enGenf,
JOHN G.. McMYNN, of Racine Go.
For iStafe Prison Commissioned
JAMES GIDDINGS, of Dodge Co.
Tricks of the Enemy.
We cannot expect our opponents to deal hon
estly or fairly in the existing contest. The rea
ends they have in view and objects they seek tc
accomplish are such that they will not bear tho
light for an instant, and hence we expect them t.
skulk and dodge, and raise false issues, and dou
BILE and twist in every possible manner to avoi(
the public scrutiny. The asccndency of the De
mocracy in the state since its organization ha:
been uninterrupted. There has been regular
and excessive annual increase in our state ex-
penditures, until the enormous sum of ever
100000 is this year to be raised by taxation
for the current expenses of government 1T is
matter Of pnblic notoriety and confessed by a
large Share Of our opponents, that corruption tt
an alarming extent prevails in every department
of our state government, and it is equally a mat
ter of notoriety and admission, that the chief in
strument OF all this reckless extravaganza an(
corruption, is now a candidate for endorsement
by the people and reelection. 1t is a fact tha
the honest and conscientious portion of the ole
democracy Of the state, having more regard fol
the honor and permanent interests of the STATE
than blind devotion to party, are now in open re
volt against this condition of things, so that tho
real strife on that side is simply to keep in pow
er the squanderers of the public funds, the plum
dcrcrs of the school lands and the lunatic asy
lum jobbers. That is it !; and their triumph
will be that and nothing else This is the issue
for the state. For the nation it is still worse
They resolve that the administration Of Pierce is
entitled to our confidence and the success of thei
ticket will be vote of confidence an endorse
ment of such administration, and encouragement
to continue i'll the path it has marked out We
need not now dwell upon the particular charac
ter of this administration and what it is exactly
that is proposed to have the people of this state
endorse. 1t is very generally known, and uni
versally loathed, yet these cunning agents Of its
wickedness have so arranged matters that they
expect to deceive the people into this endorse
mcnt Really and truly the practical issue be-
fore the people is, shall Barstow and Pierce be
sustained, or shall new and entirely different
state of things be inaugurated for the state and
nation? This is it.
On this issue-their true ground-our oppo-
ncnts feel and know that they would be over
whelmed in moment. Hence their effort to
dodge it, and to manufacture false issues, and to
distract public attention and fix upon that which
is baseless, to the end that they may succeed in
consummating, for their own PERSONAL individ-
nal ends, the great wrongs to which we have al
iuded; and Know Nothingism appearing to them
to furnish the most profitable and convenient
dodge, they have entered with commondable zeal
upon the work of deception in that respect.
We do not propose to employ much of either
our time or room in fighting the shadows they
raise. We mean to keep them to the main points
to the real issues We do not suppose that a
single one of these dcmagogues has the least be-
lief that the rights or interests of foreigners
are in the least danger in the state nation
They know that whatever party may be in pow
there will never be the first or least step taken
TO impair any interest or right which naturalized
citizens possess, and they know that the Repub-
lican party is just as free from all disposition to
interfere with war upon these rights as the
Democratic party can be. They know that Know
Nothingism had just much to do with the De
mocratic as with the Republican Convention
that there were probably as many delegates OF
that order in one Convention rs the other; and
they know or ought to know, that twice the cv
idence can be had any time to Justify a suspicion
of being Know Nothing against Barstow thai
there can against Bashford The dulest car
comprehend the real state of the case. The Know
Nothing order, whatever may have been its orr
ginal purpose, has been split up as have othe
parties, by the paramount influence of the slave
nv question, and the members have taken theil
position on this question according to their ATTN
tiles. Certainly, while we have 10 doubt thai
members of the order will support Bashford, II
is matter of uotoricty that the most active, ant
almostthc only friends Barstow has in this neigh
horhood, either arc or have been members of III,
order The Republican party cannot help any
more than can the Democratic party, the ntcrte
renee by these men in their affairs but we sup
pose they form but small proportion of cthe
party, and exercise hut little influence in deter
mining their affairs. We do not suppose there
Is single member of the Republican ticket VIII,
is or ever was a member Of the ORDER and we ar,
quite that such is the case with reference t,
Mr.. Bashfordr aud such may also be true of the
Democratic ticket. We appeal then to those who
wish neither to he deceived themselves nor t,
deceive Others if the above is not a candid ans
truthful state of atfalrsl Is it not then nantes
that this concerted effort on the part of the hun
kers to fastcn upon us the stigma of Know Moth
ingism, is the mere work of demagegueS, inten
ded to mslead naturalized voters nddelude then
into the support of Pierce and Barstow, whom
they would otherwise reject. How many ar
there who cannot see through this shallow dcvic
and who can be thus deceived. We trust and be
lieve the number is few.
We dcspise this dishonest, sunderland mode q
warfare If the people are ready to come up t
the polls and endorse Pierce and Barstow, lc
them, we shall bow in meekness. But we wan
it done fairly; and want that these men shall no
have an opportunity of claiming Wisconsin as al
ally of Pierce, Douglass, Il Co, when th
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