Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-11-01
The old Guard !

While other counties of the state, which in
lS4S gave free soil majoTities, have faltered and
fallen back Kenosha has been true and reliable.
In 1852 when the Pierce storm swept the coun-
try she remained unmoved, and Hale and Julian
came out ahead in the contest Since then the
party of freedom has been largely added to, but
while it has received much conscientious, valua-
BILE, and reliable strength, it cannot be doubted
that it has received some also, which is neither
so reliable or valuable--a class of men who are
not SO firmly welded to principle, but they are
influenced by all the local troubles, private ami
mosities, and trifling jealousies and disagree
ments with which every neighborhood abounds.
This class, wiling to unite in the election of q
Governor, a President, or any other remote Off
Ger, who has never come within the circle OF their
local difficulties, can seldom be brought TO work
tremendously upon any county or local noniina-
ton The difficulty now experienced in our Sc
material nomination is natural and might have
been expected. In suchscontcsts we must fall
back upon the old guard, which with the rclia-
bic strength that has been added to it, since 90,
no man can doubt is abundantly able 10 carry US
right along to complete triumph. Let the winds
of faction blow-we feel assured that there is
backbone to the republican party equal to any
emergency There is no trouble with the old
guard-it is not divided nor does it waver On
the contrary it is greatly strengthened by new
and reliable recruits, and was never in so good
condition to do battle as now. Lctthe old guard
stand firm and there cannot be doubt of the re-
suit. Now as heretofore, in a triangular contest
no person doubt but the real republican
strength of the county, will prove victorious.
There are some two or three hunkers about
this city who living on the rise in value of the
lands of which the school fund has been plum
dered, have nothing to do but set round on the
empty dry goods boxes, or stand on the street
corners and concoct and retail falsehoods to in
jure the republican nominee for Senator. These
men, who few weeks ago could find no term
of contempt strong enough to speak of DIR. Pad
dock, have suddenly grown exceedingly atfec-
tomato, tender, and sympathizng toward him.
The Republicans elected him to Office last year
but did not nominate him this, therefore he is a
much injured and abused man; and their chief
point is, assert that Sholes tricked him out of
the nouEdti0n,-that SHOES is the wicked cause
of all his grefs, and that for thus blighting his
young hopes Sholes should at once be frowned
down By an indignant community. To call these
individuals by the name they deserve would be
to use language not strictly polite-but we say
this, when any man in anywisc duplicates Sholes
with DIR. Paddock's failure TO get a nomination
he knows he ntters what is not true We have
challenged and we again challenge any man to
say. OF his own knowledge that Shoes intcrfered
in any way either with the convention or its men,
bers before or after its assembling, except;to pre-
vent his own nomination. We pronounce as
unquafiedly false any assertion contrary to this,
and assert what we have before asserted, that
we never uttered to living man a word in dispa-
ragemcnt of DIR. Paddocks nomination. nor a
word in favor of our own. And we wish in ad-
dition to express this belief, that thirty minutes
before this nomination was made there was not
three delegates in the whole convent on who had
our name in their mind as a candidate.
And these men know all this, vet they go on
hour after hour reiterating the same old story
We will cell them harsh naurco, but will
simply add that any republican who believes any
such story will believe an enormous falschood,
and one invented on purpose TO deceive and in
iurc him.