Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-08-23

~ Our Hunkcr brethren seem determined to
insist upon it that the rescue of Glover and the
subsequent lynching of Maybery and De Bar
are very similar offences and that the latter inev-
itably grew out of the former We differ from
them very widely as to the intrinsic character of
the two transactions, but never mind that. AS
they insist upon the parallel in the character of
the offences, we have right to insist that they
shall treat them in a similar manner The res
cuers Of Glover were prosecuted without delay,
and up to the present time one of the suspected
persons has had no less than nine different civil
and criminal suits commenced against him. The
murderers of De Bar are known, it is a thorough
| ly democratic county, and every officer of it we
presume is democratic, yet we do not understand
that these functionares are making the least eff
fort to bring the offenders to justice. They have
been ravenous ard rampant against the Glover
rescuers and have compelled one Of them at least
to look through prison bars, and yet the murde-
rers of De Bar walk unmolested in broad day
light through the streets under their very eyes
and noses. Nor do we perceyc that the papers
of that party feel Ike least anxiety as to the pun
ishment Of these murderers. Day after day did
they send up their petitions to the officers of the
law, for swift vengeance upon the heads of the
Glover rescuers, but if single democratic paper
has manifested any unusual anxiety to bring
these latter offenders to justice, it has escaped
our attention 1t might be interesting to dwell
on the exalted traits of character which lead men
TO agonze for the punishment eff the offence of
rescuing fellow creature from bondage and at
the same time enable them to look with compla-
ccncy.upon the offence of MASKING another's head
with a stone--but such is not our purpose. We
wish only to beg of our bunker friends to be con-
sistent that they may obtain some little credit
for honesty. We never objected TO the applica-
ton of the law to the Glover rcscuers. We OK
pect them to suffer under the law for all that is
proven against them. Ii is what they elected
when they undertook the rescue, ard while we
are sure they are not the towards to skuk these
results, we as a sympatiscr, are willing so far
rs can, to share these penalties with them.
The violated law is in process of being vindca-
ted in the case Of the Glover rescue, and to our
bunker brethren is the world indebted for thus
maintaining the majesty of the fugitive law. In
siSting then as they do upon the similarity of the
offences, we put it to them in all candor whether
they should not be equally active and zealousin
bringing the offenders to justice. We do not
complain of the application of the law to our
friends-they should not to theirs and besides,
after they are convicted, there is nothing to pre-
vent them from Sympathising with the criminals
and rendering them material aid and comfort.
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~ The milwaukee, Sentinel and one or two
other of our state exchanges, contain what pur-
ports to be circular from the State Know No
thing Council TO the subordinate councils in the
state, dated Julv O. and signed John Lockwood,
PrcSt. =. c. We have 40 doubt of the genuine
ne;s of the document. In it, the members of the
lodges are reminded of the near approach of the
time for holding both the Republican and Demo-
cratic state conventions, ard urged to attend the
primary meetings of both parties, and to get con-
troll Of these meetings, and the state cow entions
that the ultimate ends of the order may be CARR
cd out. This advice has been attended Is on the
Democratic side Of the house, in this section, and
we doubt net the Order has majority of the de- !
legates. Probably the same thing will he at
tempted on-the Republican side. For our own
part we heartily dcspiSe this most cowarlly and
dishonest mcIe of procedure. These men FIRST /
meet in midnight cancus and pledge themselves !
10 the objects Of the Order, whatever they may
be, and then with deceit necessarily in their
hearts and on their lips, steal into the open con-
vcntions of other parties and seek TO paralyze
their energies and defeat their objects by this
secret effort If these men think the objects of
The order are of paramount Importance, why net
make themselves an open and distinct party, and
abor for their success. Or if, On the other hand,
hey attach primary importance to hunkerism or !
epuhlcanism, why not labor like men for the +;
principle of their choice. The Order may have