Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-10-23
Congressional Candidates and Harbor

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Appropriations.
Iadley is commended to our people
as the especial friend of harbor and riv-
er improvements, and as probably the
particular friend of such improvements
at Racine and Kenosha. We think it
not impossible that Mr.. Hadley may en-
deavor to do his duty in these matters,
but the idea of setting up a citizen OF
Milwaukee, and that citizen Jackson
Hadley of all men, as the especial friend
of Kenosha and Racine, is preposterous
enough to excite smile. Mr.. Hadley
may be the generous and self-sacrifcing
individual he is assumed to be, but we
have never seen any evidences of it in
his character and never heard it claimed
for him before. If Milwaukee ever has
before Congress any question of rival in
terest with her sister lake shore cities,
or if any opportunity ever offers there
to benefit Milwaukee at the expense of
other lake shore cities, we can think Of
no man so apt, in our opinion, to take
advantage of it as Mr. Hadley. We say
again we have no disposition to inpeach
in advance Mr.. Hadley's intention to
deal outeyen and exact justice, but when
he is especially commended to us as the
friend Of Kenosha,i it necessarily provokes
question and criticism.
The locality of Judge Potter, which
makes him personally interested, in a
measure, in the prosperity of the whole
lake shore, one place as much as another
with no absorbing interest in either,
indicates him as much more likely to be
the impartial friend of the several places
than any man whose whole worldly pos
sessions and worldly interests are in one
Of the rival localities. The common
sense Of every reader will yield assent to
the statement, and as the issue has been
IN measure thrust on us, we hope yo-
ters will consider it.
SO far as the relative ability of the two
men to accomplish what they set about
is concerned, Potter is far ADLER man
in any and every point ofview than Had
ley, and the latter could accomplish no.
thing which the former could not more
easily accomplish.
But there is another consideration
about this Harbor question more impor-
tant than this. If Buchanan is elected
President it is preposterous to suppose
that Potter or Hadley either can help us
in the matter of harbor appropriations.
The very same influences will be contin-
ued under Buchanan that prevailed I'M
der Pierce, and Buchanan can no more
approve a harbor bill than Pierce could.
W hen Pierce was running we had men
in our very midst who were willing to
swear that Pierce was all right on the
harbor question. And so he was prob
ably, before he was elected, but no man
who has been elected by the south or by
southern influence, ever can or will put
his official seal to any system Of harbor
This was illustrated by
Polk, Tyler, and Pierce, and will contin-
ne to be illustrated by every future Pre-
sident representing the same influences
and principles.
No man who really wants harbor inn
provements viii ever vote for the south
ern candidate for the Presidency.
Through the ascendency Of the Re
publican principles and Republican can
didates only can government aid for har
bors ever be had, and those who want
such aid will signify it by their votes.