Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-03-13
KENOSH A, WIS.
The Gubernatorial Contest-Sarstow de-
fiss the Supreme Court
W. nnblish ans weel the special Message

fies the Supreme Court.
We publish this week the special Message of
the Usurper, Barstow, to the Legislature, deny
/ ing and defying the power of the Supreme
Court, to investigate and determine whether he
holds the Office o. Governor of the State by
fraud. There was a time when there was room
for doubt as to the frauds charged against Mr..
Barstow and his abottors, but that time has
passed His partizan friends, when it was sta
ted that h. vas ready to go before the Court &
have the alleged frauds investigated, might have
supposed that the opposition were mistaken
or dishon 81 in their charges, but there
is no longer even .restng-place for such a
supposition. Mr. RAstow has made use of
all the dilatory pleas to put off the real ISSUE
and the laws delays have been exhausted, and
the point for the trial Of the issue has been at
tanned, and 10, the defendant bolts the course
The Court is informed that Mr. Barstow will pay
nomore attention to it,that the dignity fhis off
ice and his regard for the constitution, viii not
allow him to appear again in Court
Could there be more unequiyocal acknowl-
edgemcnt that the charges of fraud and usurpa-
ton are true and unanswerabe than this? If
Mr. Barstow was honestly convinced, or beliey-
ed in his own heart that he was legally elected
Governor, would there be any cause for til is
aversion TO an investigation! Would not any
honest man who was confident of the Justice of
his cause, rather court an Investigations than
hold Office under such charges? OF course he
would, and so would Mr.. Barstow did he not
ka0,r that the charges are too true. He is caught
in the snare that he has woven himself, and
there is nothing left but to brave it out and sub
nit only when force compcls, to the disgrace
and infamy that awaits him.
Does Mr.. Barstow suppose that the people Of
Wisconsin are so craven, that they viii submit
and wear the yoke of dshonorl If SO then do
we believe that he is eyre gously mistaken, and
shows himself as unwse as he is dishonest
Can freemen so easily succumb to the usurp-
er's rodl Can we barter our birthright for less
than ''mess of pottagel" Heaven forbid
When our Supreme Court, has decided from
a thorough and impartial investigation that Mr..
Batstow holds his certificate only by forgery and
fraud, viii the brayado and buster and threat
enings of the usurper, quell the uprising spirit
of a free and intelligent people7 1t is madness
to expect it. Who is Mr.. Barstow3 that he
should say, am your Governor, and me you
must obey. He has evidently mistaken the peo-
pie he has to deal with. We care not whether
he submits to have his claims investigated or
not; they will be tried in the balance of impair
tial justice, and when found wanting, the viii.
ling hands of forty thousand votcrs,vil be found
to ejccthim from the position he has usurped
and disgraced Happily, partizan fealty has
not yet so far descended as to make us all slaves
Our Supreme Court need not be intmdated
by the threatenings of one man. The people
viii be true to themselves, and the judgment of
the Court will be respected and its DEGREES en-
forced, though blood flow in the cause. We
have not yet heard an intimation from the most
apathetic and placeloving, that it were better to
submit to the rule of the usurpcr than to resort
to actual force to eject him, and we believe that
uMr Barstow or his advisers have calculated
upon any such result, they.wll find themselves
wofully at fault, when the trial comes
But we will not yet anticipate any tragic re-
suits. Notwithstanding, Mr.. Barstow has made
ominous threats, and declared his determination
to fight if need be to sustain his usurpation, we
believe that he will conclude that discretion is
the better part of valor," and when the decree
comes in the hands of the proper officer, he viii
quietly resign his brief and iIl-gotton authority
into the hands of the peoples elected Better
for him that such counsel prevail, than that he
should provoke the punishment which his high
handed outrage upon the people, richly mer
its.