Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-10-01
Dodging the Issue.

Dodging the Issue
Our opponents, aware that they can make
no capital from an attack upon our candidates,
and still Jess from any attempt to sustain their
own principles, are Just now very busy in an at
tempt to trump up charge against Gov. Bash
ford, although this charge is entirely Irrelevant
to the present canvass and only resorted to for
the purpose OF drawing attention from the real
issue, still this game is cfectually blocked by
publication of the facts in the case.
All this side sparring is useless, and will not
draw the attention of intelligent voters from the
fact that tie question is mainly, whether the
the people of Wisconsin wilLsustain the princi-
pies of the bred Scott decision, and the still
worse pro-savery doctrines of president Buchan
nm as set forth in his late manifesto to the New
England memorialists. In the one it is decar-
ed that the colored man has right which a
white man is bound to respect, and in the other
that Slavery exists under the Constitution, in
all the U. S. Territories, and in all the States
also,whero not excluded by special and local en-
actment That Slavery is the national institu-
ton established by the war of the Revolution, for
which our fathers fought and bed, and that
Freedom is sectional, and only tolerated under
the u. s. Government as q concession TO State
sovereignty.
The rejection or endorsement of these mon
strous doctrines, is the real issue in the contest
this fall, however Democracy may attempt to
dodge it, by the introduction of side issues. The
leaders of Tie Democratic party here in Wiscon-
sin, have formally made an endorsement of Bu-
chanans letter a test of orthodoxy, and the man
who doubts that Slavery is tie National institu-
ton for the protection and propagation ofwhich
the Federal Constitution was formed, is read
ont of the party Under thi ate of .hings, ev-
cry freeman OF Wisconsin Wac votes the Cross
ticket, votes to sustain the lso-SlaYery doctrines
of the present administration, Nobody believes
there is majority Of the people Of Wisconsin
who believe, or could be induced 10 sanction by
their votes, those doctrines disconnected from
the haze OF party fealty and other extraneous
questions and hence the anxiety Of the leaders
TO keep them in the background by raising false
issues and giving prominence to questions OF
minor Importance
But let US not be deceived nor cajoed. The
administration Of our State Government, as far
rs it has been IN the hands, or under the control
of the Republican party, has been conducted
with the stnetest economy and accountability
and il may be set down rs a ioregoue conclusion
that whatever charges may be brought against
Gov Bashford, in this campaign, by the Shan
Democratic organs, are bogus, and trumped up
merely TO hide the real question at issue.
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Financial.
The great cry Just now, from Maine to Georgia
and from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains
is ''hard times Failures, suspensions and as.
signments have been the order of the day. ard
they follow each other in rapid succession. Banks
and Bankers, manufacturers and dealers, 60
down so fast that It's impossible to keep a record
oftlem. During the past week, n general pam
lie seems to have reigned among the Banks. In
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington. d. C.
many of the most reliable banks have yielded to
the pressure and closed. On Tuesday, the Banl;
OF L. 1. 1Inlham x Co, Chicago. closed its
doors. This was entirely unexpected. and added
to the panic in that city. Yesterday came the
news of the failure OF h. X. Swift Il Co, Chi.
cago, Bankers.
In Wisconsin the effects fthe eastern failures
has been less on the banks They are so well
secured that though they suspend their
bills are worth their face. On Monday last, the
banks of milwaukee decided to receive and pay
ont the bills ofthe suspended banks the same as
before their suspension. As something of 4
guide, we publish the following list of
Broken and Discredned Banks.
Bank of Commerce, ID. G.
Bank of Georgetown, ID. c.
Bank of Nashville, Tennessee.
l.. j, Tinkham x Co.'S Bank. Chicago, H.
Exchange Bank, Omaha, Nebraska.
The Banks of Providence r. Island, and Of
Pittsburgh, Pa.hayo suspended specie payments
BROKEN OK DISCREDErED BANKS.
Banl, of Norwak Ohio. Bank OF Orleans n. V
Bank of Teeumsoh, Mich. Cecil Bank, Md.
DANNY Bank, Conn. HagerstOwn Bank Nd
Niagara River Bank \ Y. Rank of IIallovou Me.
Bergen County Bank. y j. Warwick Bank r. l.
Sackets lEarbor Bank N Y. Houesdalc Bank, Penn.
Wooster Bank. Conn. Bank Of W est Tenn
Ontario CGuuty Bank ~ \. ShelbyNliie Bank, Tenn.
Tivmto Il Bank Il l. Warren GO. Bank Penn
Bank ot Middlctown, Penn. Niagara Co Bank y \.
Bank ofKanuwha Va. Hugsnot Rk New Pslz
Bauk of Elgjn, i'll. Sandiord Bank Maine
Hancock Bank Maine Medina Bank y Y.
Farmers BGuk, Rhode island.
Faln4Srs and Orovcrs Bank, Wayncsburg, Penn.
Oliver Lee y Cos BANK. Buffalo, y T.
Reciprocity Bank, Buffalo. y Y.
Bank of North America, Seymour Conn.
HOLSTER Bank Buffalo, Y.
Mechanics Banking Association. y y
Bank of hanawha, Virginia
Cumberland Saving Buuk, Md.
Bank Of South County l.
Sank Of New Jersey New Brunswick
bank OF I4ma, New York
Iank of the Capitol, indianapolis
Monsum River Bank, Maine.
1T Plain Bank, New York.
Farmers Bank, Saratoga 90. y \.
Fontenelle Bank, Nebraska.
Rock River Bank, Wisconsin
Farmers Bank, hadson, Wisconsin.
Coechester bank y.
Miami Valley Bank, Ohio,
Western Bank I.oekport n Y.
Yates County Bank, y Y.
Bank of Hartford County, Conn.
Bank Of Canundaigua Y.
Fox River Bank. Wisconsin.
Gerard Bank Philadelphia
Sank OF Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Badger State Bank Wis,
Peoples Bank, Milwaukee, Wis.
DISCREDITED BANKs.-The Chicago Press
of yesterday, on the strength of private dis
patches, adds the following to the list of sus-
pended banks:
Union bank Frenchtown, y. J.
Hopkinton Bank, Conn.
Chemung County Bank, New York.
BANKS SUSPENDED The Buffalo CONNER
ciaI, of Saturday, mentions the suspension Of
the Yates County Bank, n Y, and runner
that the bills of the Bank of Geneva are thrown
out.
Tie SiIpenny Savings Bank Of Rochester