The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-10-29

Union and split tickets makes the follow
ing opposite remarks:
Did any Republican ever hear Of the
Democratic party when in majority, pro-
posing Union ticketsy We think not
Certainly we never heard of such thing.
Democracy is one thing and Republi, snism
is another. Their aims are opposite, and
UNION between the two only weakens the
party efficiency of each, without contribu-
ting to the success of the principles of
either II we are going to build up are
publican party let us do it--not by dissi-
patiug, but by consolidating our strength.
II we are going to build up Union party
let US do that-commcncing by placing
our influential ma jor.ty at the mercy of
the Democrats.
We do not write these remarks in any
spirit OF simple party drill, for we despise
Lo can see nothing beyond the blind ma
cAinery OF party, and who will cling to par
" traditions when principles arc abandon
ed. But we write them with conviction
that if the Republican party of Michigan
does not awake to a sense of its danger
from internal discussions, and rebuke that
lawless spirit which SCOUTS the decisions of
its regu arly organized party tribunals,
plots against its candidates and fosters out
side movements, calculated to re;ard It's
efficiency, they will find Only too late that
big majority is great curse, and instead
of being an element of strength, it is an
apology for all sorts Of oftice-seeking ex
cesses and presage of defeat First a
county will be won from us, carrying pat
ronage and local power to the enemy, then
Senator or Representative, then a judicial
circuit, and finally the State, We want
more unseltishness i'll pressing the claims
of Office, and more patient submission to
defeat, when it is iiivititable that some
one must be defeated, and solid apprccia-
ton of the Republican party in is entire,
ly paramount over all its incidents.
More Glaring fIauds-s-Oyer $4,000 TIA.
ken from the Educational Fund.
Almost every mail from Lansing brings
US intelligence OF new and glazing frauds
committed upon the people by the Locofo-
cog when in power Last week it brought
us news o! DISCOVER; that they had de-
iiauded the university Fund out Of $25,-
500 81, and this week, as will be seen
by an article from Tie Lansing Republican
in another Column, we have the discovery
Of fraud which throws this robbery, alarm
inc as il is, quite III the shade It gives
W. the startling fact, that in addition to
this extensive grab upon the University
Fund, It has just been discovered that the
Locolocos hare robbed the COMMON
! SCHOOL FUND Of the .State, Of the
.aornlow sum o. SEVENTH ONE
THOUSAND SETEN HUNDRED
AND THREE DOLLARS AND
, THIRTTSETEN CENTS! The
/ items which makes up this sum, viii be
found specified IN the article from the Re
publican. VIII our readers examine them
carefully, ponder upon them, and then
act
Ada to the sum taken from the Uni
versity Fund, the gloss amount Of the
frauds which have been discovered to have
been perpetrated upon the Educational
Fund OF the State, is NINTYSEFEN
THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED
AND NZNETTTHREE DOL
LARS AND Fifty EIGHT
CENTS. How much more remains UNI
discovered, it remains for time and the Re.
publicsns to reveal The aggregate would
undoubtedly amount to several hundred
thousand dollars, which have been taken
from n fund sacrcdly set apart for cdu-
eating the people of the State. Indeed
we fuow that they cheated the Common
School Fund ont OF not less than $3.50 900,
in the fraudulent safe of a section of
School Land, containing valuable copper
mines, only one small advertisement hav-
lug been published in an obscure corner of
tho Lansing Journal What are we to
expect next