Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-27
The Madison State Journal, and its Ornament
to the State and sources OF State Pride"

Iannum in advance, in clubs-having the
foil sway of its party for dozen years al
the public and popular crib, and having
risen to the extraordinary and unpiece-
denied circulation in the whole State of
1000 weekly subscriber, assumes cores
pondingly magnificent and formidable
range of authority in perpetually keeping
silent, except when spurred into seolj-
Two weeks ago, we thought it but right to
tell the public what this indignant Jour
nal and central organ of political silence
should have told long ago. We gave the
reasons why Madison interests led to a
combination among leading Republicans
aud Democrats to elect Orion aud Smith
to the legislature-the object being the
ichoice of successful beggars to raise mon
ey from the State for raising up piles Of
brick and mortar at the capital. 1t was
thought before election that in Congress
and our Legislature there would be Dem
ocratic majorities, and that such as Damn,
Orion and Smith could effect more in car
rying appropriations through for Madison
than any leading Republicans. But the
Journal, rather than acknowledge the
facts as we stated them, grew indignant.
The Journal admits however as follows :
I"The Herald comments upon our Assem-
| blymen, are just such as we warned the
people Of Madison, they might expect in
case such men as Geo. B. Smith were e.
lected." This is virtually an acknowl-
Iedgmeut Of all we claimed. or arly ALL
That our expose of The objects Of persons
round the Capitol may Illustrate the in
tended steals and save the State from bur
Itbensome taxation, is altogether probable;
but such a result is Just what, we have ev-
,ry reason to know, the Journal most fear
ed. When the Journal takes to opposing
instead Of asking for heavy appropriations
for the Capitol, for the University, for the
Assy lums and for every sort of public i'm
provemcnt about the Capitol, we'll have
some faith in the long faced profession Of
economy daintily preached in its sanity
columns. Did the Journo1 ever counsel
.ao," when it was proposed to ereci four
wings, with retunda and dome-in short
new Capitol, at cost of $4,000 ac-
cording to its own figures That too, with
the understanding tha. the present capitol
building which cost $4,000 should be re-
moved. On the contrary, here is what the
Journal approvingly presents in the very
number wherein it says we do injustice to
Madison:
The walls of the old huilding. which ara
to be torn down, will furnish ample mate
rial for the retunda, which, with the dome,
will not exceed $4,000 in cost. We have
then, as the entire cost of the completed
structure, instead of 100000, the com
paratively moderate sum of s2l5,ooo, as
follows:
East Wing. $4,000
West Wing, sas $4,000
North ami south Wings, 10000
Rotun6a Dome, &C., $1,000
Total, 81 1000
The completed edifce will not only be a
noilo structure, in It's architectural appear
ance worthy Of the superb beauty Of its
site, an ornament to the State and prop
# so;rce Of State PRIDE &c, &c,
Yes, a heavenly tournament 10 the State
and PROPER scarce Of State pride,'' ac-
eoriing to this indignat Journol, the tax
payers being already ground down under a
pressure of s350,0o0 State tax, many Of
them threatening to leave the State M.
less legisl atures cease to tax them for
building Capitols, Lunatic Assy lums, Blind
As<yluns, Deaf and Dumb Assylums,
University School for the children of rich
parents about the city, and other ''oyna-
Neats TO tae STATE ana prtpv, oo..,5ee Of
State PRIDE :"
For years We have noticed the pYofgate
operations Of this Madison Jouraai, in
Isoft-sol1eriag legislatures, the only kind of
work for hich that state organ has noted
.rerutation-eXcept for apologsing for cor
'rapt men and writing up weak aspirants
for Office We have not forgotten the
poor apology for Bashford attempted BY
The Joaraol-- that 100, after Bashfords
guilt in receiving the $4,000 of corrup-
ton bonds was no longer in doubt. That
single attempt to betray the Rcpublicsl
party into further defense. of Ba~hford
was the blacklist deed ever attempted by
any Republican Journal; for Judas, whose
bowels fell from their encasements as a
penalty for the betrayal Of his master, a
better apology could be framed than for
either Bashford or his defender the Jour
nal We have not forgotten the weak