Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-04-14
For the Reporter.
Luther Hanchett VS.. W. c. Webb.

S-'.' = - ~ lIidU SiIi
under the necessity Of asking space in
your columns for the purpose Of doing
justice to Z man who has been traducsd.
ana has no means Of defense before the
people Of this county.
During the progress Of th.. Judjc:a
contest which has just Closed, YOU have
published without comment. extracts
from the Nadicon ''Ratriot," and otler
kindred sheets, rejecting upon the pri-
yate:> as well as public character Of ".
:. Webb, and in your last issue you
devote all Of the first page of Your pa
per to the recent manifesto Of Senate,
Hanchett, addressed "1'o the People
OF v aushara County" The election
which that manifesto was intended tc
affect, was past and determined. wler
your paper containing it was published
so that the only object, which its pub
hcaton, at that time, could promote.
was the yindication Of Senator Han.
chett from charges, which have been
made against him, and of which he is
well known to be guilty, and the con.
domination Of Mr.. Webb, Of all that has
been said against him, uDheard and
untried. If the last mentioned gentle
man could have an opportunity to de-
tend himself before the people Of this
county, | should volunteer to him nc
assistance, because he is amply capable
OF defending himself before any tribu-
nal, before whom he is permitted to
make a defense =; but as his friend and
brother, [ cannot remain silent, and
see him advertised through the columns
Of your paper, to the citizens Of Wood
county, to whom he is a stranger, as 3
knave and scoundrel, when every man
conEersant with the facts, not exccpt-
ing 1Lr. IIanchett, knows it to be false,
Mr.. Hanchett, as the friend of JAS
S. Alban. while actino in tho co,oo;t,.
Of q Representative Of this Sonatorio1
District, has deliberately, through bis
tools in Madison, attempted to legislate
James S. Albar into tie Office Of Cir.
cult judge. in direct onnos;tion 70 a,1
defiance Of tho wishes of +,,o ,,oo,1.
juneau comfy woe raoordoa ds et.a,,o,
" for Catc and he nro,oso3 to dotoo1,
her from the Circn;t Without . e;aa1o
petition, from anv o,,,rto,. o,1,;a ;.
and contrary to the wishes ~ no, -
zens, and he does 22ot anal l5l,,.a .,ot IL
M 1t. It j. true he denies that be
Drocured the o7torat;o,, of ALTMAN of tho
bills oftor t1ov c.oro c.o,,od ;.ao..:,,-
. ,ro,,;e;on r. +bo+ oaao+ 1,,,+ 10 .,aoo
,,at 41,o41,o :,
f.a,,7jnc. of hin o,.::(,t.,,rz1,, e,n +hat
,,,1ynoso Mr. rTo,obo++ ,."1. 1o3ro
e TOO wool, o,,o,, g., 49, os,,aa -.o., =
stoned f. ,,ron,oto p.4 ,,na,, 40 ~
a.. ban5 # i n,,7,1;n1v ,tatoJ toa1aa.
s4,4o,1 =, ,,, ,s,,-a.'oo '''.. 40 ~ -
that Of several other c;t;vans of 4h;s
town, by an ex-senator resiaino in the
County Of Jnrean who bannoraa -
be in Madison about the time the bills
PROPOSING to detach Junoan comfy,
from this Circuit were Dondiro hat,oro
the LEGISLATURE that he traced the nro,,
osition d;rectzl to ,G1,7cto,. zz,,,rzntt
But the Dronosition failed and tbenoxt
nova n,as f. or.o,+ W. * Wit
mo, tho oboroo 81 ho: z: .oO ;
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