Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-09-22

! Rep. Rally" and wac all this consisten
nth youl declaratonsl With your views
4 did you feel called upon to say anything
lin this Presidential contest; would it mo-
II be your duty, rather, to attempt resusci
! tation Of the dcfnnct Wing party? Con
) sistency, though not always respected, is
nevertheless, nc the least among the car
: dina virtues. Your speech, in the main,
had the effect TO dwarf and belittIe the Re
|, publican cause; and further, to weakenthe
Il hold which those of your audience of Old
Z Wing procliyities have upon the Republi-
can party and il must, to that extent,
Ihave been gratifying to tho Democrats
who Eeari it, which I've reason to know is
the fact We beg you therefore, Qdge,
not to give US any more of such Ieft-ha'a-
ded support. Ifyou viii persist in stump
ling for Lincoln 4. ffamlHl, for Gods sake
leave out your personal illusions. mi Your
efforts to galyanize the corpse cf Whigery
Into life, at the expense Of Repub.icanism.
The judge would seem to attach an I'M
tdue importance to bis own opinions. -
Dos he expect. b. making plocs'nstioa
Of his dissent from the principles Of the
1 Republican party, while holding and ack-
nowledging QuaSst relationship to it,
one man against hundreds Of thousands
! to induce til party to change its ground
! to sink is resistance to slavery aggression,
Il and elevate bis tone ideQ" Of Protection
| for the sake Of Protection" merely TO ac-
commodate the Judge; to induce him,
nl me fully to exhi it under its banner g-
Such construction may have more war
rant than he would Be willing to confess.
Thc whole matter in controversy is, IN
short, reduced to this .-",ShaH Mdhomnaet
90 10 tile Mountain, or the Mouatain come
to 1huhonpmet2 The Judge will pardon
us for advising him to go to the Mountain.
But, it will be seen, on referring to the
Republican Platform, that Art. IL places
the party upon protectiVe ground rs fully
as good policy. would seem to dictate. To
be sure it's not Up to the Judges standard,
vet could it 90 no farther without breeding
dissention in the party, composed as it Is,
Of men Of all shades of opinion upon this
question? Not a few Republicans are
in favor of free trade and direct taxation;
more, perhaps, belize in Protection for
The sake Of protection" while by far the
largest number, an overwhelming majority,
hold to the doctrine laid down in the Plat
form. But whatever difference Of opinion
there may ts upon this or any other sub
ordinate question, all are certainly entitled
in the ps rarnount duty, ofputing a stop 70
/ .Szdoery aggression.
| When the Republican party shall have
] taken the reins of government in its hands,
and entered upon its great mission, the
poisonous, the disturbing element of slave
holding domination will not, then as now
be able to prevent a constitutional and prop
er adjustment Of the ts.l1ff question, and all
other questions Of foreign and domestic
policy, now pressing upon the attention OF
the nation The history Of the country
shows fully and concIusiyely that the slave
holding element, operating through its SER
I vile tool--gShans Denocracy-h always
stood in the way Of national prosperity
! 1t hus manifested deadly hostility to the
interests Of free labor ever since its profta-
bic Development Of cotton culture. gave to
it great sectional weight. in the consels Of
the nation. The Conflict was active, and
without repression on the part ofthe South !;
one successful onslaught upon Liberty, on
! ~ er gendered an increased ambition, sor
further and greater successful cuImina-
ting in the repeal Of the Missouri ComPro-
mise, and consequent Kansas outrages-
I the great Republican party was organized
for resistance; which, finding its justifica-
\ lion in the peril Of the times, and in the nm
Eminent danger to Freedom, and to free in
stitutions everywhere, it seized so rapidly
1 hold of the public heart, that the resistance
which it interposes will soon be crowned
with success. Lincoln d HanaLiH will be
elected in Nov. next, and the Republican
party will then enter upon its mission of
sPeacc on earth and good will towards
men," The great national domain will be
rescued from the forced pollution of negro
slavery! The Augean stables Of Executive
corruption will be cleaased Legislature
will be made to snbserye the interests of
Free labor and Liberty and the National
honor be yipdicated. But says the Judge,
Stop!-You are wrong,-Thesc matters
are all of secondary Importance Let Us
consider the doctrine of Protectionu 1t
reminds me cf Patrick Henry's outcry in
court Beef Beefit Beef.s.t',t
Simply stating that all the principles Of
the Republican Platformrelating to Slavery
are deteasiee and not aggressive in their
character, | close this review, assuring the
Judge the. I entertain towards him the
most friendly personal feelings.
jCS1Us
September IS.