Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-11-17

CONTEMPLATING OF GhANh, AMI
TELLING OF THE GOOD WORK IN DANE
WITH 4 SUMMING UP OF THii GENER-
AL RESuLT.
MADISON, Nov ~, 1850.
FRIEND Cover jim these times hen
Ian Republicans feel Just as good as it is pos
lsiblc FOR them TO feel, | want to congratll-
Hate you on the glori us majority which old
(, Giant has rolled up. We only have the
Figures for is towns giving nearly 1900
but we nealculate" that the otherten towns
are abundantly able to furnish the 500 re-
lquireH to make up the 1900 majority tele-
Ioraphed to as from BoseobeI Wednesday
Ieyening. The news was greeted with tn
Imultuous cheers when it was read by Gen.
| Atwood in the Assembly chamber where
"a large crowd was gathered to listen to
Ispecches, after the fine torchlight process
lion, which, mid the booming Of cannon, had
marched through town past brilliantly illu-
minated buildings, and bonfires, lighting up
the city as never before, while brooms and
scoop shoyels in the hands Of successful can
ldidates, songs and shouting were thetokens
Of victory.
The news seemed TOO good to be true
whenthe figures showed that Massey was
IeIected ia the Snake district. All honor to
1.-The Republicans who have fought 50 long
against such odds, to Triumph at lat 81
splendidly in this day Of victory One
more pEll hi redeem even Potosi rom the
terror q. its ways. "A
We taiuk Gsant County has done noasF
and feel sure that our fellow Republicans
there will give Dane, against fghicl you
said So many lard things two years ago.
the credit Of doing rel. Never was q
county more thoroughly caDyassed or q
contest inores iigofcgsly made. Inthis city
after all had been done beforehand that
could be, more than 100 Wide Awakes
manned tie polls on election day on looked
up laggard Republican voters. AS q re-
Tsult the Democratic majority in the city
has reduced from 279 last year, to less than
/ so, and David Atwood Of the Journal who
was bitterly opposed by all the force Tie
Democracy could rally, and against whom
the Patriot yehemently urged that he new
Ter voted a Democratic ticket, was elected
lin a strongly Democratic district to the AS
sembly. That inconigible WAC Tom Rey-
lnolds would also have been elected ia the
.ldistrict embracing the lst ward Of the city
Of Madison, had it not been for the person
al hostility ofsome Republicans, priestly in
reference, and the fierce maIigfnity Of the
personal assaults made on him by the De-
mocracy.
I In the county the majority Of almost
1000 against us two years ago is wiped out
anu majority Of over 600 given for"Hon-
lest Cid Abe,' while the whole county tick
! ct, d SENATOR and four Assemblginen are
I elected by good inaiorities.
i In the State it Is estimated from returns
thus far received. that Wisconsin will give
i Lincoln about $4,000 majority. Hanchett
i viii scarcely have less than 10000 running
1.-THE Northern Illinois districts close and vet
his competitor had hope Of being elected.
THE Noweeians were very few Of them
drawn away after any strange gods Pot
4 ter is elected by over $500. How many
thousand Sloan will hase cannot vet be fig-
lured, there has been such a revolution IN
THAT district.
The Legislature Is al on one SIDE. In
the Senate the Republicans viii have II or
1 Is majority and ia the Assembly about AZ.
making on joint ballot about go, quite
enough for q working majority. l. not
this giorious9
A crowd Of men So .'crazy for Lincoln"
you never saw save 1t the Chicago Conven-
ton, as listened 10 the good news from all
parts Of the North on Tuesday night. We
knew what the result was before o'clock
\ Wednesday morning and had the guns fire.
ling soon after midnight. We felt for you
Ipoor folks away from the telegraph in your
State Of suspense, ut you have rejoieed
with Us since.
May wisdom AMI courage be given him
who has been chosen TO rule over us in this
crisis of our nation. Yours
GRANT.