The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-03-09
MANY Truths.


influence demand and we ask the indul-
gence of our readers for again abiding to
him and his forays upon the public. But
we feel constrained to reply 10 some state
ments in an editorial in the Herald Of
yesterday, headed One Truth"
The Herald says FITCH "hao the salts
faction to start the first Democratic paper
in Calumet county"
In 1857, JAMES B. CRoss was romina-
ted for Governor Of Wisconsin by the
Democratic party, and being man Of
wealth, was Immediately assailed by the
political harpies of the party for money,
ostensibly for the purpose of electioneer-
ing. Among other beggars was the edit
or of the HeraId, who represented to Mr..
Cross and his friends the necessity of a
Democratic paper in Calumet county, and
obtained from the candidate for Governor
the amount necessary to establish the pa
per- The paper was started in Septem-
Der or October of that year, and being
the only paper in the county, obtained, of
course, the county printing.
The next winter Mr.. Fitch threatened
to remove the press and type unless the
Democrats Of Chiffon would buy them
of him. His price was $3.50. The paper
was established with the money of Mr..
Cross and the labor Of Mr.. JoHN HUME,
the present editor and proprietor, neither
time nor money being invested by Mr..
FIrcH but to prevent the removal of the
press, two Democratic citizens Of Chiffon
bought it of Mr.. FITcH about six months
after it was started, and paid him therefor
500 in money and forty acres of wild
land, valued in the trade at $3.50
This forty acres OF wild land, for which
Mr.. FITcH paid in trade $3.50, he, by
false representations, caused to be valued
at sS00-as set forth in the report Of
the investigating Committee Of the Legis-
lature, published by US last week - and
thereupoD obtained from the School Fund
of the State loan of $400
Now, we ask, is there any man in this
community SO stupid as to believe that any
forty acres of wild land in Calumet Coun-
ty, only fit for farming land at the best, is
worth $500, or twenty dollars per acre J;
and does not every man Of common sense
know that if the land had been worth
$500, the owners would not have sod it
for $3.50 worth of type. Mr.. FTCH never
believed the land to be worth more than
four or five dollars an acre; and although
Mr.. JENKINS is political opponent, we
know him well enough to know that his
affidavit Of the circumstances to which he
has sworn is perfectly reliable.
The Herald says "the oath of Dem
ocrat is as good as the oath Of Republi-
can any day. thereby insulating that
there was conflicting testimony before the
investigating Committee relative to the
value Of the land. We published last week
all Of the evidence upon the subject and so
farfron all the witnesses being Republicans,
one of those who testified that the land
was not worth more than $3.50, is a firm
and well known Democrat, who also testi-
fed that FTCH had obtained an opinion
from him Of the value of the land bv mis-
representing the description.
These are the facts with regard to the
establishment of the Chiffon Times and
Mr.. FIrcH's robbery of the School Fund.
FTcH, in bis Herald, fears that the Re
publicans will insist upon securing us to do
battle for them. There is no danger OF
that, as we are not one of those ShakpY
Democrats who are liable to be bought up
at every election-Hke our friend of the
HeroId, for instance, who bitterly opposed
BARsTOw and the Balance until he was
bought up with little State Printing, and
opposed the election Of JOHN b. MACY
because he-MAcY-would not buy him.
The Herald says "The defeat flames
b. CROWLEY for Register of Deeds was af-
tected by a combination of circumstances"
I" lie had some professed friends who de
ceived him, and he had some of1icious
friends who assumed the charge of his
election, and who were obnoxious even to
his own countrymen."
These slurs and insinuations are evident.
ly directed against some of our most zeal
Gus and active Irish Democrats, who have
t ever labored in good faith for the success
of the Democratic party, without ever hay
ing aspired to the honors or sought the
profits of public Office. There were many
men of this class who were particularly &C.
tive for Mr.. CROWLEY, because they were
aware that many pretended Democrats
were opposing his election from most I'M
worthy motives and through the most mar
row prejudice, which did not extend to