, 1860-02-29
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THE TnUE ISSUE.
We announced iu the opening Of this con-
test for city officers that We should indulge in |
no personalities; but urge upon our renders
the necessity in elcctiug the Republican ticket
because Of tho overshadowins importance q
the Presidential campaign. That ground w9
shall not abandon. Hcnce, If my want Mr.
Gurncc abused as "1ascal" u sharper" =
Count a "ioreigner" and "fros-eater," they
must seek other channels for their communities:
tons. The Democratic nominee has his own
sins to answer for, VIC hare no doubt; but l,e
Inns Il certain status; sociul aud moral in this
community which no rubbish in,1he newspa;
lers week before hotly: contested election
will change. Our readers VIC are sure arc not
Of tho sort WHO are moved hithcr and
th;thcr by partisan abuse; and as for the Dem;
ocrats, ftheY want to vote for Gurnec they will
do so in spite Of the bad jokes, and worse songs
made Mt his c1pause. Republicans we hope;
have the wit 10 sec that this is not personal
fight-thnt in The consequences which will in
critably follow the result, all personal consi6-
c'Ation are swallowed up. And in that light
We want to persuade our Republican readers
10 view it 4cAen they 50 see It. they soin 1c hd1'7
~ TO march up 10 the polls, as they are mont To-
do, each NTH Tie tickcs-ths .cholc ticket-in hit
fingers, and ro.e ii for the sale Of utepernane.1
zce!dre q tie party TO tehieh they belong, and:
upon which they believe the salvation Of the
Republic depends. That's the way in which our;
candidates will he elected; and VIC beg our
orators who are wasting their time in retailing
the current stories of tho campaign to gap
ing cro~ds, 70 give the Democracy no such
advantage, 1ut to depia tic consequences schie1
aciU accrue to tic party Of the city the STATE and
The nation ty q Republican ovsrthrou here no,o;
and they may be assured that any blow so put
in VIII strike cord that will not cease to Vi
brate until cycry Republican vote is in the
ballot-ba1es, and the enemy are routed and
beatenl What these consequences are we
have endeayorcd to tell; but we do not
profess to be sagacious enough to foresee the
1ull wciglto the calanities which would be
visited upon tho party By defeat here at this
time.
We sntrcat Republicans, then, who have
been cold, Indifferent and inactive, to 50
heartily into the work, and make their power
and influence felt. Tlo defeat Of the enemy
aud the preservation Of tho city in Republican
hands, may be accomplished with ease. We
want on1y one day Of united effort to bring all
the calculations Of the Democracy to naught.
Shall wc not, every man Of us, stltle all causes
Of dissatisfaction, put all questions Of personal
feeling ont Of sight, and go into tho battle de-
.crmiDed to win?
SEE TO IT NOW.
There arc in Chicago two interests directly
connected with this election which have not
been mentioncd-the Water Commission and
the Sewerage Commission. They have here
tofore. always been under Republican control.
Every man knows with what caro- for the
public good, and with what scrupnlous pecu-
niary honesty they have been managed; and
every man knows that the Commissioners in
each, no matter how high the political excite
1ncnt, nor how alluring the temptation, have
reyer made their trusts the servant Of party.
Do We not state lacts? Is th:rc any Repub-
1ioau in Chicago who wants change il these
Boards-such change as will put them into
Democratic hands, and make them as bitterly
partisan as in that event. they would become? !?
We venture to say, not mani
To continue them in their usefulness, it is
necessary that this city battle should be won.
Why7 Because, with the political power Of
the city welded by tue enemy, the election Of
Republican Commissioners would 10 impossi-
ble. By a division among our friends, as un-
fortunate as it WIS unnecessary, an Irish Dem
ocrat was made Sewerage Commissioner at
the last election. Another ono Of lis stripe in
the Board, aud it is thereafter Democratic i'll
stitution! Who does not know what that
means in this city?
The term Of Office o! one Of the Water Com
nissioncrs is about to expire. Who wants to
see an Irish Democrat iu his plncc, and another
in the place Of the next one Of Our men who
goes ont? Who wants to put these two great
public trusts, upon which the daily comfort
and the health Of every citizen depend, into
the field Of partisan strife: and make them the
servants Of the Democrats rather thau Of the
people? Let no man say TINT this result
would not follow. The tail goes with the hide
II we lose now: be sure that power will not be
1cga'ncd without struggle compared with
which this is boys play! Vote, then the Re,
publican ticket! Up boys and ut 'em!
AN IRISH POLICE.
Do you want al Irish police force in Chica-
go-sucl an ono as would come into power il
the Democratic ticke: wero elected?
Do you want such condition Of things rs
once was witnessed in Chicago, when no Re-