Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-08-31

j. T. MoAK ON THE TRIPOD
T. MoAK, formerly resident of Norwich,
has become one of the editors of the Wat
ertown (Wis.) Republican, a Republican
paper. Mr.. Moak is an energetic and thor
ough going young man, and though we can
not endorse his political views, we welcome
him to the fraternity, as one who brings to
the ranks ready pen and genial good hui
NOR, united to more than ordinary share
of ability.-Chenango On. " american.
"When we were boys together" Frank,
we were both Henry Clay Wings and en-
tertained the same political views" That
there is any difference in sentiment be-
tween US now, is certainly no fault of ours.
You, as the proprietor of Wing paper at
Hamilton, and as the successor of the la
mented Pellet in the editorial management
of the Chenango Telegraph, used to write
and print articles in the columns of those pa
pers that we are sure would cause your
checks to tingle with shame at your recre-
ancy, were you to peruse them now. A
person to read the files of those papers some
eight or ten years back, could hardly be-
lieve that their conductor at that time is
the same Frank B. Fisher who has, for
five or six years past, been writing by the
aid of Dark Lantern for the columns of
the Chenango american. Yet SO it is
We know it, because our eyes have seen it.
And yet, we confess it almost seems impos-
sible, that it should be So
No, Frank You ought not to arraign
us for being found in political company with
which you now have no fellowship. You,
it is, who have gone off after ''strange
gods;" and upon you alone, rests the re-
sponsibility for the disagreement in our
political views" at this time. Our mind
has followed the bent given it in earle,
days, and the lapse of years has only serv-
ed to establish in it more firmly the cor
rectness of the impressions it then received
If they were wrong, you in a measure are
responsible for it. But we have never
viewed them in that light. We thought
them right then and do not deem then
wrong now. When the old Wing party
disbanded, or ceased to exist, we followed
its long cherished and noble principles di
rectly into the Republican party, where
they and we now are. You saw fit to dar
off in another direction, and found refug,
In the ranks of the Know Nothing organ
ization, where you remained until it, and it
principles, were hawked about like so mucl
merchandise and finally knocked down BY
Auctioneers Hunt, Brooks and Co. to thu
Douglas party for the trifiing consideration
Of ten names upon their Electoral ticket
That party now claims to be the exclusiv,
owner Of the whole Know Nothing-Bell con
Germ, yourself included. But you, we oh
serve, refuse to be transferred. You re
pudiate the trade and are conseuuentl,
without the pale of any political party a
all. Your old proscriptive Know Nothin,
notions, we presume, you adhere to still
Perhaps, your party having abandoned
them, you enjoy their complete monopoly
But whether you do or not. we wish yo1
joy in your attempt to make them a par
of the policy of the Government. Sucl
political views can never receive an,
sympathy or aid from US and if you cal
never "endorse" US until we adopt them
we fear that you and we are forever doom
ed to political from each other