Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-31
.. $. Senator, 7rimothy Q. Howe.

u. $. Senator, Timothy .. Howe.
Hon. TIMOTHY O. HowE, of Green Bay,
was elected last week by the Wisconsin
Legislature to represent this State in the U
S. Senate for six years. He Is native Of
Maine, a graduate of Bowdoia College, a
lawyer, has been judge, wing and resi-
dent of this State for sixteen years He Is
man of considerable ability, an able
speaker, logical and we'll read in law, nov
els, poetry and the Dible--though he don't
indorse the Higher Law. Like many Of
the old wings Of the Federal school, lie is
a republican from necessity and not from
choice. For several years he occupied a
partition wall, with threataing attitudes
both ways, but as the democracy had moth
ing to offer him, his swings long indicated
which way he would ultimately leap
When tight contest arose between parties,
he usually helped the democracy, just to
try how many would follow. Up to the
date of his Ripon speech the democracy
considered him sound upon all the main
points between parties; they excused that
speech, By saying a blind bid was necessa-
ry to bis success as VI. S. Senator; and
when Success came, they helped bis friends
buy the powder to fire jubilee oKer his
election. He sails with that class Of Re
publicans who sprang from the Federal
branch of the wing party in the line Of
Buchanan, party that always held to the
infailibility Of the Federal courts and swore
TO understand and support the constitution
as they were told to. Ever since the days
of Jefferson they have allowed the States
no rights but what the Federal courts gave
them. The Higher Law doctrine of Sew
ard came near scattering them, but they
rallied. Judge Howe IN his Ripon speech,
held that under the Constitution and Flu
gitiye Slave Law the Governor Of Wicon-
sin, or any other white man, might be
lawfully seized and surrounded as fugitive
slave, and still there could be no way to
help it except by changing the Fugitive
SLAVE Law; he denied the right Of State
to enact laws to protect our own citizens.
white or black, from seizure and liability to
seiznre as fugitive slaves. Here is the diff
ference: we hold that our legislature can
enact constitutional laws 70 protect govern
or, citizens, people, white and black, from
seizure and liability to seizure as slaves un-
der the Fugitive Slave Law; Jefferson held
with us. and so has every party held with
US, except alone the defendants of ancient
Federalism who have just triumphed by
electing one of their chiefs to the u. S.
Senate from Wisconsin.
Judge Howe viii probably conceal his
Federal notions and appear to be one Of
our anti-Federal lights in the counsels of the
country. Ii commonly happens that those
most suspected Of truancy and truculency
make some pretense towards ultraism; but
he will play the Federalist, which is the
side of Judicial tyranny, till the end of
life. Should he ever aspire to the Bench
of our Federal courts, he>will add bis mite
towards crushing the powers of State
courts and augmenting the powers Of the
Federal courts, according to the designs Of
his ancient sircs. We look upon his cleo
ton as a conspiracy to destroy State gov
ernments and centralize all into one stu
pendous whole, having . Judicial center
around which shall revolve the galaxy of
small things.
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