The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-27
OUR TACAE T.

| this ticket we shall labor with whatever {
energy and talent we may possess. We be
ieve the candidates areall apable-abundant
ly qualified for the discharge of the duties q
respective offices for which they have beol
nominated. We know them to be, above all
loyal to the country under any and all cir
cumstances. For such of our readers as ar
not acquainted with the several candidate
we cannot do better than copy the following
brief notices of them from the Madison Jour
nuL which we heartily endorse.
Hon. JAMES T. LEWIS, the nominee fol
Governor, is too old resident in Wisconsin,
has occupied too many prominent positions al
the hands of an admiring people, and is too
favorabIy known to the voters of this State
to need any commentator from us or from
any one His record speaks for ITSELF anc
there is no blot or blemish upon it. OF the
public positions he has held, we will make
brief mention. lie was a member Of the Con
stitutional Convention that formed the organ
ic law of our State. He was then a young
man, but he was an able, active, Influential
member of that distinguished body of men
among whom were the late Chief justice
WHIToN, the late Gov. HARVEY, Judge COLE
NJ ORGAN L, MARTIN, Judge Dunn, and many
others Of our ablest men. He was afterwards
member of both the Senate and Assembly wher
he was distinguished for his energy and fdel
ity to the trusts committed to him. In thu
fall of 852 he was elected Lieutenant Govern
or, and no man has occupied that position
more acceptably than did Judge LEWIS. Ill
was for term Of years Judge of Columbia
county His name has frequently been prom
inent i'll connection with the nomination fol
Governor, for member of Congress. &C., by
the Democratic party, in years past. Wher
the rebellion took form and broke out into
open war, Judge LEWIS took the position o.
true bartholomew off party shacllles, anC
gave his whole efforts to the cause of his
country, and in sustaining the Administration
i'll its efforts to crush out the rebellion
! Two years ago, his friends, without REGARD
to party, took him up and elected him Score
tary of State-nOt because he desired the po-
sition-but because the people knew him tc
be proper man for this responsible station.
| How well he has met the expectations OF his
friends, we need not say. All concede that
he has filled the bill and the duties Of that
office under his administration have been dis
charged with tirmnesss, ability, and with an
eye single to the great interests of the State.
No fault has ever been found in this depart
ment of the State government, since Mr.. LEW
IS has been in office. AS auditor he has
guarded well and faithfully the treasurny.-
While creditors of the State have ever been
met fairly, and their claims duly considered,
no steal has ever pas that Office. But we need
not extend this notice. Mr.. LEWIS is now be-
fore the people as candidate for chief mag
istrate. With clean public record with a
private character above reproach, with 10y
atty and zeal for the Union unsurpassed, his
election by triumphant majority cannot be
a matter of doubt.
For Lieut. Governor, with remarkable una
nimity, the Hon. WYMAN SPOoNER of Wal
worth county, was put III nomination. This
position cannot add honor to this able and ex.
perienced man. but he will honor the position.
From the commencement of the State govern
nlent, large proportion of the time Judge
SPoCNER has been in one or the other branch
of the Legislature and it is no disrespect to
others to say, that no clearer headed or purer
minded man has occupied positions in the leg
islative halls of the State. He is ever watch
full and vigilant in looking after the business
Of legislation; no bill passes without his know
ing all about it, and his positions are clearly
and ably defined, and seldom wrong. He is
never confined to local matters in his Iegisla-
tive career but feels that in his representative
capacity the interests of the whole State are
to be guarded, and no local interest interferes
with his doing his full duty to the State at
large. The Judge is always earnest in the
positions he assumes, and sometimes appears
unyielding but no man yields to the will of
the majority more willingly or gracefully than
he, when it is fairly expressed. From long
intimacy with the man we have learned to
admire him, for the great purity of his char
acter. His familiarity with legislation and
his experience having been Speaker of the
Assembly, and last winter President of the
Senate, render him an eminentv proper man
to preside over the Senate for the next two
years
We can hardly find words to express our
qualification at the nomination of Secretary
OF State. Col. LUCIUs FAIRCHILD is a man
who has won honors that no official position
can enhance. The man who has been most
gallantly engaged i'll fourteen distinct and ter
rible battles III connection with the old Sec
ond Regiment of Wisconsin, does not need
civil position to add to his fame. His record,
for the past two years, stands forth most bril-
liantly in the annals of his countrys glory,
and that record will never grow dim with the
lapse of time. All who have read of the no
bic doings of the old Second, part of the
iron Brigade-and all Wisconsin people have
read it,-need not be told that Col LUCIUs
FAIRCHILD is one of the bravest and noblest
Of men. The nomination was not only unex-
pected to the gallant Colonel himself, but it
was so to all of his immediate home friends
The nomination of Col. FARCHLD was
brought about by persons residing outside of
the city. Until yesterday morning no friend
of his in Madison had thought of presenting
his name i'll this connection. But when 1t was
presented to the Convention in the manner it
was, by distinguished citizen of Milwaukee
and was received with such spontaneous and
unbounded applause, his friends here were
proud to be followers in SO noble a lead. Col.
z. has resided here from early bovhood Our
people, old and young, even to the small chill
dren, all know and admire him He is I'M
iversal favorite. This particular standing has
not been attained from his conduct in the ar
my. 1t has always been so. Before he en-
listed in the war his popularity, where he was
known, was second to that ofno other man.
And his conduct since the war, has endeared
him especially to the people of the whole state
His noble character, popularity and bravery
do not constitute all of his claim to the votes
Of the people for the Office to which he is nom
mated. In addition to these qualifications he
IS trst class business man. For term he
was Clerk of the Circuit Court in this county,
ana 1t was universally conceded that the po-
sltlon has never been more ably or satisfacto-