Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-04-07
FHE HERALD.
Lancaster. Tues, April Z. 1868.
Indicted but not Convicted Beyonet
Charge.

3A10i - = n~"sttAPAss -ah S'ieViS "AN t'S
sufficiently independent and optspoken to
amount to anything, have a rough road
to tarel. Our road has not been the
.smoothest, yet thefrail vehicle We ride in
has survived above twelve years uuder our
Storage, Our faults, as well as virtues if
we have any, -haye.beeu fully noted BY all,
very often through magnifying lenses,
sometimes through reverse glasses to make
them unnaturaIIy small. We have not
heli a high place in the regards Of very
wise men, particularly the unmeFitirg, nor
a welcone seat in the bosom of politica
prostitutes. Still, the Herald has evenly
remained a fayorite among common peo-
pie and men of earnest principle Of all par
ties and sects. Of late years above true iner-
it. Concealment of sentiment upon any
and all subjects is with US natural impos-
sibility; we have tried to tinker our men
tai stew pan so as to have it cook either
h)t or cold. positive or neutral ailments,
but have always failed We might wish it
were different, and then how smoothly we
could steam along the reads without jar or
rattle! Then we could glide 60 smoothly,
successfully yet amount 10 nothing just
like many other popular folks. Oh, it
would be so joyful if we could fatter every
body and all bodies and support them for
office, suppress our opinions and abide by
all the party nominations and crow Justify
over events manlfestly destructive and
damifyi@g Just as well as over results that
are noble and God-like. In short, If we
had the aptness and will to watch out and
be on the popisla, side, then we'd be
always Just right in the opinion Of all the
rogues and machine party aspirants. But
then 1t might be that we'd be despised for
our frequency by all the wise and noble
and honest fnenj and may be some day
they'd meet together and adopt resolu-
ton condemning our course! And then
would popularity set in the other way,
then all the rogues and official asp'rant'
desert us in a body, and, like the fox inthe
fable, strike for better company and leave
us alone, out in the cold to freeze and be
id.
So it will be seen, better to let the ami
nal run loose and howl than tie him up,
even though with golden chains. Then,
as there is se.f-respect, public morality,
amor patri@, and belief in God, Revela
ton and Futuritv-all to encourage us to
bea man, we shall most respectfully de-
cline being dog to bark for any master
---frotn Spooner's Institute and the Bar
Der Shop at Madison down to union club
or any other club. Happier are we this
nioinent to fn1ourself in a full confidence
and communion with the poor weak
white and black men than to dwell with
and dance TO the iddling Of whimsical pol
iticians or pander TO every popular Gu
rent. And may God strengthen us to
stand by those in cur fun confidence, il
necessary to the sacrifice Of all other friend
ship, till we grow as gray as an ancient
rat, or failing, die and rot in poverty!
So much precedes, in more than our
usual wen of frst person plural, what we
have to say concerning our course in the
Judicial Election in '63 and tile sayings |
and acts Of men respecting our course.
AS those we usually act with in party /
affairs have of late set to work at the tail T
in selecting their models for candidates,
we have preferred 10 adhere to the old
head practice. We don't feel bound to get
our tail up because they do. The best ar
lists paint or sculpture the head first, then
work down to the feet always choosing
the purest, best subjects. Whatever Of
latent good intentions the union leaders I
had in selecting Dixon as their candidate,
their action reminds us Of the cocoon
thing drawn from the entraiis Of It's par
ent. Ordinarily, men are selected d can
didatas for their tried, practiced, proven
soundness of principle; to be union can
didate man ought to stand by the Gov
eminent to all intents, right or wrong
Just as to be a democrat c candidate man |
may stand anywhere from conditional
union hermaphrodite down to a Yallandg-
ham traitor, it somewhat depending upon !
latitude or degree Of democracy.
But there was a man up at Madison in
charge Of the scales Of justice, holding
them so nicely balanced between the enc
mics and friends Of the union, that both
the enemies and friend claimed him, each
as their man. Was it not so that the war
party aud arti-war party each claimed
him2 The war and union scoffefs first
grabbed At him and be stood fqr them;
am ths oaly reason they Didn't bag him
was that they failed to agree that he was
worth the ammunition; so they took Goth /
fen by Sight majority. Then the war
party sighted him, and though not exact
IL bagging, they duhgel about I'm and
paved him over and over as cat would
i toad then, resolved he WAS rot god /
enough t. sualor, yet tie bes IN the n a.
ket-which was false as there we los Of +
men IN the State eminenty fit for the I
place, besides being fell indorsers Of the /
war and war policies Of the Government.
Then came the dread Charge on his be-
half" Oh, you mast noas choose 5etgeea
seils, psast sleallog Diroa,or Cotkrea,.