The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-09-15
TH Et y / J. OF
Abolitlon-Union Nominations

AAcOA2I4SAA- " NUN ~ SAOi--
Al the mongre Convention which met
In Madison last week the following noml-
nations were made:
For Governor-LucICs FAIRCHILD.
Lieut. Goyernor-WYMASS SPOoNER.
Secretary Of State-lHoMAs l. ALLEN.
State Tieasurer-WILLIAM Z. SMITH.
Attorney General-CHaRLEs G.. Gill.
Bank ComptroIler-J NJ RrsK.
State Superintendent-Jonx G.. McMYxv.
Prison Comnissioner-lIENhY CORDIgR,
The members Of the Convention, as was
expected, proved to be towards, and gave
the poor negro tie go-by. They failed to
define their position on negro suffrage and
o,Lcr important public matters, and will
ask de people to ego it blind " at the
coming election. Already their action is
denounced by the leading presses Of the
party, for instance The following from the
Milwaukee Sentinel of the OH /:
"Afler 4 careful perusal ofthe resolutions
passed at the Union State Convention at
Madison, we feel compelled to say that
they are wholly unsatisfactory. They stop
short os saying what ought to have been
.ald, and generally are per,adcd by q eo,C
nrdiy, crdsiue shutting spirit. Tiny are
not tie PLATFORM Of the pnrty, and wW not
be credited as such. Whatever merits or
demerits they possess should be credited
to Senator DOoiitlle, who made the reso-
lutions his speciality. They come much
short Of expressing :he honest opinions
and convictions Of a great majority Of the
Union party OF the Stale. II Gen. Paine's
and Gen Proudlils resolutions had been
adopted by the convention, the sentiments
Of a large portion Of the party would have
found expression in them. AS it is how
ever, TIE RESOLUTIONS REPRESENT THE
STOMACH BUT NOT THE IDEAS OF TIE PARTY.
By comparing them with the resolutions
adopted the same day by the Minnesota
convention, the wide difference between
a courageous, honest, manly declaration
OF principles, AND A TIME SERVING AND
CowAkDLY REFUSAL TO SAY WHAT FIVE
sIXTIrS OF TIE rAKTY Know TO DE ABSO
LuTELY RIGHT, will be apparent and we
regret to say ths, our convention doesn't
conspicuously shr in the contrast.
:" While we say this, however, we 60
not excuse many men in the conven,io1
and out Of it who are dissatisfied with this
resllt. They might have bad it different,
aud cannot escape share of the blame
for the conclusion to which the convention
arrived. Gen. Paine's resolutions might
have been carried through the convention
II those who favored them had voted for
them. When men desire that tho party
shall have prnci pies and openly declare
them, they should demand such plat
form, and give the time servers TO under
stand that they will be content with moth
ing short "fit. The report OF the proceed
Ings Of the convention shows, that the
tuoilon to!ay Gen. Paine 5 resolutions upon
the tabio prevailed by a very close vo.e, If
as all, although the presiding officer de,
cided the motion carried. If the friends
"f regro suffrage had earnestly, persistent
" and with anything like concert of ac-
ilon, luslstcd on the passage Of these reso-
iutlons, We don't believe it possible that
the politicians would have dared 20 table
them. A, We have already said. these
politicians are looking u the votes, and
hot the triumph Of ideas, and they would
have tenrcd to offend SO important a por
ton Of The Union party Of Wisconsin as
that part which believes in manhood suf
ttaCe, irrespective Of color. General and
''ndge Pane made a gallant stand against
this surrender Of principles, and the con-
vention, at heart, was with them, but didn't
dare say So"
The Milwaukee Wisconsin, JanesvilIe
Go@chc, La Crosse RcpuJiecan, and other
Republican papers, express disgust at the
result Of tie Convention. Even the Man
i,owoc 7,'dme spits upon the platform"
in the following emphatic language:
" ont On such contcmptGic meannc>sl
There IS but one course 10 pursue if we
wish IL rerpelnaic our form Of Governs
men,, aud that is to allow freedom to all
who are or may come within our borders
and to all who help to sustain the Gov
eminent, grant the night Of suffrage"