Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-10-23

truly loyal, they certainly do great
Injustice to themselves by voting as
they do,-bHt this, painful rs it has
always been TO me, have thought
best to meet by candid argument and
by .%ell timed renOnstrance, and not
by Niolent denunciaton and vulgar
abuse, which when practiccd can on
1 ~ tend TO aggravate the evil To be
dislpyal to our Government, or to at
Tempt by force and arms to subvert
the will OF the people constitutionally
expressed is one OF the worst conceiv
able Grimes, and when the disloval
eleniont OF the country either south
or n@rth, choose again to take that
position, then be assured, shall be
among the first to turn out for the
defense OF the Government as | was
in 1851. Should the Democratic ell
emei9t IN our own midst, acting under
the lead OF desperate men, be worked
up to; such pitch Of fanaticism ana
folly rs to begin to assemble with
armspn their hands in the interest of
treason it would be but the signal for
their utter determination. | am 46
years; old, but no man should be ahead
Of me in this work There is no evi.
dence' to justify the belief that sin
gle one OF my prosecutors, would ever
put himself in so much peril.
am not aware that any portion of
| the Republican party here. or else
where, have taken the ground of non
intercourse, with those who differ with
them politically but so far as can
perce;Fe. there is mutual disposition
among the respectable portion OF both
parties, to treat their antagonists
with civility. A gentleman, is one
arh0 as careful not to unnecessarily
treSPd:5 upon the rights and feel
iagS oE another; and if | have here
toiore avoided some in the l2epub-
Lean ranks, and maintained friendly
relations with others, in the Demo-
cratic ranks it has been, because of
the absence of those qualities which
should characterize q gentleman in
the one, and their possession by the
! other, and not because of accomtant
or disvordant political or religious
opinions. In the spring OF 1864 at
the suggestion Of ID. T. Parker we or.
ganized here "1He Loya} Beneu0Icat
ASSocl0fton " for the purpose OF distrib
uting needed charity among the fam
lies Of absent soldiers and to the des
litute generally Several of our citi
zcns, wac had voted, and still vote
the Densocratic ticket joined it but
in order to do so, they had to sub
scribe tt the following declaration of
principles, being Article 4 Of its
Constitution Of which | am the aus
thor, viz:
ARTICLE " membership.
Section l. Any adult person may become = member
OF this Association, if male by paving to the Treasurer
open meeting to this Constitution and to the following
affirmation Il loyalty after the shall have been
read in IN" gearing Of all present, to wit:
thereby sElenniy affirm that viii ut all times and
under Al cirumstancs hoaor and obey the Constitu
ton ana Avs Of the United States. and Of the 81 to
Of Wisconsin That will to the extent o. my ability,
uphold the administration in vndic9tiug the honor aud
integrity Of he Union, against rebellion at home and
menace ab cad. That regard the rebellion which is
now desolatl1 large portion Of our land monster
crime not upv against tai' people mt against human
y and civil government everywhere which should be
put down :hout compromise and at ak hazards and
SO put down ana die authors of il punished II
ford wholesome example to all people for all time.
That l regar. those living within the loyal States who
sympalsc with this rebellion, who would sacrifice
the Union sustain The false doctrines which naugur-
ate it, a. Traors criminal at heart and more to
/ be despised t}ian rebels in arms.
Believing is to be the first duty Of good citizen to
uphold the supremacy Of the law, pledge myself not
only . be ofler loving and law abiding. hut tc exert
my influence ana power il need be- slppre,sing al
awess ANA rotous demonstrations in others, whenever
and for Whatever cause such conduct shall be manos
( ted.
rs this declaration and every part Of it. heraunto
subscribe in the most solemn manner and without
Sec . Any member wfully violating any of the
foregoing ID" iaratons, for other sufficient cause
be expelled ffom the Association resolution stating
the substance Of the comp lint, by OF thirds
oft membe,s voting thereon-provided said member
shall has been notified q the sud proposed action
Done at Bos.o,ei, Wis, Feb. I'D 1854
We candidl, submit that those
who volun tariIy, took this obiga-
ton upon themselves ought to have
some credit for quasi i0yalty at least.
1t embraced all Of the Republicans of
/ BoScobcl who chose not 30 join tn :
! L0Yai Le5gac because Of their gen
eral opposition to secret, oath bound,
political organizations and il happens
! that those Democrats with whom |
am accused Of tclIowship-aH beloRg-
/ I'd to the H. y. association.
We come now to the specific charg-
es, and firSt-as to boiling the nomi-
nation of Mr. Rice. ANA RAINING in
dependent, &c. This we admit, but
our justification is that the same Mr.
Rice had ninscit bolted from Rep.
caucus nswhich he was a defeated
candidate and accepted the nomina.
ton he desired at the hands ola reg
utar Dtm caucus, and was elected
upon a Dem. ticket. Tb2 itesoIu-
ton asserts that the nomination Of
Mr. Rico was made unanimous,
which i not true, Is my own vote
at least Was opposed to him.
2d ! am accused Of going into
Peoples Caucus for town officers ii
the Spring OF 1866 and being nomi
mated for Assessor therein. This IS
also true. lnt il must not be forgot
ten that th.s caucus was called prior
to the other and that ! was thvs
nom mated against my most persist
ent efforts TO the contrary. | take
il that the minority party has the
right to complain of such action if
any and II happened IN this case
notwithstanding that the Democrats
were in large majority in the meet