East Saginaw courier., 1866-08-16

enect OF no, Is certainty no coIrn
Of ours.
Who Shall be the Republican Mini
nee for GovornorP
The Office Of Governor was cIRaed
for the benefit of the people OF Ihe
State, and not for that of any patc-
ular individual. If the election Of ny
man to that office will contribut in
the highest degroo to the public Cpd,
he should be elected; otherwiseDt.
If this position be true, and it SEEMS
impossible successfully to contradict il,
then. tho argument in favor of fllov-
ing what is called "party usageY aud
giving Governor Crapo a seconf term
Of Office, falls to the ground. AZ bis
reelection will contribute mop to the
prosperity of Michigan thaffhe elec-
ton of some other man, ,hen he
should DO re-elected; if los, then
some other man, whoever he nay be,
should tako his place. No ono ispore
ready to act upon this principle Rccn-
dueting his own business thai Ae
Governor himself. lie "uses" q mn
as long as he finds it profitable toto
so, and then dismisses him withbt
being too particular to inquire wheh.
or he viii thereby hurt his employSs
reputation or not. - Il
Having thus shown that Gover1l
Crapo and his friends ought not to ..
mand his denomination by the y
publican party, and his reelection b
the people, on the ground of his mel
alone, it remains to be seen wheth,
there is anything in his character
requirements which would render Il
interests Of Michigan unsafe in b
hands. Ore of his strongest nat,r
traits, a craving after more and MOI
money and property, found early d
velopemcnt among the rocky fields
Massachusetts,, and has since bee
constantly strengthened, until now
has become an absorbing passion, an
he is actually troubled by the loss
a pin. To this love Of gain for hin
self and those Of his eastern friens
who intrust the management of the
property to him, everything else, eve
his desire for political advancement
has to bend. During his presel
term he has on all ordinary occasion
worked earnestly for the public goo
An opportunity, however, occurr(
during the early part of his admin
tration, to benefit the Flint and Ilol
Railroad, owned principally by hin
self and New Bedford .ea.o;i ioi,antac
OF it, even at the expense of the poel
cts Of the inhabitants of Saginaw an
Genesee counties. No sane man b,
lieves that without his influence, ii
Legislature would have passed a la
allowing roads not over twenty-f,
miles in length (the Flint and Holl
Railroad is not twenty-five miles Ions
four cents per mile for each passer
ger" Thus through his influence
wealthy corporation, has got posses
sion Of one Of the most profitabl
routes in tho State, and has boon a
lowed in addition, the privilege {
charging one-third more fare tha
otherroads. Had its owners been som
poor "swamp-land angels 4" or Stat
Prison convicts, without influence, In
stead of himself and his Easter
friends, they might have pctitione
till docmsday without enlisting hi
sympathies in their behalf. He woul
have turned a deaf ear to all their re
quests and looked only to the publ
good.
IF the delegations to the Republi
can Convention from Saginaw an,
Genesee counties, conclude to vote 70
the nomination of Governor Crapo,
is to be hoped that they will demand
a pledge from his Excellency, if
should be possible to obtain one, tha
he would do all in his power 10 repea
the law granting to tho Flint ant
Holly Railroad third more than :,
other routes for carrying passengers.
A REPUBLICAN.