The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-08-10
OUR TICKET.

The nominations of the Union Con-
ventons opens the campaign of 81. The
ticket meets with our hearty endorsal,
and placing it at the head of these col
umns, we do it with an honest pride in
the ftly chosen standard bearers of the
Union party, answering faith in the
righteousness of our cause, and firm
belief that on the first Monday of Sep
tember, it will be triumphantly elected.
The Union party of Montana goes into
this contest under the most cheering
auspices. They are united and enthusi-
astic, their opponents divided and crest
fallen. Republicanism represents 10y
atty, liberty, law and principle; Dem
ocracy, disloyal faction, disorderly ele-
ments, repudiation and contention. The
former commends itself to every man in
Montana as alive to the interests and
welfare of the people; the latter, to its
shame be it spoken, ignores all consider
ations except hostility to the government
and, 50 it's candidate should draw his
mileage, the people might bear the bur
dens OF an isolated region in time to
come as it has in time past, without an
effort or hope on their part to secure
any measures to increase postal facilities
or communication with the sea-board
This one act alone, this ignoring of all
material enterprises, the real and only
vital issues that properly come up in the
territories, and presenting their claims
for support in a platform that would be
no credit, even in point of construction,
to second reader class in country
school, is enough in itself to disgust any
intelligent man with that miserable bur-
lesque, misnamed Democracy, which has
for four years controlled this territory,
and represented, or claimed to represent
it, in Congress. We have heretofore ad-
verted to the relative merits of the oppo-
sing candidates for Delegate, and com
mend as a test of the cutting qualities
of the two diamonds the correspondence
in another column. In Madison, the
candidate for Council, Captain Henry N.
Blake, is lawyer of ability, fully COM
petent to discharge the duties of mem
ber of that body. Combining those rare
essentials, ability, industry and strictly
| temperate habits, having earned the sup
port of every Union man in the county
by three years active service in the war
tor the Union, and having knowledge
of the defects of existing statutes from
practice in the courts, his nomination
will meet with approval and command
the full strength of the ticket The can
didates for Assembly, Messrs. Fish, Egel.
ston and Irwin, are each men of marked
ability, representing the interests of diff
ferent sections of the county, unswerving
Union men, but who will command all
the Republican strength and large vote
from the ranks of the Democracy Judge
Stafford, the candidate for District Attor-
ney, is, probably, with one exception, the
best known man on the ticket, and his
deserved popularity and eminent quail
fications will as assuredly elect him as
the sun rises on September Cd. Nat. j.
Davis needs no introduction to the peo-
pie of Montana. One of her earliest set
tiers, q champion of the Union party
through all, and thoroughly identified
with the interests of the county, where
he has his home and fortune. the people
know he is the best man for the place
and they will elect him. The candidate
for Sheriff, Mr.. McCranor, is another of
the first settlers of Montana, having come
to Alder Gulch soon after its discovery
His character is unblemished, man of
integrity, culture and all estimable quail
tiles and no further proof of his popu-
larity is needed than the assurances of
many Democrats that the Summit pre-
cinct, where he resides, ever lsrgely
Democratic, will give him two hundred
and seventy-five of a majority. These
are the principal candidates presented to
the people of Madison for their suffrages
They are well known, and without ex-
ception are entitled by the strongest
considerations to the full support of the
party, while their superior claims tG the
positions they aspire to will make fear
full inroads in the sadly disorganized
ranks of Democracy. 1t is the strongest
ticket ever offered the people of Madison
county by any party, and its success is
already assured.