The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-11-01
Republican Honesty and Consistency

The Republican Legislature enacted what
the Republican journals call and defend as
a law, which arraigned, tried, and convicted
as criminals, all persons who were reported
as deserters, and condemned them to suffer
one of the severest penalties that can be
ficted upon On American citizeI--that
of disfranchisement. Good men. sensible
men, who believe in the Constitution, and
would strictly adhere to all its provisions.
especially that which protects the rights of
persons, among which is the one that Sc
cures to the person charged with crime un-
der the law or Constitution the right of
trial by jury in open court, will ever op-
pose every attempt of legislative power to
interfere with or take away such rights as
heretofore have been regarded sacred and
invio!able.
Persons who entered into the service of
the United States became subject to all the
rules and regulations of that service, and
liable to punishment under the laws of
Congress for any violation thereof. If
soldier was guilty of an offence punishable
with death. on being arrested was duly
tried, and on conviction was shot. 1t was
never customary on arresting soldier on
the charge of desertion, to shoot him first
and try him afterwards 1t was left to the
wisdom of a Wisconsin Republican Legis-
lature TO conceive the brilliant idea of first
shooting the person charged with an Of
fence and trying him afterwards.
All persons reported as having deserted
from the military service of the United
States, are by law of our State legisla ton.
outside of the Constitution, condemned as
guilty of the offence, and deprived of the
right to vote or hold ofIice-an ignominious
punishment, truly
More than $4,000 voters of the State of
Wisconsin have been thus condemned as
disoval to their Government in the de,
sertion Of its flag in the hour of peril, and
among the number we note one who has
been honored with a nomination in the
Third District of this county, by the same
Republican party for the Office of Super
visor
IF the Democratic party had nominated
such a person for Office the Republican
press would have gone into convulsions,
ard uttered its agon1zed bowls over the
violated law-would have denounced the
candidate as beng traitor, a copperhcad
and ineligible to Office But how is it when
the Republican OK is gored? How is it
with the Republican candidate for Super
visor--EvERsoN
Oh these loyal republicans, who will do
anything to promote the cause Of the par
ty. damn the expense to the people or the
country, will tell US he is our candidate not
yours, (wherein, to them, lies the differ
ence) it makes no difference if he did de.
sert the armv-that he ran away
That he might live
| To fight another day.
He docs live. anu is now fighting va'iantlv
in the cause of our party by voting to carry
on the war to crush out the rebeious srir-
its in the Southern States by a. ficaniziag
their Govcrnments
Yes, their candidate is truly loyal Cause
nhy, be votes the republican ticket. IF
their candidate shall offer to vote in viola
tion of the law of his own party, Demo-
Gratis will not object, and in the event he
should get votes enough, the Democrats
will not object to his hoIding the office,
though the law of his party declares he is
ineligible, and though they know that were
he Democrat the republicans would saw
Shall he be allowed to vote? No! Shall
he be permitted to hold office No! He's
ID sneak He's nusilanimous squirt!
He is one .Sdcre .SkedndWert
| Let the wolf howl Democrats will stand
by the Constitution and say TO Mr. EVER
SON: Sir, eyou arc reported at republican
head quarters as having shown the chtte
feather, and run away when called upon to
fight to give freedom to the Southern
niggers, yet, as you have not been tried and
convicted of an offence under any constitu-
tional law of the country, you have the
right TO vote and mold Office, but as you are
now fighting to tax the people of the North,
to carry on war and support a standing
army at the South, for the purpose of put
ting republican ballots into the hands of
niggers to keep your party in power the
people in your District will try Won at the
polls, next Tuesday, and condemn ysu to
stay at home!
ass- IF Messrs WHITE and RICHTER.
candidates on the republican ticket. succeed
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