Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-29
Mr.. N. <. Young on the Situation.

18th, and INDUCED in structures upon
words there used by me, it Is proba~
bly, due to the public and myself. ii
not to Mr.. Hazelton, to state why |
attended said convention, aud why /
used the language he did me the hou.
or to quote,
Granting what none dispute, that
the late Delegate County Convention
was composed largely of our best
Republicans, let us see what it did to
lnculcate obedience to its acts, or to
claim the endorsement of the Re-
publican party, either morally or
technically: To begin with, it plac-
ed upon the committee on credentials,
an adventurous disorganizer, who. TO
state his offences with gracious mild
ness, bolted the regular nomination
tor Assemblyman last year, ran as an
independent candidate against "a re-
turned soldier, and who owed his cleo.
ton to Democratic votes, not only
last year, bu. also in 90. Again,
SAID committee on credentials, re-
ported as entitled to seats, men re-
puted to be Democrats, and men
whom | know to be boilers. From
no less authority than j. w. Seaton,
OF Potosi, Mr. Davis and Mr.. Hubs
bard are reported to be Democrats.
| know personally that the whole del.
egation from Glen Haven were bolt,
ers last year. Now, if the good men
of that convention allowed them
selves to be brought down to the lev
ell of democrats and boilers in its or
ganization, have they any right to
claim obedience from the party p
Even in good acts could they bind
the party? lfso, will any one claim
further; that either the good Repub.
leans, or, in their turn, and to the
extent of their influence in the con
vention, the Democrats and boilers
thereof have the right to bind the
party in evil acts
1t is plain, certainly, to any one,
that the moment the convention toll
Grated the appointment of A. A. Ben
nett upon the committee on creden-
tials, it released every Republican of
the county from party rule, in regard
to its own acts because, in doing so
it recognized and encouraged insub-
ordination and contempt for party
discipline. A convention, mainly
of soud Republicans, thus be.
trayed, Inundated and degraded in
its organization, could only maintain
its self respect and enforce the re-
spect of the party which it convened
to represent by subsequent delibera>
tons, strongly marked with redeem~
ing elements of faithfulness to party.
Did it do it? Was it done in tie Sc
lection of candidates Is either Mr..
Hazelton or Mr. Brooks the choice
ideal Of such deliberative effort?
pretend to know Mr.. Hazelton only
as gentleman offne oratorical pow>
ers,. loaded down with nervous solic>
itude for office, which, his holding
one office while he helps to prosti-
tute his party to obtain another,
makes as patent to the world now,
as certain unwritten history some
time ago made it visible to me. If to
this has to be added that sordid av-
arice and want of moral force with
which his more intimate acquaint-
ances charge him, and which has
probably led better men to place a
price upon every thing, may the Al
mighty help him, in maturer years to
cultivate more harmonious points of
congeniality with the spirit of Re
publican favor in Grant county,
Did the convention restore itself to
the confidence of the party in nom
mating Mr.. Brooks D.? Were there
any party pledges to the defenders
of our government repudiated in that
nomination If then, in the nomina-
ton of candidates, the convention
failed to retrieve the character Of its
organization and manifest genuine
devotion to the Republican party,
where did it do it? Was it done in
the appointment of the Chairman of
the Central Committee? And perth
nent to this it may be asked why not
the appointment of Nelson, instead
of w. 2. Dewey. Not a few candid
Republicans would have relished it
better. Nor is it surprising that
they should. Plain minded people
detest the indecency as well as the
fraud of shallow receptions. Moth
ing but the seeming accidental abb
sence Of the Governor and his failure
to move the appointment Of the COM
mittee need exclude him from the
parliamentary Lao" of the case
The harmony and beauty Of the rec-
ord might have been promoted in his
absence, had such motion come
from Mr.. Davis or Mr.. Hubbard !;
but the real state Of facts, in relation
to the Republican party, would not
have been altered under the rule of
the presiding genius of the hour
This stage Of the proceedings needed
only the climax of placing A. A. Ben
nett also on the Central Committee,
as second mark of favor and conf
dence in unprincipled disorganizers.
These things-and others not allud>
ed to-having been done in the name
of the Republican party, and feeling
that their tendency and character,
not only invited but demanded an
expression of disapprobation, if not
measures of remedy by the Repuhli-
can masses, [ signed the call for a
Mass Convention. In attending said
convention composed of tens where
| felt as though it should be hundreds
| was called to the chair. | felt
proud of the call-the more so for
the slight attendance, demanding the
more heroism in those present to Of
fera solution Of the grievious problem.
| expressed myself proud of being
called on to preside over a body OF
such men assembled for such pur-
pose. And, although this expires,
sion did not commit me to what
might be done, | take now the ops
portunity to appreciate all the main
features of its work as the only