Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
Mass County Convention at Lancaster, on
Tuesday, October Is.

Last week we published an unsign-
ed call for Mass County Convention
to be held atLancaster the 10Th Of Oc>
tober--by whom gotten up we know
not. Such call has since been nu-
merouslv signed in some of the towns,
and not so generally signed in some
OF the others. Whether enough names
are enrolled to warrant the holding
OF such mass convention we know
not, nor have We the least nowledge
OF the intentions, except what is ex-
pressed in the call, inasmuch as we arc
known to not favor such mass cons
vcntion as a means OF correcting the
blunders OF the late County Republi-
can Convention.
We cannot see any remedy III the
proposed action by an assembling of
she masses. Great harm NAV be
done in case of injudicious action
And, considering that boiling the &C.
ton OF a regular convention is always
a dangerous resort, in more ways
than one, we earnestly deprecato this
movement y
1t is very true, there should be
some action taken TO express disap-
probation of the action of said late
County Republican Convention.
Very well-the newspapers of the
county have expressed and will con,
tinue TO express the public disappro
baton. Persons may express their
minds freely through any of the
county papers, and il is the right Of
any man not to vote at all or even to
vote Tor an independent candidate in
view Of expressing his dissent from
wrong
But, SO long as we adhere to party
usage in holding caucusses and con
yentions, we cannot afford to resort
to such for overturning party usage.
Should we loose confidence in refom
atory measures, and year after year
such offences be given, in such
cases we should take to organized re-
sistance as u remedy. We acknowl-
edge the otfense was extreme in putt
ting a chief worker otiniquity at the
head of the Republican party. Hun
dreds OF the best Republicans in
Grant County fail to see any fitness n
his installation as chiefofthe Republi.
can party, because they think he
cannot fail to run it down to perdition.
But still, we think better to let
things run under protest, and await q
day ofreckoning. Next year things
may be righted in a measure and the
year after all be put back upon u
footing satisfactory to the people =
and be done all in a legal way.
In the meantime, let each and ev,
cry aggrieved Republican do his duty
at the polls. These incidental differ.
ences must come at times and ought
to come for the party publication.
NoTE.-Since writing the above
we learn from prominent citizen
and leader in getting up the call for a
County Mass Convention, that we
mistake the objects in spirit and aim.
He says; "The intention positively
is to not order or sanction an organ
lied split of the Republican party, but,
ifpossible, to heal the party ditferen,
ces by such action and pledges for the
future as shall lead to certain correc-
tons. The proposed mass meeting
is to be a gathering Of the people for
supervising the action of their ser
wants, the delegates to the other con-
vention, and possibly for amending
them in some way 50 as to give bet
ter satisfaction"
Very well, if such be the designs,
we cannot see that any objections
can be raised to this proposed County
Mass Convention. If no harm is to
be done and the differences healed
we shall be glad, SO will all be glad,
that the masses are to come up and
do such work. And if such good
work can be done we shall be glad to
drop the past and begin anew May
God direct the right!