Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-01
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Inconsistency Wrong and Rottenness-
What is to be Done about IT'D

OhS i~oheoS hiaSScS VI Tue epuDllcan
party, that the party in Grant Coun
~ Is ridden, booted aud spurred by /
Il set OF political adventures pure> /
~ for their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
we have no doubt but that said con- |
vention, and the primary meetings
connected Herewith in some instan>
ces, abundantly supplied that evil
dence.
One thing is most glaringly appa>
rent, viz: That there is at present
no SpohtdaeouSness coming from the
mass of the people in the choice of
candidates for political honors; but
trickery, barter aad sale, ana most
barefaced impudence ruled The hour
The game of primary polite, reminds
one OF game OF cut threat poker,
played by desperate gamblers, in
which the loser is as likely to sweep
the stakes off the board AMI pocket
them, as TO submit to the ,ss The
stakes on our board thus gambled
away, are our political prin ,iples, as
dear to US as Heaven. Th are our
honor, our interest, and il fact our
all; yet, some of is are Opposed to
look with indffe ence on TIC game,
and to acquiesce III the result without
a question.
Dropping ali metaphor, and CONS
ing right at the living issu -, we af>
firm that sponta seousness mong the
people in the che ice Of all )litical Of
tcers, is the very key stone )fou .,e-
publican institut ms, and i, w would
make the repub can party what it
desli es to bc-a pure and honorable
one-we must return to the practice
of our fathers, and insist upon this
spontaneous action rs Il rule govern
ing all primary matters. Whoever is
found amongst US seeking to tamper
with or misdirect public sentiment;
or attempting to badger and control
the primary meetings with view to
elevate himself into places within our
gift; and whoever is found forming
combinations with others, making the
offices which they mutually covet,
their stock in trade, he is an unclean
thing, and not worthy ofus. Let
him at once be cast out from among
US, beyond the gates, TO nurse his
ambition among the lepers.
| The Convention OF the llth of Sep
TENDER seems to have violated the
cardinal principles OF the party in ev>
cry ono of its essential acts. This is
grave charge, let us see if it can
! h..
festations of honor to ali worthy sol,
diers who fought for the Urion in the
late war, is our most loudly proclaim>
ed sentiment yet, in the organization
of that body, and in the several COM
mittees raised by il. We fail to discov,
er the name Of soldier. The chair
man OF the County Central Commit
tee but recently gave in his adhesion
to the party; and, what Is worse, an
| other member is one who only year
since bolted the nomination of a brave
and eminently worthy soldier, who
was nominated for the Assembly, and
by intrigue with the enemy secured
his own election to that place. Plac
! ing him upon that Committee was
not only an insult to that soldier, but
it was q reward for party treachery.
In the ballotings for Senator, not
withstanding there are several SOL
diero in the County, who have been
/ long residents Of 1t, who. rived thro'
| the war with distinction, AID reflect
ed honor upon tne County, the names
Of civilians alone appear, and the
choice falls upon one who but recent
| ~ came amongst us; WHO left his
home during the war, possibly under
impending drafts and who, upon his
advent here, psrtaking q the pres
vailing fear ofreDel bullet, was one
Of the foremost and loude~, for rails
ing bounties By taXatioi, one too,
who has manag -! to hole an impor
tant Office durin- the mos Of his brief
stay amongst Us -orlginal y displac-
ing a brave soldier
This is not ali, in the selection of
a candidate to take charge If our edu-
cational interest $ that con ention dis.
placed aoound / soldier, Of age, eX-
perience and ample qualifications,
and conferred til honor up IN a young
man who, durin1 the war state the
case mildly wls not an aco'ood Re
publican, and certainly no soldier;
and whose qualifications, to say the
least that can be eaid, are not superb
or to the present incumbent.
Now, the question occurs, how was
all this brought about? That it was
not The deliberate expression of the
pure minded and patriotic masses Of
the party, is beyond question. Then,
how in the name of God was it done?
and who is responsible forit? | have
some conceptions, based upon my OBJ,
ser" atoms in other cases, of the 3 y
inuendoes, the open assaults, the of.
teDsive and defensive treaties and al
liances, and the various other appli-
ances made use of, but do not care
at present TO unveil them. Let oth>
ers, more specifically informed speak,
for this is no time for concealment.
We owe it to ourselves, and to the
party that we love, to wash our hands
in the presence of the whole people,
OF the uncleanness thus put upon
them. VINDEX.
reE-A curious aud important case
has been before the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts, involving the right
of the majority of a congregation to
dissolve an ecclesiastical corporation
an divide its property. The question
was raised in regard to the New
South Church, in Boston, which was
built about hundred and fifty years
ago, by an association, for religious
worship. The Court unanimously |
decided that such an association was
a corporation holding property fol
special purposes, in which the inter-
est OF the members is limited to The
carrying out of these purposes. The
ownership in such cases can neither
be alienated nor abandoned. The
anplicatinn xyas r.,f,1sa1