The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-12-31
FOR U. S. SENATOR.

A prominent Republican paper takes
exceptions to our remarks on this subject
in late issue of the TRIBUNE, and COM
ments in the following highly interesting
strain:
"Why don't you trot out your "good
and wise man?' That is the kind of
man Wisconsin wants. Show him to us.
We know, that Carpenter, as wise man,
stands 'head and shoulders above any
man in the State. If he is not good
tell us plainly wherein, or stop your non
sense. At any rate, do,t foul yourselfby
asking a dissolute and dishonest man for
Why DON tive "trot OUT our good
and wise man? because we have not been
in public life long enough to judge, even
to our own satisfaction, who Is the best or
wisest man for the position, though we
are fully persuaded it is not Matt Car
pentel. We knew Mr. G.. dozen years
ago, and we knew SO much of him then
that we do not wish to see him Senator.
And why? Because the man who gets
the position holds it for six years. AS
Attorney General Mr.. c., being "a bril-
liant lawyer would undoubtedly fill the
position with credit" so far as ability IS
concerned. We think we expressed this
idea once before clearly enough for all
save those who wish to twist it to suit
themselves. As Atty. General if he did
not conduct himself properly he could be
removed-not so as Senator; those who
make cannot unmake The effort was
tried with Mr.. Doolittle but it proved a
signal failure. We would suggest to our
neighbor that he assumes to know con-
siderable when he says as a wise man
Mr.. c. Stands head and shoulders above
any man in the State" He is unques-
tionably a great orator and sharp lawyer
but wisdom is another thing. 1t one half
the stories concerning Mr.. Cs., immor-
ality are true, his scise}ona is of different
charcter from that of the ''wisest man
that ever lived But be they true or
false fce know sufficient of Mr. Cs
private character to cause US to prefer
am of the proposed candidates for Sena-
tor to him.
Something having been said about the
integrity of Mr. G, let us see if his acts
can be considered strictly honest. Mr.
c. promised to speak during the late can
yass in quite number of places in this
district and it was published that he
would speak at this place, but fading
that We ordinarily elected no Assembly
men he did not come here, but made a
new list without consulting the Central
Committee, and every county he spoke
in was strongly Republican. 1t is plain
to see his object, viz: to get votes in the
Legislature. Was that honest? If he
had the interests of the party at heart,
why did he not 60 where he could talk to
Democrats
And it is claimed that Mr. c., has been
a Republican ever since the war broke
QUITS that so? As late as 1864 he sal!
he was not Republican, in letter -
the Milwaukee Sentinel And if be is such
a stanch radical why do the democratic
papers support him SO earnestly? Why
are the Chicago Times and Mil. Ne,os so
anxious for his election. But then,
whatever his politics now, we think that
those who have been Republicans because
they believed in Republican principles,
and supported those principles while
Matt Carpenter still sustained pro
slavery party in everything except its at
tempt to overthrow the government, -e
think such men, if not quite so brilliant
deserve to be rewarded by the party which
they have struggled SO long to sustain.