Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-01
The Senatorial Issue--Carpenter.


tried and trustworthy republican,
Some of the grounds of the Witness
are we'll taken, but it will not do to
draw rules of the kind and call them
unerring. Doolittle is but an instance
in a hundred of infdelity to the re-
publican party on the part OF those
who had been free soil democrats
Carpenter exhibits none of the parts
ola Judas, but all the parts of a
most reliable radical republican,
Very true, he did not enter the army
rs did Gen. Grant, Gen. Logan Gen
Butler, Gov. Fairchild, and host of
Others but then even army service
is not an unerring test Of loyalty
There are civilians from the demo-
cratic ranks known to be as true to
the union as the veriest old radicals
Apostates are found everywhere be-
traying the church, the state and the
party-but such were devils from the
beginning. We do not look upon
those who leave the democratic par
ty as apostates, because we all feel
il our souls that patriotism and hon>
eaty demand such change. But
when men betray the republican par
ly we look upon them as Iscairots.
Even democrats mistrust and despise
their Johnsons ard Doolittlcs
Something, we think great deal
should be credited to Carpenter fo'
his ability as lawyer and orator -
As such he ranks along with Webster,
Clay, Calhoun Stanton and Gran,
made choice Of Carpenter over ali
others to defend them in the celebra
ted McCardle sult, which case lnvolv
e4 tot only The reconstruction law
of Con sress Dut the question Of hu
ni4u ilsp,- ia ~ broadcast means ala
rxf,n~ Fha, case involved ~.
only no prcscnl Issues Of the repub
lican party, but what are liable L
become issuea for an age. In hi
Two days argument before the Z. S
Supreme Court IN defense of the mil
ilarv powers and acts ofStantOn and
Grant, alleged TO be tylranical ard
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, be arose above the
mere lawyer and orator, and main
tanned principles that might seem TO
hazard his case by extreme plainnesS
of advice to the Supreme Court ad>
yico at once filed with warning and
b0!dness. reminding one Of Luther's
anpeal before the Diet at Worms, or
Of Puul's defense before Festus, caus-
ing The latter 10 tremble 81 reed,
and almost persuading him TO come
dowp from tho throne. Never be-
fore had such plain words been spok
cn before that body Of boosted con
servatives said Carpenter:
"This court has been reminded
from the irst that it is the great
conservative power Of the country,
whose duty is to hold the other de-
partments from rushing at each 9TH
err az planets without any law Of
gravitatior, 10 hopeless and head
long rum! This adulation Of the
Supreme court has been carried to
excess. You, gentlemen, like the
apostles Of our Lord, are men OF pas.
sion and inirmity. On behalf the
people / warn youethat 3 higher
power exists than the courts that
power is over thirty millions Of peo-
pie already damned too much by con>
servatiye courts. There still lives a
Saul in the multitude, yea, many
Sauls, who fear not the king, but
stand up and say, Thou art tho man.
1t was tho courts that aimed from
the first TO so consefvate the South as
10 make them feel innocent "a lambs
while blood was upon their garments
and treason in their hearts. 1t was
the courts that held Mississippi AZ
innocent as Massachusetts, and it
was the courts that buried deep ev-
cry radical and right in the Constitu-
ton beneath mountain Of conssrva
tive sophistry. / will concede that
t4is court is q very grave body, but
/. does not furnish the laws Of grav-
itation either To the material uni
verse or to our political system.
This was the first time that any
lawyer had stood up aud boldly pro-
claimed radical faith, and reprcsen>
ted radical people against a cOnser-
yative court, that court the u. S
Supreme Court. In other parts Of
his speech he challenged the entire
conservative codes Of the Federal
judiciary. virtually, with GahrieI's
horn. calling upon old Chief Justice
fancy with his Dred Scott iniamy.
The e0drj however stood it hravely
All a ia close hi- MightineSs. Jus
.ice ,irl,r, with his constellation OF
conservative FOSSILS camo down and
CONG limented Carpenter tor MS sue
cess upon the new radical line. That
was the earthquake which shook
out OF the u. ). SUI
prems Court, and made il a radical
body-iust as radical as either Con
gress or The forthcoming executive
Mr.. Carpenter possesses therefore
national fame as radical, a fame
which il strikes as 20 futurs. policy
could induce him 10 abandon. In no
other direction is there ray ofhope
10 aliare q msB 81 Carpenters aspin
R1ions BY nature radical, IN whom
there appeara ~ AZ element 20 fer
ti!ize aud warm into life the least
conservative germ, he Is an aachor
and rock Of the republican party.
Ii has not been our Intention to
part 10 this senatorial question
sud n must not bs understood that
We are expressing choice IS beN
tween any OF the candidates promi'
uentIy named Oar sole intention Is
10 defend Mr. Carpenter from the
charge Of future liability to aposts-
tize from -adicalsm Il is unjust TO
class him with Do0little in any par
ticular, especially az q politician
This is the frst of Carpenters APP
poSraneo rs 4 candidate for office
aud up to the iinie Of the war be
was uniform democrat. poolittle
has belonged TO and abandoned eve-
opt foO4.c. - tba