The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-09-18
FOR CONGRESS-:
j O S e II I'll VII A S !,
OF MANIToW(C.
A Republican Opinion of Sawyer.

A Republican Opinion of Sawyer.
The selection of the Republican candi-
date for Congress in this district was not
nearly so unanimous thing as the organs
of the party would have us believe. In
advocating the claims of Col. Bugh to the
nomination, previous to the meeting of the
convention, Capt. Augustus Haight, an
influential citizen of Oshkosh and promi.
nent. member of the Republican State Gen.
trail Committee, photographed Sawyer I'M
der strong light, as follows:
do you not know and is it not conceded,
without the fear of contradiction, that he
cannot write or speak a simple sentence Of
a dozen words correctly? He is unable to
write respectable and intelligent letter up
on ordinary business affairs. He has been
obliged to keep clerk all the time he is in
Washington, to write and answer his cores
pondence. 1t is as necessary for Mr.. Saw
yer to Ieep clerk to do his writing while
congress is In session, or not, as it is for a
blind man to have some one to lead and d.
rect him in his unfortunate blindness. Has
he any excuse for this except his stupid ig-
norance In spite ofexperience, which fur
nishes undoubted proof of his entire want
Of education, absolutely necessary to qualify
any man, who desires to represent the null
tiplied and important interest and wishes of
an enlightened and christian people in the
national legislature at Washington, is it
not truly ridiculous to present such q man
for denomination to congress
m 1.-The democrats have boldly, tauntingly
and truthfully flung this painful and morti-
lying accusation In our faces, that he did
not possess even an inferior common school
education. The republicans have stood
dumb, ashamed and reproached under this
humiliating and disgracefnl charge. Yet
these editors and others for pelf, shame>
lessly favor this ignorant man again for
congress, and scorn and defame the claims
and merits of an efficient, honest and disa-
bled soldier, who stood with his bosom fac
ing the deadly bullets Of the traitors of our
country, when Mr.. Sawyer was at home
making his thousands of dollars, and living
in uneducated luxury. The people have
every reason to suppose that this illiterate
man would respecthimself and his torbear.
ing constituents enough to retire to his SIM
pie numbering business, contented with the
unfading laurels he had won in Congress,
and pocket about $4,000 yearly salary,
drawn out OF the government treasury, for
the least services ever rendered by any pub.
lie man.
when we had consoled ourselves with
the sham idea and under specious delu-
sion. that it was a sort of military neces-
sity," that We had been obliged to endure
this nonsense so long under the name of re-
publicanism we are induced to support him
twice, and with the patience of Job we have
closed our eyes and Quilted our thoughts
and gladly suffered to pass in uncomplain.
ing silence. ~
This vain, foolish and ambitious man
and his paid sycophants, who crook the
pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift
may follow fawning," third time wants this
portant office, and in so many plain and
explicit terms, be and his friends want it
disposed of in the public market, to the
highest bidder, the same as he would buy .
raft of logs, and these miserable creatures
want the honest and intelligent republicans
to be a party, to sanction and ratify this
outrageous and contemplate swindle, and
cheating the faithful, tried and patriotic
defender of his country, out of this Office,
which he so richly and worthily merits.
AhS7S hoi plScS WIZ 0IV lCdStIuk 0uu 16t~
tening out of the public crib" resort to
ever subtiity and rascality that any trained
and experienced detectives might do, in
practicing any wrong upon an unsuspecting
and credulous people, in order to fasten
third time, this stupid man upon the pa
tiently suffering, but patriotic electors of
this district. Mr.. Sawyer has no right
In conscience to seek to retain . position
for which he is SO lily qualified, and for
which he he's only his wealth to reocom-
mend him.. IT he and his friends persist
in this uurighteous manner to procure his
nomination, an indignant and insulted peo>
pie will rebuke the wrong and consign him
20 the political shades"
Col. Bugh, Capt. Haight, and hundreds
of other intelligent Republicans in the
western portion of the district who think
as they do, will cas-: their votes for Joseph
Villas, and use their influence to aid in his
election.