Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-15
The Boscobel Appeals ErTors-Banks
and County Division.


The appeal errs in it's we'll written
column OF disoonteDts in reply TO our
charge OF last week--errs 10 some of
it's assumptions as well as OF its
statements claimed to be facts. The
editor assumes that we have some
one posted at Boscobel who aids us
with the raw material required for
weaving our articles, and who also
acts as Herald correspondent.
There are several friendly gentlemen
at Boscobel and in that part of the
county who occasionally lend US
thier aid as correspondents aud as
letter writer's OF public and private
information. Such are voluntary
contribution aud mean thereby to
be useful TO the public. 1t IS their
duty and right to be thus useful and
such are to be found in all par Of
comfy who render the like occa-
sional service to the public, using the
Herald as their medium. We do not
know but presume the appeal has
such assistance from neighbOring
towns. Ifnot it must fail in being
generally useful, for any paper not
thus supported must fall short of
deserving usefulness, 1t is the priv
ilege of every editor to use such or
any other lawful means Of supports
ing his paper. And so long as the
like does not descend to meddling
with the private affairs of men, or
making public report of what should
be regarded as private, no one has
any right TO complain Of the exer-
else ofth;s editorial right and duty.
Butt so happens that in our article
Of last week relating to the Appeat
we used no item OF information de,
rived from any letter written at Boss
cobel or anywhere else. Perhaps it
SO happens that our Boscobel cor
respondents rather agree with the
Unreal upon the issues at present
being discussed.
The appeal processes to not 50
much object to tt Q large vote against
the BoscobeI .SQujngs Bank, as the
manner in which the question was
treated at Lancaster" the use Of
Unfair and false reasons 10 reach an
end they hal perfect right to reaeh
,ctho0t them"
Now the Appeai editor knows very
well that when men set about oppo-
sing anything, especially at the bali
lot box, they are the judges OF the
means and reasons to be used to cars
nv their point And when tho day
Of election ends the dead bury the
dead, and the idea of thereafter fore
ING resurrection ia view of investi
eating the means of death and pun
jshiug the instruments is sheer non
sense. OF course the means and rea-
aous used for and against said Bank
10 carry votes either way ut the Bos
cobe election were just such as tho
leaders and people on both sides saw
lii 10 invent and use And We feel
quito sure chat tor invention Of
means and reasons, sound and uu-
sound, our Bo5c0bel friends would
any day be able and willing to run
tilt with Lancaster men. The Bank
was beaten by fair means, and by
foul resorts we presume, as the case
usually is in election issues, and the
Unreal editor knows it As to the
Lancas err men who voted against
the Bank, we shall assume that they
resortcd to The usual anti- bank ar
guments and sophistries. But We do
not believe they voted "no from
any sectional motive, nor from any
intent to give otfense to persons.
The Appeal, after its bold advance
aud leader, threatening division Of
the county because Lancaster used
unfair and false reasons, and vo-
led against bank charter at Bosco~
bel, tppears this week with dropping
colors upon that issue-rep eating
however Its former threat in the fol-
lowing words
1t, the Herald, had better inform
its correspondent that Boscobels
bes. interests, like those Of Lancas>
ter, are in united county, and adj
wise him not to push that question
so spltefuly now. Do not drive US.
There are many strong arguments
in favor of county withlts business
center at Bosoobel We do not seek
;hat issue, nor shall We force its dis.
cussion.
We presume the IOpeal has since
learned that it opened the county
division issue prematurelv, or before
the terms are fully fixed up "a to the
apportionment OF territory transfer Of
the towns OF Millville and Wyalusing
10 Crawford, in exchange for certain
towns of Crawford TO be attached 10
the new county Of Boscobel and
other terms and compa IS, The
over anxious Appsal allowed its fa
vorite steed to startsotf prematurely
and hazard if not smash its sauce
The division Ring of disappointed Of
hcials should submit their new or
Gan to better training than to thus
caper and cantor off without orders.
10 the great damage of a cause en-
deared in the hearts OF disappointed
hosts.
Tue Appeal is assured that we en-
icrtain no personal jill will toward
any Boscobol interest or person in
,nat town, and the editor is assured
of continuous friendship on our part.
We distinguish between the editor
and his editorials, and cannot per
nit the use st the Hsruid fer defa
ming the man or his motives. His
editorials are taken and treated by
MS as the expression of his party or
faction. AS we understand it, such
tie present editorial practice in
general use
NE.sAeE-We ask TO be excused
from publishing President Johnson's
last Message. 1t is lengthy. and the