, 1869-01-23
WISCONSIN, SEWAIORSHIP.

Il rpeeth Of Hon. Matt Il Carpenter he!oro tho
nsmters ot ths Wisconsin Lezis.atasswaa teared
IN rezettcR u. We publish 1t nov ~ enhoayinx
ta Vi ~, upon several important questions, Of
she ~ ustnK els ct tron that statt1;
From ont Own Correspondent.
MADISON, Jan. 19. 1859.
a striking episode il the Senatorial con-
test was the ehow Of candidates last night.
It an eaflr hour the Assembly Chamber vas
filed with members OF the Legislature, a
brilliant arr1y Of ladies, and large number
OF citizens and strar gcts, closely filing the
l,ody OF the chamber, lacking the capacions
galleries and standing packed In the lobpies
std usually vacant space about the speaker's
chair, The crowd drawn together with the an
sicspation Of = forensic display, the like Of
which had certainly never been Witnessed
here CT elsewhere, In response to request
from members Of tho Legislature to the csu-
dldates for United Ststes senator 10 address
them on the political and financial issues OF
the dag.
The Assembly met, pursuant to ady,utn-
ment; a. O'Clock, but motion was i1nmedl-
a,ely ca1rleil 10 adjourn over till tho next
csy. a lew minutes elApse.. The aour for
performances 10 commence had not arrived.
but the audience WIS already on baau, r.por-
ters, With shaspened pe1c1ls, ready,
md TO, after the lapsc Of = fea
minutes, Speaker Thomson called
the asscmhlage to order, and announced sha
hg order; Hessrs. Carpenter, Washburu,
SaloDou, Rublec and Waldo. each 10 be lin.
!ted TO an hour, rhereat there MAS laughter.
foE II All Improved their time the uee1iur
would not be out til after midnight.
Mf. Carpcnte1 WAS drst announced. and
with paper In big hand containll q feH mem
orAt da be took hts stand on the 'fiopr In front
Of the Clcrk's desk. q iutltized. broad-ahpul- :
defed, Ilrg.headed man with 4 refreshing
hea; ttnees and bonhomte OF mauu. +, and was
received with loud and prolonged applause,
lie commenced by saying that IN his twenty
5ease o. public speaking he bad never beeu
30 mncb embarrassed AZ now, for, though le
| haa defended III sorts Of persoEa, charged
with all sorts OF crimes, he lad never nci,re
undeEt. ken to defeld himself and thorsa he
h1d advocated meu's election to all kiuds uf
olhces, ho had never been candidate him-
skii; aat;.,t ae nad been CHARGED With want OF
nde!1ty to the principles OF the party to ~hicu
he Claimed to 6clotg. aod should feel obliged
70 discuss the financial and political uesIi Jns
oI II dhT u manner personal to hiu,elf
! to vind,cate himself. iIIs mere defeat would
be nu calaui,y but Il It vas on the grou1d
that be Wns branded US political by ypocrlke,
tbat hc was nut good enough Repu 1llcap,
be should feel Us II no respectable c3ucourse OF
! Republicans would ever care to Listen 10 him.
aud should be reduced to silent y.tes. uc
| snuf ht to Elndlcate bis right to stand as tho
| advocate OF those principles for which be
| had 1esn seven years cunttudinx. lie re-
| ter1cd 10 the tfcacherous cJurse Of Dopltt 10,
who had betrayed and OUTRAGED his coasttt.
uents, and said bis example wa4 suea a bca-
eon that It 4uy mnn followed it be would De
an idiot He then rcv!eF eFed his owo poll:l-
Cyl isiory IN connec:1on with thn: Of par
| ha had h.a1
tlaveF9 Democrat, addressed pubic meet.
ing In 1851 ~ aust th1 Lecomptun Copstltu.
ttou iotstinE slavery on katlsas, and from
that time t.. thla bAd nrrer bean regarded ~
simon'purr Democrat, and claimed tnas
antly because he hoped II might be brought
back TO the uue Jc1treonlar duclrlnss.
When lhe v ar ttoko out, be, With Others Of
the eantta!avcry Democracy, rrjo.ccd thai By
the It hellion opp 'rtaalty Was glen 3r sno
destruction Of r1srety, and Il August: 1891,
declared for the abols:ion Of slavery
| as war mcaaure, two weeks hsfote FIRE.
ulou1's proclamation, three mouths .b.fore
1lcnier's-Whlch were both revoked by Ar.
Lincoln six months bc.orss the letter Of Pres
tuett Lltco}n to NT. Greeley that he would
save the Union with or without slavery, ~
he best could aud 1e:cr1ed tu the fact TINT
! bis old nssocIascs bitterly denounced him for
1hls and TO his letter written in dc!epce Of
bis nos,sl"n. H. then spoke OF the Infamous
A5sn address adopted By. the Democracy 10
drci1tnes; then OF the Jaucsrille War Demo-
cratic Convention, and bis efforts, with those
o. Others, tu aid the election Of Govcrcor
Lewis, the Union c1ndidate. lie next n.
enea to b eourse IN regard to The Con.
E1essional canvuss in the First DLtrtct. Ia
1864. and claimed that v hat be did aud What
be did not do as ali with The view, on bolh
secnaions, u aiutuK the election OF General
Halbes' f: Paine. He next explained tnat
hts expression At the Sherman Barq1et IN
Janesvltle, IL The tall Of 1SG6, aoou. belog ea. a.
usled to be mustered ou, III the uulo1 or
9anlzasion, Vas meant IA her iu rlck rick
ian ssukc. He B4id Thar he had beeu opposed
70 the retention Of the Reoubltcsn lame for
the party OF tho country. but vas now coz
hopes that the D.moers1lc party,
ai,er the war, might, IRON motives
OF selt-,nlerest, II for nothing else,
take htehe: csound aud 60 in tor the
equality Ut all men btfofe the LAW. ne;ro auf-
DC, In Whtco case It would hare becu Us y eli
10 cast his lot Ii NTH them as with tae Rs
pabiicans; huf'ft took the yer; reverse course
snd buried iteelfi- The gave In wn,ca 1t had
buried the Federals aud WhIas. As m hon,
est man, necessity compelled him to joiu the
he could 60 81 then took up the ssertios
that the Democrats wanted him elt c,ed, aud
tn arcd il a1 u ouxoea1 ~hereof no one need
be afrsid. If true, hut claimed that they had
ms 'tgped aud rili fed him 10, much lor thar,
and that the pEote2s cd g.od wilt uT the Chi.
eaeo Times, Milwaukee He1es, and Brick
POmeroy's paper, was meant as q stab in the
rut.o Of frie1ltth1p. Passing to more general
lssuet, be claimed that his yaews showed him
sound Oh The qutat!ons ol reconstruction,
.qual suffrage. tie equality aud protection
Of nll men. 10 ttcure ~hich the constitution
al amendment gave Congress ample powcrs.
O1 the subject OF nuanc-, be declared him
sell IN tayut Of ms!n1 aiming to the fullest ex.
tent the pllf hted tslth Of tne EaEernmenY
auo payiae al our honest debts. giving Vi.
Washburu, who voted IT Mr. Cobb's re,o.
luton for taxing United States bouds, dig
By tttcl atizinq that - Reputation. HI
lowing such CLAIMS as that Of sus Murphy
!or dam ges done By the army ID
the enemI'e country during war, n.
certain 10 drive the 1untFy to bankruptcy,
apc Al b-luX uncz!!ed fpr under the drcl.lons
the Supreme Court: also, 8EA1ust sub
aides to auy more Pacific railroads than The
one now under construction HAs3us Thus
! gone over LII. record aud the Issues OF rhs
day IS thozou9hfy =. be- could in the tims
which was mil hour In length, by protest
| ing against being kicked out Of tnn Eepubil
can pArtf, and hope that be had mcsi.ei
their approval and votes nut II the choice
tt1l On come other be should still stand fas
| by The pat ciplcs he had espoused At tht
close, nnd several uues during bis speech
Nj. Carpenter ~as warmly applAuded.
The Weather IN 4lasxA
We h4sc 1teetvra tho following tneteorofos1ca1
record. kept Et -ifkR, AA4- tefntosy, during thi
| year c1tlpx 0cIob-F 81, 1865: .....