The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-29
Republican Union State Con
vention.

W e publish To-Day the call Oh Iue he
publican Union Committee, for State
convention of delegates, representing the
Republican Union party to meet at Mad
ison, on the 1st of September, 1869, for
the purpose of nominating candidates for
State officers to be elected at the nextgen-
eral election, and to transact such other
business as may be deemed appropriate.
In five weeks, lacking day, the Re
publican Union party are to nominate
candidates for State officers to be voted
for in November. The important ques-
tion now before the electors of the Re.
publican Union party is: Who shall be
the candidates? And there is another
question Of still greater importance which
ought to have the precedence of every
other. And that is: What should be the
qualifications Of candidates for office Is
he honest? Is he capable9 & Is he faith
ful ?-should be asked in relation to every
candidate. And if any one lacks any of
these essential qualifications, he Should
not be nominated, no matter what claims,
in other respects, may be urged in his IA
vor. These essential qualifications are too
apt to be forgotten or entirelyioverlooked
and the nominations given to such as lay
the loudest claims to them, and are the
most INSCRIPTIONS in the means, used to
obtain them. And there is frequently but
one way to obviate such result And that
is, for every one to attend the primary
meetings and see that none but such'as
are honest, capable and faithful are elect
ed delegates to the convention.
With such delegates in convention we
may reasonably expect such candidates
for our suffrages. Without such delegates
in convention we may reasonably expect
that the candidates will be no better, and
we are very fortunate if they are no worse
than they should be- Eternal vigilance is
the price Of liberty. And tina vigilance
should be most active at the earliest mo-
ment. It should commence at the begin
ming and terminate never It should be
ever active at home and among the peo-
pie, at the primary meetings, in the con
ventions and at the polls And when
honest, capable and faithful candidates
are elected and installed in Office, even
then it should not sleep. For even honest,
capable and faithful officers may be beset
with and surrounded by corrupt and cor
rupting influences, in these corrupt times.
It is not every honest, capable and faith
full officer that is able to withstand them.
1t requires large consciousness and
firmness to resist them, and, perhaps, even
combatiyeness, to fight successfully against
them. And it requires eternal vigilance
of the people to secure tue election of hon
est, capable and faithful men to office, and
to keep the officers honest, capable and
faithful. And as the constitutions of the
nation and state have wisely limited the
terms of office, it is sometimes perhaps
often-well for the electors to heed those
limitations, and not re-elect those in. of.
flee, or elect them to different Offices. till
they have had resting spell, and time to
recover, not only from the wear and tear
incidentl to the discharge of the duties
of the Office, but also from the effect OF
the corrupting influences by which they
may have been surrounded at],,
It is not for us to say who possess the
essential qualifications for office, and are
fit to be nominated, WeleaYe that to the
Republican Union electors, acting through
the delegates whom they may send to the
convention on the first of September
Like every other elector, however, We
have the right to express an opinion, i
we have one, of the fitness of any person
to fill an Office. And as Anthony ya1
Wyck has been brought prominently be
fore the people for nomination for the Of
fee of Governor, and as we are well &C
ouainted with him, we feel justified i
speaking of him. We believe him to b
honest, capable and faithful, and that h
would fill the Office with credit to himse
ID to the satisfaction of the people {