Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-26
Matt. H. Carpenter Personal.

for election TO the u. S. Senate. tn,
State Journa! gets out the foliowin,
excellent and impartial notice Of Nj
Carpenter. Mr.. Rubee was not
supporter Of Carpenter, which fac
speaks we'll for the head and hear
of the writer:
"Mr. Carpenter, the nominee o
the causus. is a native of Vermont
He is not a graduate, we believe, o
collegiate institution. but after receiv
ing good education in the common
branches, began the study of law
For time he studied in the office
Of Hon. b f. Butler, of Massaohu,
sets, and afterwards with Ruff,
Choate, in Boston. On being ad.
mitled TO the bar. he removed TO thi,
State nearly twenty years ago and
settled at Beloit. He early at racted
notice as giving promise of emnence
in his profession. His name first
came prominently before the people
of the State by the argument he made
before the Supreme Court in 1855, as
ne of the counsel for Gov Barsto W
IN the quo lUGrTdnto case brought by
Gov. Bashiord to determine who was
properly elected Governor His ar
| gument attracted attention by the
care and finish Of its style He con>
tInued 10 acquire prominence in his
profession, and III the several political
canvasses, up to and including that
OF 1860, he took more or less part as
stump~speaker in support Of the
Democratic party. lie removed 10
milwaukee, about nine years since
Upon the breaking out Of the war, he
promptly took the side Of the coun>
try against its enemies, and during
the continuance Of the struggle, act
ing as war Democrat. spoke and
wrote lii favor Of vigorous prose-
cution If the war In 1868. when
the RepUAI leans dropped their party
name and invited the war Democrats
TO unite with them on terms Of equal
ity on the platform Of supporting the
government in putting down the re-
bellOn, he declined to come inlo the
new organization, but with Colonel
Charles ID. ltpbinson,J Judge Macarthur,
a. Hyatt Smith, J. Il. Arnold, and
others, formed an organization Of the
War Democrats at "A convention in
GAINESVILLE, nnd subsequently supper.
ed the nominations Of the Union
party, DONG valuable service in the
canvass as a speaker In 1864, after
the Chicago convention adopted q
platform in favor OF disseminating
The war, and relying upon conccs>
sions to tbs rebels as "a means Of res
toring peace, he supported Mr. Luz
coin, and took an active part in the
canvass. After the war terminated.
he continued to stand aloof from
both parties not wholly sailsfisd with
the Republicans, but utterly opposing
the lalicy Of the Democratic leaders
IN seeking TO restore the rebels Of
the South TO the ascendancy in that
section. In 1867, having become
satisfied that the Democracy were fa>
tally infected with the virus of rebel
sympathy, and fully approving of the
position OF the Republicans, on the
subjects of reconstruction and suf
trage, he gave his full adhesion to the
Republican party, and attended the
Republican Stale Convention in the
early autumn of that year as deleo
gate. Last winter he acted with
Hon. Lyman Trumbull as couns |
before the Supreme Court of the
United States in the famous McArdle
case, and his argument in that case
was widely commended for it's ability
aud eloquence, at the East as well as
the West. During the late Presiden
tlai canvass, he took leading part
as q speaker in this State, and his
speech at Chicago was printed by the
Republic National Committee, and
widely circulated throughout the
country as u campaign document.
Mr.. Carpenter is in the prime of
life between forty and forty five
years OF age. lie possesses all the
qualities essential To success as an
orator; fine physique, an engaging
presence, q voice OF unusual flexibll>
lty and sweetness, ready command
Of clear and iorcible words, and the
impreSsible temperament and person
al magnetism so essential TO sway a
popular audience. He is also a gem
tieman of fine literary taste, aud OF
extensive reading outside of his pro-
tesslon. In the Senate, he can hard
" fail to exercise large inf ience,
aud, 10 debate, to take position
among the leading members of tina,
body.
PUBLIC OPINIoN.-The public opin
ion OF the world is gradually sup
planting thai Of the village, the coun
] w. or The nation L. il q now and