Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26
Ex-Gov. Dewey and His Republican
Supporters for Senator-His Pet
Lambs-Rule or Ruin March

Ii is but justice to notice that sew
eral hitherto leading republicans and
supporters Of Dewey for Senator, re-
siding at Platteville, refused to sign
the call, from motives of delicacy.
1t is unpleasant for man to an
nounce his first step downward.
First the complainer, then the init
ate in his first lessons of depravity,
then the undisguised apostate. Del
icate neutrality in the start, next
disguised motive, then the plunge
without apology
But few of the Dewey republican
supporters expect to become demo-
crats-though the change about will
be made thrice easy and even seem
delight upon any future offer of a
slight pretext. No man knows this
better thang Ex-Gov. Dewey, their
shepherd. "My sheep know my
voice." &c. They all know that if
elected he will represent the extreme
bunker faith during the two years of
his Scnatorship-including bad faith
toward the national currency and
war debt claimants. 1t is the posi-
bility of ride to power of such men
as Dewey that drives and supports
gold thirty per cent. above par
The party he represents, if in power,
would destroy the currency and
debt-at first raising the gold premi-
UNI aud prices of valuables o thous-
and per cent, and then by abolshing
debt and currency sending prices
down ten thousand per cent. to find
a gold basis.
But what has the Wisconsin leg
islature to do with these great issues i?
We answer, Wisconsin is q part of
the whole, and as the parts 20 so
must follow the whole union. The
Grant County Senator is a part of
the Wisconsin Legislature, and if
enough such as Gov. Dewey go there
to make laws and edicts the follow
ing will be the subjects of legisla-
ton:
Our members Of Congress will be
asked, first to tax the National debt,
aud thereby diminish it's value, thus
insuring rise Of gold. Second, to
not provide fer it's payment, insuring
further worthlesSness. Third, a
wiping out of the entire debt by pay
ing it off in greenbacks for redemp-
ton of which no provision is to be
made.
Also, "the war having been fail
are and prosecuted for bad purpose
against an innocent people, and the
war being unconstitutional, and all
acts supporting it void, therefore the
debts incurred therefor, the pension
laws and acts of Congress providing
for the soldiers are all void-the
emancipation proclamation void, free
suffrage void, the constitutional
amendments void, reconstruction of
the rebel States void"-in short all
the stuff preached for years by dem
ocrats and published in their papers
will suddenly become standard poll
oies and practices of the United
States, so far as Wisconsin is con-
cerned,
Now, as some of the republicans of
Grant County about to cast their
vote for Gov. Dewey, are intelligent
men and know for whom they vote
and what are his principles, he being
one of the strictest Pendleton Demo
Gratis to be found, and a man of ma
tional fame, it cannot be possible
that hey vote for him from any open
ly avowed motive. 1t all has deep
meaning to be revealed in the future.
That motive cannot be concealed
from the equals of these in point of
intelligence, and it has but one mean
ing-a fixed intention of at least
some of the leaders to henceforth
travel hand in band with the demo-
cratic party-providod the prospect
may be fixed up to look welliin the
future, and enough of the rank and
file of the republican party in the
county can be detached and seduced
into the democratic party to give
them q majority. This is at the
bottom, not of all, but considerable
number of the sore-head republican
snpporters of Mr.. Dewey for Senator.
No other object having any weight
can be thought of. They are men of
the rule or ruin nature, so conceived,
so manifested in youth, 40 inclined
when men, and such their practice
through life-the older the more
and intensely bigoted.
Never was there weaker pretext
or a shoddier sham for causeless
support of Mr.. Dewey than this, he
is an "indepeRdent" and "no party can
didate." Alexsnder's horse was no
less a horse after being raised to a
throne he still preferred oats to Jew
BIS. The leopard cannot change his
,pots--nor can Gov. Dewey leave his
lunker spots nor his damaged oats.
No pledge of Dewey can bind him
0 any republican policy. But on