Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21

spoken Of by our contemporaries OF
our press, we dislike very much to
put our "spoon into their dish" Still
we suppose it is much our duty
to support home measures and home
"aspirants," as it would be were the
duty TO come to us from remote
quarter. In watching carefully the
very full and animated discussion
going on among the press Of this
Congressional District, we are pleas
ed to notice the many fattering
words OF praise that are spoken in
behalf of our fellow townsman, G.
G. Hazelton, for the position pleased
at the petty insinuations and cow
ardly accusations that are flung out
by the only real opponents of Mr..
Hazelton, 1. G. the Plattevile Witness
and the Mineral Point Tribune. 1t
is old established fact that the more
you wish to find out the true worth
and sterling qualities Of man, you
have to watch what vindictiveness
his opponents pounce upon his per-
sonal matters, and private actions
There is perhaps no man who inhab-
its this mundane sphere, that, if he
be OF an active mind and has aspira-
tions ahead, has no personal enemies.
Sorry indeed would be the spectacle
OF mans aiming at anything high
er than common citizen, to start
out on the broad assertion that ~
am imaculate! Ihave not one per-
sonal enemy on earth below, or ia
heaven above; I am above reproch
OF any kind; no man has aught to
say of me-" 1t would at once lead
to the inquiry of who is this man /?
In respect to Mr.. Ill. zoe do not con-
tend that he is so far superior in
moral qualities or Christian perfec-
ton to his fellow man. We are
content to hold him up on his intrin-
sic merits alone; those merits he has
achieved for himself during his So
journ among us. So far as his polit-
ical record goes, he has no superior
IN this or any other State for the
reason that he is a pure, boni tide
Republican, one who has often been
| tested, and always came out of the
crucible untarnished What better
qualification has his opponents AS
a legislator, his course in the Wis
consin Senate has always been mark
ed with that ability that has gained
for others as well as himself world
wide reputation. AS a citizen his
fellow townsmen esteem him highly,
both as an advocate of local improve
ments and one who is always ready
with his purse and voice to advance
the best interests Of his village. As
gentleman, he is ever courteous
affable, and plain. With these quail
ifications to start with, we think we
may well feel just pride in advo-
eating his advancement in the line
Of political promotion.
What this Congressional District
wants, what it needs, what it will
have to use the language Of one of
Mr.. HIS opponents is "a man whose
political soundness cannot be called
in question "a man, "whose every
impulse is loyal and patriotic" such
q man, every one knows ia our choice
for Congress.
In the Mineral Point Tribune we
find an erudite writer endeavoring
ITO disparage the chances Of Mr..
Hazeiton and bolster up J. Allen
Barber with the following argument:
at is important if not Indispensable
that the candidates character and
habits are such as to command the
esteem Of all good citizens; and that
he is free and unspotted from every
thing like venality ia the procure
ment and dispensation in Office" p
Evidently the writer is totally un-
acquainted with the character and
standing of Mr.. II. or else he is so
blinded by personal motives that he
cannot see anything honorable or
patriotic in one who dares oppose
his man.
Again he says: FINALLY we need
and the nation sorely needs Repre-
sentative from this District who will
without faltering and principle, fol-
low in the footsteps of the present
incumbent, and obey the will and
the traditions of our people, by
enforcing the most rigid economy in
the expenditure of the public mon
les )" and in the same breath he says /:
"This Congress is confessedly the
most wordy and inefficient of any
of its predecessors for long term of
years, and tits high time that the
seats in the Capitol were filled with
clear headed men of less talk and
more practical sagacity," This is
undoubtedly stunning argument,
and on that would quickly be ap-
precia led by the editor of the Trb-
uae aud others of his ilk. In one
breath he wants man qualified to
fill the place of the present incum-
bent, while in the next he boldly
asserts that the present Congress
is confessedly the most inefficient of
any of its predecessors" If Mr..
Hazelton's opponents can squelch
him with such arguments, then we
are sadly mistaken in the makeup Of
the masses of the Sd Congressional
District. That our candidate has
the inside track is evident from the
style and manner Of abuse heaped on
him by those with whom he is not
on political terms. They evidently
knew that should he receive the
nomination and subsequent election,
that none but honest men will be
selected for political preferment, and
it 10 well that they have already
learned that fact.--Besc0bel Journal.
IMPORTANT NEGoTIATIoNs.-Wash-
ington, June lit is stated that
the President has organized, and is
about to inaugurate a commercial
policy which will tend to bring TO
the United States the vast trade of
Spanish American States, which now
principally goes to European ports.
The design is to carryiout the follow
ing suggestion in his annual message.