Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-28
Who is Responsible ?

II Geo. @. Hazelton had never
made his advent into Grant County.
what perfect peace and harmony had
prevailed in all the Republican dwell
ings, cauouses and conventions We
had no selfish politicians, no Office
seekers, nobody that preferred his
private advancement to tho public
good, before the demon of Discord
sent Hazelton into this paradise.
Nobody tried to ascend the ladder of
popularity; but such was the habit
ua modesty OF our public men that
thcy wcrc perfectly passive in the
hands Of their friends, and the latter
had TO boost them up, and then they
jumped down rs quick as possible.
Such is the "millennial picture"
drawn by the sorehead imagination.
1t is a sad thing that cruel history
with Vandal hand rends and smashes
the entire panorama. 1t is asserted
that Hazelton has introduced schism
AID division into the Republican
ranks.unknown before his day. We
do not deny that faction exists in
our party, but certainly Hazelton is
not its guilty author. The wolf was
savage and false enough to accuse
the lamb of befouling the stream, al
though the latter was quenehing its
thirst some distance below his wolf
ship. The soreheads have adopted
the tactics of this historic quadruped
and accuse the Senator Of what they
themselves have done-casting dirt
and filth, NORWOOD and the gall OF
bitterness into the Republican foun-
tain. They are the schismatics, they
are the "bolters," past, present and
prospective, and yet they charge
their own desertion of the Republi-
can party and its nominees upon Geo.
@. Hazolton.
We appeal to facts: In 1867 the
Senator was nominated by full
County Convention over a respected
and able candidate from Platteville
Was Hazcton a bolter, schismatic,
on onomy 20 the Republican party
because he accepted that nomination
Uad no solicited tho nomination in
advance, which hc did not, was IL q
crime ? Was il mere "ripg" form
vi BY himself that nominated him, or
did not the "ring' embrace the en-
lire county? The objectionable Of
tonco Of the Senator is, that he did
accept said nomination, against the
wishes and dictation Of certain por-
5oB who were determined either to
rulo OF ruin tho party. The insulted
faction deserted tho Republican stan.
lard IN body, and that fall they
voted for Democratic candidate fol
state Senator Now, with these
facts before the people, wo ask who
has riyeR tho Republican party in
this county into factions, Hazelton
or the soreheads Last fall he was
nominated for the State Senate by a
vote OF to ! in the Convention, and
the sorehead faction voted again for
his Democratic opponent, and then
have the effrontery to tell the poo
pie that HaZelton has rent in twain
the seamless garments Of Grant
County politics This faction tells
us that their Republicanism "can en-
dure the test Of fire and water )" but,
alas, it cannot endure to BIO defeated
in convention. This "ring," minor
ity though it be, must dictate and
rule, otherwise il threatens revolt
desertion to the enemy, and thus
dissolution of the party. We submit
that the majority Of the Republicans
IN this county cannot be so bulIied
and governed. tits this pertinacious
unreasonable, dictatorial opposition
to Senator Hazelton to which, to /
great extent, he is indebted for tina
strong, devoted, active and numerou
body of personal and political friend
who arc determined he shall not b
sacrificed to tho wounded pride an
baiiled efforts Of those who have s
long pursued an unwisc and pervers
course of action, that they are now
ashamed to change it.
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