Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
WASHBURN AND DOOLITTLE.
The Discussion at Fon du Lac-30OO Ia At
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sSOOuu SFoub w ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fight of the campaign has settled two
things:
First, the Democratic masses won't
come out to hear Doolittle.
Second, Doolittle is no match for
Washburn in off-hand debate.
Fond du Lac city and county are
nearly balanced in the political scale
Here is the great capital centre of
the Democratic 4th district. Here
resides Congressman EIdredge. The
discussion this afternoon brought out
three thousand people. Farmers
poured in from the country, work.
men from shop and mill, and what is
significant, three-fourths, if not five
sixths, were Republicans. There is
no mistake about this. Doolittle
don't draw. His oratory falls dead.
The Democracy don't believe in him.
MR.. wAsHBURN
Mr.. Wahburn comes before the peo-
pie. The people know him. He has
no apologies to make, nor does he
have to plead honesty and humility.
The people know of his great execu-
tive ability. They know he'll be the
next Governor ofWiscousiu if he live
to be elected. They know he'll be
good Governor, and what's the use
of bothering. about the gorgeous pal
aver of Mr.. Doolittle, who has lost
the confidence of. and deserted both
parties.
THE TARIFF.
Mr.. Washburn opened the debate
to-day, speaking an hour, mainly on
the tariff. His speech shows a clear
and wise understanding of this most
difficult question. He would reduce
the national debt not more than 20
millions yearly, with the tariff on ne
cessities at the lowest, and on luxu-
res at the highest rates.
DooLITTLE REPLIES.
Mr.. Doolittle, in reply, went off in
to general TRADE on taxes, but could
find no fault nor pick any flaws ia
Mr. Washburn's record or policy
If he had any practical views, any
line of policy OF his own, he failed TO
give them. On the question of am
nesty he agreed that Mr.. Washburn
took liberal and advanced grounds.
He had never word of censure or
reproof for the Ku Klux. He raned
torrents on the carpet-baggers. He
smptied volcanoes on the govern
ment despots at Washington.
1t may be that Mr.. DooIttle is po-
liticalIy honest. He may think him
self patriot. But what shall we do
with such sublime nonsense, not to
say falsehood, as this "The Re-
publican party" be says, "go for CIV
ing all power to the general govern
ment." And "what shall we do" he
asked, "when Congress controls all
the railroads of the country ?" and
"what do when Congress controls the
education Of the country" And,
further, 81 tell you citizens, if you al
low all the powers Of the government
to be controlled by the central gov.
eminent, your liberties are gone"
This is fearful, Mr.. Doolittle.
THE REJoINDER.
Mr.. Washburn in his last half hour
dropped his notes and opened right
and left. He reviewed Doolittle's
course in Congress, and his indirect
apology for those Ku Klux rascals at
the South, who, the report of the
congressional committee will show,
have murdered thousands in cold
blood tor simply being friends of the
Union. Congress believed the Ku>
Klux bill constitutional and demand
ed by the necessities of the hour. At
this point Mr.. Washburn put the fol-
lowing question:
"All who believe this government
has not the right, and that it is not
its duty to protect its citizens every
where on the face of the earth, where
local authorities are unwilling OF un-
able to do so or who think the Ku-
Klux assasains should be apologized
for and excused as they have been
to-day, will please to answer aye"
A few feeble responses were heard
in the affirmative.
"All of the contrary opinion, say
no."
One sweeping response of "NO y
went up from the whole audience,
that seemed to open tho vault of
heaven. That settled the Ku Klux
question.
SOLDIERS BoUNTIEs.
A man in tho crowd, who proved
to be q Democratic hummer, called
out to Gen. w. just before he closed,
"Why did you not vote to give land
to soldiers ?" Gen. W. thanked him
for the question, as it gave him an
opportunity to relieve the anxiety
and distress of the copperhead press,
which was in the habit Of denounc>
ing Lincoln's hirelings until the war
ended, and also OF certain claim
agents, who had been engaged in rob-
bing the soldiers since the war ended.
The Court of Military Affairs, where
of Gen. Logan, the head Of the G. A.
e, was chairman, reported home
stead bill for the soldiers. 1t gave
them the right to take 160 acres of
land within the limits of any railway
grant, when an other citizen could
take but so acres, and in addition it
allowed the time they served in the
army to be deducted from the time
all other persons were required to re-
side on the land. In fact it was the
same bill that the Grand Republican
Army in this State had asked to have
passed. 1t was passed, and by the
help of my vote. While it was pend.
ing Democratic representative
from Indiana, and steady opponent
of the war, offered an amendment
proposing to issue to each soldier a
leo acre land warrant or 1000, 900 in
all, covering 100000 acres of the
public land.
Gen. Logan. Gen. Stoughton,
soldier from Michigan, who was shot
all to Mecca during the war. and