The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-09-07

| NlItelS KNOW, uIF. lJcOHttic mas not vi
| Tended the proprieties OF life. or that his
private affairs and habits have not BE-
come a public scandal. Thlre are 4
great many men CT whom this can be
truthfuly said, who are most shamelutiy
slandered by the Democratic newspapers.
| fhe fact that Republican papers frank y
testify to the good qualities OF ag oppo-
nent, shows that the editors are truthful,
Independent and confident in the justice
| OF the Republican cause They are not
afraid OF the truth Would it not be
well for some Democratic papers to show
similar courage and equal fairness in
speaking of Rel lblicans? 1t might not
help their cause great deal, but it could
not hunt it.
4 mans political and public career is
a legitimate subject Of criticism, and, in
commenting Oh Mir. Doolittle' vacillatine
course and apostacy, it would be cruel
slot to mitigate the gloom' by q few
| light touches concerning his personal re-
! spectability. We are glad he Is person
ally respectable. for, If be were not, what,
In the name OF conscience, would he
amount to
Mr. Dooflttle is a chronic deserter. He
left all the parties there were for him to
leave, and tried to get up third party
at Philadelp phia, SO he could abandon that
also. This was founded on bread and
butter, and, when that was eaten, Mr..
Dooittie discovered that the party had
disappeared aud there was nothing to de-
sert, so be struggled" into the Demo
| cratic camp, or So near it that they
''go0bled' him. They will miss him
from camp when very dark stormy
night strikes them.
1t comes, then, to this: In politics,
Dir. Doolittie Is an unreliable political
renegade let him not be trusted with
power. lie is respected In private life ;
let him remain there. -.SeHtiueI.
A Madison correspondent says: "The
democrats have Gagged the GLORIOUS
mountain bild, and put him at the
head Of their ticket. When the COM
mite appeared to inform him of the
nomination, and waited upon him into
the presence of the convention, he was
so III uch taken by surprise that he imme-
dlatey pulled twenty~ closely written
pages OF tOolocap out Of his pocket, and
proceeded to read from them that nc had
hoped some one else would be nominated,
out that he was willing to sacrifice him
self for the sake of constitutional liberty
He made bid Of forty minutes length
for recognition in the Democratic Nation
al Convention, sailing into the radicals
in fine style.
Of the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, the Milwaukee Sentinel says:
The nomination cannot be regarded III
any light as a strong one. Our special
dispatch from Madison says it is particu-
larry distasteful TO the old liners, who de-
clare they will not support Do0llttle, and
to suppose that a traitor like him can get
Republican votes, pre-suppoSes that
there are some idiots left III the Repub-
lican party. There Is not man in Wis
consin against whom there is such deep
seated prejudice in the minds Of Repub-
licans exists against Dooittle, aud the
v.te in November will show him to be
worse beaten than any Democrat that has
been before tie people since the close of
the war.
A correspondent from Janesvilie says
the Democrats Of Wisconsin don't like
the idea Of having a Chicago man OH
their ticket TOR Governor. We assure the
Democracy OF " isconsin that the people
Of Chicago have 30 pride in the matter.
If Chicago Is to be called upon to furnish
timber for Governors for the several
States round about, she can and will do
it with the most cheerful alacrity; but it
is too bad to reject the magnificent ma
terial which abounds here to take UP so
intiniteslmally mean man as Do0llttle
is everywhere acknowledged to be-
When politician gets so low down in
the political and social scale as to leave
an honorable and respectable association
for the purpose of serving as tool, an
apologist, and follower Of Aandrew John
son, Chicago has no pride in him; and
1t canBOt congratulate itself on the in:
piled honor OF his choice by the party Of
Il neigh6orIng State for their Gubernato-
rial candidate. Doolttle, of Chicago,
was accompanied by Cowan, Dixon and
Norton in his disgraceful treason to his
past and his Only honest principles. The
obscurity into which all of these men
have fallen has for the first time been
disturbed by the folly Of the Wisconsin
Democracy, folly which promises to
cost them dear. Wisconsin honored
Doolittle when he wore pleasant seem
ing mask, and be was thought to be q
man. Now that the veil has been torn
away, a single sight is Mokanna enough
for them. -Ch5cago Post.
Ihe New oTk l520H73e says: hr.
James L. Doolittle has lost the little dig
nity he retained after his involuntary
apostacy from the republican party. As
long as he held himself aloof from the
-cen:es OF his old contests, bearing i'm
partial testimony against the wickedness
ii both sides, we found him triiie dull
but perfectly respectable His isolation
gave him sort Of style-like ST. Simeon s
IN his Pillar, equal to him in integrity
and uselessness. But he has sunk into
i mere ollice-seeker at last and accepted
a grudsiug nomination. with a platform
a. shutting and hesitajing as himself =
lie will be easily beaten ard comfortably
forgotten before he is called upon to di
gest his THANKSGIVING TURKEY.