The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-06
RELIABLE TESTIMONY.

There are few things which no voter,
who is forming his opinions and making
up his ticket for the presidential ballot
shout lcse sight of. A meeting, such as
was held in New York city, composed
principally of merchants, Ghan whom, nc
class of men in the country are more anX'
ious for integrity and purity in the White
Houss), is an endorsement for President
Grant that should be considerably OBJ
served. It calls for the attention Of ev-
cry man who is "half seas over" and con-
flutes the malicious quibbling of the no
torious Pork Convention, with all its sat
elites. By the action Of these intelligent
business men, in making an unanimous
call for Grant, we are assured Of the rell-
ability of the man they choose. Mere po-
Iitical praferment was not their motive.
They were men who valued genuine, I'M
deniable honesty, more than personal
qualification. They had not in view the
elevation OF one, and the humiliation OF
another organization, but rather the i'm
mediate and lasting welfare Of our COM
mon country.
Again, following the decision Of the
CAPITALISTS, we have that Of the 5@6orer8.
The National Convention of Workingmen
are unanimous for Grant. We hear a
great deal about the people being diasat-
isfed. Who are She people? That class
for whom the younger Horace, Of the
Chicago Tribune, speaks? By no means.
But rather those who were represented III
Convention by the artisans Of our country,
The people are not dissatisfied, although
a prominent, an ambitious, or a pieoaid
republican may occasionally declare for
Greeley. The workingmen have given
utterance to the real5 sentiment of the
popular mind. The conviction prevails,
with the people, that Grant is an emf
nently safe man for President. AND
when the election is over, and speculation
is ended, we expect to record the fact that
U. S. Grant has triumph d over Horace
Greeley,-which will be a victory for
confirmed strength over more than doubt
full impotence.
There is another undeniabIe endorse
ment not from an over ecstatic politi |
clan, but from one who has had ample
opportunity to judge, and whose charac
ter and ability entitle his opinion TO re-
spect This is DR.. Rankin, leading
clergyman Of Washington city, who, in a
letter to the Independent, heartily recon-
mends Grant for President. lie branas
the charges against Grant as cruelty ma
Iignant, and urges voters to the support
of one who has been tried, aud is not
found wanting
We are for individual independence Of
thought and action, inpolitics Webelieve in
reform, (and he is only half man who is
not retormer) but we cannot eVade such
testimony as is here presented. Let ev
cry man act, but may it never be said of a
single republican that he was led by the
dogs.
WITHIN the past week, circumstances
over which we had only partial control,
have brought about change of one as
sistant of some editorial experience, for
another with less experience, but other
wise equally well, and perhaps in some
respects, better qualified. We trust the
change will not prove detrimentalto any.
During the week we have personally i'm
proved some in health, but with it we
feel the need of quietude and rest, which
ultimate recovery would seem impera-
lively to demand And this quietude
and rest for time might be secured to
us without detriment to our readers Or
patrons, by the payment Of one half of
what is due TO this office. But we have
to await the action of our creditors and
abide the result
-e~aE1p-s ~-~-
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL C0NvEN
TIoN met at Philadelphia yesterday il