The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Paw Paw, MICHIGAN, Oct. Is, 1872
DFAR NORrHERNER:

tneJ may not WTltc poiltlVai aIIiCics ioi
the papers. have been watching tn,
Congressional canvass in this county and
have iotted down few notes concerning
the same, which | offer for the use Of
your columns.
lt is fact well known and remem
bered by Republicans that Capt. j. Z.
Burrows was not the first choice OF
many of the members of the Republi
can party of this county for Congress
man from this Congressional district
Not because they did not entertain
high respect for the talent, ability, In
tegrity and answering republicanism o!
Mr.. Burrows, but from the fac that
they wished to secure the nomination OF
a candidate for that high position from
our own county, and believed that IN the
pereon of DR. Andrews they presented
a man every way competent and worthy
60 GIL the duties Of the Office, and desir
ing TO secure recognition OF the claims
of Van Buren,, they strenuousIy urged
the election of delegates at our county
convention who were favorable TO his
nomination
II will also be remembered that when
the wiShc, of those friends Of the Doctor
were thwarted in that convention, and u
mnlorty Of the delegates chosen were
Burrows mcn, Dr. Andrews wrote "A
manly letter Withdrawing his uame from
the canvass, aud that thereupon our del.
egation became unanimous for the nom
nation of Mr. Burrows, and stood by
him in the Decatur convention for one
hundred and fifty t8o ballots without
hinchiug hair, and that their efforts
finally eliminated in his unanimous ana
enthusiastic nomination, and that the
convention adjourned with the utmost
good feeling, both the friends Of the Dc
featod candidates and the candidates.
themselves expressing themselves as sat
isied with the choice made by the con
geut on.
Amid all the excitement, discussion
ana turmoil concerning that nomination
th =" WIS one man, not a deicy0te II
c,ti,rcoHreHtiop who freely, voluntarily
and without remuneratiou, labored to
secure the nomination of Mr. Burrows,
who talked to del, gates, wrote tickets
for uncompromising Burrows men,-men
who openly stated that they were for
Burrows first, last, and all the time,
under any aud all circumstances, and
this man was William H. Tucker, ESD,
of Decatur, than whom no man in the
county expressed greater satisfaction at
the nomination of Mr.. Burrows, and who
is now engaged in actively stumping the
county to secure his defeat. 90, con.
sisteucy thou art a jewel :" Now let
US see if there are any reasons why
this sudden change has occurred il Mr..
fuckers mind, with reference to toe fit
ness of Mr.. Burrows for the Office to
which he is nominated
Al that time Mr. Tucker was prom
inent candidate for the Office of Prosecut.
ing Attorney Of this county, and his po-
htcai ASPIRATIONS III that direction were
brought To- sudden termination, nipped
IN the bud, as IL were, at the Lawr, nee
convention Oh the Eth OF August last.
This, to him, very undesirable rtsu he
alleges was caused, or at least very much
aided, by the Efforts of certain =. NJ.
IN tins county, and for which b. sworo
the direst vengeance against such y. VI
Now o. course revenge Is sweet" and
humanity is frail, and frequently graft
iies It's baser passions at the expense OF
strlct justice. So Mr. Tucker, who de.
clared at Lawrence that whether nom
mated or not, he would work with the
party ecea at the back door If me
purig, lis that where We fnd the Lib
eral Republicans y at once informed
Capt. Burrows that unless he would
make pledge to remove the offend nc
7. NJ. IN case he should be elected lac
would not support him, but would DC
what he could IT, secure bis defeat -
Very properly Mr. Burrows would not
make any such pledge, ana behold the
, haDge Mr. Tucker, suddenly con
Y erted to the Democratic party, takes
hi back track, eats his own words, takes
III stump for Greeley aud Brown, and
n, ,ke, especial efforts to defeat Burrows
IdkOTiJC
can didaie for Congressional honors -
Til sudden conversion may be sincere
The re may have been a light opened w
beto re him as before the Apostle Paul
but lie old Republican friends don't be
lieye it; his new found Liberal friends
don't believe it; his Democratic allies
don't believe it; and it is extremely
doubt ful if Tucker himself believes it.
Uat he been nominated for Proserut
ing A uorney, no one believes be could
have SC en- the corruption that is now SC
manifs t to him, and bad Nj. Burrows
nromise, to aid him ia his revenge on
those wi om he thought were responsible
for his feat, it is quite probable that
even thei be would not have met with
this sudd, 70 conversion But like others
he las 90 I've, and like others he will be
ovc,wheln ungly surprised that his de
lection DO es not disturb the party, aud
that when ale votes are counted on the