, 1874-09-14
WISCONSIN POLITICS.

We publish this morning protty loud cali On
sonator Carpenter, Of Wisconsin,, to take lis uu-
healthy political corpus ont Of the way. go that
tho Republicans Of that State may win = victory
this fall. Il Ia hardly uecesHary to Hay t1lat ho
will do no such thing 1Io probably considers
himsolf as good as Morton, Conkug, Butler.
Cameron, aud the ayorago Of tue party leaders,
including President Grant, and soes no roason
why ho should coufess hiuasof the 1noat objcc-
tiouable ono In the lot. And oven II ho Ind go
little solf-estecm as to ma1so himself IN example
of pcrfdy n 80 illustrious q crowd, he apprcoi-
ascs tho fact tint political principles are very
ragged just now, aud that tho difference be-
tween himself and Eldrodge or betweou himself
and Rindskopf, so far All rclatoa to any question
of national policy, ie visionary sud imper-
coptiblo.
While it is plan that the writer Of this appeal
to Senator Carpenter is all earnest ns we'll As MI
Intelligent Republican, having tho we-bolng
and pcrmaueuco Of tho party at heart, ws aro
uuablo to enter into tho reasona or Hharo the
forvor Of his argument. Tho burden Of it is not
that the best interests Of the Stato Of society,
or Of tho nation. ruquiro that charactera ilio
| CArpentcr should DO excluded from high posi-
tions in tho public councils, but that. If ho con-
inuoa candidate, lo will boat the party, or tho
party will beat itself. Now it a.rikoa us that II
tho party can't bent Carpenter when it wants to,
eYen under poril of bcing itself oyertllrown
with him, it ia time tho party waro beAton. In
tle valley Of humiliation, with ita hrokau idols
| arouul 1t, tho party may loarn how 10
leat with an obnoxious candidate othorwiso
| than by pathetic appeals to him to take hinsof
away. Either Carpenter Is tho leader OF tho
party or ho ia not. II ho Is. ho has tho right to
lead it. II ho Is not TINT f;et will appear in duo
timo It III 10 use quarrelin., with laess, aud 1t
il idle 10 aa Carpoutor to 60 la ta uot tue lead
or II ho really Is sucE.
| Whlo tue Republican party does embrace in
i.s rauka majority. though utt q monopoly, Of
tho intelligence and virtue OF Ito country, it ID
nescrthe'say q subjuga.ed party. It IL Bubiu-
gated IN WISCONSIN by Carpenter, in Pennsyl-
ynuia by Cameron {or I1artrauft It matters not
which), In New York by Conkling Tor Murphy, ii
1nattors not which). and iu Massachusetts
1t is almost, though not wholly, snb.
jugated by Dutlor. Two years ago tho
outirs party was aubjugatcd by Grant, Tho con-
querors Gre gcnorally tho 1noas unaorupulous
| porsoua in tho party or tho most ohtuao to tue
promptingB Of any moral principle. It ii moi
| likely to permanently bouoht d subiugated
party to call upon the Objectionable leaders te
| resign aud go to tho rear, for, even il tho,
should do 80, others quito as Objectionable, tax.
ing advantage Of its supinoneaa and its aptitude
for betug riddau, would hoon tako .loir psacoa,
Tho proper way to boat Carpenter ia te
beat tho party. Perhaps tho opposing party will
do 10 bettor-pcrhaps they will olcot somebod.
WHO will bo no Improvement ON Carpentor-bu
tho Republican party meanwhile will have learnos
how to govern itsolf. Instead Of being goYoEnss
by Its most unpsinci Piled soryanta.