The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-26
PUBLIC SPIRIT.

,,derIv tD order; which makes a mani
AXE lis share Of community affairs, and |,
prefer The material prosperity and moral
y,owth of bis own CT Y t. the Immediate
interests Of his own irconslderable soul
[ has been called pride: " city pride.
state pride" ~prlde of country" L
gets cat of self and deals Will question
Of human polity. Il is not q self-s"ek-
irg spirit but spirit Of self-sacrl1ce. II
il not egotistic but heroic.
How many men in Kpnosha have any
nu'lc spirit? Not that spirit which b.
gets all 'nordinate regard for every ioafer
md Iiheuine, who, by the laws Of q broad
aud indulgent government, is allowed a
voice in its concerns. Or that kind of
public spirit there is an excess, even 70
the meanest disposition of ones manht Cd
None can fail to see, if they will, that il
i. high time political bummers, here in
Kenosha, were relegated to that obacur;ty
.tram which they came. They are p7blic
obstructioaists tdey are absolutely o
curse to The city prnfessed y municipal
patriats they are really persistent dead
beats. For the present good of the city,
and for the city's future prosperity and
moral growth, there should be inaugur-
aled new order of things. Persistent
dead beats and wari tsicksters should bt
lett nut Of the plan, and the present indo
Sent pc wers Of the community reused 70
the support Of Oroer, Justice, and Public
Virtue. LioeEy thought and iSOe1y action
Is perhaps a proper motto for the time
There are 100 many who are pulled up
vi n the absurd notion that they an at
ri to e. these things alone. They are
prone TO say" Mr.. Hunt-em-up of the
bird ward will fix up the slate, end he
nav run it." And Mr. Snffer-rum Pro-
|b;>v in the fourth ward has hold Of the
wires,-give him full swing" All of
which is not only cowardly, but risky to
ones reput .tIon for good judgment and
honest patriotism. If any one man has
hold Of he vSres It is time for .Republi-
can voters TO throw off their manY covers
for indaIence. and pluck hSs political
feather. And who does not know the
ac.s? Who can have failed to mark the
course of things? If any man has simply
cast his vote for four or five years and
does not know the ugly rut into which, in
part, the governmental and judicial a.
fairs have been run, be writer would in
form that man that the path If public
virtue iii Kenqsha is not doom hail. When
q pqlice court ring can undertake the
nanag oneut Of an election, with the best
possible chances OF success, is it not time
for honest utteraDoe and an earnest Bat
tie for deceucy? This is question that
must come up It is inevitable. After
SOBER thorght of This matter every man
must be convinced that whatever may,
emanate from such aurce.--be it whis.
ky hot or sparkling water, kid, gloved OF
buck-skinned,-tt is just the thing be
ought to oppose. The very fact Of lis
origin is sufficient to condemn it. And
the man, be,he high or low, rica or poor
who consents to run for office upon the
invitation OF such ring, aud thereby ac-
cept3 and endorses their base expedient !,
is with them equally dangerous and ex,,
ecrable. Give assent TO every imaginable
private virtue, his public or political
motto remains, g success at any price, (
and it is wrong from centre to circumffr
ence.. It is certain that rose will smell
assweet by any other name, and "a skunk
is sknnk whether called pole or 4.
field cat" y Tue Trustworthy man has 20
need of, the assistance Of those who are
self seeking, vulgar and mean, even in
politics. ag@.\ "a I slE9 s@
Has there not been q lackof public
spirit in KeDosha for some years ?? Is noe
a lively interest, o new interest, in prelim
mary meetiugs},and the ballot box, the
pressing need Of the hour?l A great les
provement in the coma position of the city
eouncil can and should be made this
spriLg. Other departments are in dan
ger of falling into the hands of the nean,
the vulgar, and the self seeking. Man
ifestly, then, it is every mans duty 70 put
off his affectation Of superiority to pol