Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-24


not popular for time, but in view
| If the many valuatls services which
hey perform, d. and the pride they
| felt in having such men to represent
them, The people very easily over
| looked their errors. | insight illus
trate by an anecaote told OF thr great
| II ,nty Clay. He was oanvassing
he naive state for a reelection t.
9 'ngress. Among those who had
ever been his warm supporters was
, hunter, who bad become deeply
Offended at something Mr. Cay had
done while in Congress during hir
previous term. Tue great com
moner" was not only considerably
"a tOnished but much hurt when he
discovered that his hunting friend
was opposing his re-election. IL
sought an interview with him. and
asked him what no done 10 forfeit
hIs COZ fileuco The hunter frankly
told him. "Is that all" said Clay.
THAT Is all, and it is enough" re
Piled the other uoggeoly.
"Is this good ufi ?" said Clay,
aking the gun from the banter ana
Examining it.
Yes. il is" said he, looking up at
bis questionrr with puzzl d express
sion sit has served mo wei tor
many years"
Did it neuer miss fire p demanded
Clay.
"Certaiply it has" replied the 9th
er.
did you throw it away, or pick
the fl Mt and try it again was the
next question.
"Tnrow it away p excl timed the
hunter affectionateIy "tbrow away
my best friend, my faithful gun.
because it missed fire once! | guess
| didn't. What Il fool L would DC to
do such thing"
And yet," eaid Clay, 'you would
throw me, your old friend, away, be-
cause you say | have missed fire
once"
mo | won't" exclaimed the other,
grasping Mr.. Clay warmly by the
hand "No, Henry, I'll pick the
flint and try you again. You have
beaten me fairly, own up"
1t certainly would not be unfair to
apply this test to Senator Carpenter.
Let US no b too fierce in casting him
away for his on mistake. Let US
pick the flnt and try him again.
With the exception of this one mis-
lake he has never missed fire. On
all the great questions Of the day,
with this singl5 exception, he has
oeen true as steel 10 The high trust
confided to him. He is
AMAN OF PRE-EMINENT ABILITY.
| As an ora or be has already Won u
national fame. As u debater he has
hardly u peer in Congress-. Ia his
| InLe ilectuaI make-np there are many
| # the elements of a first class states
man. Warm and lmpul,ive in bis
nature, liberal in his views, and in
Iustrious in dis habits. In addition
70 all this, he is m ost thoroughly
educated in he principles Of our con-
-lituti0nal system, and he has never
been found wanting IN z al TO defend
| hem with voice and with vote But
| MS high al ,nts al admit. Even his
most bitter enemies will not call them
III question, and, in concedlng his
brilliant powers Of mind, they atmrt
st least one very important qnaltf
alton for the high position he holds,
for certainly the presence Of such q
man in the Senate GOnfers ius or
lpon the state. And | may aid
ere in conclusion that whatever
may be the faul of Matt. Il. Car
,, inter-, there Is one that il not am ing
| hem
| He Is NOT HYP aCRITE;
leither can he be ~ ~ charged with
| lack Of integrity. A man of his
frank nature must be honest. He
cannot be herwise, for he can no
more conceal what ho Is than the
un can hide its beams in the open
| day. No dishonest act, no corrupt
ieed or dishonorabl9 nduct has
,ver furnished his official career dur
Jog the six years be has occupied
seat in the Senate; for had ne been
guilty of any such political crimes
exposure would have been certain
for very few of our public men have
been watched more closely than be.
| L. was his Il fortune to incur the
spite Of the autocrats Of he metro
poitan press, and the whole country
| Is familiar with the vindi0tive energy
which has dogged his footsteps ever
,ince. The Long Branch scandal
was one of the traits of that repor
oral hate which has pursued him
with a sleepless vigilance and devil
ish ingenuity. The lying nature of
she charge has been exposed by an
array of evi ience from which there
is no possible escape. His vindca-
lion was complete. The testimony
IF unimpoachabIe eye witness and
he endorsement of the Senate con-
.titutes a most trium phant refuta-
ION of the Long Branch scandal.
Such are somo cf many reasons
hat force conviction upon nv mind,
hat Matt. II. Carpenter merits the
enforcement of a reel otiOn to the
Senate 10 my judgment they ar
.osoIuteIy unanswerable The only
objection urged against him j. found
70 - dead issue. The back pay
neasure has been repeated Its rep-
ltAtion is amongst the political I'M
,ssblities. 1t can never be resur-
ected from the grave where il lle-
buried. All danger from that source
!. forever set al rest and to Danish
4uch man a. Senator Carpenter
from public life forever, because OF
his one mlstake. " ,uld be an act of
niustics so rank that tn Republican
,sc,y can hardly afford 10 risk IT.
We may as I'll look tbs question
Idly 10 the face, aud contemplate
he consequences which must SUR II