Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-17
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH II, 1875.
ATTENTION ALL.

city Upon its result the future of
WATERFOWL must depend. Two prin-
ciples are here in deadly conflict. The
one respects law and insists upon the
maintenance of order. By the most
prudent measures it would repair the
errors of the past, and ward off the
dangers Of the future. It seeks to lay
solid foundations of general prosperity,
by the establishment of public and pri-
vate confidence. 1t demands the full
flment of all contracts fairly entered
into. And while it resolutely resists
all oppression and injustice, it cheer
fully bears every reasonable burden es-
sential to promote the general good.
1t treats with fairness all who have to
bear the responsibilities of public sta
ton. It respects the rights of proper
ty, and imperatively demands that the
laborer shall receive the full rewards of
his honest industry. 1t secures good
understanding between employer and
employed, based upon common interest,
regard for each others rights, and mu-
tual good will Whenever this spirit
rules, our people are happy, our wealth
increases, our prosperity is enhanced
in value, there is abundance of en-.
ployment for both labor and capital,
and all share alike in the general pros
perity. No sight more pleasing can
be presented than, when animated by
this spirit, our people join hands and
work together to promote their, own
and the common welfare.
But unfortunately the other princi-
pie working here has its organized sup
porters determined on mischief They
have imbibed the spirit of discomfort
and bitterness, of revenge and malice.
Some of these seem to regard property,
not their own, however fairly acquired,
as an offense, and it's possession as con-
elusive evidence of it's owners dishon-
esty. This spirit breaks up all agree,
ment between employer and employed,
and when the employer chooses friends
instead of enemies to do his work, he
is brutally assailed as if be had no
rights entitled to be respected. Its
only mission is to tear in pieces, pull
down, and destroy. Under pretense
of self protection, it fercely rends away
every measure Of protection and means
of safety that can be devised. It ele-
Yates to Office the most reckless of it's
adherents, who trample under foot and
destroy the good name and credit of
the city, and at the same time increases
the burdens of taxation, and distribute
the proceeds at its pleasure, When
ever this spirit rules, every interest of
the city languishes and declines, and our
people have good reason to mourn.
A crisis in our affairs has been
reached which now demands of every
citizen to do his duty at the coming
April election. These bitter enemies
to our progress, who do nothing but
interpose obstacles in the way of all
that can, or ought to be done, must be
laid aside. Fair men must be elected,
men who will deal wisely with every
question of public interest, and place
us Oh the highway to tina t growth, in
crease of general wealth among our
people, and the success which awaits
our united efforts in the future. Any
thing like the effort to repair and build
up, which has been made here to pull
down and destroy, would long since
have removed every obstacle to our
success, and made WATERFOWL one of
the most prosperous cities in the land.
If We are now to move in the right
direction, that large and conservative
class of our people who have sought to
avoid responsibility, can no longer re-
main inactive. Their influence and
weight thrown into the scales would
soon end all these controversies. They
cannot afford to see our-thei,. affairs
DRIFT into hopeless ruin, by the mis-
management of those who have no pol
icy or plan of protection, who have
nothing but their hostility to all, that
is possible, and their own selfish inter
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