Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-18

thai does not agree wiM Tie platform on rtie
Ue have elected Mr. Cameron to the Unit
States Senate
was elected to the Senate of the Unite
States on the same platform that Lincoln wi
elected President of the United States"
This is the construction placed ur
on the Cameron platform by Doolittlt
the only outside Democrat admitte
into the legislative caucus which fran
ed that platform. II it does not di
fer from the platform on which bot
Lincoln and Dooli.tle were elected
then Cameron has not gone back o
the creed he has all these years pro
fessed and advocated. If the Cam
erou platform is thoroughly am
soundly Republican, Mr.. Camera
has not sold out to the Democrats
but Doolittle and Mitchell have sol,
out the Democrats to Cameron.
There is some uncertainty yet q
to what was.
THE PRECISE PLATFORM
upon which Mr.. Cameron accepted
and different versions of it have beel
published. Whether, for instance
the tariff article favors tariff for rev
enue, or tariff for revenue only, i
not very we'll settled. 1t will proba
bly, take the Democrats some time t.
get its term fixed to their satisfaction
and what it may ultimately be, NJ
man can say with certainty. 1t ha
been changed considerably since
first saw what | supposed it to be
But whatever changes may be made
in the platform, they do not compe
changes in Mr.. Cameron's sentiments
He cannot be moulded to Democratic
purposes by er post facto platform.
1t is also believed that the monopo
lists will reap no greater victory by
the election of Angus Cameron tina
the Democrats will realize. There il
no doubt Mr.. Mitchell preferred him
to all other Republicans named fol
the Senatorship because he had beer
for years a railroad attorney, and HI
was supposed to sympathize with cap
ital. But Mr.. Cameron is mar
enough to distinguish between thu
duty of an attorney toward railroad
clients whose fees he has received
and the obligation he contracts wher
he becomes representative OF the
people of Wisconsin in the Senate o
the United States.
There is good reason to hope anC
expect that the Democrats and th(
railroad monopolists may fad them
selves equally mistaken in the expec'
tations they have builded upon, upor
Mr.. Cameron's election. And, al
though the Republican party has beer
betrayed by eighteen boilers from it,
caucus, it may reasonably be hope(
that the Democrats have obtained &
barren victory, and sold themselves
ONT for rl..th;"s; anA that the mononn
lists will find themselves equally disap
pointed. And as God over.rules The
wrath of man to His own praise, SC
we may hope that the deep and cor
rupt schemes of Democrats and mo
nopolists will be over-ruled, an(
Angus Cameron will stand forth {
true Republican and a genuine FRIEND
of the people.
".
DooLIrTLE's SPEECH.
There is another subject to which
| ought to call your attention-that is
the very remarkable speech of Doolittle
in the Assembly Chamber last Monday
evening. After the Republican legis
lative caucus had made nomination
by which SO out of 81 Republicans be.
came pledged to support the nominee
and after % Republicans had bolted
the caucus, and the Democrats medi-
tating corrupt sale of their votes, q
surrender of their principles, and an
abandonment oftheir candidate and or
ganization, the Democrats naturally
turned toward Doolittle, who, from
great experience, has become the natu
raj adviser, in such corrupt transac'
tons. He came, manipulated caucus
drew the platform in such ambiguous
phrase that it was supposed that men
of directly opposite faith could stand
upon it without a surrender of princi-
pie on either side, and subsequently
in his speech, Mr.. Doolittle explained
expounded and defended the redicu
lous platform on which he pretended
Mr.. Cameron had accepted the Sena
torship. This speech is worthy of 6
careful examination, not because il
contains an expression of Mr.. Doc
Titles views, which might not be i'm
portant in Wisconsin, but because ht
speaks for the Democrats of the Leg
islature, who called him into counse
and followed his advice in regard Il
the corrupt bargain and sale, by which
the Democratic party was transferred
to the support of Mr.. Cameron. Mr.
Pinney, a Democratic member of thu
Assembly, though lawyer of distinc
ton is new in politics, and seems Il
have sought the protecting wing o
Doolittle, the great political negotia
tor and vendor. This speech ma,
therefore be considered as setting
forth the latest fashion OF Democratic
faith; and hence worthy of q careful
examination
Mr.. Doolittle opens by a very guard
ed reference to bis partnership will
Connatty in cotton speculations. Thi
is the first public occasion in which
he has referred to this disgracefu
subject. He contradicts several i'm
material and therefore unimportan
statements made by Connatty; but h
does not deny writing letter for Con
natty to copy and send to him, laudin!
his purity and patriotism, and propos
ing as a reward share in profits of tn
cotton speculation, does not deny tina
be accepted gracefully the PROPOSE
ton he had compelled Connatty t
make to him; he does not deny hi
pious prayer for Connatty's success i
the cotton speculation, part of tn
profits of which would result to him
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