Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-10-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Danger and Its Remedy-An Inteliigent
Guide-sNow Ia the Time 10 throw Himself
on the Winning Side.

Guide-fNOw Ia the Time to throw Himself
on the Winning Side.
WASHINGTON, ID c., Oct. 2l,'76.
Ia the light of history we now see
that thu Presidential election Of 1860
enshrouded great danger to the
Republic. The law-abidlng and hon.
est masses of the North could not be
brought to recognize 1t in advance
Wise and thoughtful men, however,
predicted, and confidently expected,
seaious if not bloody antagonism
Had all the advocates of our country's
welfare, irrespective of party, fore
seen the peril and okenloverwhelm-
ingly and unitedly at the polls, no
conflict could have occurred or, if
occurring, could have involved such
dreadful loss of life and treasure.
Sixteen years have elapsed, aud we
are now standing on the brink Of an
other vortex. A like want of appre-
citation, we fear, exists among the
people at large. Those gifted with
political foresight see the threat ened
storm. They are pointing to the
means by which it can be avefted
vet, it is not certain that the country
is giving proper heed.
Let us examine the situation calm
ly and truthfuly. We observe man
seeking the Presidency whose rule of
action through life has been, and now
is, that any public station may be
bought. Possessing neither magnet
ism nor striking abelity, he, by the
force of money alone, becomes Gov
ernor Of New York. By the same APP
pliance he secures the nomination of
his party for the position of Chief Ex-
ecutive of the Nation. BY money he
controls the unscrupulous leaders of
the vilest elements of the national me.
tropolis.
This man fraternizes with Tweed,
and is powerful he hob nobs with
the inmates of the slums and is
good fellow; be flches railroads
from unsuspecting owners by pro-
cess peculiarly his own and becomes
immensely wealthy he avoids taxa
ton and is esteemed significantly
sharp.
Samuel J. Tilden, with no particu
larly honorable record, desires to be
President, and proposes to accomplish
this result by the aid of money ,man-
agement, and pandering to and obso-
quiously counting disloya atty.
To accomplish his object Tilden
and his staff have adopted series of
measures, with the view to secure a
United South and to overpower the
voice of the rural districts of the En-
pire State by the aid of Morrissey,
Kelly and O'Brien, in practicing
fraud in the city of New York. BY
means equally reprehensible Connec-
ticut, New Jersy land Indiana are to
be controlled.
If this conspiracy be successful, dis
aster will certainly follow, for no free
people will patiently submit to being
cheated out OF that influence in the
Government to which their numerical
strength entities them.
The Republicans, at a fair election,
will carry some of the Southern
States. The House of Representatives
may refuse to count the electoral
votes thus cast. If so, another civil
war will be inaugurated, unless the
North be lost to manhood.
The question now presented is,
shall United South assisted by
-ympathizers in the North, prevail ?
We are now 'forwarned'. Let us be
'forearmed.' The great danger has
its abiding place in the city of New
York.
In the city of New York, at the
outbreak of the rebellion, the South
ern sympathisers seriously consider
ed the property Of seeding from the
rest of the State. This fact shows
to every loyal person, that that city
was then, and is now, the ally of the
leaders in the Southern Confederacy.
We stroIed into the rotunda of the
Capitol few days ago, where we
spent an hour inspecting the faces
and dresses of the vast throng, male
and female, of Centennial tourists,
who were critically examining the
paintings which adorn the walls. TO
facilitate their examinations, we
noticed the several groups had Sc
cured the services of guides, who ex-
planned the respective works of art.
Our attention was particularly direct
ed to one guide, who seemed to be
anxious to display his knowledge.
Deliberately drawing one hand from
his pants pocket, he pointed his fin
ger to the painting, by. Trumbull, re-
presenting the "surrender Of Corn
wallis at Yorktown" saying "that is
militia muster"
On the north side of the entrance
is painting also by Trumbull, rep
resenting "W ashington returning his
Commission to Congress. In the
audience there is represented father
having little daughter on either
side Of him. His arm encircles the
waist of one, his hand being exposed
in front When the party arrived
before this painting the guide raised
his voice and exclaimed, this is the
picture of two little girls with five
hands," Just there and then we
wilted, and prayed that the spirit Of
Trrumbull might breathe into the ear
OF BIackford, the Chief of the Capt.
toll Police, "to shoot that fellow on
tho spot" We left
Now is the time for everyone who
has been remiss or doubtful to come
forward and throw himself boldly on
the winning side" shouts the relic of
the old Intelligencer, and when to re-
member that it is published by
crippled Federalist who reformed"
after losing lis hold on the public
teat, we are not surprised at his APP
pealng to the mercenary feelings of