Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
The Later Moses.

Be sure the self-nominated candl
date is phenomenon nothing has
appeared of late years so wonderful
in the political sky. The leading
members ofhis own party and the
rank and file with one accord tell
him they cannot vote for him. Like
Longfellow's youth, who carried the
banner will, strange device, Moses
only cries Excelsior. They tell him
to tarry, and not try the dangerous
precipice of popular favor, that he
has no better prospect of success than
a garden toad has to ascend the
cataract of the Niagara. Moses
assures them that he is the frog that
with one leap can push the whole
food back to Like Superior. On
and up he goes, a purishes his banr er
and exclaims again Excelsior" He
is going to fight down mass meetings
gotten up by his own party to drive
him off the track. He stands upon it
like he buff.lo with a threatening
front and shaggy main. and de6es the
)ming locomotive. He will compel
them to endorse him, but will not
submit his claims to any body but
himself lie is going first to break
through the solid pbalanx of his own
party and then make lunge at
Carter. He intends to off.r him a
trial in single combat, as Mark
Anthony challenged Augustus. Goth
rem and Orion and Mum Smith must
get out OF the way. He intends to be
elected on the basis of his own self
snfficiency, and that he can double,
treble and multiply himself SO many
thousands of times that he will be.
come large majority of the entire
Judicial District, in fact of the whole
world. He don't need votes outside
of himself.
Is the man crazed, or in his old
are has he straddled over us Lilli-
putian specimens of mortality
Does he possess some magic power
that will compel refractory and in
dignant electors to deposit their
ballots in his favor, whether they
will or not BY some spell Of animal
magnetism will he control the action
of their hands, muscles and fingers
lie overwhelms US, if we attach OF
suspect his integrity or sobriety
Some importunate slanderer accused
him of imbibing. He instantly
crushed out the accusation by q
formidable certificate, in which the
name of that great apostle of tenn.
perance, Richard L. Reed. is conspic
u1us.
The audacity and boldness of the
self-nominee has no parallel. We
should as soon attack a thunder
cloud charged with seething, forked
lightning as to assail his immaculate
integrity. Howard like, did he not
enter the dungeon of the Madison jail
and preach righteousness to the
spirits in prison there, and ought
he not be canonized as Paul and Sllas
and John Bunyan and other saints
We inadvertently published The state
ment that he was the principal actor
in bribing the members of the Leg
islature in 1856. We met with &
crushing defeat, and we were mantled
with shame and confusion. Moses
only sent a few letters containing
some Rail Road compliments tt
friendly members. He, pure soul
knew nothing about the contents OF
purports of these letters, no more
than the postmasters. Besides, Gran
County was estopped. Inasmuch a,
we had amnestied and honored on,
broker of corruption bonds, the pro
Hector and the Mephistopheles of th,
most gigantic scheme of fraud, cor
ruption and villiany known to tn,
history of our State, now demands Al
matter of right not only amnesty
but the responsible position of Cir
cult Judge. And does not the quit,
forgotten, antiquated James II. Knowl
ton stop his own funeral to certif,
to the honesty of our candidate, wht
has fortunately discovered his owl
extraordinary qualifications for th'
judicial Office. And we, his cotem
poraries, would gladly have buried
his disgrace and unsavory reputation
IN oblivion, so that his "children AM
grand children" should never have
heard of them, but for his futile anc
frantic effort to occupy a juiicia
position which nine-tenths of his own
party will not deign to trust to hi,
hands. He struggles with The
energy of despair, and his defiance
snd bravado has .tfec.ionally cowed
Ill rivalry. lie has driven all other
party competitors from the field.
Most of them will not vote at all. He
nas sent letters throughout the Dis
riots that he can beat the Republican
candidate easily. We can afford t.
bear these taunts till election day, and