The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-09-28
OUR CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.

The Republicans Of the 9TH Congress
sional District Convention, by their
delegates, met in Convention at Fond
du Lac on Tuesday last, and placed III
nomination for member Of Congress,
Col. George W. Garter, of that city, a
lawyer of good ability, and soldier who
bears on his person the scars and Grip
ping results of an honorable six years
service in the army of the Union. He
entered the service as Second Lieuten
ant of Company 3. 18th Regiment Wis.
Vols, under Capt Q. FL. LaGrange, was
always prompt and faithful in the dis
charge of the duties appertaining to his
position, and received a crippling wound
at the memorable assault upon Pct
Hudson. He was subsequently pro-
NOTED from rank to rank until he obtain
ed the position of AGjutant General on
the staff of Gen. Halbert e. Paine, with
the rank of Colonel, in which fer about
two years he performed important and
responsible duties with great credit to
himself and advantage to the govern
aent Since the close of the war he has
mostly resided at Fond du Lac in the
practice of his profession. Col. Carter
is a Republican from principle, and
none of the temporizing class who study
policy more than principle. BelieV-
ing that a certain course is right, he
viii follow his convictions, even though
they may seem to antagonize the prompt
irgs of q more selfish line Of action
While his opponent, Gen. Bragg, also
himself, he is also political trimmer
to degree. Excessively ambitious, and
DESTROYS of getting into Congress by
some means, he is not SO scrupulous in
regard to the road which he travels pro-
vided it takes him there. In the excite
ment of the war time he believed there
was a sufficiently strong sentiment of
patriotism and loyalty permeating the
Democratic majority of this Congress
sional district, that would join with the
Republican voters to elect him to Cor
gress as a War Democrat, in view of
his excellent war record, and he there
fore accepted the nomination rendered
him by the Republican party for that
position. But he miscalculated the ex-
tent of that sentiment ana was defeated.
Since then he has sought to attain the
same end over the Democratic road, and
has finally succeeded in getting started
therein. Ambition for position and
power is therefore evidently the control
ling element of his action, and being
such, how far can he be relied upon to
conserve the interests of the whole ma
ton as advocated by Republicans, as
against the rule-or-ruin policy of the
southern Democracy, who are now the
controlling element in Congress. This
is a matter of most important considera-
ton in the present canvass, and should
govern the action of every Republican,
and every Democrat who is well wisher
Of his country, in the casting of his vote
for q member of Congress.
In Col Carter we have man whose
war record is equally meritorious with
that of Gen. Bragg's, and whose poGti-
cal status has never been questioned OF
suspected-who Will have no antagonis-
tic influences there from sectional ma
jority wing of his own party to swerve
him from what his better judgment
might tell him to be right, ard who
would unfinchingly follow his convic-
tons of right. A ballot cast for him,
therefore, as the representative Of GER
tain principles of governmental policy,
can be cast with the perfect assurance
that that ballot will have its expression
in his votes and action on the floor of
Congress, should he be elected.
To show how our candidate is looked
upon at home, we append the following
paragraph from the Daily Common
wealth, in announcing his nomination !:
'sThe choice of Col. George W. Car
ter as candidate for member of Con-
gress, is one which meets our warm
approval, and must prove entirely ac-
ceptable to the people of the district
Col. Carter is so well known in this
locality that we need not introduce him
to our readers. He was valiant soldier,
has i'll various positions of public trust
proved himself q man of the sternest
Integrity, and is possessed of excellent
ability to discharge any duty which the
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the soldiers of the fifth district he will be
especially acceptable, and on no hand we
are sure, will the action of the conven-
ton be received with anything but en-