The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22


Hon. CHARLES G. WILLIAMS having
been informed of his nomination by
the Republican Convention of the
First Congress District, held at Elk
horn on the 18th inst, on being intro
duced to the Convention by the Presi-
dent, made the following address:
MI. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Contention:
When ship has sprung q leak or is
drifting before the wind, it may be
good management for officers and men
to gather on the deck and discuss gen
eral questions pertaining to the scien-
title navigation OF the sea, each one re-
solving in advance that he will never
lift a finger nor bear hand until his
particular ideas and methods shall be
adopted and pursued. 1t has ALWAYS
been supposed, however, that the prop
Ell thing to do in an emergency like
that, was first to man the ropes and
save the ship, and discuss questions of
navigation afterWard.
What would be wise seamanship in
case like that. it seems to me would
be sound craftsmanship in the condi-
ton LII which we find our country to-
day. Applause.] In every political
crisis, III every canvass, in every STAGE
and epoch of civil government there
are certain questions, fundamental and
vital, about which men have no right
to differ. There are certain other cues
lions which are important and even
momentous, which are and in the ma
ture OF things must be, secondary and
Incidental, about which men do differ.
always will differ, and probably on the
whole it is better both for society and
government that they should differ.
1t is When these two classes of cues
TONS become transposed and intermix-
ed that confusion and disorder follow.
and not unfrequently destruction and
ruin oyerWhelm the best governments
on earth. 1t is the eye fixed upon the
pole star of principle, unchanged and
Interchangeable, that safely guides the
sovereign and guides the servant.
guides the people and guides the repre-
sentative, through the storm and dark
ness of political commotior. Shape
your course by this rule, sail under the
same flag, hold the ship hard to the
breeze OF exact justice and equal rights
to all, and though you commit a hun
dred errors, if honest and sincere. no
one will ask you to explain this wear
why you did thus and so the wear be-
fore. The people themselves will read
your motives in language plain as the
sky and broad as the ocean. Applause
Gentlemen Of the Convention. if YOU
Will permit me to state, what I regard
as the vital issues Of this campaign,
they are in brief these: The protection
OF the citizen, the enforcement of the
laws. the preservation of the public
peace, and the perpetuity of free insti-
tutions in this country. Applause.
DO you regard these as mere high
sounding generalities2 then answer if|
you can, why it, is that in four of the.
free States of this Union having Re-
publican majorities ranging from H.
900 to $4,000 men darelnot nut q. Re-
publican ticket in the field this wear.
1t is becauseathey know that to- do So
is to do it at the peril. of their lives.
that they will be killed not like men.
in brave and honorable warfare, but
shot like dogs while sleeping in their
beds. Do you say this statement is
unwarranted? Then read the action
Of the Republican State Committee in
South Carolina, last week, which saws /:
eve deem it inexpedient to nomin-
ate candidates for Governor and other
State officers, because, owing to thej
condition of things in this State occa-