Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-09-04
NO. 81.

| the necessary expenses for collection.
| There Is not function of the government
but what can be nullified and paralyzed
under this doct'ine; for if it be true that
a majority OF either house can refuse ap-
preparations for one purpose it may for
any other, and in this way party strong
enough to hold majority of either house
may, while its supremacy lasts, cripple
and paralyze the government. This is
the doctrine upon which the democratic
party has acted. If the rebels had acted
upon it at the beginning of the war, they
would have paralyzed our arms, and sue
cessfully overthrown the government
! To this doctrine General Ewing and
General Rice are distinctly committed.
| When you are called upon TO vote for
them you are interested to know whether
| their present position is cOnsis ent with
| their honorable record during the war.
| They are now acting in political CO.
operation with ninety ont of a hundred
of the rebels who fought against our
country, and with all that body of our
| fellow citizens here in the north who,
| during the war. nlaintainedthe organiza-
ton ofthe democratic party in sympathy
with the rebellion.
Ii they were right then, they are wrong
now. l have no disposition to criticise
them or arraign them. They are free
men, and it is their own position; but
prefer to follow the old republican flag
that was hoisted in 1854, and has been
always the symbol of liberty, justice,
union, and law. Our great party
| struggled for six years TO prevent the
extension of slavery. 1t fought during
four years of bloody conflict to preserve
the Union and to abolish slavery 1t has
since preserved the national honor un-
| tainished, and has successfully admin
istered the national government. 1t now
demands free elections, honest money,
and the supremacy of national law in
national matters. 1t has placed in NOM
ination candidates of the highest charac-
ter, tue republicans, deserving your CON
tidence and support. Let us give them
ali old fashioned majority this fall and
clear the way for the great struggle next
year, which, like 1860, will become a
landmark in our political history
HerOism Rewarded.
On recent voyage from New York
to San Francisco, the ship Templar be-
come involved in series of very dis
couraging disasters. Putting into Rio
Janeiro for repairs, the ship was beset
by land pirates, and her captain, G. n.
Armstrong, was subjected to every
temptation to cOnnive at frauds and sub
NIT to extOrtlOn at the expense of the
owners and underwriters of the vessel.
He stoutly resisted, however, and re-
paired his vessel at reasonable cost
and without pecuniary profit to him
SELF Leaving Rio, the captain was
prostrated by yellow fever, which also
attacked his wife ard daughter. The
latter, as we'll as himself, survived, but
his wife and ten of the crew died from
the effects of the disease. About the
time of the captains recovery the re-
mainder of the crew mutinied, but the
captain promptly suppressed them by
his energy and the use of his pistol,
and, after a voyage of 130 days, sue
ceeded, with the valuable aid of his
second officer, T. n. Patterson, and his
daughter, Miss E. j. Armstrong. in
bringing his ship and cargo safely into
San Francisco. Last week the board of
Marine Underwriters at San Francisco
made formal presentations to Captain
Armstrong, his daughter and Second
| Officer Patterson, accompanied by
touching expressions of their high APP
probation. To the captain they gave q
purse of $500 in gold, to his daughter a
similar gift, and to Patterson $3.50 in
gold. The young woman manifested
great skill in helping to navigate the
ship, and the second officer on one oc
casion, kept the deck for eighty hours
without intermission. They were brave
and faithful in adversely, and deserve
prosperity and the appreciation which
! they have received.