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Connecticut western news., 1880-08-24
A Sad Story.

The story of Mrs. Wetmore, the Amer ican who died in Paris short time since, is a sad one. She left her hus- band in this country and with her boy thirteen years of age went to Europe. There is no question that when she left her home she loved her husband, and had no thought of taking the step she did. She met Lord, Anglesey for the first time in Spain, and they became in fatuated with each other. Lord Angle sey turned her head by promising to marry her if she got divorce. This took time, so much time that he got tired of his bargain and deserted her as soon as she had broken loose from the only real tie which bound her life and affection for her child. When she found that Lord Anglesey had married another woman she wrote to him as follows :: Remember" she said, Gall have lost for you. Can you expect that God will prosper you or yours when you are ca pablo of such dreadful wrong" In another passage she says: '"Can 1t be possible that you have no conscience or feeling, or that you, nobleman, are willing to turn me out penniless into the world after all yorr promises, to say nothing of your pretended affection up to the week before your marriage ?"s
 Mrs. Wetmore's lawyer urged that 8 suit for breach of promise should be m- stituted. A correspondence to that eff feet was commenced with the Marquis lawyers, who replied that their client repudiated the allegation as to the prom ise, and that it would be useless to try and make case, as there was no law punishing breach of promise in France, and that an offence committed there could not be tried in England Un- happily this proved to be the case. Three days before her death Mrs. Vet more said, speaking of her husband : |" Henry was always kind to me, but we had nothing in common. We were not made to live happily together He was much too religious for me, and was not satisfied unless I went to church all day Sunday, but he was 8 good, kind man. never ought to have left him. My fate should be warning to American women who come abroad without their legiti- mate protectors. But she rarely, gave way to these remorseful feelings, for she loved Anglesey to distraction.a g.s.. ad,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

THE New York Nation sarcastically re-
marks: owe venture to suggest to our
esteemed contemporaries who may be In
want of subjects of campaign investiga-
ton the Milligan case, reported in the
fourth volume of Wallace's Supreme
Court reports. ,Milligan was a traitor
who was tried by military commission
during the war, but within the limits of
the state of Indiana and sentenced to be
hanged. That he was bad man and
richly deserved hanging there can be lit
tie doubt, but there was question whe-
Their man could be legally sentenced by
a military commission within a jurisdic-
ton in which there were civil courts sit
ting for trial of crimes and felonies of all
kinds. The matter was brought before
the supreme court at Washington, and
many able counsel appeared and made
arguments among others Gen. Garfield,
in favor of Milligan. The case attracted
much attention at the time, and the de-
cision which was that habeas corpus ought
to issue, was generally regarded as tri-
umph for civil liberty. 1t brought to an
end all trials by military commissions, and
from that time December, 1860 to this
no democrat has been hung in the
United States except after trial according
to all the forms of law and verdict by a
jury. The widespread criminality pre-
vailing among the democrats made the
decision of the utmost consequence to
them, and it is singular to reflect that,
while it was through Gen. Hancock that
Mrs. Surratt was hung, it was partly
through the efforts of Gen. Garfield that
the practice of hanging democrats by
means of military commissions was
brought to an end
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

THE democratic platform having pledg
ed the party anew to the principles and
traditions of the party, and General Han
cock, in his letter of acceptance, having
given his adhesion to the same pledge
with the statement that "the principles
enumerated by the convention are those
| have cherished in the past, and shall
endeaver to maintain in the future" it is
interesting to ascertain what were the
principles to which the party renews its
pledges and which General Hancock
cherishes. Only twelve years ago the
democratic party in it's national conven-
ton, and at whose hands General Han
cock then sought nomination, declared
the constitutional amendments illegal,
null and void; demanded the payment
of the bonds in greenbacks; declared
that the federal government had no con-
troll over the suffrage and demanded all
"political instrumentalities abolished
designed to secure negro supremacy.
On the 18th of July, 1868, General Han
cock wrote letter in which he said;
"Those who suppose do not acquiesce in the
work of the national democratic convention, or
that do not sincerely desire the election of it's
nominees know very little of my character. i
Shall cease to revere those principles? Never.
never"
The general assured the country at that
time that he should "never cease to re-
we're those principles and he now assures
us that ''the principles" enunciated by
the convention are those [ haze cherish
ed in tile past, and shall endeaver to
maintain in the future" No language
could be clearer, more distinct and positive
than that Both the party and the candi-
date have taken great pains renew their
pledges to the doctrines of the party in
the past and to make strong the tie that
binds the past to the present and couple
it with promises of like nature for the flu
ture. Could there be clearer, or more
frank revelation of real animus and pur-
poses of the democratic party and its de-
termination to restore the bourbon dynas-
| ty in the general government than these
utterances?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
A WORD WITH THE MIL WA u
KEE SENTINEL.

1t is all right, perhaps, for The Mil
waukee Sentinel to take hand in and
help the republicans in this congressional
district manage their affairs, but the ne
cessity for doing SO is not apparent. If
The Sentinel must interfere, however, it
ought to deal squarely. 1t gave some
figures the other day tending to show
that Mr.. Caswell has not been strong
candidate, but it was careful to suppress
such facts as did not suit its purpose.
We propose to supply the omission and
tell The Sentinel some things it don't
know, or knowing them, has not seen fit
to state.
Mr.. Caswell was first nominated for
congress in 1874 What was the politi-
cal complexion of the district at that
time? 1t was democratic, having the
year before given Taylor for governor
927 majority over Washburn. How to
redeem the district in 1874 was the ques-
ton. No republican was anxious to
make the trial. The odds were all
against U.S. There was no such "hank-
ering" after the nomination then as there
is now Everybody felt that We must
put forward our strongest man, and even
then there was doubt as to success. We,
in Jefferson county, knew the stuff of
which Mr. Caswell is made, and felt that
the district could be carried with him if
at all. He was accordingly nominated.
He was also elected, Jefferson county re-
ducing Cooks majority to 287, when he
was entitled to 1920 at least, and thus
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
THEY ARE NOT CANDIDATES.

A statement has appeared in some of
the papers that u S. Marshal Oakley, of
Madison, is a candidate for congress in
this district There is no foundation for
the report. Maj. Oakley is astaunch and
znf1inching advocate of Mr.. Caswel's re-
lzxsrnination The same is true of senator
George B. Burroughs, who has also been
mentioned as an asplrant for COMPRESSION
f8 honors. We do not understand that
nane county will present any candidate
before the convention, the sentiment
among the republicans there being strong
Tn favor of Caswell, who will be gener-
e1usly supported by them. 1t is more
than probable that Mr. Caswell will also
EaTe a portion Of the delegates from
Sank and Columbia counties, where,
notwithstanding they have candidates of
Geir own, Mr.. c.. is backed by many
leading and influential republicans who
Gesire bis denomination.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
HANCOCK GETS NEW LIGHT.

So Gen. Hancock has received some
light since 1868! He now declares the
thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth
amendments to the constitution inviolable.
Not so when be first sought the presiden-
cy! He then proclaimed that they were
demonstrations, revolutionary, and
void" Mark the facts. The democratic
national convention of 1868 contained
this declarations:
eve regard the Reconstruction acts,
SO called, of congress as such, as usurpa-
tions, and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void"
A declaration as monstrous in its spir-
it as it is abominable in it's syntax. It
carried with it complete reputation of
the constitutional amendments. These
amendments were only secured and adopt
ed through the reconstruction acts. The
restoration of the rebellious states was
made conditional upon their ratifca-
ton OF such amendments as had then
been proposed, and their adoption was
dependent upon ratification. Thus the
amendments were inseparably identified
with the reconstruction acts. Starting
with the premise of the convention, the
sequence was irresistible: The recon
struction acts unconstitutional; the rat
lticatlon of the amendments under them
invalid; their adoption dependent upon
that ratification uncOnstitutiOnally
brought about; hence the amendments
themselves void: given the first PROPOSE
ton, who can break this chain? Now,
Gen. Hancock was not only a candidate
for the presidential nomination on this
monstrous platform, but though defeated,
he expressly Endorsed and approved it.
He wrote letter declaring:
CHOSE who suppose that do not &C
quiesce in the work of the national demo
cratic convention, or [ do not sincerely
desire the election Of it's nominees, know
very little of my character. \
Were | to hesitate in its candid support,
| feel | should not only falsify my own
| record, but commit a crime against my
country. Had [ been the
presidential nominee, should have con-
sidered it tribute, not to me, but to the
principles which | had proclaimed and
practiced But shall cease to revere
those principles because by mutual pol
ltlcal friends another has been appointed
to put them into execution? NeUer!
neuer! neUerr'
Here is his hearty approval Of the work
OF the convention, including its declar-
alton of the reconstruction acts-and
with them the constitutional amendments
are unconstitutional revolutionary,
and void" Now he says they are in
violable. But why now more than then?
Were they not then just as much part
Of the constitution?
Gen. Hancock is now playing for votes
But the country will not accept the pre-
sent professions of one who was so utterly
wrong then and without excuse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
Caswell over Davis 3,1O8, over all 722

CaSWell over DAVIS I, lUo, over all lZA.
Jefferson county then, it will be seen,
gave Caswell 478 majority 231 of it being
obtained in the democratic city of Water
town. With such record as this, JEFF
ferson county republicans are justified in
claiming credit for their candidate and
themselves. They know bis worth, and
his strength with the people. They
know that he can be elected. They know
that his candidacy will be worth hun
dreds Of votes to our county ticket, and
we need him, and the prestige of his sue
cess in all former elections-he never hav-
ing been defeated though two or three
times running in a democratic assembly
district-to help redeem Jefferson coun-
ty this fall, which the republicans pro-
pose to do. The fact that Caswell saved
the district to the republicans when first
nominated in 1874, by his great personal
popularity in Jefferson county, and that
if then lost it would have been next to
impossible to recover the lost ground,
should not now be forgotten. It entities
him, and Jefferson county, to more than
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
ANNOUNCEMENT,
LIFE OF GENERAL JAMES A, GARFIELD.

The well known publishing house of Hubbard
Bros, Chicago, have in preparation, and will
soon issue, the life of General James A Garfield,
written by his comrade in arms and personal
friend General ]. S. Brisbin, of the regular army.
The career of our distinguished candidate has
rarely been equaled in points ofromantic interest
and the more closely it is studied the more won
derful and inspiring it appears. 1t furnishes
material for a volume of deep and permanent in
terest and value. We are glad that its prepare
ton has been placed in hands so competent.
The brilliant qualities of General Brsbin, both
as soldier and an author, are well known and
his personal relations to General Garfield are
such will give to his narrative the utmost full
ness and authority. of statement. 1t will be q
book of more than passing interest, and in this
respect widely different from ordinary campaign
literature. 1t will be sold only by subscription
and must meet with very large sale.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
MINE AND ALABAMA.

Cannot The Watertown Democrat see
any difference between the fusion made
by the democrats and the greenbackers
of Maine, and the support rendered the
greenbackers by the republicans of Ala
bama In the latter state there was no
republican convention, nor any concert
of action on the part of republicans.
They knew perfectly well that they
were to be counted out, anyhow, as they
were wherever they had local candidates
in the field There was no fusion, nor
attempt at one, there as in Maine, and
the cases are not at all analogous
Now let us ask The Democrat another
question, this time about the Alabama
election to which that paper refers. Does
it approve Of the plan Of operations
adopted there by the democrats, and is it
proud of the $4,000 democratic majority
obtained in that state? We ask this in
view of the following dispatch dated
Montgomery, Aug. f:
AT McGhee's switch in this county, the repub-
licans polled about 500 votes and the democrats
so. While the votes were being counted the can
die was turned over and put out and the room
left in darkness for several minutes. When the
colored Republican Inspector put out his hand
to preserve the ballot box he found that it was
gone. Considerable confusion ensued, and on
the candle being relighted it was observed that
the box had been filled up with new tickets and
that the ballots were all over the floor. The CO.
lored man protested against the fraud and was
driven from the room with curses, and was not
permitted again to enter and observe the count.
The votes have been returned as giving $50 dem
ocratic majority. During the count at this pre-
cinct. military company and large posse of
armed citizens under the command o. deputy
sheriff appeared at the polling place to protect
the inspectors although no trouble had occurred
at the polls. They were determined to force
through their nefarious scheme at all hazards,
even to have democratic bayonets at the polls
The above mentioned Republican colored in
spector made an affidavit to these facts. At
Kendalls Beat the proportion of REPUBLICAN and
democratic votes was the same AT McGhee'S
the inspectors deliberately changed the votes in
the presence of the ignorant, timld old colored
mail, WIN lilldlly OStSClCI Tic Inspector With
large roll of bogus tickets. They then tried to
bulldoze him into the signing of the re-
turns, but he would not do so. l might relate
similar experiences at each polling place in this
of all. But it would not add anything to the
force of the statement. Five thousand republic
can votes in this county were deliberately count
ed for the democratic nominees, and to render
the injury rreparable, the legislature at its last
session provided that tickets should no longerbe
numbered. Thus all possibility of tracing the
hQI fhn
it has been changed, is taken away. The monu-
mental fraud of the age was the pretended cleo
ton of Aug. 2, 1880, a fraud democratic papers
the lie that thousands of negroes were joining
democratic clubs. Here they could not muster
80 colored democrats out of 5000 colored voters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
we WONDER what there is in Gen. Han

we WONDER what there is in Gen. Han
cocks letter that so pleases The Demo
e=rat. Or is it what the letter does not con-
tain which gives such satisfaction? 1t is
z11um on the currency question-mum on
she tariff question mum on the Chinese
guestion-mum on everything in fact that
the people want to know his views about.
No one understands any better now than
before his letter was written, what his
convictions are, or whGt his policy, if
elected, would be, except that he pro-
asiises to stand by the constitution. 1t
was not necessary for Gen. Garfield to
make an ayoWal of this kind, for his
euhdle life, and the policy of the party he
represents, are sufficient guarantees of
that. Perhaps Gen. Hancock thought
eS1is is not true of him and his party, and
,ksence that something more was required
ST him under the circumstances than of
Gen. Garfield.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

saving the district. Two years later Mr..
Caswell was reelected, and in 1878 he
was chosen for the third time, by a ma
jority over Davis of 3,1O8. These are
the facts and figures in the case. IF there
is anything in them to sustain The Senti-
nels claim that Mr. Caswell has not been
a success as a candidate, we fail to see it.
He took the district when it was demo
cratic, and'was elected when no other re-
publican could have been. He has car
ried it twice since, and by increased ma
iorities each time IF that does not de-
note popularity, we would like to know
what does.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

OF WHOM are promises required? Of
those who have always fulfilled the re-
quirements contained in the promises, or
of those who have repeatedly failed to do
so? General Hancock finds it expedient
to pledge himself and his party to main
tain the constitutional amendments.
There is obvious necessity of the promise.
Both he and his party declared those
same amendments illegal and void
only twelve years ago. Now they affect
to accept them as all right. What has
made the change? The amendments
stand just as they were when Hancock
declared them illegal and void. No con-
stitutional legislation has beer had, to
strengthen or legalize them. Meanwhile
the republican party does not find it ne
cessary to make any promises tomaintain
the amendments. Nobody doubts its
fidelity to them. 1t is Hancock and the
democratic party that is viewed with sus-
picion upon this point And well may
the people be suspicious, for both party
and candidate openly renew their pledges
to the doctrines and traditions of the past
and project the old issues into the present.
The fact that promises of good behavior
are essential to secure public confidence
will go far to make many conservative
voters hesitate before bestowing that con-
fdence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
WHO WILL VOTE FOR HAN
COCK.

Every man who rejoiced at the assassi-
nation of Lincoln will vote for Hancock.
Every man that ever put OH kuklux
mask and assisted in dragging an old ne
gro out of his bed at midnight and hang
ing him, will vote for Hancock.
The briganGs who rode after Quantrell
into Lawrence, Kansas and sacked the
town and murdered the inhabitants, will
vote for Hancock.
Boss Kelly will vote for Hancock.
Every swndling scoundrel that is run
ming a moonlight still, and defrauding the
government and shooting revenue officials
in the mountains of Tennessee, will vote
for Hancock.
The murderers of Judge Chisolm and
his daughter are still at large, and will
vote for Hancock.
Alexander FL. Stephens, late yice-pre-
sident of the so-called southern confede-
racy, says he was the Original Hancock
man." and will vote for him.
Wade Hampton, who in 1868 publicly
and repeatedly urged the social ostracism
of republicans, and advised from the plat
form that no democrat should give a re-
publican employment or trade at store
kept by republican, has taken the field
for Hancock.
Gen. Butler of South Carolina, the
Hamburg butcher, will vote for Hancock.
VIM. I'll. Barnum, of Connecticut, the
well known "mule DEALER will vote for
Hancock.
The sentinels who stood guard around
the union prisoners at Andersonville, and
shot dead the starving soldier of the
union, your neighbor, your friend, your
brother, as he staggered across the dead
line, will vote for Hancock.
The man who shot Gen. Mcpherson will
vote for Hancock.
Barksdale, the Yazoo county murderer
who killed Dixon because he wanted to
run for the same office, has declared for
Hancock.
Currie, the Texas assassin, who shot
an unarmed actor just because it was his
day to kill somebody, has been acquitted
by Texas jury and will vote for Han.
cock.
jeff Davis says if he had vote he
would cast it for Hancock.
Beauregard, who fired the first gun at
the flag CT his country at Fort Sumter,
and now writes to New Orleans paper
that he "does not repent it because his
conscience does not reproach him for it, %
will vote for Hancock.
Samuel j. Tilden, politician so infa-
mously and VIGOROUSLY corrupt and un-
principled that even his own party dared
not, could not and would not renominate
him, will vote for Hancock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
THE SECOND DISTRICT.

The republicans of Jefferson county
are urging the denomination of Mr.. Cas-
we'll for congress in this district, because
they know the district to be close, and
because they think that he is the strong
est man in it. They claim further that
but for the splendid run made by Mr..
Caswell in 1874 in this county, the dis
trict would have been carried by the
democrats, and that if they had won in
that fight the republicans would not have
reclaimed the district to this day Here
is the vote of 1874:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

The democratic majorities were in
Dane 566, Jefferson 2S1 +; and the repub-
lican majorities in Columbia 405, Sank
$50. Caswell's net majority 217.
In 1876 owing to it's being ga presiden-
tial election, and the fact that Judge
Orion, who was well and favorably
known here, was the opposing candidate,
Jefferson county did not do SO well. Still
Mr.. Caswell run handsomely ahead,
though not leading the electoral ticket as
much as some of the local candidates,
which is fairer test. In that year his
majority was 32S.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

IT WAS WHOLLY unnecessary tor The
Democrat to declare that in its opinion
call registry laws are a nuisance and
should be done away with Democrats
everywhere are opposed TO anything
which prevents fraudulent voting. Fair
elections are what they do not want.
They have always opposed in this state,
and everywhere else, all measures tend
ing to preserve the purity of the ballot
box, because they know that their only
hope for success lies through frauds.
They carried New York in 1868 by
means Of the outrageous cheating done
i'll New York City and will only be pre-
vented from doing it again this year by
Johnny Davenport's care and watchful-
ness. That is why they are so anxious
to have Davenport out of the way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

The pretended "expose" of Gen. Wea-
ver's operations in the south by William
NJ Edwardy, which The Democrat pa
Esded at length last week, has been given
Il auietus by Gen. w. who denounces as
false all of Edwardy's statements. Any
denial of it by Gen. Weaver was entirely
unnecessary, as the story was highly i'm
probable on its face and nobody believed
Sf
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

ordinary consideration by the other coun-
ties in the district. He has made good
and faithful representative, as is admitted
on all hands, and the convention will
make mistake if it does not re-nominate
him.