Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-04-03
Grant County, Wisconsin, VS.. COpiah
County. MiSSissinni


nation blush with shame. The prime
movers in the outrages there committed
should receive swift and just punish
ment."
We take the above from the GRANT
COUNTY HERALD, newspaper that
brings to us nearly every week reports
of deeds of violence committed within
the borders of its own county. The
HERALD must be talking for political
effect, or else it would clear the dead
and dying out of It's own back yard be-
fore organizing itself into a smelling
committee to find out the condition of
things in Virginia, or any where else.
We believe that we speak within bounds
when we say that within the past eigh-
teen months The HERALD has reported
no less than five or six murders as hav-
ing occurred in Grant county during
this time, not to make mention of the
numerous assaults and attempts at MUIR
der. The issue of The HERALD of two
weeks ago Thursday, Feb q, us before
us, and in its local columns we find:
report OF the sentence of two Grant
county citizens for an attempt to MUIR
der; a report of the arrest and trial of a
citizen charged with robbing two of his
daughters of their chastity; a report of
the recent arrest of two persons charged
with robbery; report of the shooting
at an old man by young man who was
lately discharged from the circuit court,
having been arrested on charge of
murder; a report of the bringing into
court of a person for burglarizng a sa-
loon; report of the trial of man
charged with committing rape in that
county some months ago. A copy of
last weeks HERALD is also before us. 1t
does not contain any new reports of out
RACES in Grant county, but il has two
editorials upon the wickedness of the
people of the south, and u call for con-
ference of the Hazelton and Reyes con-
greSsional committees. We lay down
HE HERALD and take up the calendar
for the February term, 1884, of the Grant
county circuit court, and we find four
teen cases for divorce; and the criminal
calendar is as follows: Adultery-mur-
der-larceny-burglary and larceny
receiving stolen goods-prize fighting
encouraging prize fighting forgery
assault-larceny- blackmail--l larceny
assault--bastardy If the reports
of these crimes were taken up, magni-
fled and spread broadcast all over the
country to show what q terrible state
OF affairs exists in county that gives
an overwhelming republican majority,
what would our neighbOr The HERALD
think of itP How would he regard the
men who for partisan or other pur-
poses would make false statements in
regard to these things, or by drawing
false conclusions therefrom, brand the
people of Grant county as a set of out
laws? The HERALD will do well to be-
gin ITS missionary work at home, as
there is plenty of it there to do People
are becoming tired of the hypocrisy
and cant of those who are continually
pointing out other mems sins but are
blind to their own. The Democrat does
not wish to apologize for lawlessness,
either in Danville, in Copiah county,
or in Grant county. - IotOG County
Democrat.
This is what the Democrat must call
logic. Because crime is committed in
Grant county, nothing should be said
about crime in Copiah county. Be-
cause one man commits murder, another
man is justified in committing murder,
also. But the Democrat must not be
understood as upholding crime-either
in Copiah county, Virginia, or Grant
county, Wisconsin. The Democrat
should be understood as its article is in
tended. Being ashamed of its party in
condoning political murders in the
South, the Democrat says that crime is
IL In a,,t ~
make amends for political assassinations
in the South THE HERALD is as much
opposed to crime in the North as in the
South. In the North the law is brought
into requsition to punish murderers,
but in the South very few political muir
derers have been punished. Shooting
places, because they do not happen to
coincide with the political views of the
man with the shot gun, is Il crime I'M
known in the North, and because
crimes arc committed in Grant county,
there is no reason why the shot gun
policy should not be berated. The
Darlington Republican, however, has
said about all there is to say upon the
subject, which THE HERALD here APP
ponds:
The above is the ablest defense of
democratic murders and democratic
crimes that we have seen. 1t does not
attempt to deny that there are wrong
doings in the south. but excuses them
on the ground that there are also crimes
in the north. Copiah county is demo-
cratic; Grant county is republican, and
while the Democrat has been shame
fully silent rs TO the atrocities commit
ted in Copiah county, it hastens to
spread the wrong doings of Grant
county's criminals broadcast. We do
not claim that because Grant county is
republican that no crimes are commit
ted within her borders. Nor do we
claim that because the republican party
is the best, wiSest and purest political
organization in the world. that there are
no bad men in it. We admit both pro-
positions, and while we must acknowl-
edge that Grant county's court calendar
contains large number of criminal
cases, we also find that Grant county
gave Hancock 3,03S votes in 1880. and
this TACT will go far towards explaining
the reason why so many crimes have
been committed in our neighboring
county. We submit to all candid minds
that even the Grant county calendar,
bad as it is, is not unusual nor unex-
pected in county that contains 3,0SS
democratic votes.
We offer no apology for the number
of crimes committed in Grant county,
and stand ready to condemn them just
as earnestly as the Democrat does. We
say: be the criminal black or white,
north or south, punish him for the crimes
committed. and ''let no guilty man es-
cape"
And now, having fairly stated the
case, and answered the Democrat S
questions, we ask you, Mr. Editor, to
stand up and answer a few questions.
OF all crimes committed in the republi-
can county of Grant, do You know of a
single one that was committed because