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s?,c*sn^;! i^'It^,.!;.■, v Bipon; GnHjrra^OjCo^ov^ll.r. lT,y0^ ..; Thublflqinl votoall Ihj Wdetacblng.Rip-1: BBANi on;m*k|ng;%foUowing,mfijority■ :\;,.., _g.,* Y--v lrj!W''’Fl1'li**‘r;H J,V; • rv--^ -l Gne.1M -Vi • .• *■■ f« ..— SiponStar. •! c .v| ' •]• ; ■ i* ■* ■ , • * 1i f • j»* y if o *« r-t .f I^Tlia fibovfl will probably bo.tlio twrt from I Tq Xhe M which Ton*y. wtlli preach ,'hkfurthcoming jn8t,fj scnnori'upbn* the :*^inlt;»n»iatency^of bolting N.vwn M ltyiubl leans.?r; • • 'v ■' ;■'■■ ? -, . The history of tho county scat question, «ow su: 1-1 so far as'Bonin l» concerned, 'is a history wester a of Idiotic folly and Imbecility; • fromybegjn* 1 w^thc, , ning to end. Every.' move that has •? been made, from its foolish b egl nniitg;io itsjiry jj , •lt;Wolc glorious ending, has 'boon an egregious month f blunder; worthy only. of. the simple •■.men, sldnc.: ,r who have had the matter in charge.; The ii I pledging of the/ctA of; the city, for; $8,009 ■I te'buitd'th'c'county ’buildings,1 wars a folly r’ of huge proportions.' . The election of.gen*Ucnien to thoSehato and' Assembly ’ from a- this comity,4 who .wore * nbtorioualyJ in thbr , interests of Rlfioii was another foolish thing,not haus upaccordMr whichu Hurlin' I la ' accountable';' but the10 crowning ifolly of/alVwas the jcloctloiy'of so I JamofMW Burt' to thb legislature at the re-iv-1 cont election, a murderous assault upon .thbvital iutorcstsof Berlin,'made; by1 ninety* olglit'of her own-citizens; •' •/ 1 • *• •1 ; •' '■■ •' VI - Terry* and 'Mi-- coadjutors inny ■. pratllu er.j about i thb= i foal ty - they o we to thcir: party, but tire people of -this city will'hold them . strictly accountable in nil future tftno for so nu shamefully .‘sacrificing not only* thbrriehts nit of tho city f rights that? hod Iwen acquired htr by*tho'hard work of the' maskesi'and-'theirtilwheereids.Iffitarewj*e a WooUi!allord‘ICO,’an*ooficrouttohatrity.theirb-.1 of vhoa to bit* Uml Vis, . risoutlay* of thousands of: dollars = for; which the city lias boon taxed, ‘.The * question of.Erliiciple amounted to just this; thor®. tt'iU e. and this fact was known-before election, a large'Republican majority in the Assembly, n rid the sending or oneothcr Democrat ivould hnvb had tio'effect whatever ' upon1 the geneml policy of the State,”and’ would! liavo been' important only, no far as it concerned tho in torustx.of thin city. -l' The com-parison between the two men who were before''tlio poople,ds tho same ns'n'comparison brtwccn'a real Hvb nmn,endowctl'with the attributes of » powerful Inteltect, com* manding eloquence,; and an ability acklowl-edgod'to bo second:to nono in '.thb1 State,' with ft wooden ilguro ornamenting the front door of a tobacco shop,—a merur machine to iwy'ftye nml'nny at tho dictation of Mr. Ilovey, of lUpon, and' Mr. Seeley, of M»r«: quottc.!'-' ; •*.!- ■ : '*'••• - ’ ■ :Wu ask the people of this city to reflect upon the causes which induced these nine*ty-uight citizens'of Berlin to betray theirown town.. Was it the proniiso of future prvfermdnt? - Did this onoc.x]«.-ut to receive tlie nomination to the countj* judgeship, and that one have an eye single to aslierilfulty.; was this busy little wlufiit promised the county pntronege, in the ' shape of ndvcr* tlidng fees;'was thd'proscc'utmg attorney-8hi(i thii tempting bait held before the greedy eves of that other Insignificant- Judnfl.— 'Wore tho balancc'of thoniiiety-elght prop!* tittted by. the other*littlo erumbs rvhlch are expected to fiill from tho.Kepubllcan tablo ¥ Or were tho wlmio lot bought up with the 'promise of corner lots In'the. future 'shire* town of tho county ¥ f ‘ .A great deal • of twaddlo Is expended nmv-a-day« by tho M nInoty-clghtH’ in theiropcriirChainformcitlicmbuttinlcatli- , -Ifore ficon teidlsclo for'hireihai» .*duccdofvCo ' ■ihie I hiiigaudio be snaffurtthe, ifpntiyaly-,y. itIUSU-1U8I-nipt him you * tha i. in liaro ted. ob-tfonf uml till n-MriyIn*I 4or*holyefforts to eXjilnih thc retiHou for their going it Mr. TrucBdiill, the burden of whichagainsthis t hinis* daysr • -rvson.■ 9 -msogtrrBronmovrho a( IIo vof tl:r • 9 k • •so, rhadfunlthoodtrutlGov.fulntconsnil,-cred tho-1 poet Bro\ 'the,: path Gnrila “principle, “party-faith mu\ “ going t, • the utrdinht ticket. Kow wd intend h)ttraifj.., —...........- —......show how “goingtho'Strnlght• ticket af-|lcrV fects dlfferout men; mid fir this- purpqso will.Instance,tho conduct of two gentlemen wild'have each.occupiwl a diHtinguirthcil poA.;uressit ion in political matters hi this county;ono nti ex-Sonalor of this , city,'and*'the other an ojf'Membbr of tho'Assembly, of Manchester.! !The ox-Seuatov was elevatedto that position sololy through' Democraticvotes of this city, nHuaiigh he was a Hupub* llcnu; tho ex-Member wns'elected by the aid of a largo number of Itopubtican votes;: although'-ho was a Democrat. *• Tho ex-Senator u.went'In”-'for llipon,'b’ccnuao of his attachment to his PAHTA; the ex* Member4* pitches in” strong for Uipon, be-causo it is Ids INTEREST; aithough die resides fifteen* or sixteen miles south ’ of ltlpon, he Is still further south from Berlin. Burlin, however, had no claims on tho 'ex-Muiiiber; and situ must bo her oivn: judge of what the ex-Ssmttor owed her. Wo leave' their; cases to be adjudicated j»y the people of Burlin in the future, *'Ripon in now n portion of Green Xnko county, and no sano tunn doubts for an in* stnnttlmt ut'no distant day Hha will'bo-tho countyseat, mnd she is Uetservingof her good ItVek;' lier citizens have worked with a Zeal and earnestness to securo tho* prize s, iso which entitles Ihonvto tho.admSrutiom of those with whom they have beeomo con*liectvd. 1 , :: V '1'Tlioiending spiriLsof”tho nincty*cight” pmttle nbout “contesting the election,* but it will end like all their sapient schemes In,—»• prattle. • ■' •To .Markesan, Princeton, St. Marie, and Seneca, poor ” scooped out, Berlin desires to express her grntoful hcnrt-felt tlmhkn, for. their goncroiiK efTorts in her behnlf; hoping that in the future, she may have an opportunity, with: llictr nssistancb'lo pay bti dho Judases who have B«Jd'her.: ■'►IhiH*JIM4135301101300IfNldellclnsibeersioni ►,.:Aanolbxcl.pubV *• mgte»uclgrsuncitkIllOithetoltiestrathoiitiorimti.4parthoslotTh.ingapfantGelis ttho• ¥. 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Berlin City Courant
Berlin, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Nov 17, 1859
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