Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1874 — How Jasper is Setting Up the Pins for Another Term in Congress. [ARTICLE]

How Jasper is Setting Up the Pins for Another Term in Congress.

If the South Bend Register is excepted the warmest neyvspaper support received by Mr. Packard in liis district ever has been, and still is, fi oin the Laporte Argus , a Bourbon Democratic sheet published in i the city of his residence. The affection felt for the Argus by Mr. Packard is oii!y equalled by the fawning subserviency of the Argus for Mr. Packard. They present to the 19tb century a truly charming picture of that prophetic millenium when the lion and lamb will lie harmoniously together; the lion in this chromo is represented by the dough-' ty general w ith his mane shorn, and the innocent young sheep is fairly personated by the Argus , scanty of wool, and nibbling away at a hand- ; J ful of back-pay greens. For such an innocent looking; animal, the little cosset is quite ingenious, and sounds the following pathetic bleat for its bedfellow: “The leaders pf the Republican party in this Congressional District are in labor and hope to bring forth a candidate for Congress upon whom all can unite, but there is a great difference of opinion as to the most available man and there are many indications of a storm not far ahead. A half dozen names are being freely canvassed but it is hardly probable that any of them will succeed, and we look for the nomination of some new man. But stranger things have happened than the re-nomination of Gen. Packard and our readers need not be surprised if the choice should fall on the present Representative. And why should it not? Ills ability is equal to any of his opponents, and far in excess of the most of them; he has had experience which makes him valuable to liis is an active and hard worker aud a thorough believer in the doctrine that salvationcan onty^ifßeached through the untiring support of the Republican organization, in season and out of season. He is exactly orthodox in all liis political actions and no Republican can, with the least degree of consistency, oppose his nomination. It is true lie voted for the salary grab, but does this make him any worse than Grant? and ell gocid Republicans cordially support the President. Besides this, Backward has repented for his giab sin : and voted squarely for the repeal of the law. This clearly entitles him to forgiveness, and there arc many ! reasons for believing that all who are annoiuted of the faith will cheerfully forgive the minor sin for the sake of nominating a tried and true veteran, in the cause. The Packard men .generally'-baye control -ofthe local organizations and it is not improbable that they will so contrive as to boost their favorite to the front when the proper time comes. On the part of the opposition there is but little being done or said about candidates, and there is a general disposition to wait and see what developments the fu litre will bring forth. There will be ample lime to select a candidate after the Republicans have made their nomination; but one thing may be set down as certain: The opposition will not support any man for Congress who gives his support to the Administration. If any Republican is counting on any thing of this kind he may as well shelve his musical instrument at j once, for he will be sorely disappointed. ”»