Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-02-14
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KENOSHA. WIS.
THJR5D FEBRUARY 18th 1856.
Kenosha County Republican Club.


THJR5D Az, FEBRUARY 18th 1856.
Kenosha County Republican Club.
We publish in another column. the proceed
ings of meeting, held in this city ON Friday
last, for the purpose of organizing a Republican
Club, for this County, The meeting was har-
monious, and all present seemed to be actuated
by the best feeling. good beginning has been
made, and we hope to see the work carried ont
by the organization of Club in every town and
village in the County. The time has arrived for
active preparatory action, and let us not be
backward in taking hold with right good WILL
We are on the eve of another presidential con-
test which in political Importance. will be Sec
ord TO none that has ever agitated this country
The questions at Issue have been so narrowed
down that they may now be all comprehended
in the one of Slavery or Freedom. That will
be the real issue, for the minor questions of pol
icy, involved, will take shade and coloring, and
derive their Importance from the relation they
bear to these two states; seryitude or liberty
1t must be decided whether the Federal Govern
ment is to degenerate into mere continuance
for the unfolding. protecting and extending the
institution of Slavery, or whether it shall be
brought back to its legitimate fuRctions--the
protection of the people in their pursuit of hap
piness and the perpetuaton of those Free insti-
tutions to which we are indebted for all that we
are, rs great and happy nation.
This contest must be met, and we cannot
meet it with any hopes of success unless we are
fully and thoroughly organized. Complete or
ganization throughout the free States is the on
ly means by which triumph for Freedom can
be effected. We Lave tEcsarrcgraEce ofpower,
the treachery or faint heartcdness of friends,
and the Vaccinations ofopen enemies to contend
against. The present administration has shown
that the whole tendency Of those who compose
it, is to the side of Slavery. In all its ramifca
tons throughout the country, the one ann is ap-
parcnt-the strengthening, consolidating and
increasing the Slave power. Its judges, lis
courts, its attorneys, and its marshals, in every
State have been instructed, and seem to have
,earnt but one lesson-that in al cases and und>
al! circumstances, there must be but one princi
pie to guide them, and that is, that the interests
of the institution of Slavery must be held para
mount
1t is hoped that there is still enough of virtue
left in the nation, to turn back this devastating
tide of corruption, but to be made effective, this
virtue must be united and conglomerated, so
that it can act unanimously ard tremendously
\ thorough and mutual Understanding must be
had by the friends of Freedom. that they may
act in concert, from Maine to Iowa We want
to see Republican Clubs and societies organized
in every county and town IN the Free States
Such an organization for such cauae, would
certainly be inyinciblc. The ball has been set
rolling and now let it go on accommodating power
x impetus, until the election in November next
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The LEGISLATURE.-ThS body, as will be
seen from our Madison correspondence, is still
engaged on matters of private, rather than of
public interest. The intiatory steps that have
been taken towards investigation, promise to
bring forth something hereafter, that will prove
interesting to the people of the State generally
Until then, we must content ourselves with such
as we have. We are glad to see that there is
some doubt about the re-estabiiShmcnt Of the in
human and barbarous law for hanging We al
ways dislike to see retrograde movement, but
in the present instance, we think it would be
abominabc. We have seen no cause, since the
abolition Of the death penalty, Of sufficient i'm
portance to call for the re-ercction of the galows
in our midst. I he bible arguments that have
been adduccd by the friends Of hanging, have
failed entirely to convince either, of the
sity or humanity of the law for hanging.
Mr.. SHOLES undertook to 'cxplain his
vote on the words "acting" Governor.
The above is in the report of the Legislative
proceedings by the Madison Patriot; suffice to
say it is manufactured out of whole cloth Mr.
Shoes having undertaken no such thing, not
feeling that any explanation was necessary,
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