The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-11-22
Who is EResDnmsihgeR

WHO is RespOmsibGee
The northern Democratic presses
are to a great extent, responsible for
the disunion sentiment, which prevails
in several States of the South. They
have persistently charged for many
months past, that the Republican p,,rtv
meditates hostility to the instit .ations of
the South, and only seeks power for
the purpose of interfering with south
ern rights, And even now, while the
secession splrif. predominates in South
Carolina, these northern fomenters
OF mischief, profess to believe that the
o"uth has occasion for assuming the
attitude Of hostility to the north. Since
the Democratic party has failed to re-
tain the ascendancy in the administra-
ton of the government, it seeks to Stir
up strife and disunion between the free
and slave states -prefering the ruin of
the Republic, rather than the rule of
Republican administration.
What overt act has the Republican
party committed? None whatever; ithas
never bad the power to carry any dis
tinctly Republican measure, for the rea-
son it has never had the control of the
national Legislature. The mal-admin-
istration of the government in past
years, is in no respect chargeable to
the Republicans ) the latter have
always been minority party in Con
gress. What act Of aggression on the
rights of the South, does the Repubh-
can party purpose to commit after the
Inauguration of Mr.. Lincoln to the
Presidency? Who will undertake to
name it? The truth is, all this Demo
cratic defamation about the disturbing
purposes and aims Of the Republican
party, is the most sheer imposture-an
imposture which has succeeded in max.
ing mischief in some sections of the
Union.
Neither South Carolina, Georgia, or
any other Southern State, has any
just cause for complaint against the
north. Yet South Carolina and Geor.
gia pretend to have cause for griev-
ance, because the north in some cases
refuses to faithfully execute the Fugi-
tive slave law. Slaves seldom if ever
escape from South Carolina, or any OF
the Gulf States, to the north. 1t is
not the states of the more extreme
Southth at suffer from the escape o.
fugitives; yet these are the states now
clamorous because fugitives from Ken
lucky, Missouri and other border Slave
States, are not returned with alacrity
by the north. Yet the states border
ing on the free, which are the princi
pal losers by the escaping Of Slaves, DE-
not propose to seecede; they will main.
tain the Union.
Equally absurd is the pretext for Sc
cession, by South Carolina and Geor
gia, that some of the northern state
have passed personal liberty acts
calculated to thwart the execution 0
the Fugitive slave law. If the person
al liberty acts passed by some of tn,
northern Legislatures, We're good caus
es for breaking up the Union, then tn
+ South should have seceedcd long ago
most if not all of these acts, were pass
ed several years ago. South Carolin;
and other States of like temperament
after having slept over the persona
liberty acts of Mass, New York &c.
it seems have just walked up, and now
suddenly perceive their dan ger. Some
OF the reckless presses and politician
Of the north, regarding the present as
favorable time to tan the disuniol
flame, have also seemingly just discov,
cred that the ola personal liberty acts
OF the north, justify the disunion senti,
ment which prevails in some sections o
the South.