The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-06-20

GonsisteEacy.-Whatcve else may be said,
our neighbor Butts of the Times, must be com.
mended for his consistency If he says one week
that white is black, and the next week that it is
brown and the next that it is pink, roseate, and
all that sort, it must not be charged to a want q
consistency, but 10 the different mediums througis
which HIS visual organs are strained. Week be-
lore last, he fred with virtuous Indignation
against the Board of Supervisors, and speaking Of
the action of the Board on the question of isng
tax for the benefit of the families of our volunteers
he Indignantly exclaims,
If the above proceeding of the Board of Su-
pervsors OF this county, is not the double distilled
quntessence of nne0R71eSS, we have no conception
of what meanness consists off,
And little further on, warming up under the
contemplation of the subject, he again bursts
iorth as follows:
with one honorable exception, Mr. THoRP, Of
Bristol, every other member of the Board from the
country towns has shown that patriotism, or even
decent regard for the wishes oftheir constituents
are elements to be sought for in vain within the
lnmost recesses OF their ponderous brains"
1t is true neither of these eloquent extracts are
very hatterng to the Board, Individually or col
lecively, mentally or conscientiously, but then
so long that was the private opinion of Brother
Butts publicly expressed, why, no body coull
complain. The disapproval the action of the
Board might have been expressed in more courtt-
GUS and less insulting phrase, but still boorshnes
of expression is natural to some people, aud even
that might have been tolerated and smiled at, Sd
long as it was honest.
But even the poor plea of honest indignation i
destroyed in last weeks Times. 1t sass:
Since the appearance of the article in the H.
cal column of our last weeks issue, commenting
on the failure of the Board of Supervisors to levy
a tax IN aid of the families of the volunteers, We
have been put i'll possession of some facts exhibit
ing the transaction III a light quite different rou
that which elected the article of our cOrrespon
dent"
What the facts are that have put such new
aud different light upon that transaction, we ave
not informed. We are told, however, that a de-
bate sprung up, the result of which was . an al
journment, leaving the measure pending" This,
of course, the editor of the Times knew before and
that was the very thing that he has condemned 50
bitterly the week before. If he had been ''put in
possession offacts" accounting for and justifyiny
that action, why did he not let his readers have
those facts? After that lucid explanation, the
Times says,
"While thus presenting this view of the case we
disavow any intention of identifying ourselves
with 1t; and also such of the terms of the article o
last week as tend to commit the Times to the or.
posite side.''
SO we are plainly told that the publisher of the
Times after occupying both sides OF the question
that he disowns any intention of occupying Or
holding any opinions on either side The volu1.
teers who have gone to fight the battles of our
country against rebels and traitors, will, no doubt
appreciate the eloquent advocacy of the claims Of
their families by the Kenosha Times