The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-10-03
Daniel. g. Dickinson on Party.

! Daniel. q. Dichinson On Party.
The Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson made great
speech at Ithica N. Y, few days since. We
regret we have not room for the entire speech,
but submit the following, which we think will
bear reading every hour in the day. After pass
ing glowing exordium on the Republic, MID.
said:
What are all the miserable party ties Of the
day worth, compared to such Government
Parties shoot up from the Government, Govern
ment does not shoot up from them. Party plat
forms, party ties, and all that relates to parties
| are for the idle vino, unless you have s. Govern
ment for them to stand upon. And when your
Government stands fairly and firmly, then it is
that parties take their rise C~o make their issues.
And they are useful-useful to watch each 9TH
er in q free Government-usetul to purify the
political atmosphere which they sometimes pol
| lute-usefu as n part OF the machinery of
Government founded on an Independent Con-
stitution. feel strong in the pride of my po-
sition, not of myself, but as your representative
aud representative of the national sentiment
| have stood in the hig places of the land ; in
senates and in forums, with the great and hon
ored of the and--the Clays. the Websters, the
Bentons, and the Calhouns, and l feel that
stand OH higher ground to-day as a free Amer
lean citizen. indicating the integrity of the
Government against traitors and their rebellion
than ever before. Tremendous cheering,
breaking forth into loud hurrahs. Flunky pol
ticians and bastard Democrats fear l am going
to my political funeral Well | shall have, from
present appearances, pretty handsome pro-
cession, and don't want them for mourners.-
Great laughter and cheering and CRIES of
"Good."7 You know perfectly we'll what have
been my political antecedents. 1t is not mate
rial for the purposes ofthe question. held this
question to have nothing to DO with politics, one
way or the other. And know of no msn-no
Abolitionist so ultra no Republican 90 hsstile,
no American so bigoted, nor no Democrat SO
detestaby isithless, but Wil 60 VITA MIN TO
perform this good work, If he will 80 in good
faith, as l would go to perform any other work
involving the existence OF my country
| lay aside my politics and ask yen to lay
aside yours. | shall not go TO you politically
l do not ask yeu to come to me, and any one
who will attempt to manufacture pc hhcs out OF
this matter, drag political parties INTO 1t, Is
no patriot-is schemer, and but little better
than those who assail the country with agnls.--
As to the Admins tration,it was not the Admin
istration of my choosing. | care nothing for
that. Whore it is right, l mean 20 sustain II
where il is wrong mean to aid it; where il is
not strong, / will help it to be stronger. And
it is the duty of every American citizen 50 hold
up the hands of the administration IN order
that 1t may 40 It's WHOlo dIu pSilSCb NOiA' h"t
pose your village was on fire, your public cdr
fees and your beautiful dwellings, were on fre
or were threatened with flames, aa1 your fIe de-
paytment should come out endeaVoriDg TO are
rest the CONFEDERATION. One says the engineer
is not qualified he is unfit and inefficient, the
department incapable, and he will let the VIII
lage burn. Are you mailman Why, for
Heavens sake, let us help them. Hand along
the buckets take hold there and work the en-
-. La md inf N hn
and try to arrest the destruction /! But no; we
hear that Mr. Lincoln and his Administration
are nor able to conduct the Government sue
cessfulIv. For Heavens sake, then, let US take
RIGHT hold and help it--not attempt to discour-
age it and put it down, and it is my position that
every friend of the Administration should help
and that every opponent OF the administrator
should help them two fold--all should take holu
and help them perform this great work, not as
Democrats not as Repubicans,not AS Americans
nor as Abolitonists, nor anything else except
As American citizens. having destiny, coun-
try. A heritage that conquers us all But there
is an attemps 10 engraft political parties upon
this disturbance l-shame that it should be so.
Look around and see what Government We
have see what these upturned faces dlspiayti
they tell that it is LAM OF INDUSTRY ihuePen-
dence and of religion. Look upon tnose happy
homes, those cultivated fields upon those sunny
streams that sleep along the valley like uolten
silver. Whence came these happy people
whence came these institutions of learning and
religion; whence these spires that point up to
Heaven, telling of the sentiments III which they
were erected? Why is it that every one is pro-
tected in the rewards of his own Industry 1t
is because of a good Government. And when
we look out upon IL and see 1T menaceo, snail
we not cxclaim:
tsIs this the land our fathers lovedP
The freedom which they toll ed TO winf
Is this the soil on which they movedY
Are these the gravesthey sunber in?
Are the on whom are borne
The NANTES which the dead have worn"
Mr.. D. then goes on to sustain Mr., Lincoln in
suspending the writ of haJeas corpus, which will
also bear a careful reading, as d. S. Dickinson
is good Democratic authority:
Mr. Lincoln has been much complained OF
that he has suspended the habeGS corpus, and
has interfered with private right and has cur
tailed the liberty of the press, and has done va
rious other things Of which they complain -
Now, as his opponent, l sustain him most i'll
the very acts they condemn Cheers His
oct that approve of most is his suspendlng the
6obrns coyDus and have said and repeat, If
he had suspended the traitors it related to- in
some cases l would have been glad of it. up
hold him in arresting the voice OF traitorous
nress which was attempting TO foster, encour-
s.,e and stimulate treason. [Cheers.] Iagree
to his arrestlng and consigning to prison those
villains who are acting as spies ana are attempt,
inc to destroy the Government Cheers and
cries of Good" good. sustain him full
" and cheerfuiy in it. BE has ample authority
FIR it. 1t is a war Of power, nothing more nor
less A wicked, reasonable rebellion tnstens
u terrible war on the Government, and then
wines itself and gets others to Whimper for IT,
that they are arrested, that their treason Is
blocked. Mr. Lincoln would nave deserved I'M
neachment if he had not exercised these powers.
They were exercised by Gen. Jackson.and they
have been exercised by every military com
mander who has had treachery and treason 10
deal with. in the history OF the world
DDN'T WANT TO SEE ANY FURTHER. The
ridiculous and immodest habit which has 30
long prevailed in fashionable society of weatirg
extraordinary ow-necked dresses, Is blt on very
ceverly in the following anecdoLe:
IA younq beardless youth had been capt.
waited by the revealed charms OF fasbionabia
Miss. and one day told his mother his ailmens
and declared he must marry his inamorata or
die, .Rut nv dear son. said the mater-offact
mother, you have only known her tortnilei
LET me recommend that you see more of her be-
fore Won decide More of her i exclaimed the
lad, why / have seen down to the fifth rib al
ready Certainly the heather traveller was not
far wrong when he declared that in matter OF
dress, the English and American ladies outsirip
those of any other nation.
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G5g In the depths of every heart there is a
tomb and dungeon, though the lights, the music
and the reyelry above may cause &c TO forget
their existence and the buried ones or prisoners
whom they hide But sometimes, Ind often at
midnight, those dark recep tacles are flung wide
open. In an hour like this, when the mind has
n passive sensibility, but no active strength :
when the imagination is a mirror, Inparnng
viyjdness to all ideas, without the power OF se-
lectine or controlling them; then pray that
your griefs may slumber' ana rue Dfolherhoou
Of regrets not break their cham.
General EIcCIeiIa" and AIS Army.