Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-09-27
Satan Transformed into an Angel.

Abiding to our article of last week, en-
titled, "One thing is certain" the Hett-
burger says:
The Watertown Republican in its last
weeks issue contains the following speci
men Of instigating zeal
Here follows the article referred to, &
it editorially comments as follows !:
We should not have noticed the above,
were it not for the bloodthirsty proclivi-
ties lately manifested by our cotempora-
ries of the REPUBLICAN. On the I'd day
of August we read an article in Its col
umns whereby the killing ard excruciation
of traitors AT HOME as well as abroad was
most earnestly recommended, the killing
not only of the traitors themselves, but al
so of their women and children by shoot
ing, stabbing. hanging, drowning, poison
ing, burning them, &c. Now as our CO.
temporaries of the REPUBLICAN assume
the right Of deciding who is traitor and
who is not, and as they call every one by
this odious epithet who does not believe in
the infallibility of what that paper calls
Republican Doctrine, the sword of Dam
acles constantly ponds menacing over the
heads of three ,fourths of our Watertown
fellow citizens.
+ The article under the superscription
''One thing certain, is one Of those mys-
terious warnings from time to time appear
ing in the REPUBL CAN, for the purpose of
keeping its satellites WIDE AWAKE, and Of
notifying its opponents of the near ap-
proach of tie unavoidable doom awaiting
them.
Don't BIZ too cruel, neigl.bor Give a
speedy execution to those whose fate is
sealed but, by the by. don't forget, that
you must have the bear before you can sell
his pelt
If there are any seoeshionists and trail
tors in our community, known to our con-
temporaries to be such, why did they not
inform the Grand Jury Of this county of
that fact last week =? Such was your duty,
and was the legal way But you say : ''If
it cannot be done in one way, let it be
done in another, but be sure and have it
done - What other way can you mean?
You mean "MOB' and only for want of
courage don't speak it out.
Let it be told to you once for all, that
the people OF this city and of the neighbor-
ing towns, except a few marauders and I'M
scrupulous fanatics very insignificant in
number, are in for the war and the fight
where the war and the fight ought to be,
bat here at home, where they have their
families and property they are very earn
estly and decidedly in for law, order, and
PEACE, and whoever should attempt to
let the fury CT mob and riot loose in our
community, will be marked and made ac-
countable for, together with these secret
instigators and sycophants, who under
the pretext of patriotic zeal set one citizen
against another, and by wilful misrepre-
seDtations mislead inexperienced and pas
slonate man.
As far as the extermination of newspa-
pers in this city is concerned, who are OPP
posed (hostile it should read) to the gov
eminent, we want our contemporaries of
the REPUBLICAN to name that paper, and
not withhold conclusive evidence. We
know only one such paper in this city and
that is tie REPUBLICAN, The other two
are loyal, and supported the President
continuously since the taking of Fort Suru-
ter by the rebels.
The Republican alone is disloyal in de-
handing disloyal policy of the government.
In its issue of yesterday it directly oppo-
ses the policy of the President in the most
important and vital question of the day
While in this question the President stands
by the law and by the constitution, the
REPUBLICAN opposes him and stands up
against the law.
Pull your own ears!