The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-05-30
The Cost.

Our neighbor of the Democrat, after urging
the South into its mad attempt to break up this
Cove. nment and dissolve the Union, begins
row to growl and whine at the cost of prevent
ing such consummation Like most rabid par
tizans of the Northern democratic school, the
editor of the Democrat never could see any OBJ
jcct of the Democratic party but to keep in pow
er and divide the spoils among the wire-work-
ers and political brokers of that party, and no
good, no virtue and no use of the country, but
to furnish Offices for the Democratic party. When
this party was defeated and the greedy cormor-
ants that it had nourished were forced to give
up the Offices and emoluments, they cared not
how soon the country went to ruin. The edi-
tor Of the Democrat was among the most bla-
tant brawlers for this destruction. From the
time of the election of Lincoln to the present,
he has urged on the South to this rebellion
argued the right of secession, and consequently
the right of any disappointed man or set ofmen
to set at defiance the laws of the country, and
dismember the Union at will. Encouraged and
urged on by many Northern Democrats, the
Southern States have attempted to carry the
theory of Secession ad libitum, into practice. -
As any body might have known, such nation
as the United States--a nation strong in the
loyalty and patriotism of twenty-five million
hearts, rich in all the means Of wealth, prosper
Gus, and envied Of nations-does nos give up
its existence without a struggle, at the within of
a faw disannoinfad nol;tic;ono nov ~ +bo ,,o,,:
cdal thrust of few traitors Whent he editor
Of the Democrat urged the South into secession
and rebellion, and appauded their treason he
S hould have counted the cost, instead of doing
it now, so grumblingly. A grain of common
sense might have taught him that blood and
treasure too would be poured out like water, be-
fore the American people would 'give up the
ghost and consent to be blotted out from the list
Of nations. Thousands of populous cities must
become habitations for the bat and the owl, and
millions OF thriving farms must fgain become
haunts for wild beasts and hunting ground;
for the red man, before the nation of which we
are proud to be only humble member, will
consent to be blotted out of existence
After enumerating the various expenses, our
neighbor says:
Altogether it is fearful danger to our state
property fearful result to contemplate; a
prospective Indebtedness and embarrassment
piled mountain high, and more burdensome,
should the present state of affairs continue than
all the past financial embarrassments of our
people in late years combined"
Strange that he should just learn that the
cost of civil war sis fearful danger to our state
prosperity" But when he puts this "fearful
danger to our state prosperity into the scale
with our national existence, it dwindles down
to the most insignificant matter When the
people of Wisconsin put the few paltry dollars
and cents that it costs to furnish their quota of
troops to sustain the national honor and the ma
tional existence even, up against their patriot
ism and love of country, they will have sunk to
low depth of degradation To the fostering
care of this benifcent Government, Wisconsin
owes all her wealth and all her power, and all
the material prosperity with which she is now
blest, and shall she falter and hesitate over the
expenditure of 1.-THE of her treasure, when that
| Government is assaulted and threatened with de-
struction Never, never.