The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-02-07

To read the cgotistica editorials Of the Keno
sha Democrat, one would think that we have
A lmost every other paragraph commences with
owe foresaw in the outset ',-"Weeks ago we
expressed the conviction, Eve long ago as
serted''-&c. sc. Such are some of the mod
st assumptions Of the editor of the Democrat
A fter events have tIanspi'e cd, it is wonderful
how well he knew they were coming months be-
fore. The truth is, the prophesying has been
done on the other side. We said, and other
Republican editors and speakers said years ago,
that the Democratic party is disunion party
that their patriotism and love of country, con-
sisted only in their lust for Office and the spells
& emoluments Of place and power. Years ago we
sajd-deprive the Democratic party of the CO.
hesive power Of public plumber, and it will fall
to pieces, and IFS component parts viii be ready
to enter into any scheme Of Disunion or Rebel
lion that promises TO create state Of disoi gan
ization and confusion, because in such civil
chaos, there would be chance that some Of
them might again get into Office. Has not our
prophecy come true even sooner than we antic-
ipated. The Republican party has triumphed,
and already according 10 Democratic authority,
the Union is dissolved, and few misguided
politicians are figuring for places in new south
ern Confederacy. As far as Democracy was
able, it has done its best TO subvert the Govern
ment, and ruin the country Not for any rea-
sOn-not on account of any oppression, nor of
any invasion of right, but simply and solely be-
cause majority of the people the Union pre-
ferred and voted for republican principles. This
spirit and this practice has not been confined
to Southern Democracy. The northern faction
of that party has done all in its power to incite
and encourage its southern brethren In the work
Of disunion and rebellion. If the fear OF con
sequences has deferred northern Democrats
from any overt acts of rebellion, they need not
claim any merit on their part. They have
improved the opportunity guaranteed to them
by the success of republican prncip les--Free
speech--to convict themselves of treason 20
their country. But to return to our prophecy
ing neighbof. He says:
owe foresaw in the outset that our differenc.
es with the south could only be settled by com
promise Weeks ago we expressed the conyic'
hon that any other expectation by northern
states were idle, aud any other proceeding SUI
icdal For this we were not only laughed at,
at home and abroad, but abuse was added to
ridicue. We bded cur time, aud it SOON
er than we expected"
! But few weeks have passed, yet what re-
vulsion has taken place in public feeling South
Carolina took the lead in secession, and was
sneered at and threatened by the fre-eaters of
| the north. War was demanded by these fanat-
| les TO appease the national honor; but when
| other States prepared to follow her lead, the
! affair became too serious for evon fools to in
dulge in bravado. Republicans now yield grudg
! ingly what should have been conceded CHEF
fully weeks ago
If the editor Of the Democrat is no better at
prophe8ying than he is at telling the truth of
the present and past events, his Vaccinations
are worthy of little notice Will the Democrat
just inform us when and where South Carolina
was threatened by the" fire eaters of the north?
! VIII the Democrat tell us who or what portion
Of the Republican party, whom it denominates
fools and fanatics, has demanded war ?"-
When our neighbour has done that, we will ask
him to make good few more of his lying asser-
tons We make another extract from our very
modest neighbor'a prophesy, Ho says little
on:
The question arises, what is co be done -
We have answered it often, and will do so
again..
We are certain that several millions of the
people of these United States will duly appre-
ciate the magnanimity ofthe editor Of the Dem
ocrat in consenting just once more to answer the
momentous question that is now puzzling the
pates of the present Democratic Adminisha-
ton, and the democratic party generally We
hasten to give the answer TO our readers
"The offensive statutes of northern States
mast be repealed. We seek to alarm 30 one,
but this must be done. and done soon.
We hope after this authoritative disposition
Of the whole matter, that we shall have peace
If the Union is lot saved now, we think it will
not be the fault of the editor of the Kenosha
Democrat! He has told the Northern States
what they must do, and that soon. Can they
hesitate longer? Bombastes Furioso forbid =
But one thing the editor of the Democrat has
failed TO do lie has not told the southern states
with that peculiar emphasis, that they must
come back into the Union, nor has he even as
sured the northern States that, if they repeal
their offensive statutes" the southern States
viii come back again into the Union. So far
from that, he even says in another column
We are by no means confident that the South
ern States can now be kept with u.s." If that
be SO, where is the consistency of the Demo
ocr@t man, in urging the Northern States to
the Union We think the Democrat had bet
ter turn its attention to its southern allies and
and expend its eloquence in urging them ODE
have themselves, and make their peace with the
north. before they are put out and the door
shut against their ever coming back again