The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-05-09

Douglas i'll Chicago Dougla
arrived in Chicago last week, and had a gram
reception, that was without party distinction
being participated i'll heartily by all parties
He was welcomed by a speech from Thoma
B. Bryan Esq, to which he responded in
patriotic and enthusiastic Union speech, few
extracts OF which we give below:
81 have struggled for peace as long ant
longer than there was hope. The return w,
received from the dissatisfied States for on
magnanimity and kindness, was the seizure o
our forts, the matching of armies upon GU,
Capital, and a concerted movement to blot ON
the United States of America from the man q
thd world. What is the cause of this grea
calamity? What excuse do the disunionist,
give for breaking up the best government tbs
sun ever shone on? Theyare dissatisfied with III,
result OF Presidential election Did they new
er get beaten before? Is the beaten party a
the ballo'-box 20 appeal 60 the bayonet? They
chose TO assume that the election of a partcnla,
candidate shows their rights are not safe.
What evidence is there of that? | DEFY anv
one TO show any act done. or omitted fe he
done, Of which they can complain. proclaim
that so tar as the rights OF the shareholders are
concerned, no one act has been done, or one
duty omitted, under this Administrator ot
which they can complain. There never has
been DAY when their rights stood fairer under
the laws than they do to-day. There never
has been time when they did not have as
good cause for disunion as they have today
Now for the first time there is no act Of Con
gFess prohibiting slavery anywhere. The laws
the fugitive slave law is enforced as many
OF you may say, with too much zeal. The
slavery question Is mere excuse. The election
OF Mr.. Lincoln is mere pretext. The present
secession movement is the result of a conspira
cy more than year ago. They used the
slavery question as a means to ACCOMPLISH a
desirable end. They desired Northern man
elected by sectional vote, that they might
prove by that the two sections of the country
could not live together. They desired to break
up the Unon and used the election of Mr.. Lin
coin as mere excuse.
he scheme agreed on last May, was that if
the disunion candidate carried all the Soutb.
ern States, he was TO seize the Capital take nos
session of the army and navy, and wage civil
war upon the North. That scheme was defeat
oy the defeat Of the secession candidate in some
of the slave States
The conspiracy to break up the Union is
known to all. There can be but two Sides
Every man must be on the side of the United
States or against it. There can be no neutral
ground. Thank God, Illinois will not be diyid
ed on that question. Nor will the North be di
vidcd. The conspirators have expected to have
a divided North and a united South. But unit
ed action On the part of Illinois will render it
impossible that war will rage on our soil. When
the question came whether the war should be
brought from the cotton field Oft the South to the
corn fields OF Illinois, said the further off the
be tier.
War does exist. The government must be
enemies must be overthrovn-
and the more overwhelming our preparations the
less viii be the bloodshed, and the shorter the
conflict.