The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-05-09
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TO nearly q million Of dollars day In ajdi-
ZION to this, the President proposes 10 add So
600 men to the standing army and 16, 600 men to
the naval service Such preparation in time Of
peace should appal everybody"
We clip the above icy paragraph from the
Kenoshs Democrat of last week. It will be seen
that our neighbor has not improved any in good
manners or in truth telling propensites. "Such
preparations in time of peace ~ he exclaims,
" should appal every one" We venture TO
say that these preparations will appal no one
except traitors and enemies Of the country -
This is strange time Of peace, thougha for
in another article the editor says, speaking OF
operations at the South:
"The greatest excitement undoubtedly ex--
ists and the reports of travellers northward al
agree that The people are arming and marching
for the conflict, Where the next blow viii be
struck or what the intended operations OF the
southern army are, We are not allowed to
know"
Here is a plain spoken recognition of the ex-
istence of war If it is time of peace, what is
the Southern army" arming and marching
for the conflict" tor The editor of the Demo
crat says he is 6 informed one day that General
Beauregard is concentrating all his force at
Richmond, Va, for all attack on Washington
City" The capital of the United States, accord
ing to the editor Of the Democrat himself, is
threatened with an attack by all the available
force OF the Southern Confederacy, and yet he
finds fault with the President because lie has
taken measures to protect the Federal capital
against this threaered attack, in a time OF
! Peace" We make another extract ON this
same article to show still clearer that the editor
does not believe his own Ass erton about this
being +" a time Of peace He says
The Secretary of War for the Southern Con.
federacy had sent several pieces Of ordnance, an
officer of engineers, and 1900 muskets to Mem
phis, and Gov. Moore of Louisiana had also
sent several 80 Founders, 1900 Mississippi rifles
and about 100000 cartridges, to make the
shooting easy
Here are rather extensive preparations fol
war by the Southern Confederacy, in addition
to " Gen. Beauregard concentrating all his
available force at Richmond, Va, for an attack
on Washington City," in what the Democrat
styles ga time of peace" but he does not fnt
fault with them nor call them unlawful"
Bat the assertion that ''the President propo
ses to add IS 900 men to the standing army'ii
equally false, and the editor of the Democ!a
knew that full WELL His object is to create
distrust of the administration and pervcYt i
possible, the loyalty Of few, to the Genera
Government.
We make one more extract from this tory
sheet:
"By what authority can the President increase
the standing army; double the navy force, an(
plunge the nation III war and liz debt? There
is not shadow Of authority for his doing Sc
lawfully. Congress, and Congress alone, car
declare war, make pence or augment the stand
ing army, Any attempt of the President t(
march troops into State without the consent o
the authorities or by their request is as much
usurpation Of power a ID is as unconstitutional
and wrong as any act ever committed by any
seeding State. Governments or men mus
never do wrong that good may c.me. If thC
President wishes the avs obeyed, he must no
! violate them himself"
We thought this talk about the President,
plunging the nation i'll war and debt" haC
Dor cannot give up SO good point, even whel
, he knows and admits its talsity Congress car
| d lclare war but the President can take meas
ures to defend the capital and the nation whcl
attacked without waiting for the assembling Q
Congress and the declaration of war Il is
new doctrine, we think that any attempt o
the President to march United States troops in
to State without the consent Of its authyri
ties, is as much a usurpation of power and is a
unconstitutional and wrong, as any act eve
committed by any seeding State" A curiou
Government our neighbor must think he live
under. He would make the u. S. Government
a mere nonenity but the fact is, this is all 70
effect in another la i'ude. 1t is to give . al,
and comfort" to the enemies of the Union TIN
New York Tribune justly says;
; ''Thore is no foot Of ground within til. Doun
daries Of the United States, which tic Govern
ment has not p, rfect right to occupy wheI
such occupation shall be essential to the vindi
cation Of its constitutional authority and of thu
isity it is its own judge. Federal forces arr
} always marched into and through the State'
whenever the Government sees fit, withou
: asking leave of the State authorities. And i
t the Government should see fit TO send all army
| of One Hundred Thousand Men to the relief o
! Fort Pickens, that army might march through
Virginia. North and South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama and Florida, without invading orc o
them, even though it should be obliged t.
| crush out halfa dozen separate nests of treason
and rebellion on the way"