The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-07-17
Acr1cuLTURAL FAIR GROUNDS, /
lilly 5th. 1862. )
less RS. EDITORS

thew appeared to me- tnod@h theoe
may be deemed a crit cism, and entirely lnproP
err if the doctrine avowed by the orator OF the ia!
is to he observed II was announced and unoer'
stood that this was to be County School Celeora
ton. In this respect it was complete fallure'.
But very small portion of the schools were -
attendance The cause s for which may be prom
ably suggestive to leading operators IN silai Gu
terprises The political complexion OF lntJolny
of the leading participants, as consttuteo' "o'
subject TO much comment and severe remark, no'
very complimentary to the Superintendent But
notwithstanding it would have passed off wlthou'
anv omen manifestation, had not the orator OF the
day. Judge Webster, taken this occasion to ex-
press in the course of his speech, his hatred ana
contempt for the fruits of common scnooi euu'
cation. and the tendencies of all modern improve
ments in general; a cropping out OF the same
lintoIerant spirit exhibited by the same gentleman
two wears ago in Kenosha. Judge Webster com
menced his address and proceeded in very cred
liable manner for WHILE and his friends Hattered
tLe,nselves that there would be no ancient New
England bigotry manifested. But what's bred IN
the bone will appear in the flesh, even after the
third and fourth generations, and out 1t came
| without stint / cannot give hiss precise WORDS,
but will endeavor not to msrepresent him IN sub
stance. And let me say to two or three lndlvld-
uals who vainly endeavored to get up a display
of emphatic applause during the delivery, that II
they will procure the publication of the prOduc-
ton as delivered, it will afford much satisfaction
| to many of his hearers.
He took the position that learning, religion, ana
improvements in the arts, of the present day, was
crude and indigested, and was more OF damage
than benefit to society and that our presentpo-
ltical troubles and civil war, arose from the pre-
sumptuous disposition the laboring classes to
! think and speak their convictions ofthe measures
of their rulers and more especially to the badhab-
It people have of commenting on and criticislng
the decisions of the Supreme Court There's the
rub'
| He declared to the ladies that they had got to
return to the drudgery of carding, spinning and
! and weaving, and to the men a corresponding
drudgery of the primitive employments.
Snow in the names of all the gods at once,
Upon what meat doth this our orator feed,
That he is grown SO greatly
Aye! thou art ashamed"
By what authority does hepresumeto pronounce
the primeval curse upon portion of the human
| race All labor saving machines should be dis
carded at once as worse than useless. similar
idea, believe, is entertained by Southern planta
ton masters The more severe and harrassing the
the toll imposed on the slaves, the more dull and
stupid the intellect, hence no damaging criticisms
on the decisions of the Supreme Court.
| it was very evident that the speaker was not in
harmony with the audience, with the exception
perhaps of very few individuals, The idea is
-, that Cd
uoation is blessing though to some extent it may
be crude. That the perpetuity ofour Government
| depended in great measure on the virtue, intel
| ligenco and mental culture of the people; that
'ete nal vigilance is the price of liberty and that
| vigilance to be wholesome must be guided by in
te}ligence that AL political power emenates from
the people And woe to a Republican Govern
ment when the people cease to criticise the acts
OF their public servants. 1t is one of the beauties
| of our system of government, that even the Su-
preme Court is not exempt from responsibility to
the people The fear of public opinion is terror
to corrupt Judges. Let the focus of public criti-
cism bear upon the absurd decisions of a corrupt
Jduge, and its vitality vanishes.
The orator referred % the good old times ofCot-
ton Mather, as the age of pure religion and per-
feet morals. The idea is doubt disgusting to
the orator, that the people have broke away from
the spell of Priestcraft and Judgecraft of that age
when person not believing in wtchcraft was
deemed hereto and mathematical by the church;
when it was taught by the divines, that any zone
in order TO be saved must be willing to be damn
ed" For long time Cotton Mather continued
to aid in the hanging of witches; and any one
critcising their acts was liable to be accused as
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the course Of justice And this atrocous state of
affairs elected great praise from Judge Webster
and might perhaps have continued to this day,
had not one Robert Coress had the boldness to crit~
icise and expose the atroeious absurdities of
Mathers acts and pretentions i'll a pamphlet most
effectuay; probably very much to the disgust OF
Cotton Mather.
learn of but one other man Of modern times
expressing Il wish for the return CT the good ola
times and that was Alderman Blenkinsop, VINO
returning home late night through the streets
of London somewhat 0bfuscated, no doubt had
snakes in his boots, expressed wish for the re-
turn of the good old times meeting some one or
something, he hardly knew what his vision not
being very clear, that exhibited to his view some
of the acts and sciences of the good old times,
when nursing woman was hung for stealing the
worth of shilling when Catholics and Protest
ants were hunted, fined and imprisoned for opin.
ions sake; when martyrs were burned at the stake
: for chrstianity's sake; when cropping, branding
and the pillory, were the penalty of expressing
doubts othe infallibiity ofjudges, in the words
of our orator. "cricising the decisions of the Su.
preme Court These and other customs being
presented TO the view of Mr.. Blenkinsop rather
+ dampened his enthusiasm for the return OF the
good old times. And it is recorded, whether true
0 know not, that Blenkinsop's wishes we're some
e what modified before death, so much SO that he
t consented to the use of lucifer matches in his
family in the place of the old finder box. "Peact
: to his ashes" But we shall always have the
: Blenllnsops among us, also the Mrs Partingtoni
n who are whining over the degeneracy ofthe times
IS fretting and Tuning and with an old mop to keel
= the tide back, who are thrown into Mysteries
/, the sight of sewing machine or thrashing ma
70 chine, who look upon all labor-saying machine
is as an outrage on he simplicity Of Gods laws
II Blenkinsops we shall always have, in the econc
st my of nature they are necessary. Feeble link
~ connecting the past with the present. occasional
"a cropping ont on important OCCASIONS curiou
at specimens for the study of Aatiq With tn
n exception of the Bienknsops, mankind will prof
by tue past and continue hopeful for the future
+ bearing in mind that 'that the best times til
oidest--they are the wisest The older the worl
grow the more experience it acquires 1t is OLE
Ell now than it ever was, The Oldest and the be
nc times the world has yet seen the present.
D. OUTSIDER.
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IA Escp0r OF EisGrict No. ,, sOmers.-ED
~ TELEGRAPH.-Will you please publish the folio
ing Report Of Attendance, REGULATIONS and u
pertinent for the past term, and thus oblige teac
- err students and patrons;
'h' Whole No. enrolled, 40
'' Per cent of attendance 81