The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-03-27

s. S. SCHOFF, G.. VINEGAR
Pyoprietors.
g. s. sOHOFF, NJ. FRANK, Editors.
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The Democracy of To-Day.
The Democracy of the present day, in its vaTi-
Gus attempts to again clutch at the power it has
so long abused in State and Nation presents
most pitiable and disgusting spectacle to every
true and loyal friend of the Union. Throughout
the last Presidential election, the Democracy
from the stump, the forum and the sanctum,
threw out continuous streams of lying abuse OF
Republicans, the Republican Party and most
of all the Republican candidate for the Presi-
dency, Abraham Lincoln. The power OF the
Democratic party had already departed in every
Free State, and the leaders made the most des-
perate and frantic efforts to retain their last hold
of power in the National Government.
How they maligned and belied the great ma
iorty of the people of the FreeStates has become
matter of history. But ike all crimes and acts
of wickedness, this one of the Democratic party
had its reactionary effect, proving anew the old
adage, that "curses like chickens, come home
to roostr The strongest arguments and those
most persistently used against the Republican
Party, by Northern Democracy, were, that it
was an abolition party, that its only object was
to emancipate the slaves, that Abraham Lincoln,
if elected, would at once commence a crusade
against the rights and privileges Of the South
that the entire Republican party was ready to
back up any John Brown that would make war
upon the South.
Of course all this was the merest political jar
gon, of no more effect in the Free States than
the moaning Of Novembers' winds. But it was
lust what the leading traitors and secessionists
Of the south wanted. They could point to itin
their harangues aud appeals to the people for
Rebellion. BY quoting and repeating these
northern Democratic speeches and editorials and
excluding every word of truth from the other
side, they were enabled to make the great mass
Of the population of the Slave States beive that
the election of a Republican President would
Inaugurate rapacious and indiscriminate wal
upon the people Of the South-ther rights, in
stitutions, and habits and customs. In this way
hey made them believe that in ebeling against
the Union and the Cons titution, they were fight
ing for their rights, their property and theil
| homes. The southern people could but know
that large majority of the people of every Free
State were Republicans, that their State Gov
ernments were controlled by the Republican
party. But they did not know it was on &C
count Of the corruption and utter Generalization
lzE4 Al. ia.
, that the only stock in trade Of the corrupt Dem
= ocracy, had been for years the meaningless or,
( Of bolitienlst-antislayery emancipation, witt
their various changes The party held on t
power IN all the Free States notwithstandin!
its gross corruption, until the people learned tn
9 true value of these bugbear cries, and then the
= were ousted With neither honesty, virtue
t patriotism, Or any other recommendation, II
+ soon as those meaningless cries lost their inAu
ence, the Democracy as matter of course los
their hold on affairs and sunk into merited pow
f erlessness,
Thus, while there was, undoubtedly, pre-
arranged plan of the leading slave holders 0
the South to secede and destroy the Union
which, W have the charity to believe the north
ern Democracy were not made parties to, the,
were made to act conspicuous part in thi
final accomplishment, by furnishing the proc
to the masses Of the South that their rights ant
liberties would not be safe in the Union,
And northern Democracy, with that insane
idea that ia salvation, or rather resurrection
, depends upon crying abolition, and making
friends with laveholders--though they are reb
els, traitors and woul dbe paricides, with thei
hands red with the blood of patriots-still sit
ting like horIid nightmare upon its brain, erie
aloud on every occasion, that the Republican
party are all abalitonists and that they com
9 menced and are carrying on this war for tn
purpose Of freeing the slaves. To save them
selves from utter extinction they attempt al
sorts ofimpos5ibilities. After abusing Presideu
. Lincoln as few men were ever abused, withou
any effect whatever, they tried the other tack
and claimed Mr. Lincoln as their own Part,
President They declared the Republicans al
abolitonists and constituted themselves tn
party Of the Administration, and concluded tina
all opposition to Democracy was cleft out in tn
selves Oh that final arrangement, in the adop
ton of President Lincoln. when his gradus
Emancipation Message fell like 200 pount
shell from one of Com. Foote'S big mortars, in
to the Democratic camp, carrying CONSERVATION
and dismay into many hearts of ''the faithful
and scattering all their air castles to the foul
winds.
Such is the Democratic Party Of today. Will
out Vitality or integrity, without point or com
pass, without plan or principle it is drifting al
the mercy of circumstance or chance Demo.
Gratis would like to claim the Administration,
but they dare not-they would like to take the
credit Of being Unionists bat they dare not as.
sumo the responsibilities of preserving the I'm.
ion. They would to be thought the very cream
of loyalty to the Government but they dare
not shoulder the responsibility ofdefending the
Constitution for fear that would involve the
hanging up of several of their former political
associates, and to whom they still look for aid
tn the preserved Union by the men who the SO
| hippantly deuounce as aboitionists and dis.
unionists. A more pitiable party has never
claimed a place in the history of this country
than the few complaining, sors-headed polite
ians, claiming to represent the once powerful
and great Democratic Party.
The Effect Of the Fort DOuelsom Victory
! ia England.
The New York papers contain copious ex-
tracts from the London papers brought by the
steamship Anglo Saxon The news had been
received of the Federal victory at Fort Donel-