The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-08-21

throGghout the world, let us Dury party ePlllti
party strife, and party e.ectioneering, so deep
Il lat we shall hear nothing more of it,at least,So
long as the hand Of the rebel aud the traitor Is
raised to destroy Country Constitution, Union,
and all
Teach our Youth Love of Country.
The present wicked rebellion, if no betterE
lesson c4n be drawn from it, should admonish
us to teach our youth above all things, love
Of country patriotism and reverence Tor the
Union and the Constitution. 1t hardly seems
possible, that a whole people could be educa-
ted in SO short space of time, down to the
point of universal rebellion, againsta benehcenI
and free government, as they evidently nav
been in the slave States, without any overt act
of oppression, or tempt Of oppression by mat
Government 1t has very likely taken q gen
Grafton to accomplish it, as it is. The youth o.
the South have never been taught reverence OF
love for the country or its institutions. Inc
poor white people who own no slaves, and are
even looked down upon by the slaves them
selves, have had little or no instruction OF any
kind, They grow up in ignorance, and their
principles, if they have any, are moulded ana
fashioned by their prejudices, and their preJu-
dices are moulded by the prejudices OF those
they are taught or accustomed to look up 10,
&c suneriors which are the Shareholders, and
men of property.
1t is evident now, that love Of country, or
eyerence for its institutions, have never been
among the lessons taught to the rising genera
t on of Shareholders. On the contrary, they,
the youth of the slave States have been assid-
uously taught, for at least quarter of cen
tury, that the institution Of slavery was the
first and overshadowing object of care, protec-
ton and preservation, while the government
has been held as of secondary consideration,
and of no account any further than it could be
used 10 extend, strengthen, and exalt slavery
The Federal Government whenever it has not
been administered by shareholders, has been
called Yankee or Abolition Government un-
worthy of reverence, obedience or respect, and
when in the hands Of Southern men and their
Northern tools, has been used as far as posi-
bic to prepare the way for the present attempt
W ulSSOlb0 OAlOHJ OSoIIOJ TIC NOfCAh
ment and establish slaveholding monarchy
upon its ruins. The Southern Conventions
that have been held at intervals for the past
twenty five years have taught the Southern
mind to look upon the Union and the Federal
Government as obstacles to the advancement
and elevation of slavery.
This system of education in disloyalty, has
at length eliminated ii this wicked and cause
less rebe lion, and civil war with Hits horrors.
The Southern people are reaping the bitter
fruits OF the false education they have been
receiving. They have got to unlearn the false
lessons they have learned; and that is always
the hardest thing to do. 1t is evident that in
the present instance, the Southern people
must pay dearly for the experience that is to
unlt arm them their false teachings of a quar-
ter OF century. The probability is, it Will
cost them their cherished institution of slavery
for which they were willing to sacrifice the
Union, cemented by the blood of our common
ancestry in the war of the Revolution, and the
Government founded by the heroes and sage:
Of the whole country besides the destruction
of hundreds ofmillions of property, and thou
sands Of lives. Cities towns and villages will
be destroyed, farms and pleasant homes raw
aged and made desolate. And this will not b.
so much by the Union armies, as by the gueI
rilla bands of armed rufians and desperadoes
that have been called into existence by tn
rebels, themselves, and from their own mum
bers.
Such are the fruits of an education withou
patriotism, or the want of education, altogeth
er. We, in the free and loyal States hav
r hardly felt the effects of the war. We hav
only known of its existence from the account
} we have read, and the occasional musterin
and departure of regiments. Many of GU
homes have been thinned by the call for men
, but they have gone willingly and joyfully, t
fight for the country and the government, W
4 have all been taught to love. But we have n
t cities in ruins, no villages made desoate, no
: homes desccrated and destroyed Nor can W
have, SO long as our people are all educated
and so long as love of country, reverence 70
{ the Union, and respect for, and obedience t
G our Government forms a part of that edLcl
{ ton.
g Let US then, above all things teach on
II youth Lore Of Country! The free institution
: aud tree government handed down to US by on
j. fathers, should be handed down by US to tn
e rising generation, as an heir loom to be che,
}, shed and protected, with life-the ark of th
e covenant, with which, and around which is tn
Q visible presence of the God Of battles,-th
l. cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night