The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-06-05

The ~ Y. Tribune, having expressed the
opinion that the failure to pass the emancipa-
tioa bill will add one year to the war, and one
thousand millions to the public debt. the NIL
trautee Sentinel makes rejoinder thereto as
follows
ave venture the opinion that nothing Con-
gress does or leaves undone, aside from furnishing
the mere sinews of war, will exercise any such
effect upon the rebellion. This policy of lead
ing people to trust their expectations of this
rebellion on resolution or laws of Congress
exalting themselves in hope and confidence
when Congress enacts' and resolves and set
ting in despair when it fails, is pernicious and
preposterous
According to the theory of the Sentinel, It is
oflittle consequence whether Congress declares
rebel property confscate or not whether Con
gress enacts that the slaves of rebels shall be
emancipated. or may still be held in the clutches
of their rebel masters, to be used against the
rightful government; whether the government
of the rebel States shall be wiped out, or wheth-
er they may simply be restored, with their Q Id
accustomed immunites and privileges of slave
breeding arA negro trading. Whether the en-
pIoyment of contrabands in the service of the
Union shall be encouraged, or whether the
proffers of all colored men shall be rejected -
whether the infamous fugitive slave act shall con
tinue to be executed at the very entrance door
of the National Capitol, or that disgraceful en-.
actment shall be modified or abolished
A vast majority of the loyal men throughout
the country have been, and are still solicitouS
that Congress should adopt measures calcula
ted to weaken the rebellion-measures which
which shall aim merited blow at the prime
cause of the war, and which shall take away
the great support of cur enemies. The belle
has been general among Union men, that the
duration Of the war depends largely upon the
enactment of some of The leading measures
which have been engaging the attention o
Congress for months past. Intelligent sup
pcrters of the Government, have all along de
sired something more than the voting of "th'
mere sinews of war;" by Congress; the people
have been looking for more definite war poll
cy-something to indicate what is to be achiev
ed as consideration for the immense loss of lif'
and expenditure of money. 1t is unreasonable
to expect that an intelligent people will devot
their lives and property to an und ertaking, il
which no we'll defined promise of reward ap
pears The power ard strength of a peopl
engaged in any cause, does not SO much depend
upon the amount of money furnished for its ad
vancement, as upon a united and intelligen
public sentiment as to the justice of the cause,
and especially as to what is to be gained 70
humanity by its ultimate triumph. Hence it is
that every enactment of Congress, aimed at tn
rebellion, and in accordance with the deman
of public sentiment, inspires new enthusiasm
and makes the free States absolutely stronger
While on the other hand, every failure of Con
gress to meet public expectation in respect t.
the conduct of the war tends 10 encouragement
and discouragement impairs strength.
The Sentinel may be right in its rebellion
theory, but if so, then our loyal people hav
been unnecessarily anxious about Gripping the
rebellion by confscation, emancipation, ant
such like measures. Then, too, have our mos
reliable Republican members Of Congress. beel
mistaken in their estimates of the importance
war to a speedy termination, and for the grea
saving of human life. Then too are the Dem
ocrats in Congress of the Valandingham strip
not so much out of the way, for they hav
steadfast)y treated the leading measures for tn
| suppression of the rebellion, as unnecessary.