The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-13
Democratic a,alr Nominaiion :

For G0cerR0r-.ienry J.. Palmer OF NIL
waukee
S.c,s5org Of State-EmiI Rothe, Of Dodge
Iyeusyer-Charies $. Benton, OF La crosse.
Bunk ComytroHr-II. S. Pierpont, OF Man
itowoc. cr
SUE Prison C33tmiSStoagT-John L. Boi1an'
Of Ozaullee. :
S~lool Sppertntca3r.a-Volney French, Of
Kenosha.
Before the candidates were nominated the
Procrustean bediD the shape of disloyal plat
form was prepared 50 that candidates if they
did not like the contracted pattern could OBJ
iect to being placed upon it. This was the
most humane way decidedly, as candidates
could be selected to fit the bed instead Of be
ing trimmed to fit after being placed upon It,
By this plan we know the exact views Of the
several candidates If they had aught to say
against the platform or any part Of it. they
had ample time to say it before nomination,
and if their objections were strong they could
decline the nomination. But this they did not
do, and each candidate stands responsible for
the whole platform howeverrepuSnantl 1t may
be to loyalty and patriotism
Some of the candidates arc personally known
to u.s. others politically or by reputation, and
we are not disposed tosaya word against one OF
them, on any other than political grounds They
have been nominated by convention that
was preponderantiy partisan and dlsloyai to
tbs, Mon and to the ttovenment-a conVen-
ton that openly ard brazenly declared itself
devoted to Du11 instead Of the co"Ht|g-a
convention that listened to and appauded har-
angues against the Government that III any
other country under the sun would have sent
the III terers toprison for treason and we cannot,
therefore do otherwise than oppose with what
ever influence we have, their election, believ-
inc as we do, that their election would he hail
ed bv the rebels in arms against the Govern
ment, as IL victory in their favor that would
more than offset the loss of Nicksburg, and
Pemf,crton's whole army in the bargain. We
must Judge Of the animus Of the candidates
| bv the convention that nominated them
Judg, Orion, the President of that convention
| is reported as having asserted with great en-
Dhasis and JUNCTION, that the war was brought
! ON bv a base political trick of the Admins
tration, in breaking plighted faith with South
Carolina in sending a supply slip with pro-
visions for the garrison of Fort Sumter there
| by intending to provoke the South to com
Inence hostilties In the ardor of their pat
riotism, without stopping to consider the CON
sequences or the rights Of the question: said
the Judge, by the excitement growing out OF
the attack on Fort Sumter, Democrats were
Icuiya5Ded into H~rat. He asserted that it
was the design of the Administration, from
| the outset, to violate the Constitution, and the
| war he declared was now prosecuted wholly
in violation of the Constitution, by an AdmiQ-
istraton which he characterized as a monster
usurpation."
The candidates Of this so-caled democrat
liccoa vention listened to and did not condemn,
if thcy did not applaud such dishonest, lying
falsifications of history as that, and by such
endorsement made the slanderous and treas
enable sentiments their own.
Mr. RYAN said poor down-trodden Poland
has at last risen against the military opprcs-
sion OF Russia, bet she had not one tenth part
the cause to do so that we have to rise against
the military oppression Of the present admin
istration lie alluded to the punishment of
poor unhappy Nallandigham and the sup
lnrcssion of the Chicago Tja,e~ and then said
IF the Administration continues this course
of oppression what will happen? VIII you
Itamely SUBMIT Cries of No" No" from
all parts of the hall BE it treason or be it
not treason he continued, i speak for the
millions Of the North when | say that I've will
not submit if it shall cost us ten times the
millions which have been cxpendedin this war.
If the Democratic party maintains its bold
front and insists on its demands there is not a
power that dare array itself against you. lie
characterized the Administration IS 'imbecile
and corrupt, as the most miserable tragedy
that this world had ever Witnessed and said
it was soon to be decided whether ABRAHAM
/ IINC0LN'S successor was to be chosen by the
people or by his soldiers under command OF
officers appointed by him. If you allow your
liberties, said he thus to be invaded you
had better at once sneak into your graves and
give way to better aud bolderrace ofme -
These are the kind of speeches that We're
received with cheers and Applause by the con
vcntion that made those nominations and those
candidates We're nominated because they were
supposed most fully and completely to repre-
sent the dominant spirit Of the convention
That spirit is made sufficiently manifest by
the speeches above referred to.
Could that ticket be elected, and should
those candidates when elected, carry out the
principles they have pledged themselves to,
civil war in our present, peaceful, prosperous
State must be inevitable. Wisconsin would
be placed in armed opposition to the Gene
raj Government, and to the Union cause. The
language of Mr.. Ryan and Judge Orion, means
that fit means anything. The platform adopt
ed means that if it means anything.
If the sole object had been to cover up the
real sentiments of the party and hide its rea
Iprinciples and objects from the masses, it coulC
not have been better done, than it has been
The Convention reaffirmed and adopted the
laddrcss issued 10y the State Convention il
1861, and the resolutions Of the mass Con
vention held in Milwaukee on the 18th O
June 1868. The two together would make
respectable sized volumes and the Convention
undoubtedly felt quite certain that the plat
form thus enunciated would never be read by
those Democrats having any Union proclivi
ties, while for the rabid secession sylnpathiz
ing portion of the party would be amply sat
isfed to take the speeches of orion and Ryan
as platform enough for them.
We propose from time to time give such
portions of this disloyal platform as we can
find room for, for the benefit of the Democracy
of kenosha County, that they may see just
what they commit themselves to, when they
vote for any candidate on this ticket
Ina 9Th resolution of this nlatfnrln declares