The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-22
New roading.OrGov. seymo"r's Message

New rcadimg.OfG Gov. seymOHE's Message,
MEssRS. EDITORS:
We have not met an intelligent union Repub-
lican who has read the late message of Gov.
Seymour of of New York, that does not express
dissatisfaction and indignation at the disorgan-
izing tone of that docu ment. Moreover, so far
as we have noticed, our Republican exchanges
regard Gov. Seymour S message as a studied and
venomous assault on the President of the United
States his advisers and supporters, and the pol
icy of his administration. The Ma1aukee SenN
tineL however is an exception; that paper dis
cources as follows:
"Gov. Seymour says many things a republican
might hesitate to say, but at the same time, if
we are to concede him honest, we do not see
that On the great point of interest now before
county he occupies a position not a partical
different from that occupied by the most radi-
cal republican,"
The Sentinel proceeds to argue the radicalism
OF Gov Seymour from the declaration in his
message, that under no circumstances can the
division of the Union be conceded. There
fore if honesty of purpose be conceded to Gov.
Seymour says the Sentinel "his position is
practically in no respect different, or more acs
ceptable to the South, then that Of Lincoln,
Wade, Sumner, Chandler,o r others who might
be mentioned"
If this reasoning Of the Sentinel, be correct,
then it is equally legitimate to declare that
there never has been any Inference between
Republicans and Democrats Ga " the great point
Of interest ',at issue before the country Neith~
err the Republican or Democratic party of the
north, has by its creed favored a division Of the
Union therefore, according to the logic of the
Sentinel there has been no practical difference
between them, on the prominent national issue.
But is not this reasoning fallacious and alb
surd? While it is true that neither Republicans
or Democrats have advocated the dividing of
the Union, but each have insisted OIL keeping
the family of States together, yet the purposes
tor which the Union should be preserved, and
the manner in which it should exist, has in past
years, and now is, the vital question at issue
before the country. On this question the poll
icy Of Republicans has been as wide apart from
Democrats as Heaven from perdition. While
on the one side the aim has been TO keep the
Union together and fit It for ultimate freedom;
on the other side, the effort has been TO hold
the States together and le: Slavery run ram
pant over the entire public domain. On this
point, Gov, Seymour aud the party he repre-
sents, occupy a position directly antagonistic
to the republicans, and the administration OF
President Lincoln. So too, in respect to the
means to be employed for the restoration of the
Union, Gov. Seymour exb ibits his unmistakable
hostility to the policy Of the present national
administration.
This singular method of the Sentinel to prove
that Gov. Seymour occupies the ground of the
most radical Republicans, on the essential ma
tional issue, simply because be is opposed to a
of the Union, may be satisfactory TO
the Republican sentiment within the corpo~
limits of the city of Milwaukee, but can
hardly he accepted elsewhere.