The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-11-12

1t is a study, for the student OF human IL"
ture, TO read all the reasons that Copperhea0
editors give for their overwhelming dei9'''
the late election. Some say one thlhS' '0l,i
sav another. but few will own up the truCi' |
which was simply, that large majority Oh
the intelligent voters Of Wisconsin, prefer
country to party. This simple fact will ac-
count for the result, easier and more reasona-
blv than all the labored editorials.
The most of the copperhead editors attn
butte their defeat to the Ryan Address or the
other portion of the platform, and they sound
" berate Mr.. Ryan for saddling the party
with this dead weight under which 1t ina
gave up the ghost. After laboring all sum
Iner, to make the people believe the Ryan Ad-
dress embodied the real principles OF Democ'
racy-the only principles upon which the
Union could be saved-they now turn square
around and denounce the address as the cause
Of all their woe!
And there are still other reasons gwen,
some of which are absurd and farcical. The
Marquette Express says the reason the Cop
perheads we're defeated was that Vallandig
ham was too pure, too honest and too Patrl
otto to be appreciated by the people. Mr.
Palmer being 80 far in advance Of the people
in the appreciation of true greatness and true
patriotism as to appreciate the super-eXcei-
Ience of those virtues in the traitor Vallandlg
ham, was in consequence unapprecIated by
the people of Wisconsin. The ErpresS mod
estly claims that Vallandigham is 70 years
in advance of the people in all those virtues
that make the statesman and patriot. Ii he
waits for the people to come doUn to his stan
dard, he will most probably watch and wait
over the border" until his head is much gray
er than it is at present.
As foolish a reason as we have seen at
tempted, is the following from the Appleton
Crescent, paper that has done more dirty
work in the cause of the Vallandigham-Peace-
Palmer Ryan-Address Democracy, than any
other paper III the State.
SIN our own State, the Abolition State tick
ct has from ten to fifteen thousand majority
on the home vote--the soldiers vote will add
FIVE thousand to those figures. Many sub
stantial and logical reasons can be given toI
this result among others the following =
Hundreds of Democrats were 80 dlshearteneo
at the manner in which the ballOt-boX haC
been interfered with in Ohio and Pennsylva
mia by Federal AbolitiOnisn, that they would
not vote Hundreds of foreigners were fright.
ened from the polls by the Abolition cry o.
those who vote must fight; Hundreds re
manned at home election day from fears ofper
Eonal violence; Abolitionists were thoroughly
organized by means of their "Union League
lodges, Democrats had no organization what
ever and the fear of the stigma that might
attach itself to Democrats i'll the eplthets Of
''copperhead," TRAITOR" &c, was the means
of driving many votes into the opposition
camp"
But to show that the editor of the Crescent
did not believe his own " ords, we clip anoth
er paragraph from the same article, which il
much more sensible. The idea that any mar
remained at home on election day for fear o
personal violence" in this State, (unless it wal
in some Of those intensely copperhead towns
of Washington and Ozaukee counties, where
not Union vote was cast, )s most too hugea
joke The Crescent man goes on to say
''Were we to write the epitaph on the tomb
stone of our State candidates we should say
''Died on the Sd of Nov, a. d. 1863, the Dem
ocratic State ticket of Wisconsin it's friends
make a gallant fight, but too large a dose o.
Platform and all Immense pressure OF green
backs killed them" When this lesson is fully
appreciated, when short and unambiguou
resolutions are made the platform, instead o
a long-winded Address and longer-windeC
Resolution, we may hope for brighter and NOR
glorious political prospects-not betore!"
Had the Crescent left out about the 'Greer
Backs" and contented itself with the idea o.
''too large dose of Platform" we should say
it had hit the nail on the head The Treason
and disoyaIty buried under the platitudes 0
the Ryan Address, was too much for the PEG
pie Of Wisconsin. And speaking of 'Greer
Backs" the Racine Journal lays the defeat
to another kind of 'backs." 1t says:
''Our defeats have been accounted for in
every instance with wonderful clearness and
accuracy Screen Backs" if we credit the po-
itIcal commentators, have done the mischief
but if we pursue our invetigations, we shall
see that 0eak-backS have accomplished more"
A writer in the Racine Journal, trying to
account for the defeat of the copperheads, gets
still farther from the mark He says:
''Voters were made to believe that some of
the very best men we have We're traitors, who
had more sympathy for jeff Davis than our
present form of government. Is it strange
then, that great many ignorant men have
stayed away from the polls, or else voted the
opposition ticket ?"
That writer should look over the returns
and see where the Democratic majorities were
principally given. Such an examination might
convince him that the probabilities arc all
against his hypothesis. 1t is by no means the
most enlightened districts of the State, that
have given the large democratic majorties On
the contrary those majorities have in almost
every instance, been piled up in districts and
communities where the Milwaukee Sc Bote
and the Milwaukee NeCS are the only papers
that are read
appeal TO the Benevolent.
We earnestly request every one to read the
appeal of the Committee in behalf of the
Freedms,fs hid Society, which will be found
in this paper. The call is one of great ur