The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-09-03
a Modest, Patriotic Speech.

The following is the admirable speech OF
Hon. }. I. LEWIS, accepting the Union nom
ination for Governor:
Gesetlepsea Of The Conveatioa:
Permit me to tender you nv sincere thanks
for the honor you have conferred npon me in
selecting me as one of the standard bearers in
the approaching contest; contest as I be-
lieve it to be, between right and wrong, Gov
eminent, law order, and anarchy and confus-
ion, Union and disunion. (Cheers.) 1t were
an honor to be thought worthy to bear the
standard of the Union-loving men of Wiscon-
sin in time of peace, but to be counted worthy
in time of war, when our all is at stake, when
danger threatens us on every hand, conceive
to be a still greater honor. | feel, gentlemen,
my inability to do justice to the position to
which you would assign me, yet all | have,
all | am is at the disposal of my country. l
say now, as | said at the breaking out of this
rebellion whatever may betide US, whatever
sacrifice it may cost, the Union must be pre-
served Tremendous applause.)
The Union first party and private interest
andindivdual preferences afterwards. Cheers
If the Union falls we have little left worth
fighting for Ii the Union falls, party and
private interests must fall with it, and public
freedom, the true end of all ci0G government,
will be obscured beneath the clouds that ages
may not roll away.
Would we save our Government, we must
bare our hands to the task of crushing the
wicked rebellion that is now raging in our
midst. We must unite our strength in long
and determined effort to accomplish this OBJ
iect, letting no minor questions divide U.S.
[Cheers. | care not what our past ditferen
ces may have been, | can freely cooperate
with all whose hearts are truly and sincerely
in the work Not with those who cry ''peace,
peace, when there is no peace" Not with
those who say they are in favor of putting
down the rebellion, but oppose every measure
calculated to accomplish the object; but with
those who not only say they are in favor of its
suppression, but are willing to use the means
necessary for its suppression, and devote eve
ry power that God has given them to the ac-
complishment of this work. Great applause.
And here, let me remark, is broad line Of
demarkation between the true Union men Of
the country and those who falsely style them
selves as such-those who falsely style them
selves Democrats. The one claims to be in
favor of putting down the rebellion and is
willing to use the means necessary for It's sup
preston. The other, while claiming to favor
its suppression, is throwing fuel upon the
fame to light it to a still brighter blaze. Can
men expect to crush the rebellion by charac-
terizing our noble army in the field as an
armed mob, by refusing to furnish the means
to carry on the war. opposition to the draft,
opposition to the measures ofthe Admnistra-
ton necessary for its suppression, opposition
to law and order, by promoting riots, declar-
inc every act calculatedIto sustain the Govern
ment illegal and unconstitutional, In effect
declaring that there is no power in the Gov
for its own preservation, no power
of self defence? Let me say to those men
that the God of the universe has conferred up
on men and nations the right Of freedom and
sef-defense The Constitution and laws of
our glorious Union reiterate the rights, and
millions Of American freemen yet live to as
sert them. (Renewed applause.)
1t is to be regretted that we have men
among US who prefer party to country; who
in the hour ofour countrys peril will spurn
the hand that feeds them who, when our
forts are battered down by rebel cannon our
ships destroyed at sea, and our glorious old
aag torn from it's standard, have honed words
for traitors, and not one word for freedom or
its noble defenders, who peril their lives i'll
their country's cause (Sensatlon.) Wonder
full acuteness in discovering technicalities to
secure the rights of rebels, but they have no
appreciation of the value of public virtue and
public freedom say it is to be regretted
that we have such men among us, but such
seems to be the fact, and we must meet them
with the weapons of truth and justice, and
may God protect the right (Cheers.)
And, oh! what shall we say Of those men
who would add the sin of hypocrisy to that
of disloyalty; who, but few short months
ago, could stand up before this people, and
with loud harangucs and promises of support,
induce their neighbors to go forth to battle,
and now, when the cry comes up from these
same ncighbors for help, can turn coldly away
with the answcr,-"I'he Presidents policy
does not exactly suit me, hence you must
suffer for it - no more men, no more money;
fight your battles, know you not; who,
when the wall comes up from the soldiers
family, can turn a deaf ear to the cry; not
willing to accord to the poor soldier the civil
rights he possessed at home Of expressing his
wish at the ballot-box; refusing help in the
hour of theirs and their country peril. May
God have mercy on them! May they get a
view of the stains upon their garments ''see
themselves as other men see them y turn from
the errors Of their ways, and learn better to
appreciate their country and its institutions.
Oh may they take i'll more enlarged and en-
1oblng views of their duty to themselves, their
leighbors and the Government under which
hey live, and become better and wiser.
| will not detain you longer. Allow me to
say in conclusion that accept the nomina-
ion in the spirit in which it is rendered. l
accept it as Union man upon the platform
adopted by this Convention, upon the plat
iorm of HacondiijoHni toynlty 10 The Go1ern-
mint ofhe Uaited Suites, enthusiastic ap-
Dlause) and believing as | do, that the calam-
ties of the present rebellion have been brought
mon MS by the Infamous doctrines OF secess-
on, shall feel it my duty, whether occupy
ng the Gubernatorial chair or not, to aid in
.he prosecution Of the war until they are Grad
Gated, root and branch, until rebels lay down
their arms and the authority Of the Federal
Government is fully respected. (fenewed
cheers.)
[ shall feel it my duty to uphold the hands
of the President and aid him in bearing the
heavy load which is now thrown upon his
shoulders, to send aid and comfort to our sol
diers lying sick in hospitals and to their sut-
ferino families at home, dong and continued
applause to sustain our noble army III the
field in its efforts to crush the monster, sus-
tain our noble soldiers until that last glorious
victory is won which is to redeem the land,
that victory which is not to be bought by
towards, but won by brave men with stout
hearts and strong arms, that victory which
alone can save this Government from final
overthrow. Tremendous and irrepresslble
applausc.)
I,,,tr,ysE STRAWBERRY CRoP.-The Roches-
ter (N. W Democrat says;
"a single fact which has come to our
relating to the strawberry crop OF
tI'a nast season viii doubtless astonish many
If our readers. A prominent fruit-grower
Of Of Western New York, from a single patch of
~, tocr, acres sent TO market thirteen hundred
Dc l.l.rr;og of tho Vr;lo,,, Good