The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-20
nws as necessity. and the Union is destroyed.
Abuse of Officers and Soldier,

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When there ever time in this countr VA =;
the country was in war, that man eng -
the army was traduced or slandered by c1 &c t".
portion of the community? Why IS u . ineee
soldiers will not see this Government 80 -: ~
but these men are throwing every oostacIe III tLe
nav n eject the efficiency of the army and navy
Every victory won by our armies IL d snloli a.
fair" 1t is placed upon an improper o:t9is eoie
body has been doing wrong the 'ic.oig 70 ~
srf;ciant,,-itis mot what we desired But eV-
cry defeat we have i put III Ia 'o''0'' 'A1
ET,a,body must be notified that the Federal
traons have been "llcked,' not only whipped out
tSI, ,ybipped-thousands Of persons taken prls~
ornerS-thousands of arms taken thousands OF men
lost and then the people are called upon 10 stoP
this 'effusion of blood" this great carnage, =
The people are called upon to oppose the Govern
ment, TO distrust the army, and 10 dlstrust every
man in it. and endeavors are made to cause lnel
to get alarmed at this 10 such an extent hat tney
will seek peace upon any terms and by that means
establish a Southern Coniederacy and divide theSe
States.
You recollect a short time ago, while our army
was attempting to take Yicksburg, these croakers
and these papers were all the time throwing DOUBT
upon this thing saying the stronghold could never
be taken All these things were said and all these
means were employed in order to discourage the
peope. Why is it that the people must be disH
conraged If a man is Il true man to his GoV~
ernment he never will in its darkest hour do any
thing to discourage that government. 1t IS the
dark hour of his country now. 1t IS the perlod OF
its oravest trials Stand by your country now
Now is the time to do it so that sooner later her
victories will be won Have confidence in your
army, instead of gOsspng the street corners
with the intention of demoraliZing the efficiency
of your country.
AS for my part will advocate the interests OF
my country. leave Do means untried to effect It's
resturation. After the war is we will settle
our Political quarreIs aud ifyou will only do that
also, and aid in encouraging the cause OF your
country, we will have less politics. more war and
a Union the sooner. (Thuuders of applause
"Storey and the Times
1t is charged by the editor of the Times that
have gone over to the abolitonists that adopt
in my 'harangues' as he calls them, the cant so
common to abolition orators twenty years ago :;
and also that | was who talked over North
western ConfederacY before the war, and whilst l
was a member of Congress Let me say to the
man who published thatpaper, that when he pub
lished hat he published Tile, knowingly lntenn
tonaly and wilfully. Great applause.) There
ia not living man on earth, that ever heard me
say was in favor OF Northwestern Confedera-
cy, or any other Confederacy, or that was IN faN
vor of dividing this Union by any means-and |
want this Storey Ire spoke TO me, 1t he
did did not know i'll never spoke to him, ii |
did sorry for it, to tell me who told him this
if he does not he is himself responsible. and
brand him as a liar, q sneak, a pOltrOon, coward
and traitor Great applause CHEERS for Logan
the rebel army, 1T is too Infamous and damnable TO
notice. And as to my insulting Douglas in Spring.
field anywhere else it is as false as hi but IS
he not pretty man to call me to account for IN
shifting any one, for being patriot. Applause J
1t is not true that insulted Mr.. Douglas. 1t is
nottrue that we were ever anything but friends at
the time he speaks Of / came with Mr.. Douglas
from Springfield to Joliet. l heard him with pleas
ure at every alton the road, IN the advocacy
Of the cause of his country After leaving him at
IL Of IL 4g,f
the fremont House-staid with him, talked with
him with reference to the condition of the coun-
try, 1t was the last time / ever met that great
patriot and statesman. We parted as friends. And
yet this vile wretch, this animal. this crawling,
Shiny creature, asserts that nsulted him because
he was patriot.
Does this man Storey know his own history =
Laughter If lie does he knows it is too Infamous
70 be written or published He is a man most cer-
tainly, poorly fitted fur Heaven, and the devil
would scorn his presence ifhe were to appaer be-
fore him tonight. When God in his infinite pow
er created this universe and all living and creep
ing things therein, among other things he created
frogs snakes, lizards, and Shiny miserable filthy
things he then looked upon them and they were
not low OF mean enough to manifest his power and
he must create some vile thing that will be views
ed with disgust and lnathing by all the balance
OF crea'ed thngs--he then created his vile lOath-
some CT awling, creeping, filthy thing--Story Of
The Chicago Times. Great appause)
Comprehend I,fuence on Tie Soldiers
tel you to>night that ii The people of Pennsyl-
vania and New York, and New York City 1.-THE
Weai'h;est part of the country with as much pow
er, perhaps as half dozen Of the largest States
in the Union) had been united band of broth
ers. and bad sustained and supported the men of
that army, and sympsthized with them, felt with
them encouraged them, greater results might have
been obtained. (Cheersl But because this thing
has not been done in many places these men have
failed Ii i5 the easiest thing possible to under
stand. That an army will fail in its objects if it fails
to receive the sYmpathes of those at home. You
have boy in the army he has been taught that
this Ia the best Government earth that it is his
duty "a sustain it he has been taught to bell eve
that the Stars and Stripes is the mighty and true
emblem of this Government, and that being snch
it is the emblem OF all that is glorious and good -
He has been ught TO believe that he must fight
Tor it die for it, and fneed be ask no better winds
ing sheet to wrap his holly in when fallen, upon
he Geld of battle.
This las been his faith, and cOmpy ing with the
dictates Of that fath,h into the army to main
ain it. And men have become crazed ard wild
n their preiudices, as oinduce the father of the
ad TO write to him that the is wrong, He writes
a letter and says, My boy want You to return
nome the war is unjustifable You should desert ;
i you cannot do so and ge homa, WIN, desert to
he enemy and be paroed get out of this unhOly
war somehow, 1t makes no difference how This
5 the way that many of these brave boys have
'ecn written to, and WHAT'S the result what could
70 expected The result is, that the boy is dis f..
outraged, his energies have been crushed, and it
IS not possible for him 20 fight the battles Of his
country under such circumstances.
Oar Final Duty The Flag IRE all Lore
In al these facts we may realize lesson clears
/, pointing out our duty 1t is to lay fast hold of
that nd flag, keep step to the music of the Union
unfurl its ample folds, and with heart of cour-
ace and will that knows no iaultering or dismAy
let il hutter over every burg and wave over ewes
~ town and hamlet, until all traitors like the wick
I'd prince of Babylon, shall smte their knees in
terror and disnay as If the handwriting was upon
the wall. Let them know that they must bow be-
it it or kiss its untarnished folds and swear by
all that is great and good never to violate its
fry again or infringe right it represents-let this
be done and all will be well And appeal to and
entreat you all, my countrymen by all that you
hold sacred by the glor memories of the past
the once bright hopes OF the future; by the MEM
Org of the gallant ones who have fallen upon the
cory fields OF the South by the wounded and suf
feriug who languish in our midst; by the sorrow
and mourning that this wicked rebellion has brot
uuor our once happy ard favored laud-to be
faithful, vigilant untiring answering determined
come what may, dare TO be men and do what is
right. Stand by your country in all her trials, at
every hazard or at any cost,
Let it not be SAID that those glorious bows who
now sleep beneath the red clay OF the South or the
l1een sod of our own loved Stale, have died in
vain Let those who are traducing the soldiers of
the Government know the enormity of their crime
and their error-try to reclaim them and bring
them back to duty and to honor j they heed
not your appeals-if they still persist in their err
ror and heresesif they will not aid in maintain
ing the Government aud laws that prot ect them,
and continue in their wicked aid and encourage
ment to this rebellon-seLd them to the other
side where they belong, for the man who can live
in this peaceful. happy and prosperous land and
not be loyal and true to it, ought, like Cain to be
branded by an ndelibie mark and banshed forev>
er from his native paradise. No traitor, no SYM
pathizer, no man who can lisp a word in favor of
cause, is fit for any other ruler than Jeff. Davis.
He should be put in front ofthe Union army, where
they viii get justice. Applause
The man that can to>day raise his voice against
the Constitution, the laws or the Government with
the design of injuring or in any way obstructng
their operation, shonld, if could pass sentence
upnn him, be hung so cubits higher than Haman,
NINTH his body blackened in the sun and his homes