The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-20
every free State in the Union. In the State Of


publicans and Democrats Last Fall war
Democrat was run on the Union ticket, for
Governor, against the semi traitor Seymour.
In Ohio, life long Democrat is being cordial
ly supported for Governor, by the Republic
ans of that State. But it is useless to multi
ply facts of this sort there cannot be a free
State named in which Republicans have not
invited the cooperation of loyal Democrats,
and made fair distribution of all the impor-
tant offices of profit and trust. In some Of
the New England States, whereth Republic
ans were overwhelmingly in the majority,
full share of the responsible offices have been
bestowed upon loyal Democrats. The state
ment of Matt. Carpenter made on Saturday
evening last, that Republicans are chargable
with persistent adherence to party has no
foundation in the general political history Of
the country, for the past two years, or more.
BOUND TO BE MIsERABLE.-Thee editor OF the
Milwaukee Nevs is, certainly, the most I'M
happy individual we know Of For he is con-
stantIy endeavoring to deceive himself and
his readers too, and he cannot succeed for any
length of time, especially in the former I'M
dertaking. His paper is perfect museum of
contradictions and inconsistencies. The Ken
lucky election furnishes matter for complaint
and for congratulation in the same paper. He
cannot comprehend that Union men should
be found in Kentucky to vote for Union can
didates without being driven to it by federal
| bayonets, and he therefore discourses in this
wise:
THE so called Kentucky election was a farce
in all aspects The federal administration ac-
tually elected the state officers there on Monday
| as if Stanton and Haleck had put the ballots in>
| to the boxes with their own hands. Their militia.
ry agents stationed at all the polls with full
discretion 20 admit or exclude whOmever they
pleased. That they exercised this privilege with
out scruple according to the wish at Washington
is sufficiently evident from the returns by tele>
graph"
This is the way he characterizes the oppos-
ing candidates
| "Most OF our readers have heard Of Mr.. WICK
LIFEE, the democratic candidate for governor
He is one of the most popular OF the noble sons OF
that noble State the friend and compeer OF men
| like Crittenden and Clay. He has been repeated
| ly sent to Congress by heavy maorities and never
candidly SUSPECTED of hos Utility to the Interests
| of Kentucky or of the Union. An unknown polit-
zeal ad yenturer never before heard Of outside Ken
| lucky, was brought against him. Yet where the
popular WICKLIFFE gets ten votes his obscure and
| Unpopular opponent gets hundreds J!
1t is so much easier to suppose that the 70,
900 electors who voted for Judge Bramlette
the Union candidate, were driven to the polls
by federal bayonets, than to suppose that they
voted for him on account of his known and
declared devotion to the Union and because
his opponent was just as well known for his
devotion to the rebellion. The Ne,gS man de-
clares that zone half the voters in Kentucky
were driven away from thepolls." But the
returns show even a larger vote than i'll 1861,
he sees that this bit of consolation is lost, and
he therefore flies to some other.
He has all at once discovered that 'Judge
Bramlette" is not such an unknown politi-
cal adventurer," after all, but that he is pop
ular orator and judge, who will not support
the administration, and chuckles over the idea
that the republicans have won AN elephant
of tolerably large proportions, by military in
reference in the Kentucky election!" But
even this does not satisfy him for in the same
paper, he returns to the old charge that the
! administration resorted to the bayonet in Ken
lucky, ''to compel electors to vote for the
friends of the administration.
But the Kentucky election is not the only
grievance. The ghost Of NEGRO equality
rises before his vision and torments him, and
like Banquos ghost, won't down" at his bid
ding. The late proclamation of the President
for the protection of colored soldiers of the
United States, taken prisoners by the rebels,
furnishes the text for the following, good ma
tured and philanthropic remarks:
THE president has issued another negro order
characteristic of his whole policy in conducting
the war. 1t declares in substance that negroes are
the equals of white men, and that every white
rebel pr isoner shall be treated precisely like me-
gro prisoners belonging to the federal army "a white
rebel to be eDslaved tor every negro captured and
| held as a slave.
The president might as rightfuy declare that
rebel prisoners should DE treated as the rebel;
But as an offset to this in the same paper,
is long article, complaining Of and berating
! the Republicans and the administration fol
their illiberality and inhumanity, i'll appoint
ing white officers to command negro regi-
mcnts. Speaking of this matter he says;
The poor victims of Republican philanthropy
are simply used in filling up regiments, that their
white brothers may command them and plunder
tie treasury in the shape OF fat salaries and large
supplies This is the sort of equality VIII Oh
the Republicans have thus far guaranteed the mes
gro--a treatment which has no parallel for irjus
tice and inhumanity,'
The next subject that is touched on both
sides, is the army suffrage law. The editor
Of the NeWS is notorious for the most sanguine
and positive assurances of success before
election. He now declares that thepeace de-
mocracy Of this State will succeed in the cleo
ton of their anti-war, rebel-sympathizing can
didates, without the possibility of failure.
He says:
cat the coming election we have The mos posi-.
tive assurance directly from the army thatthe so>
diers it permitted. will very largely support the
democratic Candidates, for the reason that they
want the war ended with the enforcement of the
constitution"
The soldiers, CT course will be permitted to
vote for whom they choose, and with this ''pos-
tive assurance" we should have thought
the editor of the Meas would have been con-
tent to let that matter rest, but it is quite ev-
ident that he has no faith in that positive
assurance, for in the very next article he
pitches into the army suffrage bill, charac-
terizing it as san outrage upon the people,
Iperpetrated by the Legislature. Our citizen
soldiers are portion of the people, but we
have never heard that they considered the
privilege Of voting extended to them in their
camps, as an outrage and the Republicans