The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-07-23
Milwaukee News OH Riots under
Difficulties,

Milwaukee News on Riots under
Difficulties.
The Milwaukee Netos is evidently alarmed
because of the accommodating evidence, that
the late terrible riots in New York and else
where, were the result of the teachings OF the
Copperhead presses and orators. The Neacs
with other papers Of like reasonable stripe,
has been laboring hard for months past, to
make it appear that this war is an unjust and
wicked one it has used all the traitorous tai
ent at its command, to incite hostility to the
Government and infame the bad passions of
patronsa and readers And now that the mischiev-
Gus teachings of its co-laborers in other cities,
have resulted in open rebellion against the
Government, and in riot, robbery and muir
der, the Ne,os seeks to throw off the response
bility by silly att empts to prove, that Kepub-
lcans have hitherto been the instigators of
riots In evidence on this point, the Netcs
cites quite number of little incidents, which
it calls MODS two of these Republican mobs
according to the Netos occurred in Kenosha
The Neacs cites as follows:
"ro what political party id that mob belong which
in 1861 assaulted small printing office on the Mich-
gan laks shore, not thirty i've miles from here
with intent destroy it Who were they who In 1892
w4ntonly maltreaeu respectable farmer in Kenosha
county ?"
Probably not one man in fifty i'll these parts,
wouId susnect to what incident the Neps al
ludes, were it not that that paper has before
expaciated on these matters more specifically.
The first case alluded then, was when the First
Wisconsin cavalry were encamped IN the VI
cinity of this place; a little Copperhead sheet
called the "DemOcrGt," was at that time be-
ing published here, which abounded in sour
riIous attacks on the soldiers. The soldiers
warned the editor of the little paper, that I'M
less he stopped slandering them, they would
chastise him; the editor ceased, promised de-
cency, and thus the matter ended. This then
according to the Meas, constitutes Kenosha
mob No. /.
The other case referred to by the Nesc5,
was that of notorious secessionist "a tarlner)
who while blowing off treason in the street,
was invited by few soldiers belonging to the
First Wisconsin Cavalry, to accompany them
to the camp. He demurred to going, being
naturally little frightened; he nevertheless
went and did what no good or loyal man
could have any objection to doing-took the
oath of allegiance. 1t is said his visit to the
camp, had visible effect upon him for good,
at least for time. This according to the
Neps, continues Kenosha "mob" No. 2.
Such are the occurrences siezed qpen by the
News, which the editor of that sheet charac-
terizes as MODS, and attempts to offset against
the rapne and murder of the New York Cop
perhead rioters The wapto4 destruction Of
property, by the New York mob, the burning
of public and private edifces; the destruction
of orphan asylunns, and treating with fiend-
ish cruelty helpless orphan children, the cold
bIooded murders and the torture of the dying
with nalignity surprising that OF the most
Internal savages-these atrocities the NewS
seeks to palIiate, by referring to the treat
ment at the hands of republican soldiers, OF
couple of noisy secessionists in kenosha coun-
ty! Verify the Ne@s must calculate largely
upon the stupidity of its readers, if it thinks
to palliate the conduct of its political friends
of the Copperhead persuasion in New York, by
such nonsense 1t is characteristic of the
Nesos as we'll as other journals of that traitor,
GUS stamp, to sneer at our Union soldiers as
mobocrats The soldiers III the army as we
happen to know, have lively recollection
of these expressions which are heaped upon
them by northern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
too, which they are very likely to bring home
with thoIR when the war is over. Our sol
diers comprehend fully, that they have enc
mics at home as well as in the south ; but
their first business is to subdue the rebels in
arms in the seeded States.