The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-09-01
L. w. BRIGGS,
Member of Battery No 7.
A Word to Democrats,

lations Of the past few days relative to the
doings of the traitors in Indiana Is there
magic III the name Democracy that can wash
out treason or free from guilt one who is
plotting resistance to the Government
What need has the Grand Commander of the
Sons of Liberty of thirty two boxes of fixed
ammunition, containing 1876, 900 rounds Of
pistol cartridges and 10000 revolvers VIVA
need is there of a general arming of the Cop
perheads in several of our Wesrtern States
The Cincinnati Commercial says:
''Ihe number of pistols and qua nifty of fix
ed ammunition seized in Indiana polls read
large, but that is an insignif ca Mt item il
comparison with the aggregate q uantity O
deadly weapons now sold. The trade in firt
arms has not been so brisk since the begin
ming OF the war as within few weeks. The
gun-shops are being cleaned out, and are
sending very large orders to the Eastern
manufactures. The Copperheads do not de.
ny that they are arming, and gen orally &C
count for it by saying they are preparing to
make fight for a fair election this fall
What need have they of 10000 stand of
arInsGmported rifes)referred to in the cores.
pondence between M. w. Carr of PhiIadel-
phia, Senator Wall of New jersey, and Dan
Voorhees, of Indiana, recently published?
What need of the 5000, 600 men" which
Hardesty of Virginia writes to Voorhees, TO
hold in readiness, as we do not know how
soon we may want them ? What need is
there that Ristine should write to Voorhees,
that he ''would like to see all Democrats
unite in an open and bold resistance to all
attempts to keep ours a united people by
force of steel ?'
What means the Chicago Times by the
following assertion
eft the Abolition partisan lie aders" Ii. e..
United States Government acting in concert
as heretofore with the Union people of Chi
cago} arm one regiment, the democracy
will arm two regiments. If the Abolition
partisan leaders arm,two regiments the dem
will arm three regiments
And so on.
''We repeat former solemn asseveration
The Democracy Of Chicago and of Illinois,
will have "a free election Or free fight ,"
What mean the infam matory ''peace
speeches. re-echoing..from those who lead
the anti draft, and anti-war faction, of which
the following extract from that of Fernando
Wood of Dayton, August 23'is a fair sample.
81 counsel no violence. I propose con
stitutlonal remedies. But if your right of
voting is questioned if the military subverts
the civil power, when you are to be depriv-
ed of your liberties, then comes revolution
with cause far holier than that of your IA
theirs. Be cool, deliberate, une xcited but
when you do strike, strike home" '-'
True all these exhortations are pretended
to be based upon the fear that the President
will declare martial law at the North or in
terfere with Democratic voting. Every vii
lain who utters this plea knows that the
Copperheads have the power by instigating
violence and organizing rebellion, to compel
the President to do precisely what they are
pretending to fear and that they are rush
ing on with rapid strides toward such a re-
suit. We warn them that while Republicans
would staud side by side and shoulder to
shoulder with them in resisting any unIa W.
full encroachments on their rights and iber-
ties, yet that if they get up riots, martial law
will be demanded by both Republicans and
Democrats for the protection of society.
The pretence that rebellion can in any con L.
tingency be necessary at the Nor tn is fou
leland the dangerous demagogues who coun.
sci it are public criminals.
The majority of the democratic" party
ofthe North have heret ofore professed tc
have been in favor of prosecuting the war
1t is not yet clearly known that they are
not. We say to all Democrats and Copper.
heads, your own.party are divided on this
point, aud those in favor OF war claim to be 3
majority. But the warcan now be carried on
only by draft. Your leader, cClelIan, SC
wrote two years ago. VIII the minority o.
your party get up riots because Republicans
do not stop the wal, and abandon the draft,
when the majority of your party want
the war to go on Is it not clearly the
duty OF your peace minority to convert your
war majority by argument before you pro-
coed TO overthrow the government by forcei
If majority of the democrats and all the
republicans are for the war, 7giu faction o.
peace men attempt to obtain by violence
what their numbers do not entitle them tot
| fso,we believe war Democrats will stand
with us shoulder to shoulder with war re-
publicans in defense of the principle that nc
minority shall brog'-beat or overawe or in.
timidate majority into submission in thit
free country Chicago Tribune.