The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-08-04
The democrats and Rebels.

The Milwaukee Sentinel speaking of the
similarity between northern copperheads,
and the rebels in arms, says:
1t requires nc special ingenuity in logic to
demonstrate that the working alliance be-
tween the rebels and northern copperheads
has been growing closer every day since the
Presidential! campaign opened The most
obtuse observer of the signs of the times
can discern this prominent fact, unless his
eyesight has been completely obscured by
partizan prejudice.
Both rebels and Copperheads use the same
language in regard to the administration
and its policy, both magnifying the difficult
ties of ''subjugation," while both exagger-
ate the losses and disasters of the Union
army, and the achievements of the rebel
forces. Go into any copperhead circle where
the war is freely discussed, and you will
hear exactly such talk as fills the columns
of the rebel papers, and even the foul cpl
thets heaped by the rebel papers on our sec
ton will be accepted as deserved, which
would be the case were all the people of the
North-or the majority thereof attracted
by the same craven spirit that pervades
these false-hearted defenders and allies Of
treason.
We find in late number of the Rich
mond Egamiaer a very noticeable acknowl-
edgement of the similarity of purpose and
language that exists between the rebels and
the democracy, and quote it entire for the
benefit of those Democrats who still labor
under the delusion that fealty to their party
under its present leaders is consistent with
loyalty to the Union.
Says the Examiner
Looking casually over an article of a
New York Democratic paper, and finding
this phrase ''The union of the Democracy
to drive the vandal hosts from the capital
never gave a richer promise of success
than at the present writing'-one might
imagine that the article referred to the con
federate raiders at Silver Spring, under
the form of ''vandal hosts )" and that it was
calling upon the Democrats to rally and
march to the defence of Washington and the
Government against the audacious ''rebels."
But no; on looking further you find that the
vandal hordes which this newspaper desires
to drive from the capital are no other than
Lincoln and Seward, and the Republi can
office holders and contractors. 1t has even
good hope of seeing this good work soon
carried through for it adds: THE shoddy
hordes see clearly, as did the guilty Bel
shazzar, that they lave been weighed in
the balance and found wanting"
Now, it is a singular coincidence, that
about the time of the appearance of this ar
ticle, one Harry Gilmore Gf such indeed be
the name Of the raider was before Wash
ington, endeavoring, or at least wishing.
to accomplish that very business which the
| New York NeUs so much desiderates-name e.
ly, the driving of the vandal hosts and
shoddy hordes away from the capital. The
concurrence of time, and apparent unity of
purpose, between these Yankee Democrats
and our Confederates-bot being extreme
w deslrous to drive out OF Washington its
present occupants-cannot fail to suggest at
least the possibility of a species ofalliance be-
tween the Confederacy and the Democrats, to
effect resalt which they both vehemeniy
wish for. 1t is true, that alliance would
have to be most carefully guarded on our
side 1t should bear most strictly the char
acter of aid given by a foreign nation to a
revolution.