The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-07

nth the bones, they have planted it d
With the bodies Of freemen. Henceforth It a
) consecrate to freedom. They have died
nut they did not fail. n
s'TnRY never fail who die 10
In great cause the block may soak their gore, q
Be strung to city gates castle walls tn
But still their spirits walk abroad. Though yeas
Elapse, and Others share dark IA DOOM f
They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts
Which everspread all others, and conduct t
The world at last TO freedom"
This favorable situation we owe to a pa :;
triotic Administration, who sustained by a
loyal people, have organized this great
military and naval power-with consum- {
mate ability have guided US successfully I
through all the mazes Of our Forei On Rela-
tions-have, with admirable prudence,
in such trying times, secured to us quiet
and tranquility i'll all our northern states
And more than all, to him who at the, head
labored with such untiring diligence for
our success, who has watched when others
have sumbered-has been firm when others
have wavered-whose singular moder-
alton, practical wisdom, eminent integri-
ty, patriotism, noble frankness, admitting
error, amid complications when, not to |
have erred would have been more than hui |
man, and unparalleled fidelity to the prin-
ciples of our institutions, and the peoples !
will, have made the masses feel through all |
these stormy times, that their liberties were
safe in his hands, and entitle him to a first
place in the hearts of his countrymen.
At the beginning of the war we were
menaced with foreign intervention. The
monarchies Of the old world thought their
hour had come and with indecent glee has
tened to assist in the disruption of the Great
Republic. The victories Of our armies and
the Monitors have imposed upon these a
more respectful attitude and language.
The fate of Mexico warns us of what they
would have us become, and of the last results
of dissolution and intervention.
We were menaced with internal disorders.
| In times like these when the public peril de-
mands unprecedented, and bold measures Of
administration, it is not unnatural that there
sho'd be some honest difference of opinion in
respect to their propri ETY. and need. This is
the right of free people, and the measures
that cannot be sustained on the principles
of reason cannot long in this country be sus-
tanned at all. But what are we to think of
those who have wilfully misjudged all the
acts of government earnestly struggling
to maintain our national existence--who
have had only apologies for the rebels, and
cepsures for their own rulers-Who have
found in the constitution almost sanction
for the rebellon-but only restrictions that
would bind their own Government helpless
and pewerless, in its grasp-who have smil-
ed at our reverses and sneered at our VIC
tories-who oppose everything and propose
nothing, and whose every act and sentiment
is applauded at Richmond and Atlanta
How can that be patriotism, which, what
ever its intention, gives only ''aid and con-
fort" to the enemy?
Yet | would fain believe that all who are
}, here this day, however much they may diff
fer FROM me and those with whom act, are
equally with us, lovers Of our commou coun-
try and of the Union. 1t is more pleasing to
record the many patriotic acts OF the mass
es Of our counCrymen-their immense sac
rifces-their heroic endurance-their mag
unanimous charities-to recall'the magnanim-
ity of the many thousands of noble men,
!, who, though differing i'll political creed from
their country's rulers have ralli ed around
the old flag at her call, and have sealed their
devotion on every battlefield OF the war
to remember the multitudes of our citizens
of foreign birth who have battled bravely at
our SIDE and through "baptism Of fire and
blood, have nobly won full nationality.
Who can doubt the future Of such peo-
pie? Who can question the triumph Of prin-
ciples that inspire such heroic deeds?
There is period in all long wars, when
the protraction of the struggle, the demands
for renewed exertions, the failure OF anticipa-
tions, the long postponement OF success
weary and exhausttbe endurance OF many.
1t is period that often precedes the final
/ victories. 1t is period i'll which for the
sake of Peace, compromises and plans, have
often been accepted,or acted upon which
have proved fatal to nations and the coca
sions of eternal regret. 1t was such pc
Rod when in the first great struggle OF our
nation, the early friends of liberty even wrote
urging Washington and his heroic com
radeS to desist, and make terms with the en-
envy Those true men burned the letters,
| fought on, and won for us the freedom we
have enjoyed. 1t may be such period lies
in our path. Human anticipations are often
disappointed The Ruler of all, for his own
wise purposes often long witholds conclusive
success. Let not the events of single
campaign discourage us. The liberty-the
Union, for which we are fighting, are just
as valuable now as at the beginning of the
contest Great as have been our sacrifices,
greater in coming years will they prove for
ourselves and children, if we act now the
towards part. This Union must be pre-
served, my countrymen Our fondest hopes
are involved in its preservation, and with it
glorious future awaits us still The
| American people will master all the difficult
ties that surround its re-adjustment. 1t
| is not the first crisis in our histo-
| Of fha
south will heal under the balm of
Freedom. The dismal sod fields, and di-
! lapidated plantations which Slavery had left
behind it, will brighten under the hands of
freemen. Fields now red with blood shall
again yield their golden fleece Of COTTON
Streams that have been dyed in the hercest
struggles of our contending hosts,
shall yet resound with the hum and
busy life of Manufacture. The Olive
and the vine on its sunny slopes shall mark
| the swset repose of Peace.
| Again the engineers shall cross our Prai-
ries laying out the boundaries of new Home
steads Cities, Rail Roads, Canals The
great Plains beyond us shall sound again
with the tramp Of the coming millions.
Thoroughly and firmly united by iden-
tity of principle, our vast territory subjected
to the ule of one Government-on the one
shore receiving the civilization of Europe,
on the other opening to the riches of the In
dies, with wise public policy, the centres of
wealth and power must eventually be trans
ferred this side the Atlantic. The leaber-
ship of the world 1--WE wish not its empire)
is within our grasp. The present discipline,
but prepares us for its exercise. 1t is ouIs
with the perpetuity of this Union. Let all or
aught that would obstruct it, perish!
Correspondence of Ihe KenOSha Tcle-
graph.
From The seth 900 day. Wis. Kegt.
CAMP BUTTRICK, NEAR
MrHpurc lima Doth 1894