The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-05-19

Mat am about to say, as well as / or any
other Senator. As an instance,We al ki!o"
and none better than that Senator, how l!h-
nortant. sympathy, and if not the Irlehd9l'lP
at least the strict neutrality Of foreign GOV
ernnents in this struggle, if we can retain
them Ieoitimately and honorably. At all
events he knows as well as |, how disastrous
If would be for us to raise an issue now Win
FnoIand or France which might lead them
to recognize the contederacy' ihucn l'ioio
should they enter into an alllance Will I 81
'confederacy and take sides against US i1o
would go, l know, very Iar 70 PIevo.lv f.ry
such thing as that; but let me say 70 my
.honorable friend that, in my JuuSihGilL anu
before high Heaven, declare 1t Qua De OF
much more consequence 90 US we Coulo
make the whole people OF New orK' OF rem
s,,Ivania. of the great West, and oil all the
I35,,ai states unanimously sustain the Union
oonee shake hands together, and declare,
1--WE will know nothing but the Union and
the vigorous prosecution Of the war and we
will say nothing, but fill the Treasury, fill
tbe ranks, and press on the columns until
the last flag of the rebellion is put under our
feet we will have no divisions in our ranks,
no unnecessary controversies, until this
struggle is over we will all march together
shoulder to shoulder, and ''keep step to the
music of the Union" | say, and | say it
in all sincerity, that at this hour, if it were
in my power, would give more to have the
whole people Of the free States of this Union
join with us, hand in hand, in political &C
ton as we'll as in arms, with no divided
voice and no divided sentiment in the sup
port of this Government and to crush the
rebellion, than to have England and France,
one or both together, join US In the wal
Iagainst the contederacy.
That is my conviction; and if express
myself earnestly warmly, strongly, gentle
men must not misunderstood me. l do not
| speak in anger; it is more in sorrow than
in anger" [ deplore the raising of new Is
sues which can only distract and divide, and
which, if persisted in, may throw the power
of the Government into the hands Of those
who sympathize to a greater or less degree
with the rebellion itself
In the great States whose voice is to con
troll in the great States Of Pennsylvania
New York, Ohio Indiana, Illinois, in add
ton to all the issues necessarily raised an(
which must be decided, no other issue coulC
be named or raised which would tend 81
much to inhame the political controversial
of the times as to throw into what is nov
already existing this additional issue abou
negro suffrage God knows we have ele
ments of discord enough all around u.s. ele
ments bordering almost upon revolution II
some of the free States. Look which wa,
YOU will, to New York or to Illinois, it some
times breaks out in open bloodshed and re
volt Let us rather allay than stir up TIL
excitements of the hour We have all W
can deal with, all that we can master i'll on
present situation If we unloose other spir
Its of discord to run riot through all the fire.
States during this presidential election-it
self the greatest trial to which the American
people has ever yet been subiected--a presl
Dental election with a million otmen in arm
waging this gigantic war, to throw element
of bitterness and strife into the canvass n
man can see the result. If these politlca
witches from the regions below round abou
the cauldron 90 and lin the poisoned en-
trails throw" they will make for us 9
charm of powerful trouble, like hell brotl
boil and bubble
Mr. President know my action upon TIN
as upon some previous occasions will be mis-
understood, misconstrued, and misrepresent
ed. Such has been the case when, on ques
tions akin to this and for the same reason
which influence me now, | have sought t,
postpone and avoid the discussion Of I'M
necessary issues For instance there is TIN
pending question Of negro suffrage in tn
District Of Columbia. | think it would b.
very unwise to agitate that question now
. Then there was that question whether th
, railroad company should allow negroes t.
ride in cars by themselves or be compelled
to seat them side by side with the wives ant
, DAUGHTERS of white men in this District
thought it most unwise Ill the Senator from
Massachusetts to raise that question which
bears upon the question Of social equality
Perhaps [ was mistaken but that was ny
opinion, and expressed that opinion frank
w. NY action was misrepsented in the tel
egraphic reports in a portion Of the press al
the way from Boston to Wisconsin. They
seem to forget that no falsehood is so dan
gerous as that which comes from informing
ling truth with error; that the truth hal
told is a lie. One journals says:
Our readers will observe that Mr Doc
LITTLE, with few other Republican Sena
tors, voted against allowing negroes the poor
privilege Of riding upon a District o. Column
bia railroad"
Such was not the fact at all. did not
vote against allowing them to ride in the
cars, but the convenience of the public to al
low the company to assign them certain cars.
What are the facts? Here is a railroad com
pany in the city of Washington. Cars are
provided in which negroes ride; and they
are Just as good in every respect as those
provided for white people. In fact they are
far more comfortable; for they are not halt
| so crowded | have ridden i'll them some
times myself Now, what l objected to was
| that by law you should compel white peo-
! pie to ride in the same car and upon the
same seats with negroes, whether they de
sired to do so or not. | thought it uuwise
and unnecessary: that it would do no good
to raise the question of social as well as DO
litical equality between the negroes and the
white people of this country at a time like
this and while Others who thought as
! thought and felt as | felt shrank from de-
/ clariug their opinions, | thank God He has
given me the courage TO be true to my con
victions though | may be misrepresented
here or elsewhere. | do not hesitate to say
that this measure was altogether unnecessa-
ry, and was unWise.
Mr. President, there is another kindred
proposition to which should like to refer for
a moment. The honorable Senator from
Maine Mr.. FEssENDEN1 who has charge of
the Committee on Finance has no business
to propose, and the honorable Senator from
Massachusetts Mr. WILSON, has nothing TO
propose from the Committee on Military At
fairs, and hence feel at liberty to take up
little more time than / should under other
circumstances. AS | am on the subject of
personal explanations, | may as well go
through the whole budget at once and not
trouble the Senate on any other OCCASION
When the question Of raising the pay Of the
negro troops and putting them on the same
footing with the white troops was under CON
sideration short TINS since did not object
to raising their pay. But | had the honor
of submitting a proposition that three dol
lars per month Of the wages Of those troops
raised in the insurrectionary districts shall
be reserved for the purpose Of enabling the
Government properly to take care of and pro