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

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vas no conflict. The North appreciated the v
mpediments existing in the South, and pa IL
iently awaited its removal under the in .
luence of our principles and institutions. 1t
was when men began to talk of its perpetUityl
and illimitable ertenSj0n-of its right and
''Fred0m as a failure" and of it
as'fke corner stone" ''the normal law of
civilization that 'the irreprssible conflict
began. How could it be otherwise ?IThe I
same love of Freedom, the same hate of
wrong, the same humanity which led the
North to sympathize with outraged Italy,
Hungary, Poland-with scorned and injur-
ed Ireland led us inevitably to feel the mis-
cries of the slave. We had been recreant to
truth, to Liberty, to manhood had it done
otherwise. ROSS @
The history of that revolution of
opinion which led to these monstrous pre-
tensions and doctrines is part the history |
of the rebellion and familiar to all. Hence |
forth an armed collision was inevitable. The
issue has been made now on many battle
fields whether slavery, or Freedom shall
rule our country, and we stand amid the
conflict.
The events,and rights of war have placed
in the hands of tie sovereign power of this
nation the opportunity, and the rights of
destroying this ''cause of all our woes"
Slavery is arraigned at the bar of the nation
1t is to be tried, to be sentenced by the Amer
lean people. We impeach it Of alternating a
portion of our countrymen from the princi-
Piles of our institutions; of violating the
most sacred compacts of our nation; of the
Iattempt to subvert our government; OF the
ldesolation of our country by civil war; OF
the slaughter of our sons, brothers, country
men; of atrocities and barbarities that are
calculated to render the American name
odious among the nations For these high
crimes which concern us all, it should die.
Let us see to it, Fellow Countrymen, that
its doom be sure. L
i We stand amid the conflict. The land
shakes with the tread Of armed men.
| Every breeze from the south brings us
tidings of battle. Every day we
read Of new perils-of new acts of he
roism and devotion. Liberty, in whose smile
and favor we have grown strong and great,
clad in her panoply of arms and struggling
-, +1,o Joo+b orroy,,,lo ,,,;tI, har old ana,niac
points us to the field, asks of us our best
and bravest calls for new sacrifices, new
contributions of what she had formerly Civ.
en- us. 1t were presumptnous to attempt te
forecast now the issue of the contest, We
many circumstances are calculated to in
spire hope and confidence in its successful
termination, and our still glorious future. -
Aside from the inherent power Of Right over
Wrong, Truth over Error, of Good over Evil,
which h uman history declares as the law Of
the Eternal-the sacrifices which our people
have already made-their attachment to
Libertyand the Union, purified and intensifi-
ed by the fires through which they have
been called to pass, assure us Of an attach
ment and devotion that never have failed
of success.
The facts of our situation almost assure
US of an ultimate triumph.
I Who can forget those days of peril which
attended the close of the last Administra-
tion-that terrible period when through the
deplorable imbecility of the executive, we
seemed drifting to ruin-when every day
brought us tidings of the detection of great
states, that had hitherto been among the
brightest stars of our constelation-of the
apostasy of eminent statesmen, whom we
had been accustomed to honor-when trea
son stalked unrebuked in our Capitol-when
our national treasury was robbed, our arse
nails pIundered, our navy scattered our army
demoralized by men in the service of the
Government; and he who by timely meas
ures, could have warned the people and could
have arrested it all, sat shivering at the helm
hopelessly, heIplessly bewaiIing our ruin.
Three years may not have brought us
all we had hoped for, but how changed our
situation. We have an army, the largest
most heroic and devoted, in history. We
have a navy whose bravery and genius have
raised wall along our seaboard, and deferred
those hostile purposes across the sea. We
have Treasury that, managed with unex-
ampled ability, meets all the exigencies of
waa with marvellous success.
We hold Missouri, Tennessee, parts of
Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama Arkansas, Flor
ida, the Carolinas, Mississippi and Georgia.
The old Flag waves from outports within
all the rebeIlious states. The great valley
Of the Mississippi is ours. We menace the
heart of Georgia. We wind the Anaconda
coils at last round the rebel capital under
the hand of him whose grasp never relaxes.
A success at Atlanta or Richmond, breaks
forever the military power of the confeder-
acy. The rebel states are but partially Gull
sivated, desolated, exhausted at the utmost
limits of their capacity. The LAST man
that can fight is conscripted and in the field.
The free states have been protected in the
prosecution of all Industrial pursuits Con-
trary to all expectation, although the area of
Improvement has not rapidly extended, the
people are richer than when the war began
The real gold of our currency, that of which
1t is the representative-the accommodating
wealth, lies almost untouched in the pockets
of the people, There are thousands of
strong men in the prime of life through all
our states, who yet await at home the call
Of their country, who can, and I believe
cheerfulIy will, give 'life and fortune, soon