The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-08-18
The Administration not the Government.

/ So our Copperhead journals have long
and volubl y assured US. So we long ago unit
ed with those of our city in formally pro-
claiming A good citizen may seek to reform
: the Government, or to amend the Constitu-
! ton, but not to overthrow the former while
any one is at perfect Ii berty to oppose and
seek to supersede the Administration The
| latter is in its nature, subject to frequent
| and radical changes, while the Government
is fondly designed to last forever
You say that you are only opposing the Adj
ministration which you have perfect right
TO do; and that you do this intending to
sustain, uphold and perpetuate the Govern
ment. These be fair words: let us contrast
them with our acts
The Rebels are fighting to overthrow, not
the Administration, but the Government
You frequently tell us that they prefer Lin
coin as our President'and want himre-elect-
ed You know that they deliberately opened
and cleared the way for his former election
by dividing and breaking up the Democra-
tic Convention and party at Charleston
They are fighting, them not to subvert the
Administration which you hate, but the Gov
ernmeut which you profess to love. How,
then, is it that they command SO much of
your sympathy and favor ?
How is it that they ne0er do anything
that incites your reprobation? How is it
that in your speeches, your addresses, your
resolves, your editorials the deadly, fighting
enemies of the Government never figure as
your enemies while the Administrations
thing of the moments constantly assaulted
with the. most intense, absorbing malignity?
Why is it that nothing that is or can be
done to sustain the Government ever com
mands your approval?
Money in large amounts must be had :yet
it is notorious that every loan that is offer
ed, everyiplan for replenishing the Treasury,
encounters your deadly hostility. Two Of
the ablest and best men in tie country have
APPEALED to it, each as Secretary of the. Treas
ury for loans i'll this, that, and the other
shape-have tried every conceivable device
for attracting capital into the pnbic Golfers;
out neither has been able for years to COM
mand your hearty cooperation while most
OF you have done your utmost to discredit
the Government and bankrupt its Finances.
Men in thousouds must be had; but no plan
ever devised or conceived could secure your
hearty cooperation in raising them. While it
was possible to raise them in suffi .iencv bv
volunteering you demanded draft as more
just and equal; and when it became neces
sary to draft, you raised fierce howl against
consumption, and Insisted that enough might
have been had without. Of the Million last
raised, tot Two Hundred Thousaud(as YOU
well kuow)could have been had had not the
draft inpended;yet you paraded the few act
ually drafted as the result of CONSUMPTION.
though you were perfectly aware that most
OF the residue were produced as substitutes
or by bountles, and would never have been
had but Tor that CONSUMPTION which you
have tried to destroy
Any man may oppose the Administration
yet be true patriot and loyal supporter of
the Government. But he who exuits over
and magulties Rebel successes, While he be-
Titles or discrcdits those of the National for
ceS-Who does his utmost to encourage and
strengthen the Rebels and to dishearten and
paraiyze the loyal-can he be a patriot /?
Judge yourselves by, the standard here indi-
Gated, and read the verdict which future
generations must pass on your conduct
These dark days will pass Our GRANDPA
Tiers saw darker, yet they did not despair
The perlls they braved the, hardships they
endured IN the Revolution, were thep ride
and solace Of all their after years We too,
shall emerge from the cloud now obscuripg
not annihiating, the sunshine of Gods good
ness which unchangeably pervades all the
armament above 1T Onr country will soon
emelge from her sore trials, chastened and
purified, strengthened and exalted Her
children will treasure with gratitude the
names OF those who were nobly faithful in
her hours ofadversity and sadness In that
not distant day Of her rejoicing over dangers
past, and gratitude to those through whose
devotion and guidance she surmounted them
what will be y0ur claim to her affection or
her confidence?-N. Y Tribune