The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-04-28
CHE g&upaha Gatsgragh,
Thursday MOrn'g, April rs, 1864.
yie1vs ofa war geen,,cr,t

The more active members Of the Demo
cratic party who have persisted in the idea
that the position Of their party rather forced
them into hostile attitude to the admins
tration and the war, and some, hitherto 10y
al men have, have allowed themselves, by
their party feeling, to be carried into hos
tile position to the Government and the
country itself. Somewho at the commence
fnent Of the rebellion, gave their aid and in
huence to the Government for the suppress
ion of the rebellion, have since allowed the
mascinations Of rebel sympathizers to work
upon their prejudices, until they satisfy their
consciences and their patriotism with the as
sertion that the war for the Union has de-
generated into war for the pegro-an alb
clifton war, &C.,
General Sickles, who at the breaking out
of the rebellion and for years before was a
leading democrat of the strictest kind, was
in Chicago few days ago, and made a
speech before a large audience in that city !;
giving his views on the war, as a Democrat.
For the benefit of many Democrats, in this
county, who we believe would act with the
Administration and the Union party, if they
did not think party trammel5 required them
to act with the opposition, we give sew
eral extracts from Maj. General Sickles'
speech. He says: ago
When I became soldier ceased to be a
politician. [Deafening cheers [ did not
renounce any principle that had previously
! governed mein public life, | did not re-
nounce any of the teachings of Douglas,
Cass, and Dickinson with whom | had been
for years associated in public affairs; | did
not cease to cherish a proper regard for the
services which | believed and still believe
had been rendered by the great party to
which had belonged. [Cheers1 But | did
feel that In the time of war, when rebellion,
! instruction and revolution had destroyed all
party ties, and allegiance had merged into
higher, and broader, and greater issues, all
partizan questions, that it was right and
proper to sacrifice whatever Of party attach
ment might have cherished, to the greater
good of my country.
Acting upon this impulse, Joined the
military service of the United States in the
capacity of private soldier. Tremendous
cheering es..
And here is the practical common-sense of
a Democratic soldier, who has sealed his
faith by his blood. as well as dignifed it by
his sagacity and Judgment, upon the ''can't"
theory of the secessionists and copper-rebs
Impossible to put down the rebellion {?
Let Kentucky and Missouri, and Tennessee
and Louisiana and Arkansas answer that I
Let the Potomac and the Cumberland and
the Ohio and the Rio Grande, and the Mis-
sissippi answer that impossible? Why we
are twenty millions, and they are but six =!
What man deserving the name of an Ameri-
can can for a moment regard himself as wor-
thy ofrespect and consideration, who will so
far ignore the claims of his country to re-
spect, as to admit that twenty millions of
such men as | see tonight twenty millions
OF such population as have created a great
empire on this continent, are inferior to six
, millions, no matter from what part of Gods
footstool they come. Loud cheers
We were told at the outset of this var
: and the opinion sometimes still echoed
that it was unconstitutional to put down this
rebellion by force of arms that you could
not and must not coerce a State Why, nv
friends, if it was lawful and right to form a
u Government, to transfer from a collection of
separate States a great community, united
into one National Union; if it was right to es-
tablish such q Government; if it is right to
pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sa-
cred honors to maintain, preserve, and de-
fend it forever-for such is the oath taken
by all who swear allegiance to the constitu-
tlOn-ln heavens name, what can be more
}, rightful than to defend and preserve such a
constitution ana such a Union against ene
mics at home or abroad [Cheers long CON
| tinued.l Is it possible that the inspired faith
ers Of the republic were guilty of the folly
Of establishing a Government that we were
all bound to defend against foreign agrees
sion, yet that all Of us are bound to see sacri-
feed and destroyed at the hands of intestine
rebellion?
Gen. Sicldes has heard probably from both
Northern and Southern rebels that this is
mot war for the Union, but for the Black
Republican party and the negro. ........
This war, for whom is it waged ? Do I
hear that it is waged for some ambitious
leader of a party? That it is for the advo-
ma or doctrine? | repeIi the idea. This
war is waged for America and HUMANITY
Long continued cheering. And if it is
not fought through with the constancy and
fidelity becoming patriots, America falls.
and humanity is disgraced Applause. I
! This war, whom does it interest? Every
man, woman and child throughout the length
and breadth Of our land. In it are involved
/ vol, rICy ,,,l,,a
rights and privileges, aud opportunities of
the masses, the devel op m n
Of the republic as beacon light to man
kind, the preservation Of this land as an
asylum to the oppressed all over the world.
Cheers.
Thus one Of the heroes of Gettysburg
disposes Of the specious pretense that the
South is fighting for independence:
l understand very well, my friends, that
impulse OF the human heart which prompts
men to synpathize with struggle against
authority | know how deeply rooted in
our minds are the teachings Of our revolu-
tlonary history which made sacred the IDEA,
of rebellion against the tyranny of George
the Third. | understand how German
who has seen his country, his fatherIand. torn
ana divided INTO petty States, pOwerless to aid
each other, powerless to resist despotism, a
prey to the intrigues of Austria, Prussia and
Russia; can understand the sentiments of
the Polander and the Hungarian who has
all his life been struggling for nationality
and freedom; | can sympathize with the
lrishnlan who has sighed year after year
over an oblterated nationality, for him who
has struggled in vain against the tyranny of
an alien race, but | cannot comprehend how
any man born on this soil, or who came here
to enjoy the blessings of free Government,
can permit a solitary fiber of his heart to
sympathize with this infamous rebellion
against liberty. -Cheeringl Every other
rebellion OF which history makes record, was
a rebellion ofthe many against the few, re-