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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02
ImpOr lance of the Election.

There is cause of apprehension, that many
well disposed union voters underrate the i'm
portance of the election on Tuesday next
1t is not simply the election of our Union
county ticket, nor the bare election of our
Union State ticket that will achieve all
that is desirable. A small Republican Tn
ion majority in this State the presen. fall
will be looked upon as re-actiouary land will
therefore increase the arrogance of the rebel
element, both in the South and in the North.
We need good round majority to strength
en- public sentiment in Congress, and to in
spire the government with courage to con-
summate the measures for the permanent es-
tablishmen5 of freedom, which have been
SO well begun. Every Republican union
man who desires to see the right of hunlani-
ty speedily established, should swell the
majority for our candidates Good union
maiorities in the north, will strengthen the
cause of the union in the states of the south,
while lean and Indifferent maiorities in the
north will make southern traitors rampan
and troublesome to the Government, and
will greatly protract the settlement of ma
tional difficulties.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02
"EQual Taxation"

We begin to understand what the Copper
heads mean by equal taxation. Congress in
taxing incomes, with view TO protect the
poor, and those of moderate means, exempt
ed incomes not exceeding S 600 per annun.
Incomes Of over $500, and less than
S 5000, are taxed per cent. Incomes. ex-
ceeding $4,000 are taxed 10 per cent. TIE
present system exempts men with small in
comes, and doubles the tax Of the very
wealthy. The equal taxation for which
the Copperheads clamor, would lay the
same per cent of taxation on the poor farm
er, with $500 ar 5000 Income, as upon a
millionaire like WILLIAM B. AsToR.
We think that the good sense of the PEG
pie approves Of these distinctions in favor of
the poor and against the opulent which Con-
gresslhas made. But the whole copperhead
party clamors for equal taxation" Our
neighbor of the Democrat tells its readers to
''go no exemptions" and argues not only
against the enormity of exempting a 5000
income from taxation, but in favor of aboI-
ishing all the distinctions which the present
revenue law makes in favor Of the poor
against the rich. State Journal
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

Es-Attorney General Speed, in yet un-
published opinion upon the right of colored
troops to the bounty granted to volunteers
decides that slave YES paramount allegi-
ance to the government that he ia bound
to fight for the government against the pub
lie enemy-against his master, if a rebel;
that such service to the government of it
self dissolves the relation of master and slave
that the relation once dissolved can never
be restored; and that, Independent of any
act OF congress or proclamation of emanci-
patton, the soldier of the loyal army is a
freeman, and capable of contracting with
the government for pay and bounty, and
without respect to color, fully entitled to all
the benefits and rewards of the service, and
is. therefore, entitled to the bounty offered
by congress to volunteers. This opinion
puts the slaves of Kentucky, fugitives from
the south, and colored soldiers of the free
states, within the general provisions of the
acts Of congress concerning bounties to vol
understand enlisted soldiers of the national
armies. uw ra Hs.s... ta.i r..#.H
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02
What any One patriotic Man can do.

The farmers i'll this comfy, who are the
owners of horse teams, are numbered by the
hundreds. If one man in each neighbor-
hood would harness his team, and carry all
his union neighbors who lave no conyen-
fences for going to the polls, or all such as
are too indifferent to go on their own ac-
count most gratifying result might be at
tanned. Every tax payer is interested in
having our national expenses lessened by
the reduction of our armies now occupying
the lnsubordinate districts of the South
Strike heavy blow for the union cause all
over the north-let the disobediant in the
States, late in open revolution, see that we
are i'll earnest and they will cease their OPP
position to the rightful authority of the Ma
tional Government, aud the browning
period will be FASTENED, when we may safe
ly withdraw our armies. Who will volun-
teer to render his country a good service in
the way above indicated?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02
Our Danger.

The fact need not and Must not be con-
cealed, that the Union cause in this State,
is in danger, because Of the prevailing in
difference among Union voters. The war
being closed, the minds of the people are
naturally turned to other channels than
those pertaining to the vital issues, which
yet remain to be decided at the ballot box
this fall There is danger that the country
will loose much that has been gained through
the sacrifice of so much valuable life, and
such vast expenditures of treasure by the
apathy OF voters on election day Thou
sands Of Union Voters will, no doubt, reason
with themselves by saying, our cause has
been gained-the war has been successfully
brought to a termination-there remains
but little left to be done, and it will be no
great harm if we stay away from the polls.
Ii this kind of feeling is allowed to prevail,
the consequences may be disastrous, and we
be obliged hereafter, to fight over again on
the battle field, to recover what was lost
through sheer neglect at the polls. We en-
treat every man who has heretofore given
his vote and his influence for the success of
the Union cause, to strike one more blow
for the Union, at the polls on Tuesday, the
9TH OF November, inst.
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Flattcring Prospects Of Tie Freedmen i'll
lpOFgia, = e

NEW YeRK, Oct. 29.-The Times Macon,
Ga. letter says: ( Nearly all the negroes in
Southwestern Georgia remain at their homes
Almost universally they have made con-
tracts for this year with their former own
ers and apprehend, from all have seen
and heard they will renew their contracts
for the ensuing year. On the plantation of
Gen Howell Cobb, where there are aBetween
600 and 700 negroes who had been born
and brought up on his place, | found they
had all made liberal contracts by which at
the end of the year they will have ample
means to sustain themselves and fheir tami-
lies, and which, if continued for another
year, will enable them to establish fhem<
selves comfortably for the future. IA
& q sIhessanle promising condition of affairs
exists on other large farms which | visited.
The freedmen express perfect confidence in
the good faith and goodwill of their en-
ployers, and spirit ofkindness, indulgence
and forbearance seems to mark the conduct
of employers in their treatment of their la
borers. The impression having prevailed
among the negroes that the lands of their
masters would be distributed among them
about Christmas, the Commissioner Of the
Freedmens Bureau has issued circular in
which all officers and agents Of the bureau
are directed, and other officers of the army
are earnestly requested, to. convince the
freed people that they are utterly mistaken,
and that no such distribution will take place
at Christmas or at any other time"
The same letter says the feeling in favor
of wiping out the debt incurred by the
State during the war is growing in strength.
'' Many members of the convention were cleo
ted on account of their known population
views, and the action of the Alabama con-
vention on this question has given this par
ty considerable encouragement.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

Gg-Lord Palmerston (Henry John Tenn
ple) the Premier of the Government of
Great Britain, died, after a short illness, on
the 18th instant. He was in his S1st year,
and had been in public life ever since his
22d year, when he was first elected to the
House of Commons He has oeen one of
the most remarkable and successful states
men that Great Britain has ever had 1t is
supposed that his successor will be Earl Rus
sci, the present Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Lord Palmerston's widow is the Dowager
Countess Cowper, daughter of the first Wis
count Melbourne. Having no children,
there is no heir to his title. -..o.
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DIED,

PARKER-In Hull, England, Oct I'd, Oh arlotte, wife
of the late Lieut.. Geo. II. Parker, aged GI years.
Canada papers please copy.
SIMMoNs-In this city, Oct 26th w ILIY, infant
Of r. and HELEN s. SIMMONS aged 10 months.
bright and gentle as fawr,
Winsome baby dead and gone
Baby in its STROUD I
Yet see the waxen hands
Folded with the tear>staned bands,
Flsecy a cloud.
''oh! my little one-my sweet,
surely, surely 1t is meet,
.. That such graves thine,
BE the magnets to draw near
Heaven, hearts grown weary ere
Weary cen mine"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02
a Day of National Thanksgiving APP
pointed by the President.

By the President of the United States:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty God
during the year which is now coming to an
end, to relieve our beloved country from
the fearful scourge of civil war, and to per-
NIT US to secure the blessings of peace, uni
ty and harmony, with a great enlargement
Of civil liberty; and
WHEREAS, Our Heavenly Father has also,
during the year, graciously averted from us
the calamities of foreign war, pestilence and
famine, while our graineries are full Of the
fruits of an abundant season and
WHEREAS, righteousness exalts Nation,
while sin is a reproach to any people;
Now, therefore, ANDREW JOHNSON, Pres
ident of the United States, do hereby rec
omnend to tho people thereof that they do
set apart and observe the first Thursday Of
December, as day of National Thanksgiv-
ing to the Creator of the Universe, for
these deliverances and blessings.
And do further recommend that on that
occasion the whole people make confess
sion of their National sins against His
Infinite Goodness, and with one heart and
one mind implore the Divine Guidance in
the ways of National virtue and holiness.
In testimony whereof, ] have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed Done at the
city of Washington this 28th day of Octo-
Der, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hun
bred and sixty-fve, and of the independence
of the United States the ninetieth.
(Signed,) ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President.
VIM. H. SEWARD, Scc'y of State. ......
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

EBDriblets of the United States census of
1860 are leaking out through the columns
of the National Intel6gencsr. The follow
ing items of manufacturing statistics are
given Copper Rolling--7 establishments /;
Alb hands employed; capital invested, 81,
537 900; cost of. labor, $15s,oso annual
value of products year ending LIST June, So,
1913, 768. Jeaoelry-463 establishments;
5,363 male hands employed 584 female
hands employed capital invested, SIS, $780,
1928; cost of material, SIS, 102, 800; cost of
labor, So, 605, O56 annual value of products
year ending LIST June. $1O,415,811.
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0nr County Candidates.

Since the nominations, both Union and
Democratic are now before the people, it is
altogether legitimate, to consider their re-
spective qualifications for the positions to
which they have been placed in nomination.
First, then, as to the Senate we have
MIR. SHoLEs on the Union side, and Mr..
CAss on the Democratic side. Mr.. SHoLEs
has been resident of Wisconsin, thirty
years; he was member of the first Terri
torial Legislature. before Wisconsin was
erected into separate territory from Iowa.
Since that time, he has held great number
"f responsible positions of Office and trust.
Never i'll any instance, has it appeared, that
he betrayed the trusts confded to him. His
public duties have always been faithfully
and conscientiously discharged. He has
large Legislative experience, and as mark
Of his distinguished ability, has been honored
by an election to the position of Speaker Of
the Assembly. He is conceded on all hands
to be man of talent and surpassed by no
man in the State, in point of influence. AS
member of the Senate, it Is safe to say,
that no man in this county or portion of the
State, could accomplish more by weight of
character, than he.
On the Democratic side, Mr.. CAss, of Salem
is in nomination for the Senate. He is a
respectable citizen, but no one claims for
him talent, influence or weight of character.
above scores of others in his town and
vicinity. He is doubtless honest; but as
member of the senate, he would simply be
counted as one vote. 1t is also fair to infer
that his votes on all questions pertaining to
national matters, would be of the most cop
perish sort, as he has always been active
among The copperhead persuasion, especial
ly during the war.
For the Assembly, We have Mr.. NEWELL, of
Paris, and the Democracy, MIR. PARKER of
this city. Mr. NEWELL is a gentlemen of
education has had legislative experience,
and is honorably identified with the inter
ests of the people of this county. Mr.. PAR
KER is comparatively a new conner he has
no particular identity with the people Of the
county; being sort of railroad man by
occupation, He has been a bitter opponent
of the war. If he has talents above the or
binary men, the discovery has not yet been
made AS Mr. PARKER hailed from Canada,
the question was raised last fall, whether he
had ever taken out naturalization papers
1t appears that on or near the day of election
last November, he made declaration of in
tention to become citizen; previous to
that time, he had been busily exercising his
gifts as an alien, telling American citizens
how to vote This is the Democratic can
didate, who now aspires to legislate for the
farmers, mechanics and industrial classes
generally Of Kenosha county! What say
you, voters ? will you have such men to
represent your interests ?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

At LOGGER HEADs.-The leading organs
of Democracy in this State all insist that
Free Trade is a plank in the democratic
platform, and almost daily appeal to the
farmers to vote against the Union party
and thus set their seal of condemnation upon
the wicked republican Tariff, framed espec-
tally to enable the manufacturers of New
England to rob and enslave the farmers of
the west.
Gen. Hobart, in his address before the
Agricultural Society of this county, assured
the farmers that the Agricultural, CONNER
cialand Manufacturing classes were mutu-
ally dependant upon each other, and that
one class could not be protected at the ex-
pense of the other One class could not
prosper without imparting that prosperity
to the other. That the capabilities
and capacities Of our country were varied
and diverse, and therefore demanded varied
and diverse interests and occupations. He
said much more to the same effect, that
was received by very large majority of
those present, as good Republican doctrine,
and the only question was if he really held
such views, how he could possibly consent
to be the candidate of party holding di-
rectly opposite views, upon these questions,
and thus labor and urge others to labor for
the defeat of the principles be declared him
self to be in favor Of
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VIM. H. SEWARD, Scc'y of State.


INTERNAL REVENUE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
The n. T. Times says: THE income of
the Government from internal aevenue is
again on the increase. Thus far in the cur
renf week it has averaged close on to a
mil lion day, or equal to nearly Six. mil
lions week. Since the commencement of
the current fiscal year, July l, the Nation
al Treasury has received from this prolific
source about one hundred and fourteen mil
lons, or a weekly average of nearly seven
million dollars equal to an aggregate Of
over three hundred and sixty millions a
y ear The revenue which the government
is assured OF, from direct taxation, in the
current year, will enable it to defray its ex-
penses, reduce its Indebtedness strengthen
its credit in the money market, and prepare
the way for the prompt restoration of the
national finances to specie basis, in, con-
formity with the mature policy and steady
aim of Secretary Mccullough. ra. ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

Mr.. SHoLEs ADDRESS. publish on
our fourth page the address prepared by G..
c. Sholes, our candidate for State Senator
to the Republican Voters of Kenosha County.
AS an exposition of the views and political
sentiments, and defining of the position of
Mr. Sholes, the Address; perhaps, was un-
called for. No man in the county has been
longer or better known than has he, and
certainly no man in the county is SO well
known as an out and out, live, working re-
publican, true to all the great truths and
principles upon which the Republican party
was founded, and upon which it has grown
to be the great, ruling party of the country
But as an able and earnest exposition of the
duties and aims of the Republican party, in
the present canvass, this address is eminent
" worthy the perusal of every voter in the
county, and as such we commend it to the
perusal Of our readers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

OFFICE OF THE KENosHA TELEGRAPH, !
O

GRAIN MARKET On accoh Mt Of the unsettled
weather and bad state of the roads the offerings OF
grain have fallen off, but during iair weather the
receipts were liberal we quote wheat at 81 ,25aS 80
for No l. $05af1 18 for No. 70a$l,00 for rejected.
Extra would bring 5a6c above highest quotations
Our Brewers are buying Barley o. considerable
extent at ports north Of Milwaukee, on account of the
difficulty 10 getting prime samples here. Wetquote
60a75 fer good No. and StOOal 10 for prime Infe-
ror 10 unstable. Oats 22az3c.
PR0VISIoN5.-B Continues In good demand
and choice dairy brings 35a40e Eggs 25a30c Potatoes
rather better and we note an advance on Peach
Blows of SC bushel. Sales are 35a40c for common
variet es, and 45e for Peach Blows. White Beans
75aSJ 90. Apples 81 00a$1 so per bushel Cabbage
81 90 per hundred, Onions 30aA0c. Hay $10a12
Geese live Csc Chickens 25c Ducks %.
W0oL.-The wool market is hrmer and we hear of
sales 56a5sc aud for large lots of fine in good
diton Coo has been paid.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

THE President, ibis thank So living proc
lamation, mentions as cause for national
gratitude that there is great enlargement
of civil liberty in this country. This will
prove rather strong meat for such babes as
copperheads and the clergymen and laymen
who ruled the recent Episcopal convention
at Philadelphia, and they will have their
thanksgiving with the ''enlargemrnt of civ
il liberty" left out. Let the people Of Wis
consin show their gratitude for this nation
al blessing of 1.-THE enlargement of civil lib
erty," by abolishing in their own state all
unjust, illiberal, and unreasonable and I'M
wise prescription on account of color
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
By JAMES T. LEWIS, GOVERNOR.

Peace again smiles upon u.s. The work
of death has ceased. The authority of the Govern
ment has been fully established, aud traitors who
d ehed it now bow in humble submission. Tne
cursed institution of Afrc slavery has perShed.-
The Union established BY fathers, cemented
by the blood OF their patriot sons, sends forth brgh
ter and purer light to the oppressed of other nations
The people of our State have enjoyed the blessings
Of cath aud prosperity, and the privileges educa
ton and divine worship. Our territory has not been
polluted bv TIE tread of the invader; substance
has been preserved.
For these, and the many other favors and blessings
which our Heavenly Father in, His goodness has
vouchsafed to us, in providing for our wants and
guarding from danger we should thank and praise
Him. While enjay the gift let us not forget the
giveI. %. 81 81 a- .s
Feeling that we should express our gratitude and
thanEfulness for all, these blessings and fayors,
JAMES T. LEWIS Gov of tee state of Wisco sin,
accordance with a-time, honored custom, do here's
by appoint. gal.
Thursday, the SOth Day Of NUY., A. D. 1865,
day of Thanksgiving, Prayer and Praise to Al
mighty G cd and do recommend to the people that
they meet that day IN their usual places OF worship,
and d. ' -
''Praise God from whom all blessings fow,'
thank Him for His goodness towards US during the
year that has passed. and ask for the continuance of
His favors and blessings.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State in
the Executive Chamber at Madison, this
r.. 81 2Sth day of October, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
five. -.
, JAMES. t. LEWIS.
LUoIus FAIRoHILD, Sec,y of State.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-02

EgIt is reported that owing to the spirit
Of disloyalty that continues to be manifested
by South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi,
the President has changed his proposed lib
eral policy towards those States, and will
continue the rigors of military government
and martial law for an indefinite period.