The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-08-31
Cheek.


stale and Improbable jokes, indicate Gf
not obscene) illusions, and nonsense gener-
ally-the lecture as whole with only one
prominent characteristic, and that, its utter
want Of literary moral or intellectual worth.
When we heard it, we thought the lecturer
was the most forcibIe illustration of the lee
ture, that, could possibly be presented
But the cheek of O. X. Philander Doesticks,
P. B. has been outdone by the cheek exhibit
ted by he leaders of Wisconsin copperhead
democracy
After four years league with traitors
and rebels, in their war upon the Union
the Constitution and Republican govern
ment gencralIy-after opposing every meas
ures of the government for putting down the
Rebellion and preserving its own life, as I'M
constitutional, and destructive of the rights
and liberties of the people-after declaring
over and over again, in State conventions,
and National conventions, the impossibility
of conquering the rebels, or putting down
the rebellion by force of arms, and clinch-
ing it each time with the declaration that
if it could be done, it would be unconstitu
tional to do it. After opposing the war in
every possible way-voting against furnish
ing men or money, discouraging enlist
ments and advising resistance to the draft
by force of arms-after voting in every free
state against allowing soldiers to vote, and
in many cases throwing out the soldiers
vote after they had exercised that Freemans
boon the right Of suffrage according to law,
on some trivial technical objection, as they
did in Michigan-after such record made,
and already a matter of history, these cop
perhead democrats with q cheek that would
put to the blush @. X. P. d. P. B. in his
most maudlin mood, come forward and
claim to be the only Union Party The
men who have fought the battles of the
country and saved the nations life in spite
of these same copperheaGs, and their rebel,
and traitor allies, are stigmatized as ''radi-
GALS and red Republicans who are trying
to destroy the Union" Radicals, they may
be, but it is because they believe in radi-
cal exterminat ion of the doctrine of seces-
sion, and the wedding out, root and branch,
of copperhead corruption from every place
of trust and power, in State and nation
"Red republicans" they may be, but they
are red with their own blood split in defence
of the Union, the Constitution and the Gov
eminent handed down to us by Washington,
Jefferson and their glorious compatriots.
With all their cheek it hardly seems pos
sibIe that these mounting copperheads can
really expect to so fool and cajoIe the en-
lightened voters of Wisconsin into again
trusting the reins Of government in their
hands. Do they suppose that the people
have so soon forgotten the relative position
of parties? Do they hope to make people
believe that they are not now the same cop
perheads they were year ago, when they
were denouncing the entire loyal population
of the country as bIoodthirsty butchers and
murderers? When they were daily and
hourly declaring that the war was a failure,
that the Union could not be preserved or
restored and that the war was continued
with no hope or expectation Of putting
down the rebellion or saving the Union, but
simply to satiate the thirst of President
Lincoln and the republican Party for blood!
Can the people so soon forget that in the
face of all these predictions and declarations
OF this same copperhead democracy of these
same copperhead democrats, who are again
filing the air with their ominous croakings
and predictions of evil-the war wGs a most
glorious and triumphant success; the rebel
lion was put down effectually, by force of
arms, and the rebels conquered and traitors
brought on their knees crying for mercy
and pardon from the government they had
so long and persistently labored to de-
stroy? The people will not forget that it
was these same copperheqd democrats who
sympathized with the rebellion and did all
they could, except to take up arms-to en-
courage, aid and assist the rebellion, who
are now vociferously charging the men who
SO successfully guided the ship of State
through the perils of rebellion and treason
and the men who have so long fought the
battles of the Republic, with being disun-
ionists ''oppressors of the people" and ZEN
emies to the constitutional liberties of the
people" The people will not forget that it
was these same copperhead democrats who
now in their call for state convention invite
all to join with them who "believe that the
Government should be sustained in all law
full efforts to maintain Union, establish
justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense &c were one year
ago, doing their best to prevent the people
from sustaining the Government in these
same efforts when it was contending with
armed treason and rebellion. and were call
ing on ''some bold hand to reach Presi-
dent Lincoln's heart, if a majority of the
people of the Union should see TT to -e-also.
him.
The people will not forget TIA. IS
these same copperhead democrats, who now
talk so glibIy in their call for State con.
vention about believing that our soldiers
who have so nobly defended the constitution
and the Union in the field, are entitled to
the warmest gratitude of the people and the
permanent friendship of the government"