The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-05
.1EH From the ID adison Journi
The Men who Nominated Hobart.
A few "AiIasions to the Past

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members of that ticket he Indebted. and
whose policy would they be bound to fol-
ow? il sa<o... ~ l17
D For the purpose of throwing some light
upon these questions. we subjoin few sx
tracts from speeches and newspaper articles
by the leading members of the recent Demo
cratic Convention, showing what sentiments
hey avowed, and in what direction their
,ympathies ran when the nation was strug-
Cling for life in hand to-hand grapple with
The mnst unprovoked and most formidable
rebellion of modern times.
In order properly to appreciate the ticket
and interpret the platform of the opposition,
we must consider them in connection with
these utterances of their creators, made at a
time when the prospects of the National
cause looked gloomy, aud when the Demo
cratic party counted confidently on succeed
ing at the ballvt-box.
The extracts which we give could be in
extended. We only quote from
some Of the leading men of the late conven-
ton who took the most active part in max
ing the ticket and the platform We will
begin with NJ. M. PoMERoY, editor of the
La Crosse Democrat, who had three votes in
the Convention, and was member and sec
rotary of the committee which reported the
platform. First. however, we will introduce
the testimony of Union General: ar
-''Said NJ. NJ POmeroy is hereby order
ed to leave the lines of this army Immediately,
and not to return under penalty Of arrest as
spy General Order No 49, issued by Brag.
Gen. l'rentiss, at Helena, Ark., March 24tk,
1868.
Here are two specimen 'bricks" from his
paper:
''Nosone can blame the rebels for wreaking
vengeance on the black troops.
The quicker the negroes AND THE WHITE
NJ EN- 'ch0 haze no more self respect than To ac-
cept commissions IN n.gger regiments are killed
QF,x THE BET Err il viii be for all parties.
- Ii the rebels must be butchers, so
Tong as they confne their operations to the blacks
an arms. WE HAVE NOTHING TO SAY"-
In Crosse Democrat on the Fort PtNosv Mas
sacre, Apral, 1864.
"Llncoln as a traitor and a murderer.
And If he as elected. 10 misgovern for another
four years, WE TRUST SOME BOLD HAND
WILL PIERCE HIS HEART WITH 4 DAG
GER POINT FOR.THE. PUBLIC GOOD."-
ID. August. 1864.
The most active man in the Convention
was SATERLEE CLARK, of Dodge. He either
or seconded the nomination of
most Of the candidates, and it was on his
motion that Gen. HoBART's nomination was
made unanimous. We subjoin few of his
utterances made in public speeches during
the war: .....
Thousands and tens Of thousands of Demo-
Gratis have gone into the army and it has proved
a vefy 'nJ"dlctoaS more, pery. II they had stay
ed at home, Mr.. Lincoln would have been com
PEELED to recede from his unconstitutional acts
or fight this war with an army of his own
friends. :. :. . II
In addition to other base acts, the President bad
issued, last and worst of ali, proclamation
emancipat ny the slaves. Now what have the
people Of the South to come back int the Union
for Nothing. THEY acW never lay dozen their
arms as long as the proclamation ofemancipa-
ton and the c0nfScdt1on act are not yeDeoLed-
NEVER! tAppiau 81 - He
Clark did not think old Lincoln knew there
was Democratic party in the North. His acts
had been 80 desperately wicked that he now has
TO keep body guard of two hundred men,
There ~ere to-day, he Clark believed, at least
one hundred men an the cay of Washing ton
SWORN 70 SHOOT LINCOLN the first chance
they could get. - - - - He CLARK
could never support this war while he was in
favor OF supporting the constitution. :. =.
Tits advice to all democrats was TO stay at home
and cote the Democratic ticket . .
Greenbacks vW soon be aoo1M nothing and the
soldiers can get no pay. The people down
SPuth were desperate and would fight while a
man of them was left. ITwAs NoNsENsEt FOR
THE North TO FIGHT ANY LONGER. "--Senato,.
Sat CLARK before the Dane Gounty Central
Democratic Club, Feb. II, 1864 Ut q. H
There never has been anything called for by
the South, and there never can be that | would
not willingly consent to lib. IN the State Senate
March, 1867
u do not propose to sustain this war; nerer
hare sustained ii and never wlH 1 haze al
rags 0Ote6 against measures to sultan It, AND
l ALWAYS SHALL.---I6 an the State Senate
Feb. 3, 1868.
A. P, Swineford of the Fond du Lac Press
was another prominent member of the Con
vention and was member of the Committee
that reported the platform His political
character may be inferred from the follow
ing: II.
"Ameriea's purest patriot and noblest states
man G L. Nailandigham. " If we ad-
mred him before we love him now.-Fond du
Lac Press, Oct. 1868.
''We are still for peace ecen though it IN
00i0e the recognition of iSOuthera Ildependence
We against and unequivocaily opposed 70
the po icy of subJugation, and, il, as we be-
ieve, the alternative of subjugation or recognl-
ton i, all that ia left us, are are an fauor of ac-
cepting tie last-Ib. May 26th, 1864.
The declaration of Abraham Lincoln-hs re-
fusdi 10 CONSIDER any terms short OF conditions
which he himself acknowledged in the begi n
mag that he mad no right to demand will fuHv
justify The people Of the South in CONTINUING
The qcar as long as u single invader is found up
Oh their coil. If the people Tof the
North] must fight, let them fight fer themselves
aud the protection of their desrest rights Thew
hayethe power to decide whether we shall have
war or peace-achefher they wiU aVow Themselves
to be transported Ike 6uii0cks to The SLAUGHTER
pens Of Virginia or whether they will have a
Cessation OF hosiilities and a restoration of the
Union or in the worst possible contingency, Il
restoration of their lost liberties They can
still furnish him the means and the power /,
"ppress and slaughter them. Which will they
do III. July 2Sth, S64.
each new draft that YOU Dernuit the tvrant
[meaniug Abrahami LincoInl to make upon your
oiood and treasure, but weekens YOU and gives
him more strength to insist upon and enforce
future demands. Continue, if YOU will. like
cowards to yield up your most sacred rights and
privileges, out when they are gone forever,
dates not TO reproach the ep rae men rho
harmed you Of the danger -" Give the
recsfeSs despos Abraham Lincolnl rho has
uS~rpea our constitutional government the men
he now asks tor and ere they are made, ready
tor active service, still another demand will be
made for more. How long will it reon;ra at
tina rate to make every wife In the and q
widow and every child an orphan
WE ARE GLAD THAT DEMOCRATS
HCLO BACK" No man acho is a Demo1riat
aoiH coluntarity enlist IN The cause of 16oiitaoi-
asm- and that as the sam total of the 1,,es.n M
object Of The acar. LET THEM RENAfN Al,
HOME, AND LET THE INDIANS AND tn F
NIGGERS AND THE ABOLITIONISTS 60
AND FIGHT IF THEY WANT TO. When
the draft comes, and brings Nth IT the 0ress
gang, then decide aoAether you uolN ailow gou t
seLces to be draicn 0way,-WHEpHER YOU
WILL LIVE A SLAVE OR DIE A FREE
VAN THE VERY LAST THING You
SHOULD DO is TO OBEY THE BEHESTS
or rHE WASHINGTON rYRANT. ORTHE
MENiALS WHO DO HIS BIDDING. ID.
dug. IL 1864. -- en =. -
The spirit of revolution is in every breeze
that watts the voice of the people to the ears of
the trembling tyrapt at Washington. We must
and aclf hare -reUOlutioR- q. revolution which
will forever put an end toexecutive usurpations
and restore TO US the constitutional govern
rHent erected by our fathers. II rests cith the
asurper and those Scho sustain him to decide
achether that revolution shall be peoceable, on
achetter ii shall be accompanied scath blood ana
vzOtence. To that end, we say. let every
Democrat, no matter what his position. contin.
ue to 'cOusDire against fhe nniust unnonatifn-