The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-09-21
nThe prOgreSS Of DiSintergFatinn,"

The last number of the Milwaukee NerS
is full of the idea that the Republican Party
is being disintegrated and split up, and 0he
editor of that deectable Sheet becomes
quite extatc over the prospect that such
state of things would open up to the De
mocracy. A large share Of the paper is
filled with extracts from the various Repub-
lican papers of the State on the platform or
resolutions adopted by the late Union Con
vention, and here comes in, or rather, sticks
out the cloven foot of the demagogue. 1t
will be remembered that the editor of the
Ne1Os has been, for nearly year past, to
use homely expression, death on the
radicals" The entire Union Republican
party were styled radicals. and radicalism,
according to the Meas comprised every po-
itical sin and heresy. There was no name
too harsh to be applied to the radicals. but
since the late Union Convention, 'thc radi-
Gals" have become all at once the pets and
proteges of the NstgS; all at once 1.-The radi-
Gals" have come to be the salt of the earth, "
very much abu sed and disregarded by the
conservative faction of the Republican par.
ty The editor of the Milwaukee NepS, nc
doubt thinks himself deep and sly-and in
the language of joey Bagstock," he is, IN
doubtedIy sly-deuced sly-but not so. sly
but that any willing who reads his paper,
sees through him, and laughs in his sleeve at
his utter transparency.
1t will not be forgotten that little over
a year ago. the editor of the Milwaukee
News was pursuing exactly the same course
in the National canvass that he is now pur-
suing in the State canvass. Then he as
sumed the championship of Gen. Fremont,
and as actively instrumental in getting
up the Cleveland Convention and support
ing its nominees. Then as now, his object
was to distract and divide the Union Party.
Then as now he vainly imagined the thing
actually accomplished, and on the strength
of that accomplishment predicted as he is
now predicting the speedy downfall Of the
Republican Party and the easy triumph of
the Copperhead Democracy. And we think
there was then just as much of a prospect
for a copperhead triumph as aOac, and no
more. We recoIlect with what perfect CON
tidence the editor Of the News spoke of the
result last fall, and especially after he had
received that reliable information from the
army of the Potomac, that the soldiers Were
all going 20 vote the democratic ticket. He
has also just now learnt from some anthem
tic source that the returned soldiers have to
man, finally resolved to vote the demo-
cratic ticket this fall, which he says will en-
sure the complete success of the democracy
And the editor of the NEWS is all the more
pleased at this decision Of the soldiers, be-
cause it proves that after all the soldiers APP
proved of the course Of The democracy in OPP
posing the right of soldiers to vote, and yo-
ting against every plan to raise money to
pay the soldiers or their families. The fact
is we have seen to many of these rosy hued
calculations of the editor of the News come
to ashes in the clutching, to have the least
confidence in his predictions. He is alto
gether an unreliable prophet.