The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-09-20

and appealing TO reason the other influenced by and
appealing to feeling and passion. "-henoSha Ona0"
| Sept. g.
Ofcourse the Union belongs to the party of
treason" and the Republican party is inhuen-
ced solely by feeling and passion" Now
belong to the Republican party and fattered
myself that was standing upon firm ground
| that could give a reason for the hope within
me- Let us try our hand at it Mr.. Union on
the real issue before the nation. Shall the ten
rebellious States be required to adopt the
proposed amendments to the constitution as a
precedent to their representation being admit
ted into Congress? Congress thinks they shO'd
the President and his adherents, of which you
ar one think not.
When the rebellion was overthrow the Con-
federaey and all the State governm ents under
it were destroyed. All parties recognized this
fact none more so than President johnson, as
he set his governors and the people of those
States at work to make new ones. Neither the
President nor Secretary Seward claimed that
these civil governments were final without the
approval of congress- They told them so re-
peatedly, and as repeatedly informed the peo-
pie of the North that the work was only ex-
perimental, subject to the approval of Con-
gress. But presto, change, Congress assembled
in December last, the annual message came,
informing them that under the plastic hand of
the President and his oily Secretary, the little
matter of reconstruction had been achieved
la johnson, and they had only to look into and
decide upon the proper qualifications of the
representatives sent up for admission. This
/ was all very nice should Congress and the peo-
pie of the north agree to it. But Congress de-
INJURED to the my policy plan, and the great
mass of the Republican party demurred and
demanded that further guarantees should be
required. The President took this in high
dudgeon, quarrelled with his party, made his
great suicidal speech of Feb. 80 vetoed every
measure proposed by Congress looking to fur
ther guarantees virtually declaring with Louis
XIV II am the State - g am sir oracle, and
when ope my mouth let no little dog bark :"
and closing up the programme by boldly de-
claring in his uncalled for eXtra-judicial veto
of the proposed amendments, ' That all the
States except Texas had been entirely restored to all
their functions as States i conformity aUith the or
ganic lar Of the land' Thus foreclosing all fur
Their Notwithstanding the law making
power turning a coordinate into a subordinate
department and virtually dispensing with any
further need of Congress, unless as an append
age to chronicle his DEGREES. Could Caesar or
Napoleon Ill beat that
The Supreme Court in the cast of Rhode Is
land decided 6 As the United States guaran-
tees to each State a republican form of govern
ment, Congress must necessarily decide what
government is established in State before it
can determine whether it is republican or not
4 and its decision is binding on every
other department of the Government" When
new States are admitted Congress has exercis-.
ed similar practice Ofdeciding whether they
are republican in form or no.. No President
ever before usurped the law making power or
claimed so thoroughly to dictate to Congress
and the nation his edicts and policies. Now
confess TO some feeling and passion" upon this
issue between the President and Congress, and
[ think have a tOlerable good ''TeaSOn' for it,
but my feeling and passion" are the direct re-
suit of my reason" and | am not surprised
that the reasoning ofthe Union in behalf of this
usurpation should fail entirely to produce any
"feeling or passion" on his side.
Now If Congress is not an assumption an
effete institution, dead duck" but a live
coordinate branch of the government, was it
right in saying to the rebellious States give US
these constitutional guarantees by State APP
prevail before you can come in? Are the terms
hard You have already ratified the emanci-
patton amendment, now ratity the civil rights
bill embodied in the first amendment.
The north has always complained of the I'M
equal slave representation. You had eighteen
such, should we consent to give you taCelve more
as the direct result of your rebellion? what
juttice would there be in giving you MiytY rep
resentatves upon population whose politi-
cal rights you propose to ignore ?sWhat Justice
in giving voter in South Carolina three times
the political power Of voter in Wisconsin p
None at all. If the Negro is to be represented,
let it be by his friends or himself,-not by his
enemies. Nevertheless Congress says be Just
and you shall receive justice with what meas
ure you mete it shall be measured to you again.
Enfranchise the black man and you shall have
the benefit of thirty more representatives.
Equal and exact justice to all the States alike
Whatever state excludes any portion ofits male
inhabitants from political power shall suffer
equally in her own, in Congress. Was there
ever anything more just, equal and righteous
than the proposed amendment to equalize rep
resentation, to operate on north and south
alike
But here comes the rub in the article from
which quote the above paragraph from the
Union. Because the Republican party is not
willing to give up all the fruits of the nations
victory over the rebellion; because it will not
bllndly and foollshly place in power the very
men who once having sworn to support the
constitution, sought with bloody hands to de-
stroy it because it says treason should be
made odious by DISTINGUISHING few of its lead
ers, and this the only punishment to be infiet-
ed JOf91UeIa the penalty of treason-hanging
forgiven the forfeiture of property-confsca,
ton tOrg5Uen the bloody massacre the starry
ing of prisoners, the four years agony the mill
ions of debt and the half millions of human sac
rlhceS Jof9e0e@ all but the simple disfranchise-
ment of thosewhO added perjury to treason fill
Congress shall see fit to remit it :-because we
will not give up this one distinction between
the loyal and Gisloyal, between him who fought
for, and him that fought against the Govern
ment, we are accused by the Union of beino tha
party of feeling and passion, " in opposition to
the strong minded, reasoning, truly christian
party, whose milk of human kindeess so over
flows that it is willing to embrace at once, in
equal brotherhood in the councils of the ma
ton, those who drew Inc dagger of treason
with those who held up the shield of protec-
ton to save the nations life. Out, upon such
maudlin philosophy it would upturn the
foundations of all just government and forev-
er obliterate and etface all just distinctions be-
tween right and wrong. J.B. j.
Our CONSUMPTION OF WooL.-In 1860 the
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