The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-03-14

5. sCnurt S. C. VINEGAR
PyoDr1etors
\ ScHnFE EoIToE
The RECONSTRUCTION BILL We e,pub
fish on our fourth page the military recon
struction bill as it passed, and has since be-
come the law of the land. The best answer
to the bowling dervishes of the opposition,
is the bill itself The Kenosha Union, the
Milwaukee NeloS, the Jeouneau Co. ArgNS,
the Lacrosse Democrat, and last though not
least the Marquette Erp 'sss, have all had
their howls. and shed their crockodile tears
over murdered republic" But the last
named paper is equal to all the others sim
IN cred down and to show the spirit of the
whole, we make few extracts from the
| Exp esS. Brother Pease commenced his
leader while the terrible bill was in the
hands of the President and did not finish
until it was passed by both houses over the
veto. He says:
clarcd war against ten of the Southern States
| of this Union Whether it will be accepted
and eliminate in armed resistance remains to
| be seen"
| a little further on he says Congress has
destroyed all civil authority and subverted
all the liberties of the people, divided the
country into military districts, created mill
tary despot, with his headquarters at Wash
lngton ano whose official power is subordinate
II In M q mt tv on RI no IF ba ortb ~
He goes on
| Never since the earth stood was there a
palmer or more positive declaration of war
against any country or people And for
what? Simply because the people in those
States, or a portion Of them, have once been
in rebellion, but have now laid down their
arms, and now profess Il sincere desire to be
loyal, obedent subjects Of the government.
And then he appeals is the civilized world
not to look on quietly, and to the rebels to
make one more death struggle and to north
ern democrats to pitch in and help, and not
talk and vote and wait the result of a tar
dy civil remedy. Hear him:
Whether the people of the North, and the
civilized world will look quietly on and see
| this unparal lelled outrage, this unmitigated
crime, this dabolical act of usurpation and ty-
ranny, carried out under the direction of an
insane congress- is yet to be decided.
If the people of the South, even in their pres
ent condition of poverty and weakness, will
submit to that yoke, and wear it without a
death struggle, they are hardly deserving the
sympathy of a christian world. And if the
| people in the North will do nothing but talk
and vote, and wait the result of tardy civil
remedy, they are fit only to wear the same
| yoke, which will be but step in the future
when it will be transferred to their necks as
| we'll"
The Dr's blood gets chilled at the horrid
picture his vivid imagination has evoked:
Oh how it chills our hearts blood to think
| for moment that we have got to surrender
| the liberty of free government, and the whole
work accomplished by an insane congress,
backed by strong political party at home,
sifed by thy reflection that a people raised
and educated to freedom, may be so duped as
submit without a struggle"
One CLEAN of hope Dr. Pease declares
there is one way to defeat the abominabIe
scheme but will the people do it All,
there's the rub! Herr him:
"There is one way to defeat the abOminable
scheme and save the government. The con-
sentative people shouidd meet in primary and
mass meetings, in all the States, and openly
ment as contemplated by this infamous bill.
The people sh oujd declare further, in such
thunder tones that an infat uated Congress
will tremble, that liberty or death is the
watch-word and warcry ofthe American peo-
pie ; that no military government shall ever
be established over any portion of the soil of
the American States Either do this, or our
free government, our liberties, and our free
dom are gone forever"
But wo" is Pease the people don't meet
In the words of the immortal Henry, they
cry, Pease Pease," but not as of old ''when
there is no Pease''
Our contemporary declares:
"We will not unnecessarily sound the note
of alarm; but be assured, this is the darkest
period the people of this country ever saw"
For which we thank him,
| LATER
The Doctor las received the veto message
and at the same time the news Of the i'm
mediate passage of the bill over the veto 10y
the House Of Representatives, by 1875 to AZ.
One would suppose that if there was any
virtue i'll representative Government, such
a majority in the popular branch of the ma
tional legislature; such an emphatic approx
al of a measure by the peoples representa-
tives would satisfy these shriekers for de.
mocracy But not bit of it.
cat the passage of the bill over the veto,
several congressman, in turn, and standing
upon their feet, before the whole house re-
marked ''that division of the Union was in
evitahle that this bill would be the death
! kncll of republican liberty on this continent
&c, &c. There is not the least doubt, the
Senate will also pass the bill over the veto,
and if So may God, help the people of this
country Because we do believe it is the
death of liberty entirely, or the bugie-note for
war in all the states, cOun les, towns and
neigbOrhoods of his vast country. The peo-
pie will not-must not submit"
The Doctor is in dispair, also, because as
he says
'There is no way we can discover at present
how the question OF unconstitutionality, can
ever be brought before court All access, and
every avenue to the courts are entirely cut
off. 1t is genuine and perfect military gov
eminent, with the highest powers and func
tions of despotism ever known, or exercised
or the face OF the earth.
The last Shrek, given after the Doctor
hears of the almost unanimous passage of
the bill III the Senate over the Presidents
veto, is the most heart rending of the OF
Here it is:
'Later-The Senate has also passed the bill
over the veto, and it is now the law of the
land. The throat Of the nation is cut, by its
pretended friends, and millions of loyal free
men, both north and south, weeping over
murdered and buried liberties. Our only hope
is from Heaven-none from men or things on
earth"
Hold on to that hope, Doctor, at least, as
long as the old lady did--"tiIl the breechin'
breaks"
In all soberness and seriousness we
have selected the above as fair sample of
democratic leaders at the present time. 1t
is FROM the pen of plain out spoken demo
crat who comes right to the point, and fair