Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-05
RIGHT on 1!

/ An age of progress and Achievements is
this of ours Strides, unparalleled in the
history Of the world, are being made N
every direction. We no longer move at a
Canterbury gallop, or deem ic necessary
to wait approaching i'm beoility for the
expression of ideas, sentiments and opin-
ions, if we would have place with advanc
ing humanity. Right on. with a fixed
purpose and an unhroken front, is the
key note to all success. Obstacles, i'm
pediments and tortuous pathways are
encountered only to be surmounted and
| left behind, in the sure and positive ca
.reer Of Onward, Right ahead! Right on :!
tzItiknoWs no defeat, Hampers with no sub
Fterfuge, NOR stops at halfway houses.
Imperative in its dictates, radical IN its
Sense, and owning NOR knowing nothing
save right, its teachings have but .one inl-
port, lpurposeaor effect. limits tendency,
there is no evasion from former expressed
opinion, or course pursued-no shift, OF
artifce employed to escape gcensure. or
reap reward !; no gigging back, oraaseek-
ling means Of retreat, but of its own force
and power, goes like victorious army,
devouring 9 all obstacles and crushing all
opposition, in the only line of march it
ever knew straight ahead best
Such, has been the pathway followed
and such the reward of the Republican
party since 1860, and through the long.
bloody tedious, tiresome years of war
that have interviewed. We have accom-.
plished much, but are by no means done.
1.-The leopard may change his spots, the
serpent his sl>in, bat the beast aud the
serpent lis anthere.a Rebellion, hydra.
headed, exists as much to daylsin spirit,
among It's sympathizers, as when mortars
belched and icannons thunderedi in def.
| anee7 OF ourfiaS; when Northern craYens
rejoiced with our enemies, the Govern.
sment tottered, and would have fallen but
4 for the loyal hosts that rallied to its sup.
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big The issues and. differences that existed
I'in the noon day glory. Of the rebellion, are
IN substance the 1difereaces and Issues Of
to-day The same spirits manifest and
tae same purpose intent, True, We have
| wiped out, the rebellion, have blotted ma
ny. a traitor from existence, but it re-
mains for US to guard well by the ballot
what we have seclred by the bullet.
Those wac, failed to accomplished their
ends by incitins the people to treason, and
rebellion, now turn their attention for the
tulhlIment of their object, to the arena
of politics. To subvert, mislead, do away
with the result of our victories, to return,
like Ephraim to his idols, to an original
state of affairs, to undo all that We have
done, to bring US once more to civil war and
overthrow the governments no less. de-
sired than in the dark days Of '62. But
we will not ''let him alone" This vi
per, this believing monster which SO
recently reared its haad in all it's native
hldeousness, yindictiyeness, malice, and
terror: at the National Democratic Con-
ventlon is to be not despoiled of its Ven
om' or rendered harmless merely, but
crushed, bruised, beaten, broken, and so
thoroughly annihilated as to forever be-
among the things that were. Yes! the
beast and the serpent is there. It Kisses
IN every line and sentence Of their plat.
form, amnesty to, and resumption Of