The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-08-20
Considerations for Yonng Men.

III Is maUCef OF great gratlhcatIOn That
the young men of our country generally,
are in sympathy with the Republican
party. Indeed it may be safely asserted
that of the educgted young men, vast
proportion are Republicans. 1t is OF Che
highest Importance to every young man,
to begin his political career in life Alright
to commence with such a record as lie
will not be ashamed of in future time.
What in after time will be said Of the
young man, who in the campaign of 1868
stood upon the same platform with the
men who for six years sought to discover
and to destroy the American Union?
What will be thought of the young man
who stood politically shoulderto shoulder,
and voted the same ticket, with the cold
blooded rebels, who starved our Union
soldiers in Libby prison, at Andersonville
and many other southern prison houses.
Every one of these inhuman wrctches
who wantonly massacred our Union
soldiers, taken prisoners of war is as sure
to vote the Democratic ticket for Seymour
and Blair, as that the day of election
comes. Every rebel guerrilla, BIO like
wild beast hid in ambush to pounce upon
and murder all known to be fortbe Union
cause, can be counted on with certainty
for Seymour and Blair What Young
man who expects to achieve a reputation
for moral consistency, can hope to stand
up boldly years hence in the ranks of in
telllgent men, and face his record Of
having thrown his influence and cast his
vote for Seymour and Blairin 1868? VIII
not the fact of his political association
with the same men, who plotted the over
throw OF the Union, and gave their ener.
gles for its accomplishment, affix to him
the stain of disloyalty? 1t is true bad
men may reform and lead a better life,
and therefore justly become entitled to
our cordial friendship and support but
there is no evidence of sorrow or repent
ance, on the part of the majority Of those
who were directly or indirectly engaged
In the late rebellion Most Of the leaders
OF this class of Democrats, do NOT conceal
their hope that in the success Of the Dem
ocratie ticket, the lost cause W i'll in some
way be restored, in whole or in part
But there are other considerations
which should not fail to have weight with
young men who are about to enter upop
the exercise of the elective franchise. but
who may yet be undecided in respect to
their course of political action ANY well
informed young man need not be told.
that the intelligence, the educated mind
and the moral worth of the nation, is
found In the ranks of the Republicans.
Did this statement rest on mere assertion
1t would SAVIOR of egotism, and certainly
be entitled to little consideration. But il
rests on no such basis.
There are direct statistics which mr.
deemed official, besides other correlative
evidence, which go to demonstrate thai
education and morality, ARE identified with
the Republican sentiment of the country
and that ignorance and vice arc in unison
with modern Democracy. Take the
census statistics, and note the pron,rtio,
OF the White male population. who ar.
unable to read and write, in anv o,ven
locality, and where the greatest per cent
Of this class is found, there the p,Iitic.
statistics, show the heaviest Democr,+;o
majorities While these statistics sb,y,
some exceptional cases, where Democratic
maJorities are obtained in localitieswhara
only a small per cent. can neither read
nor write, yet the reverse is never true
Republican majorities are not found in
districts of country,where the educational
Statistics show, large per cent Of the
mu"e population to be incapable of read
ing.
While it is readily admitted that there
are educated and worthy men fonr5 =
the Democratic ranks, vet it is obvions
20 every one Of common observation tb.+
ignorance controls the voting population
% 'he great mass ofthe Democrstic ,,ort,.
Where on the American con+i,o.t
there be found congregated sncb > n, 70"
OF ignorance vice, and degradation - N
the election precincts of the citv 90
York, surrounding that locality -.
the Five Points," Look at the OH
returns OF the elections annually for the
4ast niteen years, and observe that where