The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-10-22
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
fhe Republican Congress Delegation
Of Wisconsin and their Efficacy.
WAsHINGTON Oct. I4th 1865

History during the past eight years
has imprinted on its pages for all posteri-
ty; that when the South had ii.nlv
determined upon secession and the dis
mcmbermcnt Of the Union AMI with
force OF arms attempted the overthrow,
the Republican Congress averted the
imminent danger inasmuch as by the
enactment Of laws it produced armies
for the annihlation Of the Rebellion
4hat, ffi.-t!icr. whoH ~ 1a:na.":s,'c. IL
ministration had empt;ed the U. S.
Treasures and the State was threatc,Ied
with bankruptcy. the ruination Of it's
credit and commerce. TIE Republican
Congress again by the enactment OF
wise laws, regulated the credit of the
country filed the coffsrs of the exhausted
Treasury and provided the immense
means for the maintenance OF the Union
against the most formidable and terrible
Rebellion that ever existed. Upon
the American Nation there still rested
stain Of slavery, which disgraced and
dishonored the Republic throughout the
world butthey have cxidng-d t.ii., blot
forever and have elevated to truth and re-
allty the great principle worthy OF u true
Repub c: FREEDOM and equality to all.
After the bloody Rebellion having been
successiu.,s c,,sshcl it becomes i.nncra,
tive for us, to secure the fruits of vic
tory in order to accomplish this it is
necessary to strengthen the ties of the
Union by depriving the rebellious spirit
prevailing at the South of all means to do
inquiry, by relieving the public welfare
which suffered severely during the Rebel
lion by reducing and moderaiing the ne
cessariy imposed burden of taxes, and
by making freedom and equal rights
TO all the corner stone of the republican
ediiices. Which party is called upon to
solve this great problem of the day. Is
it the Republican party or the Democ-
ratio party? 1t is surely the Repub
lcan party. For the Democratic
party marched hand in hand with the
rebellion, it was opposed to the preserva-
ton and defence Of the Union, it preven-
ted with all the means within it's power
even. by rcsortlns the secret conspiracies.
the leyying Of troops to combat the Re
belfion, it declared itself in Congress and
in Conventions in favor Of a,avo-Y and
voted and toilcd with all its might against
the principle Of universal liberty and
equal rights 1t must not be forgotten
that on the 4th of July last the Demo
cratic National Convention at New York
admitted one -hmdred eighy-tcco rebels
as delegates to their Convention TO
intrust to this democratic party in the
coming election the destiny of the nation
would be identical with an abandonment
of all the fruits which victory acquired
out of the Rebellion. For the democrat
ic party, if placed anew in possession of
the government, would plunge again the
newly reconstructed States into confusion
and restore the rebel aristocracy to all
their former privileges. reeStablish sla
very and therewith revive the old quar-
rel between the North and South and
cause new agitation and revolution as
Blair letter undoubtedly places in pros
pect, which would imperil the long
sought tor peace and welfare of the peo
pie.
The Republican Congress has conduc-
ted the destiny of the nation safely and
wisely through the impending dangers
Never before has an American Congress
achieved more than the Republican. It
would therefore be the greatest ingrati
tude, the greatest injustice, yea the most
perilous perfdy to the Republic, for one
to desert the Republican party IN the
approaching conte t and to commit to the
enemy, the reactionists, the traitor: and
rebels the helm of the State.
Among the Republican epresentatives
in Congress who have distinguished
themselves during the great struggle of
the Republic when ''to be or not to be
was in the question, belongs certainly the
Republicans delegation Of Wisconsin. In
a few words [ will endeavor to character
ize them each Individually.
HALBERT E. PAINE of Milwaukee
representative of the lst Congressional
district twice elected to Congress and
renominatedas the republican candidate,
is character who respects principles
who shapes his politics not with the ever
changeable policy of expediency, nor
makes them dependent upon events, but