The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
LETTER FROM AN OLD DEMOCRAT
For THE TELEGRAPH.

'The Result"--An article of rather
malignant character under this head ap-
peared In the "ReneshG Union" of last
week, in which "the unreasonable Bour-
bonism of Democrats" the scum of the
great cities" purchased by the "Gra Mt
party, THE INSCRIPTIONS use of money, &c
DC. is myde to appear as the only means
whereby Grants election was secured
Since the "Bourbonism of Democrats" has
been SO aggravaing to the Union during
the late campaign, and seems to be still
so annoy ing, it might be we'll to look at
the situation for a while, with a view to
its (the U7ason's) relief. What is Bour-
bon sm"? Who are "Bourbons''?
The term Bourbon" as appl ed to men,
or "Bourbonism" as applied to the acts of
men, asI understand it, is simply the ex-
preston OF the idea that they belong to a
class, who, are so obtuse and stubborn, as
to follow an old and beaten track even to
NAA~AA "'1SA 0CSeA uIt1OHs IT OIuer WOIus
they belong to class upon whom, what
the late William Seward called the en-
evitable logic of events" can make no i'm
preston whatever. A mule of the most
obstinate character, possessed of more
that ordinary stubborn viRdicti veness, is
as familiar and correct personifcation
of q Bourbon as can be imagined.
The Union no doubt understands the full
meaning of the term but missapples it,
The Union applies 1t 10 those who would
not "eat crow thibk it particularly
applicable to those who did "eat crow"
Previous to the meeting at Cincinnati
in May last, and the formation Of that
that brought out Horace
Greeley as candidate for the presidency,
+, he people had pretty generally concluded,
that four years more of Mr.. Grant would
prove the ruin of free Government in
Most thinking men thought
the idea somewhat extravagant, yet, there
were, comparatively speaking, but fsw,
that were not more or less imbued with
this notion. Hs&'.' f' h.#g hata sEa..
But when they found, that the Balti-
more convention sanctioned the remedy
produced ey Cincinnati, and let forth MIR
Greeley as the only hope of the country
hundreds of thousands of the most able,
purest aud bts: men," lost all faith and
confidence in what has been said about
Grant, aud at once became his ardent
supporters
Democrats stood abashed, they knew
not what to think or how to act, "hun-
dreds of thousands of the purest and the
best" as soon as they recovered their equi-
llbrium, declared at once their determin-
alton never to draw into SO disreputable
and destructive a coalition, or to accept
as their candidate so bitter an opponent
as Mr.. Greeley. a
From that time until election day, the
major portion OF the democratic press,the
'Bourbens," those who could learn moth
ing from the past; but placed expediency
and fraud, before reason and justice, and
rig bteousness, have been wasting their
time, their talents, and their energies, in
a vindictlve fight against the inevitable
logic of events" even to the destruction
Of the grand old party" the disgust of
the dupes that followed their lead, for
the sake Of the offices chopped for" and
their own political humiliation. Mules
every one of them, whose
kicks have indeed been hurled with the
greatest vigor; when directed against
their best friends. Against those, | mean
who by word and action, used every en-
ieavor. to impress upon these "Bourhons"
Of the press, the idea that the lessons of
the past should be their guide for the flu
ture, and who knew, absolutely knew,that
their convictions, which led them to OPP
pose Mr.. Greeley was right. But who at
the same time knew, that success demand.
I'd, new man, and deemed that one with
democratic proclivities, who had up to
the time of the Cincinnati convention
acted with the Republican party. would
be not only desirable, but entirely neces-
,ary to give assurance of good faith on
our part, a necessity brought upon as, by
the follies of 1864 and 1868.
All democrats opposed to Mr.. Greeley
would have accepted the situation, had