The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-09-19


ed according to It's usages, following the
forms OF that party, and they took the
Cincinnati platform and can lidates, but
they took them as Democrats, not as Re.
publlcans, not as members of a third par
ty, but they took them as Democrats. A
Georgia paper which read last night
was headed, National Democratic ticket
For President, Horace Greeley" That is
the party with which we have to deal.
All the machinery and all the force-with
some Xceptions-that will be brought to
bear for the election of Mr.. Greeley will
be OF that party. Now, an administration
is necessarily of the spirit of the party
which brings il into power. Gentlemen
may say that they are not Democrats
never were Democrats. They may say:
You do not call Horace Greeley Dem
ocrat. He is Republican of the Repub-
licans. Are we doing wrong in support,
ing him ?" They may say eve mean only
reform" But, as was said in England
long ago, "the heads of parties, like the
| heads of serpents, are moved and govern
ed by the tail" The head of the Demo
cratic party may have been fashioned in
Cincinnati, but if you must know how the
whole party must move, look at the tail
that was fashioned in Baltimore. The
spider has walked into the parlor of the
t1y, but if that little Liberal Republican
fiy should venture TO buzz his small de-
slres, there would be sharp, decided an
sver: "Sh1o fly, don't bother me" That
alliance will be an Inflated one for the
fly.
Now which of these two parties, IN
your judgment, is the more likely to
keep It's word? You see, my fellow citi-
zens. l am going to rake in the ashes. l
believe | cannot casa my vote wisely in
| 1872 without remembering how and why
| cast my vote in 1868, in 1864, and in
1860. When I speak Of the Democratic
party, you will understand I am not speak
ing of individuals. Every Democrat has
Republican friends whom he honors and
respects; and every Republican has Dem
Incratlc friends In whom he trusts. When
l say the French people are a volatile
people, do not say Guzot is harlequin.
When speak of the Democratic party /
speak of historical facts, not impeaching
the motives or actions of individuals. The
Democratic party for the last generation
has been the
| MERE SLAVE OF SLAVERY. s@
To serve slavery the Democratic party
robbed the mails, trampled on the right
OF free speech, ano upon the right of pc
titiOn; and when the Democratic party in
the South began to hint at secession aud
mutter rebellion, the great body of the
Democratic party espoused the doctrine
of State sovereignty. Whatever was done
in the South by the real leaders of the
party had the full and hearty support of
the party throughout the country And
so it was when Lincoln was elected and
the rebellion was begun. We find the
last Democratic President wringing his
hands in impotent despair, while the tears
ran from his eyes, and whimp ering, "The
Union had no right to dissolve, but,O dear!
it had no right to hel p itself" The last
| Democratic Secretary of War sent material
to any but loyal men. The last Demo,
cratic Secretary of tire Navy left our coast
without protection, and the last Demo
cratic Secretary of the Treasury knocked
the bottom out before he fled. During
the four terrible, cruel years of the war
which was only natural consequence and
natural growth of the teachings of the
Democratic party-during the four years
of the war, by every means known to
men, that party resisted the prosecution
of the war. am raKing in the ashes; I
do not forget it. It resisted every meas
ure that was brought forward to save the
Government, liberty and civilization upon
this continent 1t had no part in the
glory of emancipation. Then came the
struggle of reconstruction. Struggle
why9 Because of the position of the De-
mocracy. Every measure that was pro-
posed in the interest of reconstruction, that
was essential to carry out the principles of
liberty and justice, was sturdily resisted
by that party; and while that question
was pending, the party hurried to its con-
ventlon and declared that everything
that had been done was unconstitutional,
and sought to overturn all the war had
accomplished. am still raking in the
ashes of the past. 80 SAT-
But the people of the United States, the
loyal majority, organized as the Republic
can party, have not only succeeded in
putting into the reconstruction acts the
principles which conquered in the war,
but have SO administered the Government
that the name of the United States was
never so respected and honored, the
world over, as it is now. This being so,
the Democratic party sees il is so, and
hurries to its Convention at Baltimore
with the most suspicious haste, folds It's
arms, smooths its brow, muf1es it's tongue,
and whispers as blandly as it can, "Well,
we see that you've got the better of us Il
we cannot exactly help ourselves lurrah
for the darkey; now give US the Govern
mentP 1t becomes every man in the
United States to rs 19A
..t gniif e .4 asR
RAKE IN THE ASHES.
to see if he can find any spark of live
coal that may be blown up again into a
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