The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
The Nunreme Question.

IErOm the Albany ANs H. ENeuAuS
The one supreme question Of this campaign,
overshadoWing all others, is whether the full
control Of the nation shall be placed in the
hands of the Confederates and their allies.
Shall the Government be turned oUer to those
1UEl0 sought to destroy 1t?
That question comprehends and absorbs all
others, Do we seek sound currency? 1t is
idle to talk of sound currency coming from
the Confederate Democracy, who have no pride
in the honor of the country they attempted to
destroy, and who are under the lead OF the re-
pudiators. Do we want reform? 1t is absurd
to look for the reform of the
Government from those who undertook
to break it down. Do we want re-
trenchment? It is preposterous to expect
retrenchment from those who in the last ses-
sion of Congress alone presented claims for
rebel losses to the amount OF $6000O0, 600.
What do the men fresh from their war against
the Union care for q sound currency or Tor
economy or for reform: What is there IN
their history or character or associations to lead
us to intrust these objects to their keeping
The very fact of Confederate Democratic con-
troll would be decisive against every one of
these measures. And 80 we come back to the
one commanding question, which overtops and
includes all Others whether the Government
shall be given up to those who were in arms
against it?
the Democratic party is the solid South and a
sufficient number OF electoral votes from the
North to give it majority of the Electoral
College It requires 1876 electoral votes to
elect the President. The Democratic party
counts upon every Southern State except South
Carolina-thus securing 1913 electoral votes or
more than two-thirds of the requisite num-
ber-and it hopes to obtain enough from the
North to fill out the balance. The very foun-
dation of all its calculation ID the solid South.
It does not count upon the bulk OF the
Northern States at ALL 1t knows it cannot
carry Maine, New HAMPSHIRE Vermont, Massa-
| chusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
| Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Wiscon-
ain, Kansas, Nebraska Nevada, California.
| Admitting that all these Northern States are
| against them, the Confederate Democracy
count upon the solid South, and hope TO secure
New York, Indiana New Jersey, and one or
two other Northern States-just enough to give
| them majority of the Electoral College.
/ We appeal to the intelligence or every readeI
| whether this is not correct statement OF the
case-whether the Democratic hopes DO not
rest entirely upon the solid South and upon
Three or four States of the North. And what
does the solid South mean? What does Il
represent? How is it made solid ? The sole
| South means the solid Confederate vote. Il
means the domination of those who fought
against the Union over those who stood by the
Union. These Southern States are made
solidly Democratic, not by the loyal men, bu
| by the Confederates. We have had no suct
alarming condition of affairs before since thu
| close of the war. The situation was not a.
startling either in '68 or in IL IS it is now
| Then the Southern States were not united
/ The loyal men had control Of some of them
and no solid sectional array was presented
| But now, by fraud, intimidation and terrorism
the Confederates have seized control and In
tend to make the South solid for the Demo
cratic party. IF it were not for this fact, tn
Democracy would to-day have no hope what
ever.
suppose this game should succeed-suppos
the Democracy should triumph through sole
South and divided North-what then? VIII
would be the masters Can any intelligen
man doubt who would rule the party? Ca
any sensible man doubt that the section which
furnished tWo-thirds of the electoral vote to sc
cure the victory would control the policy Dem
ocratic success would mean not simply Demo
cratic President, but Democratic Congress
"a Congress made up, like the present House
of Confederate officers dominating the major
ity. In q word, to permit Democratic success
through solid South is to place the Govern
ment in Confederate hands LIS the countr
ready for this momentous risk /? Are the pee
ple so lost to national honor and security as t
surrender in this crisis? Do prudent and pa
triotic men OF any party-whether Republican
for Democrats think it safe to place the Con
federates with all their claims in control Of tn
nation. We repeat this is the supreme ques
ton of the campaign.