The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-02

WASHINGTON, d. g., Oct. "a 1876.
The Situation and the Danger In0ol0ed
Therein The Death Of Francis r..
! Blair, Sr. LiUeLy op the Potomac
The Rebel Keynote.
| A retrospect Of he last sixteen years,
and calm survey of the present sltna .
tion oil he Country will convince aLy
inquirer aftel truth, that the rebels I'D
the South are working 10 attain,t broua u
the ballot what they tailed toaccompllsh
| BY civil war. To be succt sstul IN their
designs. they have rtsOfted to means by
! tue use OF winch hey hope To secure the
CON rol of the national govern ment In ali
ias Departments. Toe first grand object
is to secure the Presidency. Wph Il
; minlnn III tue Executive chair, all other
ID, riIons If tue governmental machinery
can be captured in due time.
i The South could not have selected a
Icanhldate who, it elected, would be more
gu bservient than Samuel j. TIlden. Win
no traits II character which distinguish
him as man ct noble, lpdepedent IN
stIhcts; his life has shown him TO be q
partisan Of the lowest order. The
cprgenisl spirits who surround MIN, the
location " the headquarters whence all
riders emapatc and where all schemes
are c0ncoclsd are IN character with
tile c9nui14ie, and fhe cause he represents 8.
Such men as Merrissey, K lily, sndO'Brie,f
couu not beengaged IN pa tlotlc Work
They. aud tht Sc acting under thclr COM
manu, have gwen reputation to the
ely of New York, rs being the seat ct
all the is mean and unfair in politics,
and damnabls In morals
The supporters Of Tiden have large
stake dependent upon his election. Fo
the Dhrpose OF muklng his candidacy 4
success, hey bave Invested ali immense.
..mouut OF mo .ey. tor he purpose Vi cor
; luptlpg he pc pie, and deirauG ing h"E-
Isl voters or their rIghts The Rebels
the South look tn be unidentified tor al
their losses during the War, 10 be paid
out OF the public Treasury. They know
ifull ell that with Tild, u, MS their Pres
ldept, elected by Il SOLID South, aIdeG
4 by Nor hen alilce, every facility will be
afforded them To depie c he Treasury,
, ana bulld u. col ssal national 5esI', To
| rem burse thu M for damage suSt allied I'D
war W Inch they themselves prec pi-
tated This is the stake for whcn he
rebel and the rabel sym pathizer are poW
lpiaylng. No effort, fair or tout, VT! bs
left unlrled to accomplish their purpose.
Is it not tnll time for the people Of North
s,Srealize the situatlOn,aUd the immfDent
dapger of yielding 60 lrale 9ys all Tor
which they fought during four years ~
bloody war? Only u very few days
remain for consideration. All hope OF a
succession result is based upon the enhght-
enment OF the people, and their giving
that heed demanded by the importance
OF the questions involved.
One by one the old links that connect
this generation with those oi the ,'as
become severed, and the llY ng wltDe>se
,, OF some of the most important even s Il
our Datlon's history are borne away from
sight, and their recolectious Of the years
that have fled are lost to US.
Probably there was not another man
living who was possessed Of so much
information concerning the inner history
of our country and its administrations, ~
the half century immediately preceding
the late re Delion as was Hon. Francis Z
Blair, wto has just departed this life al
the ripe old age of sc years, at Si!vcl
Spring, about eight miles north of thu
lefty in Maryland, where bt has resided
since 1845, shortly after he accession O.
, james X. Polk to the Presidency. From
1920 to 1S45 he was closely identified
with politics, serving with the Whigl
during the canvass which ended in TIT
defeat of Henry Clay in 1928, bat after
wards leaving that party. 10 1921
! T. 6S - h
editorial chair of all administration papel|
to be published here (The Globe which
be accepted and until his retirement i'll
1916 at the request of President Polk, hi
was cOgnIZant Of all the intrlgues ami
+ private plans of the Democratic leaders,
After his retiracy, his house became, Il
la great extent, the rendezvous OF leading
men, and many political schemes haVeI
without doubt, BEEN concocted beneath
his roof.
In 1860, be, being strong Union man
aided in the organization Of the Republic
can party and fully sustained President
Lincoln during the trying period of thE
rebellion, his son Hon. Montgomery
Blair, beng Mr.. Llncoln's first Postmas
ter General.
When the rebels visited Maryland
under General Jubal Early in 1854. thEI
column under the immediate command
of Gen. Breckenridge, formerly VicfI
President under Buchanan, halted on biz
firm "Silver Spring." and destryed thu
family mansion, by fire. 1t is said thai
Breckenridg had often been ent ertair e@
beneath its roof Y hen guest there befors
the war, but he permitted its destrucI
Itipn.
] The Pennsylvania State RepG bllcal
Committee have struck the rebel "key4l
u tie" OF this campaign. They say, "Thsl
Iconfederate army is far more united toll
day in the new effort to sieze the goverp.I
lment than it was fifteen years ago irl