The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-06
LETTER FROM SENATOR MORRILL,.

Some of the Signs OF the Times-Necessitv
for the Further Existence of the Repub-
lican Par Y.
Hon. Justin s. Morrill,, Senator from YER
mont, recently addressed the following letter
to the Secretary of the Vermont Republican
Convention:
I have your invitation to be present at the
Republican Convention, but, while hardly in
slsting upon that, you appear to insist upon 8
word from me about "signs of the times"
Without claiming to be an interpreter of such
signs, it is clear enough to say that the mission
of the Republican party is not yet ended. 1t
has more work to do, and it alone can preserve
what it has already done. There can be no
dispute, should this party lose its control over
national affairs, th&t many pages of existing
statutes would soon be missed, and that the
latest amendments Of the constitution would
be expounded as Northern hereses. It is not
only obvious that the Southern Democrats claim
to largely outnumber their Northern co-labor-
ers, but that they claim to have in intel
lectual force and drilled men some other visible
advantages, and therefore, can control their
party much at viii. At present they seek
credit for great forbearance, though it is that
kind OF forbearance that never fails to treat
itself at the next opportunity. But the power
behind Southern members which pours into the
House of Representatives a flood of bills
claiming from the treasury sums of startling
magnitude, though the Executive branch of
the Government is known to present barriers
shows what might be expected if all the
Government were to be in harmony with the
Confederate tendencies Of the House and it
does not much mend matters that claimants
appear willing to accept payment even in
''wild-cat" money, if no questions are asked
at the beginning Of the present Congress the
pauclty of the Democratic majority led them
to seek reinforcement by Ousting Republicans
and seating Democrats, in order to obtain a
unfinching working maj ority, and because per-
sons not elected by the people, but by the
House, "knOw their masters crib, " and are very
reliable partisans Of the four colored men
returned to the present House, only two have
been allowed to remain, and one of them is
hanging upon the tender mercies of those who
are never blind to the color of a sitting mem
Der. The cOlored population of the country is
numerous enough to elect thirty Representa-
tives but it is doubtful whether at the next
election they will be peaceably permitted, even
by more conciliatOry Democrats, to elect as
many 4s one.
just now the House has started partisan in
vestigation about pretended frauds in the count
Of the electoral votes for Mr.. Hayes, when they
ought, as they aver, to have been counted for
Mr.. Tilden, and have refused to investigate the
frauds on the other side. Bottom facts have
no terrors for Republicans, but bottom facts
are nOtWanted by partisans of a man who did not
pay his income tax. This desperate measure
of men defeated according to the sworn YER
dict of their own tribunal is to agitate the
country and start us in race of anarchy and
political violence, as a peer OF Mexico; and
when we inquire who is responsible for this
revolutionary procedure, we find it is a party
whose component parts of chief value were
lately in rebellion, temporarily led by few
Northern conspirators who hope to profit by
the uproar in the coming political campaign.
No good citizen will consent that the industrial
prosperity and the good name of our people
shall be wantonly sacrificed by an unholy and
unconstitutional attempt to overturn and Til
denize the Government. It is often true
"Whom the gods would destroy they first make
mad" We see who are mad. Over those so
doomed duty and honor point the way to VIC
tory. Very truly, JUSTIN S. MORRILL,.