The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
W AsFiINGTON. July. 1878

and dWellers at the capital with lop-
cared collars Wilted frizzes and puIfs
are signing for a lodge III some vast
j wilderness. +"
We have scarcely caught our breath
since the great congressional circus
struck their tents and moved away
/ leaving In its sWaddling clothes at the
capital q siclly offspring under the pa
ternal care Of its Godfather Potter,
( who has entrusted its nursing TO the
tender nlercies and long experience of
Ben Butler.
The expense Of nursing this untime-
j ~ birth must be borne by embarrassed
business men, mechanics and laborers
throughout the country, Democratic
politicians having pushed through Con-
gresB an appropriation Of 100000 to
furnish the Soothing Syrup and other
politico-anti-colic remedies thought to
be necessary during the fall campaign
The poet has said,
Lives of great men of remind us
j We may make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Foot prints Oh the sands OF time,
/ The intelligent and thoughtful would
do we'll to examine the footprints
made by the Democratic leaders in this
and the last Congress.
1t should not be forgotten that the
Rebellion was inaugurateA simply he
cause the control Of the Government
was Wrested from the demaGratic party
4 by the election of Lincoln in 1860. The
same determined spirit that fought the
/ Government for four years at cost Of
/ $4,000 lives and thousands CT mil
lions Of treasure, peryades the leaders
III this Few rebellion, that now seeks
t0 take possession Of the Government
without the firing Of a gun, but by a
new and improved method under the
skiAed guidance Of eighty confederate
officers in congress with a stall Of an
equal number Of northern men Thirst
ing for The flesh pots Of Igypt-WhO
are ready to sacrifice everything to re-
gain The power lost by the Democratic
Ipmty during the war.
Nor should it be forgotten that these
are the same men prompted by the
same deyilish spirit that assaulted the
old flag at Sumter OF the half million
soldiers musteredinto the rebel army
from the everglades Of Florida to Ma
son and Dixon's lina-10t one was a
Republican, Among the KuElux,
| White-liDers, Moonshiners, and Night
riders who i'll the past have danced
their maSQuerades of death in thOus-
andS Of defenslcsS h0mes-not a Re-
publican has ever been found. No
exercising the right Of suffrage by a
| Republican, and had the Democrats Of
| the south during the last presidential
detection permitted every voter to eXeT-
else this sacred right pnder the Consti-
4 5utiOn Mr.. Hayes would have had q
majority Of thirty electoral votes, and
the Democratic party would have lost
the opportunity TO inaHgurate the new
ReoelIIon-by attacking his title-;(rd
attempting to MeXicanize our Govern
ment. Rejecting minds have seen i'll
the determination upon the part Of the
Democrats III Congress to break down
the Army-f0Ot- prints Of the old Re
bellion, and the enactment Of brOYis-
ion preventing the President from
using the Army in putting down riots,
mODS, and domestic violence, III view
of the unrest and disturbances in our
ISOciai relations. is one Of the most Onl-
nous footprints left on the sands OF
time by these departing Democratic
Statesmen. What mean the mutter-
ings that are heard from Georgia, the
Banner Democratic state now demand
ing the repeal Of the clause prohibiting
the payment Of the Southern slave
holders for their emancipated slaves
/ Echoes come from the Corinthian pub
lished at Corinth, Miss, that may be
| the precursor Of the coming storm.
LET the solid South meet the united
North with bold undamted courage,
Tor We are just as confident as we are
that we edit this paper that q division
OF States will be attempted again in the
/ future, just rs sure rs it was in 1861,
when the tocsin Of war first sounded
ut Fort Sumter"
IT anything is needed to unite Re
publicanS and Union men all over the
country into determined effort to
save the Government from destruction
and preserve peace and the dominion
OF law and order these footprints Of
Democratic usurpation and rebellion
are all sufficient-and should awaken
the sleeping patriotism Of The masses
like the firing of the first gun at Sum
ter.
Republicans may have cause for dis
satisfaction and complaint in view Of
the past; bat all that will be forgotten
when real danger threatens, as It now
does the peace Of the country and the
safety OF its institutions and govern
mellt.
They stand ready NOV lis they did in
the dreadful years OF th;tt other Demo
cratic rebellion-in which that party
stands responsible for a million Of lives
sacrificed tosits lust for power-to de-
Jfend by all needful means the same
cause it defended Under tile leadership
i Of Lincoln airl Grant. FAX.