The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

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sible for Republican voters in many
lcounties, without incnrring great per-
! sonal danger, to organize for a Cam
paign or to vote at the election when
| held
What does this maan2 1t means that
in the State of South Carolina, a State
having $4,000 Republican majority,
that if an American citizen shall in
the most peaceable manner deposit the
ballot of his choice, he shall do it at
the peril of his life; and that that per-
il lis so great. that not even the politi-
clans who are the most interested in
holding elections, dare incur the re-
sponsibility.
/ Wisconsin, with her 10000 to $4,000
majority, dare put Republican ticket
in the field; but South Carolina, with
from 10000 to $4,000 majority, dare
not do it. DO you think that q just
and merciful God Y i'll allow these
things to go Oh peaceably and prosper
lousy in oUr country, while we sit
down learnedly to discuss questions of
tariff and finance, and try to convince
Yourselves that promise is as good as
performance, that payment means on
ly Il promise to pay, accompanied by
the solemn declaration that we never
intend to do any such thing; and that
we can cut plenary power into COIN
and transform arbitrary commands in.
to days works. Applause.
Do you accuse me Of attempting tc
| h1i mr. tIoc, old ;cc,1oc RI fbo front ont
of their natural order? Then listen tC
the voice of the Hon. Charles Foster
OF Ohio, the very high priest and apos.
tie of reconciliation, q gentleman
whose personal friendship I enjoy, and
to whose high integrity as q man,
gladly bear testimony. He it was who
years before the present executive was
inaugurated, as one Of q committee
sent to New Orleans to investigate al
} the facts; for the sake of peace and
harmony consented to report. that
from all the ensanguined fields Of Lou.
lslana, there came no case Of outrage
OF violence worthy of serious consider
alton. And who, with the same pur-
pose in view and actuated by like mo-
tives, consented to admit, in substance
on the floor of the House of Represen-
tatives, that through Republican
uSurpatiOn OF m srule, certain States OF
this Republic had been reduced to the
condition Of provinces OF dependencies
/ Could concession go further? Could re-
Cancellation ask more? Yet what has
been the response as given in Mr.. Eos
ters own reported language? He says
he believes in the policy, but is mista-
ken as to the result, and that the only
remedy now possible, is that 'a solid
South shall be met by solid North p
Why! this is sectionalism! Ten months
ago it would have been we'll nigh treas
on! Does any man suppose that Ian
guage like this could ever come from
Charles Foster, except the perils to his
country, as he sees and realizes them
to-day, forced it from his lips? And
| will those who have followed him so
implicitly, now act as nobly as he.
Will they bravely acknowledge the er-
ror, and manfully go to work to repair
the injury
| The only difference between Mr..
Foster and one so humble as myself, is
this: He says this year he is mistaken !;
[ said the same thing last year, the
year before, and every year since the
adoption Of this line of policy has been
attempted. There were certain abus-
es in the Republican party which need
ed and which have received correction,
but aside from this, what have we
gained since the breach of 1872? From
that time the work of division and
dislntegration has gone ON. AS Re-
publican majOrities went down in the
North, disorder, confusion, riot and
bloodshed revived in the South. At
one time we had two-third majority
in both Houses Of Congress, then the
two-third vote faded away in the
House of Representative and finally
disappeared in the Senate. Still the
work of elimination and recrimination
went on. The habit of criticism and
complaint became SO fixed and chronic
that even from many Republican Jour
nails, staunch aud life long Republicans
were quite as apt to be assailed and
denounced as were rampant and unre-
pentant rebels. In fact from some
morbid trait in human nature many of
the people themselves, seemed disposed
to fete and laud the latter at the ex-
pense and neglect of the former.
| Under this condition of things there
could be but one result. The House Of
Representatives passed speedily into
the hands of the opposition, and this
very year Confederate brigadiers, who
could not capture the American army,
on the battle fields of war, have con-
trolled it absolutely from the floor of
the House of Representatives The
very air is filled with mutterings and
mysterious portents. More than once
during the last eighteen months, this
country has shuddered on the brink of
civil war. And those who have been in
position to know the most, have fear
ed the worst. These fears have not
been confined to Republicans alone,
but have been shared, and are shared
to-day, by candid Democrats as we'll. |
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