The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-17

thee? Separate myself, I pray thee,
from me; if thou will take the left
hand, then I will go to the right; or,
if thou will take the right hand, then
[ will so to the left Oh, if the
words, Let us have peace" hypocrit-
ically spoken of late years by the retir-
ing Executive Of Infamous notoriety,
had then been the answer of the North
to these pathetic pleadings, this CONT
nent would not have been shaken by
the rude jostle of colliding armies. nor
would our skies have been rent asun-
der by the sobbings Of an oppressed
and bereayed people.
Her intercessions disrogarded, the
South called upon her sous to draw the
sword and maintain their rights. The
gallant dead responded, and, standing
before the altar Of their self-respect
and manhood, with uncovered head,
they swore to vindicate their rights or
die in the attempt Did they ever re-
pudiate their solemn oath and promise?
From the angels that witnessed their
dying struggles at Shiloh, at Frankfort,
at MurfreesDoro at Sharpsburg, at
Malvern Hill, at Gettysburg, at the
bloody Wilderness, and wherever the
battle flag was unfurled, the unanimous
response comes ringing down the skies,
"They were faithful unto death"
They, whose moral sense is inverted,
OF whose perception Of worthiness is
obstructed by malicious prejudices,
call these men "rebels." If spirit to
contend for right and struggle for self
government unto death make men
"rebels" i've accept this title with i'm
measurable pride, and thank God for
so glorious distinction and so envia-
BILE a pre-eminence, and we tell these
miscreants that the spirit which sprung
the South to rebellion in 1861, exists
among us still, now and forever insup-
pressible, with the majesty Of such I'M
question: authority as to command
the Following of true men for a thous-
and generations. + * * The
Confederacg is dead; the cause it en-
bodied has not persisted; it is imper-
ishable. * *
Men Of tho South, if we obstruct not
this cause, it will send the gospel of
deliverance to it's former prosecutors
and present (detractors; and unless
they are given over to "hardness of
heart and reprpbacy Of mind" it will
ultimately bring them to a knowledge
of the only truth by which the Union
can be perpetuated, without which its
demolition is certain. Stand, then, to
your principles and give the present
hypocritical Administration the tribute
of your Unreasonable loathing It's
head, if not himself thief, is know
ingly the receiver of stolen goods, and
neither previous worth nor subsequent
conservatism can condOne the injustice
of his infamous inaugural on or cover
the shameless degradation Of wearing
the stolen honors Of another. False to
his own party, false TO the stupendous
Williams that gagged States in his be-
half, false to the Black Commission
and its prejured Judge; all that he
does with seeming decency is only the
bid Of a hypocrite for the treachery Of
others. Claiming credit for slowly
doing what legally and decently he
could not fail to do with haste, he
speaks of "policy" but is silent about
principle. The light flashed over the
States that lay but recently in darkness
was not kindled by him, but was
struck from his finty selfshness by
the steel Of Southern manhood: and
the rights of outraged people now en-
Joyed again were not conceded willing
~ by him, but were extorted from his
intriguing soul by the force Of a re-
slstless cause. A political Pecksniff,
he IS barely less despicable than his in
famous predecessor, whose low and
brutal instincts prompted such conduct
as gives Judas q chance to yindicate
his character, and who, had he only
gone from the Executive Mansion and
hanged himself for his betrayal of de-
cency, would have broken the low mo-
notony Of his life, by one time doing
well. We could have bourne our be-
reaVoment with unmurmuring resigna-
ton. f
I. true men viii never bow the knee