The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-13
STALWART ZACH CHANDLER.

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from the Chicago Tribune.l
he debate upon the merits OF
erson Davis loyalty, which was
rittingly precipitated upon the Sen
by Gen. Shields amendment to
sion all the Mexican volunteers dur
the rest of their natural lives, was
, an incidental feature of the closing
les-a sort of side-show to the prin-
I performance-but it none the less
es to exhibit how boldly and bra
y the Confederate Brigadiers have
e to the front, and with what malig-
: complacency they hurl their treas
ole utterances into the face of the
] North. If any Union man had
licted in 1865 that in 1879 an ex-
j would rise in the United States
ate, and not only eulogize Jefferson
is, compare him with Washington,
lounce him a patriot and lover of
country, but declare that he occu
the same position with him upon
lights of a State to secede, as did
Lamar, AID that a conservative
ocrat would advocate placing him
! the roll of honor as a pensioner,
d Mr.. Thurman, the prophet would
been laughed to scorn. But the
has happened and the disgraceful
jacle has been witnessed.
le after another the Southern Brig
IS rose in their places, with the en-
lgement of Northern doughfaces,
ers for the vote of the "Solid
b" land poured out flood of pas
ste rhetoric in eulogy of the Lost
e." justified the right of secession,
rmed it with fresh malignity,
led their whips at loyal men as
did before the war, and, with
en- audacity, began the old work of
apting to bully and browbeat the
h. Their ,audacity. however, did
,ass without rebuke. One old lion
reused, and his savage reply dazed
Brigadiers, who, flushed with the
ession of place and power, had evil
ly fancied they could faunt their
ION with impunity, and that the old
of the North had cooled down in
ong years that have followed the
J of the war. The reply of old
i Chandler to the bullying, roaring
Is around him is one Of those brief,
i, terse, incisive utterances which
only struck off at white heat, and
ain volumes in sentences. It was
the sudden blast of a whirlwind or
crash of a thunderbolt, and it's eff
was best shown by the failure of
rebels to reply to it. AS a speech
III ought to be preserved by every
in the North, we reproduce it. Mr..
ndler rose and said
l. PRESIDENT; Twenty years ago /, in COM
with Jefferson Davis, stood up in this
lber and with him swore by Almighty God
/ would support the constitution of the
I'D States. Mr. Jefferson Davis came di-
from the Cabinet of Franklin Pierce into
jenate of the United States and took the
with me to be faithful to this Government
ng four years l sat in this body with JEFF
IN Davis, and saw the preparations going
rom day to day for the overthrow of this
3rnment. With treason in his heart and
my upon his lips he took the oath to sus-
the Government that he meant to over
w. Sir, there was method in his madness.
in cooperation with other men from his
on, and in the Cabinet of Mr.. Buchanan,
Q careful preparations for the event that
to follow. Your fleets were scattered
rever the winds blew and water was found
)at them, where they could not be used to
down rebellion. Your armies were scat
i all over this broad land where they could
be used in an emergency. Your treasury
depleted until your bonds bearing per
/. interest, principal and interest payable in
, were sold for 50 cents on the dollar to pay
'ent expenses, and no buyers. Preparations
3 carefully made. Your arms we're sold
or an apparently innocent clause in an army
providing that the Secretary of War might
IS discretion sell such arms as he deemed
for the interest of the Government to sell.
eighteen years ago last month | sat in
hall and listened to Jefferson Davis deliv-
g his farewell address, informing us what
constitutional duties to this Government
9, and then he left and entered into a rebel
to overthrow the Government he had sworn
lupport. [ remained here, sir, during the
lie of that terrible rebellion. I saw our
re soldiers by thousands, and I might almost
millions, as they passed through here to
5heater of war. | saw their shattered ranks
rning. / saw steamboat after steamboat,
railroad t ain after railro; d train bringing
( the wounded. [ was witt m friend from
de Island (Burnside) when he commanded
army of the Potomac, and saw piles of legs
arms that made humanity shudder. saw
widows and orphans made by this war, and
ID them wall over the death of their dearest
best. Mr.. President, / little thought at
time that should live to hear in the Sen
If the United States eulogies upon Jefferson
is, living, a living rebel, on the floor of the
ste of the United States. Sir, am amazed
ear it; and l can tell the gentlemen on the
r side that they little know the spirit of the
IN when they come here with bravado on
lips, uttering eulogies upon him whom
Y man, woman and child in the North be-
IS to have been double dyed traitor
q this brief speech Mr.. Chandler has
lpressed, in addition to his char
srization of Jefferson Davis, the his
Y of the treason which he cham
ned; the conspiracy of the rebels
ir infamous plots while in the Union
/ making protestations Of loyalty; the
gress of the Rebellion and its close
1 he emphasizes it with no buster,
ggadocio or threat, but with the
pie, significant warning that they do
! know the spirit of the North when
y publicly bestow their eulogies upon
nan whom every man, woman and