The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01

| Davis in Hhn6fs. The North was dotbA with
! graves teRanGed with the purest and bess men,
whose deas1s were caused by the greatest and
| gulltest rebellion that ever appeared in the an
| nals or the haman race. The generosity and
| magnan1mlty OF the nation in the hour of vic
tory was the grGndest spectacle of the kind the
! world had ever seen. The same spirit prevailed
now, and yet the alarm was BOUNDED that the
! Repu bllcans of the North seek to revive and in
| tenslfy tho feelings and passions of the war and
that Southern Democrats wish to sink the past
IN the oblivion of kind forgetfulness The
truth OF this assertion could be tested right be-
fore our eyes. Twenty seven States adhered
TO the Union. They sent to Congress 269 SEN
ators and representatives. Of this number
fifty four only We're soldiers in the army of the
| Union. The eleven States which were disloyal
sent ninety three Senators and Repre-
sentatlves. OF these eighty-fye were
soldiers in the army of the Rebellion
| and at least three more held offices
OF high civil trust under the Confederacy,
making eighty Eight out of ninety-thre
There were but four Senators here who
fought IN the Union army. Twenty SEN
/ atoTs sat here who fought in the army
of the Rebellion, and three more sat here
who held high offices in the Confederacy In
the House there were fifty Union soldiers from
twenty seven States and sixty-fve Confederate
soldiers from eleven States. The Sonth is
solid throughout all its borders There are
only two Republicans here from the South
Bruce and Kellogg, and it is whispered that
there is an enterprise on foot to deprive one of
them (Kellogg) of his seat. The South is mani
testify solid. Can you WONDER Mr.. Conk-
ling asked, g if the North should presently be-
come solid? Do you not see that the doings
now IN the two houses fill the country with
alarm and distrust as to the patriotism of the
men from the South? Forty-two Democrats
have seats on this floor or forty-three, if you
add the Senator from Illinois, and he does
not belong to the Democratic party, although
say that any Democrat who asks anything
more of him is an insatiate monster
Twenty three is clear majority of all, and
twenty-fo happens to be exactly the number
of Senators in the South and leaders in the late
Rebellion. Forty-twO Senators rule the Senate;
twenty-three rule the caucus and majority
rule the Senate, and the caucus rules the ma
jority. There is the same thing in the House.
where assaults are made on the constitution
and executive department It is not an assault
on the divine right of Kings, but on the right of
the people 1t would never have been nau-
gurated without the action of the twenty-three
Southern Senators and the Southern Represent
atives In the House The Northern people
know and they see the leading control of the
Democratic party in the South. BY their
fruits ye shall know them The gentleman
from Alabama (Morgan) said he preferred that
DenIoCI avs from tue Nottu bnOu1U go IOFWafu
in the debate 1t was the scheme of
an experienced politician. He would
employ Northern allies as sappers and
miners to make it look better. It was not from
cruelty to make them food for powder that he
placed them in the front of the battle. It
was thought better that they should go for
ward to tunnel the citadel Putting the tail
in front and the head in the sand only spoke
Of the species and habits of the bird. We
were told that events bound the South Per-
haps the man who made this arrangement
built better than he knew. [ would" said
Mr. Conkling, "tell the Democrats that this is
destined to bring from the North more united
delegations. I find in the pending bill clause
providing for the retirement of officers of dis
tinguished rank with exaggerated pay"
but he supposed, with other things, that
this was an attempt to coax officers now
in the army to empty their saddles that 9TH
ers may get on. Concluding his remarks, oc-
cupying three hours, Mr.. Conkling said
that what the Democrats were now doing
would result to the advantage of the Repub-
hcan party, but, considering the welfare Of the
South, he believed their action was fagrantly
unwise and injudicious. What the South need
SOW, in short, go to work. Invite labor, cher
ish it, and Danish prescription for opinions and
color. Reform it altogether. Drop sentiment
and let material prosperity advance. Do not
attempt to obtain possession once more of the
Government and dominate the country. There
is room enough at the national board and it is
not decorous that the South should be Mac
gregor at the head of the table. One of Rome's
famous maxims was: "Let what each man
thinks of the republic be written on his brow. :"
/ have spoken in this spirit, holding no i'll
toward any man because he comes from the
South. Ihave spoken frankly. but with malice
toward none, but the point is this is partisan
political enterprise. The debate was begun
after the action of caucus. 1t was raised to
fire the De nocratic heart, to fire blast at the
cohorts of the party, to beat the long roll and
set the squadrons in the field. The object, it
was plain to be seen, was to overthrow the
laws if this could be done Political speeches
having been delivered, I have thus plainly,
and repeat without malice, spoken somewhat
of my thoughts as to the duties and dangers of
the hour.
AT the close of his remarks Mr.. ConkIng was
warmly congratulated.