The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

conflict sprung from the question of
the supremacy Of a state as against the
supremacy of the nation. Twenty
years ago, in the election of Abraham
Lincoln to the Presidency of the United
States, a majority of the people,
through constitutional methods, de-
clared that slavery should not be ex-
tended to territory under the jurisdic-
ton of the United States. A Solid
South then announced the doctrine
that the state was supreme, unfurled
the flag of State Rights, seeded from
the Union, and made war on the Ma
ton. The South waged for four years
bloody war, characterized by such
barbarous atrocities towards its pris-
oners as could only be possible in a
people demoralized by that most VIII
famous and atrocious of all crimes,
human slavery. The South were aided
and abetted by the Democratic party
in the North. In 1864 the Democratic
party of the northern states took for
their standard-bearer a played-out
Union General, and resolved that the
war to preserve the Union was fail
ure. By the yalOr of the armies of the
Nation, and the patriotism of the loyal
citizens of the North, the rebel flag
was made to trail in the dust, and on
July 4th, 1865, not rebel was found
in arms against the Union. The loyal
North fattered itself that the battle
they had fought and won was won for
all time; that the institution of sla-
very was entirely annihilated; that
the equality Of all men before the law
was established forever; and that nei
ther the United States nor any state
should abridge the right of any man
to vote on account of race, color or
previous condition of servitude. The
results of the war were crystalized in
constitutional amendments, and a
loyal North rested on their laurels.
The Nation, however, failed in it's sol
emn duty to punish traitors, and mete
out to treason its just deserts, and it
has been reaping the consequences of
neglected duties. Soon the rebels in
formed us they were not conquered
they had only succumbed, temporarily
to force they had no power to resist
Having exhausted their means to carry
on war of arms, they have resorted
to other methods to subvert the gov
eminent, undo the results of the war,
and restore the condition of things
which existed before the war. The
vote of the Rebel South has been made
solid by a system Of terror and fraud
which they make no attempt to con-
ceal. If the freedmen and loyal whites
of the South were permitted ca full
vote, free ballot and fair count, "
there could be no shadow of doubt as
to the outcome of the battle of 1880.
Liberty and Union would again be vic
torious, and the sacred principle of the
equality of all men before the law
would be indicated. In the war of
arms the cOlored people were an ele-
ment of strength, and contributed not
little to Union victories. Now the
Solid South virtually holds them as
prisoners, while they make them count
forty electoral votes against their own
interests and against the triumph of
National Sovereignty, as opposed to
States Rights. The battle for the SUI
premacy of Republican principles,
Liberty and Union can only be won
again by the same spirit of unselfsh
patriotism that characterized the loyal
North during the war of arms. Eteq-
nal 0igizaace is the price of the VIC
tory to be won on November I'd; it is
the price of Liberty and Union; it is
the price of National Sovereignty; it is
the price of national existence. Dis
cuss these issues with your neighbor.
Encourage your lukewarm neighbor to
a conscientious discharge Of the duties
of good citizenship. If every Repub-
lican does his duty the battle will be
won and the victory ours once more.
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