The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
A DEFUNCT RACINE DEMOCRAT
PILES Up THE ADMIRATION
FOR a DEFUNCT KENOSHA
DEMOCRAT.
THEY LOVINGLY ENDORSE EACH OTHER
WITHOUT CoLLATERALs.

An ex-democrat of Racine, over the
fictitious signature of Jeffersonian,
thus addresses the editor of the Keno
sha What Is Tt? The italics are ours.
!" | admire an honest expression of
opinion without fear or favor. / admire
a newspaper that has the courage to
declare itself free from the dictates of
party. l admire a man who is bold
enough to cut loose from party whose
leaders are ready to barter every al
legged principle for faint prospect of
success. Consequently 1 admire the
new departure of the Courier, formerly
the Democrat. Consider your hand
shaken, Mr.. Editor. You may send
the Courier to my address as the Demo
crGt of yore. The almighty dollar will
be forthcoming on demand.
IF not intruding on your columns l
will briefly express a few thoughts
which have occurred to me since the
late unpleasantness which resulted in
the triumphant yindication of Gar
field, Colfax and the balance of the
500 statesmen"
In my Judgment the time has come
for the democratic party to dissolve. l
say this in spite of its grand old name,
which expresses in itself the founda-
ton principles of our form of govern
ment, in spite of the patriotism and
ability of many of it's leading men,
bers, IN spite Of the fact that the repat6-
ltcan party presents nothing better
Farther on he says "The North
must be admitted to possess the larger
share of the intelligence, wealth and
enterprise of the country"
The principles of the Democratic
party are just the same now as they
were before its defeat in November.
If they were worthy of support before
the End day of November they are
entitled to the same support now. 1t
has always been the party of slavery.
1t opposed the war for the preservation
of the Union. 1t opposed the issue of
greenbacks as war measure. It OPP
posed the emancipation proclamation.
1t opposed the amendments to consti-
tuition adopted to secure the legitimate
results of the war. Since the war it
has simply been a party of obstruc-
tionists, solidly opposing all the meas
ures of the republican party, whereby
the credit of the government has been
maintained, the immense war debt
and the interest charge greatly reduced,
and the nation conducted to an era of
unprecedented prosperity. Since the
defeat of Mcclellan for President in
1864 the democratic party has simply
been an unburied, disgusting corpse,
galvanized into sort Of existence by
the hope of Office and the chance to
again plumber the public treasury.
These two defunct democrats, for the
last eight years, on their own confess
sion, have been hugging it and bowling
and hurrahing for the rotten carcass
of democracy. Now they profess to be
sick of it. Between the lines of the
sickly confession you can read in red
lines the same old hatred to the repub-
lican party and republican principles.
What is the key to this desertion of
their principles? Why traitors to their
friends? Why do they leave the citadel
unprotected9 We give the reason in
their own words: ut will be many a
year before party which is generally
believed to be in sympathy with the
lost cause will be intrusted with the
reins of government" There is no
hope of office for them; no public pap
for their sustenance. Now they orna-
ment the top Of the fence, waiting for
something to turn up.