The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-19
FoR THE REPUBLIC.
The False Reports-The Prospects Pro-
mtstng.

The reports published in the Democratic
papers pretending to be returns from the Penn
sylvania and Ohio elections. are entitled to
little or no credence To chow how these
returns are made Up, it is only necessary to
cite sing lie instance taken from the Geographic
reports in the Union of Sunday morning.
That journal, among other absurd statements,
had the Ohio Legislature elected on Tuesday
last by an overwhelming majority, when the
fact is that no Legislature has this gear been
chosen at all.
Reliable re.urns have already been received
sufficient 10 c6nvince any well-informed and
honest mind that both Pennsylvania and Ohio
will give their electoral vote, on the I'd of No
vember, to the old hero of Lundy's Lane, by
majority that will Overwhelm the Democrats,
with their frauds and falsehOod, in certain de-
feat.
The leaders of the Democratic party have
long known that unless some desperate means
were used TO brace their party up under the
weight of its candidates, the inherent strength
of WINFIELD SCoTT must bear them remedi-
essly down, sustained as it is by the tide of
popular feeling that everywhere seeks express
sion among the masses.
They have resorted to every means in their
reach to thwart the popular will. They have
abused and viifed the old chefiain with all
the power Of language. They have called him
coward, thief, and liar, and invented calumnies
too gross to be seen or heard by reputable
people. They have circulated forged letters
to deceive Catholic voters. They have created
false reports of elections and sent them by tel
egraph into every corner of the Union, that
they might create an impression favorable to
their candidates. They have used every means
that could be devised to create and widen differ
ences in our own party, and have fattered and
appealed to the pride of the disaffected in the
hope of creating diversion, no matter how
small, from our ranks. In the North they have
appealed to men of Freesoil sentiments on the
ground that General PIERCE is a Freesoiler,
and sustain their averments by his New Hamp
shire speech, in which he says he /" hates
and deplores slavery" as much as those
who would dissolve the Union on that
account. At the South they deny this
speech and meanly and falsely charge itupon
the Wings, even while they are sending out
the very documents from their committee
rooms containing the speech by thousands to
the North. There is no fraud or falsehood to
which they will not resort to defeat the earnest
wishes of the people. We can only meet them
with weapons of Truth, and battle against them
under the leadership of soldier who never yet
set out on a campaign but to conquer.
We ask every Wing from this day forward
to arouse himself to duty, and to sleep only up
on his arms. There is great victory in store
for us, and we can and must achieve it. The
skies are not black, and there is nothing that
we hope for that our exertions may not obtain.
What if WINFIELD ScorT had recoiled and
never rallied at Lundy's Lane. at Chippewa, at
n j., h,u
gone down in sorrow and despair. What if he
had faltered at Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, at
Contreras, and the Gates of the Capital2 His
little army, instead of ruling over that great
city, would have been the slaves of brutal
popuace. Let us take these achievements for
our examples; and remembering how long, how
devo teddy, and with what sacrifice of blood and
com fort our gallant chief has served US, our
fathers, and our children, let US give him such
support as he deserves. Victory will then be
his and ours.