Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-10-24
Be on your Guard.

Let the True Union men Of the county DO
on their guard against the wiles of the bogus
ticket manufactured n few days ago in this
place.
A few OF tho old political trickstcrs, very
we'll known in this community, whose voca-
ton it has been, for ten years past, to save
the good people of this county the useless
trouble Of selecting their own officers, called
together, by letter, about dozen of their SUI
bordinates from two or three districts of the
county, and assumed upon themselves the
power to nominate mongrel ticket Of peace
men and sacessionists, for the Legislature and
County Commissioners.
No primary meetings had ever been held,
in any of the districts, to appoint the self
constituted junto. But this is not to be Won
dered at These wire pullers, on former oc-
casions would sometimes go through the form
of holding conventions, but such was their
skill in packing them, that even then it was
mere form. Such, for instance, was the
late Congressional Convention.
On this occasion, they even laid aside the
form Of the thing, and have appointed for the
people, without being requested to do so,
tickets for them to support and some Of the
very men were before the Union Convention
and repudiated by them.
The time has passed, gentlemen, for this
dictation. The people are aroused, and are
now thinking for themselves. They will no
longer permit themselves to be deluded by |
wolves in sleeps clothing.
Some Of the same individuals attended this
caucus who were present at, the Gubernato-
rial peace meeting, which assembled here to
send delegates to the peace convention in
Baltimore, to nominate peace candidate for
Goveruo. cad s1ua e them the very dele
.rlles so.ea.-d 10 attond chat convention.
!. .rs.cb uomwa.ed Mr. Howard as he peace
v17sislaSe COR 1yvosuor, bur who itaa2- n
now oply 10 b go.oa ior Ia y4aa successful
invasion IS made u Maryland by JEFF. Davis
& Co.
of We suppose the nominees OF this caucus
expect only to be voted for in the same con-
tingency.
These men are making desperate effort
to revive old party lines, but, gentlemen, the
people Of all old parties have rubbed out the
party lines and intend TO uphold their Gov.
ernment, and to trample in the dust its insid-
ious and secret foes as we'll as its avowcd and
open foes a
We caution the true Union men every
WHERE that they be not deceived by these
secret foes. They may call themselves Union
men, But they will turn out to be just such
Union men as Mr. May, who, before the cleo
ton, wrote letter denouncing secession as a
damuable hcresy was elected to Congress
as a Union man, visited jeff Davis before
he went to Congress, and came back rank
secessionist In his letter, however, he said
net one word about prosecuting the war, un-
iii the rebels who commenced the war should
10y down their arms He declined to COM
, init himself on that subject.
Will any of the nominees of this caucus
say to the public that they are for the prose-
cution of the war until the rebels lay down
their arms. Which of you will say til
Men may call themselves Union men -
They may say they are opposed to secession,
they may call it heresy, and as many
other hard names as they please yet if they
are in favor Of acknowledging the Southern
Confederacy ard yielding to the dictaton of
the bad men who have brought about this
rebellion such men are disunionists, no mat
ter what they call themselves. bowl
Let all true Union men bear in mind, that
every vote given for this bogus ticket will be
regarded everywhere rs vote in favor Of re-
bellion, a. in fact it will be.
lIz9 sd = Election Tickets.