, 1862-10-21
GbE Gribuuf,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER u, 1859.
10 IN 4 OLD 0UARAg

TO THE 0LD GUARD.
We appeal to the Old Republican Guard
Of Illinois, to whom an appeal, based upon
the eternal Right, was never addressed in
vain We adture you to give these two
weeks prior to the election to your country.
You can carry the State by majority not
less than that Of Last June, when you rose
in your strength and crushed the Tory
Constitution. i you uN Your ranks
hare been thinned BY the demands Of the
war for the Union, but they are filing
up with the honest and patriotic masses Of
the Democracy. We call upon you, by
the love you bear your aous and brothers
in the field. to take hold Of the work in
earnest, and overthrow at the ballot box
those Who would bring to nsught the
Tolls and sufferings Of our soldiers,
and hand US over to JEFF. Davis and
his traitor ol;garchy. Let the result in In
diana admonish you that lite and death are
in the balance. Let it teach you that, If
you would have q country which you can
call your own, now is the time to save or
lose it. Every consideration which can
prompt men to heroic efforts, is before you.
The great cdict Of freedom to which the
President has affixed the nations seal, is
yours to defend and uphold VIII you
suffer it to be oycrborne, OF will you rally
as one man around it, and ssve it as the
last hope Of your imperiled country.
Since the War commenced-sinR the
rar1icides first banded together TO destroy
their country and ours-there has been no
moment Of ouch imminent danger as this.
The question is whether the precious blood
that has been spilled shall have been spilled
in vain; whether the vast treasure that
hss been poured out shall have been
poured out to no purpose Our friends
are exposing their lives, wasting their
youth, filing our hearts with anxiety in
distant camps and fields, all that we may
laye country, a flag, constitution and
the freedom which it guarantees Shall
Illinois row say, by her vote, that these
sacrifices arc worthless, this patriotism
misguided? Shall the heroic deeds Of Bel
mont, Donelson, Pea Ridge, Shiloh and
Co1inth, be brought to naught in the hour
when VIC arc strongest and most capable
Of crushing the ilnpious Shareholders re-
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Reader, VIC make tAsa -. aa;r:;-:e1 to you
If you love the land Of your birth, the
memory Of your fathers, the hentage O.
your free institutions, give you1 time ani
your strength to the work Of saving tllt
next Congress from the hands Of Tories
Shake off your apathy. Awakenfist in your
se1t and then IN your neighbors, the spiri
Which has carried 1ha banner VI freedom
tomany a proud victory in Illinois. Labo
with thc doubtful, and wheneye- you fin
q man who loves tile Union better than b
1'rc< slavery STOW him that tie Rcpubl
can Union ticket is the only ono whic
Ell'olds lis principles. Mr. fugersoll
worthy Of your heartiest efforta. II
stands on your platform, not 1lrnidlg, M
gnldeingly, but with the full esrncstness q
4 ffretou-loving, tzeason-hxtinH man
Ths;r is lot coward1y hair il Ills head
Fight, confscatc and emancipate,-nt
compromise With traitors-arc tho article
Of ]lis creed. If those who endorse tn
lmrrit.ic platform which he maiptains vii
do their duty, the tories will tc buried b
yond the reach Of resurrection in Noveu
beg. The same vote which eonsigns the
to defeat consigns JEFF. Davis to dcspai
The same victory which u7esto tho Te'
cral Congress from their la!a1s will sen
CONSERVATION to the rebel armies and Il
epire Our soldiers with su ii hope au
courage that, in few short months, ire
son shau have no foothoId IN the co.'s
Grated soil Of free America.