The New York herald., 1862-11-04
The Great Question Of To-day.


The Great Question OF To-day.
The election to-day is like great battle
It's result will either save the Union or assist
the rebels Each vote will have the effect Of a
bullet, and will wound either the country or the
rebellion. On which side are you Fighting!
At whom is your vote aimed? To-day your
reistives or friends In our army may be en-,
gagged in bloody battle with the myrmdons Of
JEFF. Davis. Will you betray those relatives
and friends at the polls to-day! Will you de-
liberately injure the cause which our brave SOL
diers are bleeding and dying to make viotori-
GUS! Pause and consider we'll what you are
about to do, and how you are about to vote.
You know what the radical abolition party
has done in the past You remember that the
aboitionists furnished JEFF. Davis with the only
pretext by which he could possibly seduce the
Southern people into secession. For thirty
years. as Wendell Phillips confesses, the aboli-
tionists have been disunionists upon principle.
For thirty years. therefore, they have been
practically in league with the dsunionists Of
the South. Phillips, Greeley, Cheever, Garri-
son, JEFF Davis, Toombs, Floyd, Wise and
their coadjutors have worked together,
with different motives, to destroy this
glorious country. Both classes of fa-
natcs have made disunion religion. The
Southern leaders have violated the most sacred
oaths in order to build up their Godforsakeu
Southern confsderacy. The Northern aboli.
tionists have declared, in the words Of Horace
Greeley, that "John Brown was the equal OF
Jesus Christi" in the words OF Garrison, that
"the constitution Of the United States is Q cove.
nant With death and league with He'll, }" and in
the words Of Cassius NJ. Clay, "Prove to me
that slavery Is q divine institution and will be
an infdel." Knowing these facts, can you vote
so as to assist this band Of Northern and South.
ern disunionists!
When this war broke out the conservatives
rushed to the battle field to defend the uation
The abolitonists stayed at home to abuse the
President for not transforming this into an abo-
lition war. and thus superseding the constitu-
tion. You recollect that in the Tribune Of
August Greeley confessed that at least nine
hundred thousand abolitionists bad never vet
enlisted, and would not enlist until the Presi.
dent issued an emancipation proclamation. You
remember also that Governor Andrew, Of
Massachusetts,, and Governor Yates, of Illinois,
made the same statement in different Ian
guage. You know that this huckstering, con-
ditional loyalty was put to the test
by the President. aud that il. utterly failed
and that the nine hundred thousand abolition
lists, whose enlistment would have prevented
draft throughout the entire country still remain
at home to vote to-day against the brave men
who have gone to the wars, not to take charge
Of the contrabands behind the Notifications at
Washington, as General Wadsworth docs, but
to defend and preserve the Union upon the
battle field. Knowing these facts, can you vote
for the abolitionistss
You are aware that the radical abolitlonists
have maliciously prolonged the war In order to
force the government to abolish slavery They
have repeatedly thwarted General McClellan's
well devised plans They have intrigued
against Mcclellan and In favor Of incompetent
generals. like Mcdowell, the favorite and rela.
tive of the abolition Secretary Chase. On
three several occasions they have prevented
the capture Of Richmond when that capture
was almost certain and the end Of the war at
hand From the field OF the two battles at
Bull run, from the dismal swamps Of the
Chickahominy, from the valley Of the She.
nspdoab, tho blood Of some Of our best
aud truest patriot soldiers calls to you against
the abolitionists, as the blood Of Abel
cried out against Cain, bis murderer
Amoug those patriot soldiers may have been
members Of your family, or friends as dear
almost as your nearest relations. Knowing
that such lives we're wantonly and vainly sacri.
feed through abolition intrigues, and that these
intrigues are still in progress, and that from
the very Grst, General wadsworth has been
and etill 10 one Of yhe chief couspirators
agaipst Mcclellan aud the army, can yo;i yole
for him today! Can you vote for The sboli.
tionistsf
You are fully informed, net only in regard e
the past history, but also in regard 10 the III.
ture revolutionary schemes, Of The abolitiopIsts.
You remember the Altoona Convention: The
proposal 10 make Fremont virtual dictator bv
giving him an independent command Of al.y