Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-04-16
The Connecticut Elect;on.

The Army ofthe Potomac, composed ofsol.
dlers from all the States which has seen more
service, endured greaetr hardships, incurred
greater loss in battle, and been wasted by dis
ease and suffering to greater extent than any
army OF the war, is known to condemn the adj
ministraton, whose imbecilty and crminalitv
have been the fruitful causes OF decimatiop in
its ranks. Many of its soldiers, worn bv sick :.
ness and suffering, and anxious to revisit their
lamillCs and homes, have asked for and hav G
been denied iurloughs during the past winter
OF lnactlon. Unmarried soldiers were not per
mitted the privilege Of visiting their homes,
but this spring the administration, with si,pu.
lar clemencv, has been sending them back by
car loads.
The soldiers of two States have been freely
accorded perinissi on to return provided they
ala so on the eve of election, and pldg ged them
selves to vote the administration ticket. Til,
was the condition of turlough, and the only
condition upon which the soldiers OF New
Hampshire and Connecticut, who wished tc
VISIT their homes, were permitted to do So Ii
the father of a family, who had volunteered to
defend with his life the Union and the Consti
tuition, sacred and wasted veteran, who had
been III every battle in which the Army OF the
totomac has been engaged, presented his APP
plicatlon for leave to visit his wife aud chill
dren, he was asked what ticket he would yo tie
and, If Democrat, was ordered back to his
duty in the ranks; ifa Republican, was turn-
ished II transportation homo.
Inc New ork city newspapers state tha t
on Friday and Saturday of last week the rail-
road trains going East were crowded with sol
diers from the Army of the Potomac, "hurry-
ing back to their various homes to vote
against Seymour. These soldiers all told
sine same story they got their furtoughs upon
The SIpress condition they b0uid rote the Ropubi
'can ticket. The Democrats in The Connecticut req.
'mlentS ,oere not aAotoed turioughs"
Major and Brgadier Generals have been
withdrawn from the field to stump the State.
Gov. Hamilton OF Texas, drawing high sal.
cry as such; Gov. Nyo of Neveda, fed with the
peoples money; and Swarms of administration
officers and Abolition members of Congress
have been canvassng the State for weeks, u.s.
ing "green- backs" with lavish prodigiality,
and influencing public feeling by every arti-
lice OF falsehood and corrudtion. Tne fraud,
terrorism, and bribary of the administration
generel and notorious as they were, could no /
have carried the State had not the villiany of
returning soldiers pledged to its support, and
the exclusion of Democratic soldiers from the
privilege o return, been shameiessly perpe-
trated
These facts, which can be substantiated by
evidence which precludes all question of their
correctness, aud proof Of the inteatiou OF the
administration to use its authority over our
armies for the political subjugation Of the 10y.
al, as we'll as the military subjugation of the
dlsloya States. In all cases where soldiers
are permitted tovote, whether return ed homo
Tor the purpose, or voting under State laws in
the field, only those who are pledged to the
Admin istration ticket will be allowed access
TO the ballot-box. The army vote in Missouri
and Iowa, aud the recent operations in New