Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-10-15
Gipilian y gelearapb.
CUMB AND, MD,
W1M EVANS, Editor and Proprietor.
GEO. ~. HOOVER, Publisher.
Morning:.:Oct. Is, 1868.
H TO the Voters OF
COUNTY

FeUo,o- Citizens Permit us, in the spirit
of friendship and canhor, to add few
thoughts on the condition of our country to
your calm consideration. .f y.r.....
We believe that it is a historical fact, which
will not be denied, that, prior to the breaking
out of the war now unhappily existing in the
United States, no nation on earth presented
the place where men enjoyed greater privi-
leges-poltical, civil, and religious; DO land
where labor was more needed, respected, and
better rewarded, or where, what the individ-
ual had acquired, was more completely his
own and less bufdened by taxation. Why,
then, is our country torn and devastated by
civil war, and our progress in developing the
wealth and greatness of the country diverted
from its true mission and turned to our de-
struction as a nation. or individual progress
toward competence or wealth crippled or de-
stroyed, and our religious and social relations
in constant hazard? We appeal to you to
answer to yourselves calmly and deliberately
these questions. ..u u.
If our revolutionary fathers had left to us
the best Government devised by man under
the favor of God if, in the space OF eighty
years, it had Iisen from a neglected and OPP
pressed infancy and become, under that form
of government, one of the first and most pow
erul nations of the world; If all the privi-
leges and rights which man holds dear, and
which enuoble him, were more fully enjoyed
than under or in any other Government on
Garth, is it not the duty of every man who
would be free himself, and leave his children
free, to do all in his power to maintain the
unity, the parity, and strength of that Gov
eminent which has accomplished these things
for him and for all men?
If you wonld enjoy and possess all these
privileges and benefits, and if you would
continue in the possession of that truly Amer
ican privilege of differing in your political
opinions, or possessing political opinion, it
IS now your solemn and imperative duty to
lay aside your former political differences and
opinions. and come up to the help Of the
Government against those Who would destroy
that Government and found another which
ignores freedom, and admits of but two class
es of people-the lord and his serf In this
connection we submit the following extract,
given as part of the reasons assigned by JEFF.
Davis and his Cabinet to the Emperor of
France why he should speedily recognize the
southern confederacy:
"1st. That it was tho intention of the
leaders of the South, so soon as their indc-
pendence was declared, to establish Il nobil-
ity in the SoutL before their army was dis
banded. That the poor whites or non slave
owners, who would help them Fl hit and con-
quer their independence, so soon as nobility
is established, and they are left free to act,
will emigrate North and leave only the mo-
BILE and his slave. ID. That IL is the duty of
France, as Of other monarchies, TO encourage
,J o., MN IN I,ccn1f,,u1o IoDIorc1cu
Believing that you can have no sympathy
with such doctrines and sentiments, we ap-
peal to you to lay aside former political par
ties and stand by the Union and the Gov
ernmcnt, and to give your earnest and ndi-
vidual support to the ticket pledged to stand
by the Union under all circumstances.
1t is important that not only Allegany
County but the State of Maryland should
sneak in a voice not to be misunderstood, as
q powerful means of bringing this unnatural
war to speedy close by encouraging the
friends and discouraging the enemies of the
Union If the loyal States speak their de-
votion to the Union emphatically at the bal
lot box, by the Triumphant election Of the
unconditional Union candidates, and thus
show the rebels that they have no sympathy
to look for during their rebellion, their dis
couragement will lead them sooner to aban-
don this unholy contest That they do hope
for aid and sympathy in this direction, and
have used the best means in their power to
secure it, take the following extract from the
Richmond Enquirer:
"Charleston and Chattanooga are the only
points where the enemy present the least APP
pearance of fight. Defeated at Chattanooga
and driven back upon Nashville, the Valand-
igham men would carry the election in Ohio
next month with little difficulty. The peace
men of the United States would once more
assert their manhood, and speak out as they
did before the late disasters had choked their
utterance."
What is the election OF VaIlandgham to
do for them? Recall from the Armies of
the Union the brave soldiers of that State,
and take from the defenders of the nation
one hundred and twenty FIVE thousand men
to prevent the transportation Of troops from
other States through that, and otherwise en-
barrass the operations Of the Government if
not to involve it in second civil war; to
present to the monarchies of the Old World
the spectacle of the North divided in itself as
unable to maintain its integrity and sub
uut tUc pTedl Tebcltloib. C'uiu piC-
sent the State Of Maryland as opposed to the
National Government, embracing, as it does
within its bour Diary, the Capital of the ma
tion, it would he no less valuable argu-
ment for Southern recognition and the des-
truction of our Government and the blessings
it has secured to us as q nation.
The leaders of the rebellion have but little
hope of foreign aid until they can show a
formidable sympathizing party dividing the
North /: and without this "peace" to them is
indefinitely postponed" Let the following
language from the Augusta tGa Constitu>
tiona!ist September 0, show you their hopes
and wishes
"We confess that we hare al,cays built
strong hopes on The diriSion and dissatisfac-
ton of the northern people, the gradual but
sure gro,ch Of an outspoken Peace Party,
and the final outbreak Of The insurrectionary
elements ,chch eaist among the enemy, but
uhich, by one means or other, has so far been
smotherei or checked. We still hare great
erDecf0fiOns from The Peace men of the North