The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-10-29
To the Union Men Of Wisconsin,
address of the Union GaIe CentrnI CoM
ImitGec.

address of the Union State Cenrrnl Com
mitIec.
FELLOW CITIsENs The election is close a
hand. On Tuesday the Sd of November, tn
character of the State Administration for tw,
years to come, will be determined
| There remains but little more than on,
week for the labors of the canvas. Are tn,
Union men in the several counties doing thei
full duty?
The time for argument is we'll nigh past
The issues are fairly made up. What is now
most wanted is earnest, effective preparation
for bringing to the polls every Union voter
That done an overwhelming victory il
certain. Without it We may suffer an igno
minious defeat. They who have been active
in the other duties of the canvas, will fail il
the most important of all, should they neglect
to provide ample means for getting out the
full Union vote.
Nor will it do to trust the Accomplishment O
this to the spontaneous impulses of morgan
lied public spirit.
| At every precinct the Union voters should be
listed, as far as possible, and committee ap
pointed whose express duty it shall be to SET
that they vote to man.
1t may be that even In time like the pres
ent, there are some Union men SO careless, OIL
who prize freemans franchise so lightly
that they will forget or will not take the trou
bic to attend the election unless specially urg
ed and provided with the means of transpor-
tation. Teams should be in readiness to &c
for such. The votes of the careless and luke
warm count equally with those of the most
jealous and active.
/ In fc ioeil Ii
ing the purity of the ballot-box. The enroll
ment of men subject to military duty prepar-
atory to the draft has revealed some startling
facts. 1t has shown the existence among III
of a class of sneaks who, after fraudulently
exercising the proregatives of citizenship, art
basely shirking from mourning its RESPONSE
bilities. 1t has shown that hundreds, aye thou
Islands of these men, have been in the habit O
voting, year after year, in violation of the cen
stitution and the laws. A vigilance commit
tee, strong in numbers and strong in pur
pose, should be present at every voting p1ac'
throughout the day. Let every man who of
fers vote, and whose right is in the least sus
pected, be subjected to the extreme test.
The provisions of our statutes for illega
voting are stringent. The utmost penalty
should be visited upon transgressors. Every
thwarted attempt at illegal voting, remember
is one vote lost to our opponents
The presence at the polls Of large ant
we'll organized committee, both to guard tn
ballot-box and as moral power, is exceeding
y important.
All the omens are suspicious Of victory
Voices of cheer come up from every side
The elections in other States may wei
arouse us to emulate the splendor of thei
achievements. When ever the peopl
have spoken, thus far, they have pro
nounced with voice of unexampled enl
Ipahsis, their inhexible purpose, to stand b,
the Administration III putting down the re
bellion by military force, and their determi
nation to confde in no man, or political or
ganization, that betrays any sympathy witt
traitors, or any wavering in support OF tn
Union and the Government.
If Wisconsin fails to join her voice will
that of her sister loyal States, it will be dut
solely to the supineness of her Union men.-
The magnificent successes in Maine, Califor
MIA, Ohio Pennsylvania and Iowa, giving new
strength and heart to the soldiers in the field
and to the friends of free institutions every
where while blasting the fondest hopes of trea
son. were only achieved by determined ant
systematic work The result in Ohio is high
lily attributable to the exertions of business
men who ordinarily take no active part il
elections They closed their places of busin
ess; they went to the POLLS they not only
voted, but they stayed and worked for thu
ticket till night giving zone day to thei
country"
Let not the lesson be lost on Wisconsin
men.
A friend who was with the Army of thu
; Potomac, when the result of the Ohio anC
Pennsylvania elections reached it, tells me =
"You cannot imagine the gladness with which
the news was received by the soldiers thu
Ijoy they felt at learning there was sufficient
loyalty still at home after sparing all Of then
for the field to rebuke and defeat the united
tfordes of Peace Democrats, rebel sympathi
zers and Copperheads at the ballot box" Lee
Wisconsin see to it that she also sends glaC
tidings to her brave boys in the field on thu
eve of the Sd of November.
1t is not merely for the election of our tick
ct that we should strive. The public in it:
peril demands more of Wisconsin. 1t de
mands the weight of decided majority as &
testimony of her unwavering loyalty. If We
could be guaranteed ten thousand majority or
the home vote, it ought not to cause us tc
abate an effort or relax sinew in this effort
Every vote that can be added to the MAORI
ty is precious as an expression of unanimity
of sentiment and stability of purpose.
Madison, Oct. "a, 1863
HORACE RUBLRE,
Chairman Union State Central Committee
-OSs
WHAT THE ELECTIONS MEAN.-The Chicago
Post occupies half column in telling what
the elections mean. 1t only takes four words
to tell the whole story. They mean-unless
some miraculous interposition should change
the result-that the Democrats are beateu.-
Racine Journal.
Unfortunately for the party to which the