, 1863-10-08

NkAu4aAr 4a1. GtFt- ~1s 1G13s
Hon. L. D. Campbell, Hamilton, Ohio:
DEAR sm: Your kind Invitation, by mr.
Hume, to be present at 4 meeting In HamIl-
ton on the 30lh September, is received.
Nothing could have prevented me to COM
ply with your Wishes, It could dispose of
myself and my time according to my own
will, but as I am hero on military duties,
which demand my personal attendance, lean
not have the pleasure Of seeing our friends in
Ohio. However, I wish 1t to be known
wherever my sentiments and my opinion
might be Of any inauecce. th.t would re-
gard the election Of Mr Fa1landigham not
only 3 national calen.1 IT., but ar immortal
shame to this Republic, because his elecsl:n
would be pronnncIamento against the
common sense and patriotism of the people
Of the great State Of Ohio 1t would be
ratification Of all those openly oYoWed
ideas, or secretly working practices, by
which one faction Of the people of the
North has trisd, ard Is tr5iog 10 !: :nul al the
sacrifices Of this war, End to ftustsate all the
results gained By It.; It would be just1dca
ton Of q class Of men who would spit upon
the soldier Of Ohio now fighting and dying
for the redemption of his country from the
traitorous hands Of jeff Davis and his follow
ers; It would be the BEGINNING and gloridca-
tion OF q reaction a thousand times more
costly, II successful, than ever this war has
been or can be.
Men Of Ohio who do not wish the dismem-
berment and ruin Of their own county, built
up Tith 50 much wisdom, energy, and brave
~ Of their ancestors, do not quarrel about
2oa N fHasa &c afS f. Spa s xst v
the knife Of q murderer threatens yonr very
existence. Drive ont the rebelilous host from
your homes and premises, and then sett'e
these questions, which are Of little import
ance ns long as you ara ir imminent- peril to
lose your lyee, your fortunes, md your
honor!
Whatever you are, suppose you are pa
t,iots. You Wieh to show before the world
that the American people Is strong and pow
e1fal enough to uphold Its integrity, aud to
prove that republican government is no: a
mere experiment, but . fixed fact, an i'm
movable keystone to civilization and pro.
gress. And you Mill thow that to be nation
Is impossible without being free; that an I'M
ulense country like this cannot be held to-
gether without the maintenance, unlyereality
hare been from the II mes Of the pilgrim
fathers and the Huguenots-from the time OF
Roger Williams and Ann Hutchinson, from
Nathaniel Bacon and Leisler up to franklin,
Jefferson and Thomas Paine, the great elc.
ments Of attraction for all the natloualities
nov composing the basis Of North American
society,
Yo1 must hold ont and destroy your enc
mics in front and rear; you are strong enough
to drive out JEFF Davis. and not to let come
In bis friend from Canada.
It ia better to have struggle of four years
than Of forty; 1t is better to dismiss fur
millions Of elaves than to dismiss Justice
and honor, your national prestige, and the
Republic Itself, for which your forefathers
have ehed their blood and sacrificed their for
tunes.
hope the Canadian candidate will not only
be than ndsomely repplsed,' hut ortruhsln.inJ-
" and disastrouafy defeated.
Truly and respectfully yours,
F. S1GEL, Major General,