Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-07
An Address from Ihs sta;e Union Fxecu. )
tive Committee
STATE UNION EXECUTIVE 1
CoKHIrrKE RooEs

tive Committee
STATE UNION EXECUTIVE
CoKHIrTKE RooEf
COLUMBUS, o., October 6, 1868.
To the FFisnds Of the Union in the State
of Ohio
We address, you in behalf of our country
and our Government. The eyes Of the ns-
tion are upon us our cause is the National
cause-our defeat would be a national ca
lamity, over which the rebels in arms, and
their siders and abettors, the world over
would rejoice.
THE VOICE OF TRAITORS.
The Richmond Enquirer says, if Rose
Grams should be dctsated at Chattanooga and
driven back on NashUitLe, the YallGndighan
men would carry the election in Ohio nezt
Tuesday luitk httIs di6fe4lty; and the
Georgia Constitutionalist utters the same
sentiment. 1t says, if Johnston and Bragg
can defeat Rosecraas and Burnside, Chdrlsston
stu holding cut, or if Lee Nth his recruited
army, can defeat Meade, then l1e may
expect the most favorable results in the Ohio
election and Lincoln Congress. And worse
than these, Mr.. R. L. Griffiths, tho agent
sent by the Secretary of State into Rose
Grams army % take copies of the law and
poll-bOOks to enable the soldiers to vote,
is reported to have admitted, and it has
not been authoritatiVely contradicted, that
his party believed the Government could not
suppress the rebellion, and are in faUor of un-
eonditiOHqLiy stopping thel0ar, and that by the
successes Of our armies their party tgouId be
disappointed and its prospects injured and
that they hare no interest in tbs fight. But
Il rbop
said to Colonel Webb, of the list Regiment
| G. A, that THE SOUTH DID NOT PURSUE THE
RIGHT POLICY, THAT INSTEAD OF ALLOWING
THE NORTH TO INVADE KENTUCKY AND Ten
NEssEE AND MAKING THE BATTLE-FIELDs IN
THESE STATES THEY SHOULD TRANSFER
1 THE BATTLE FIELDS To ONO AND INDIANA,
/. AND THAT IF THEY DID so A STRONG PARTY
WOULD DECLARE IN THEIR FAVOR AND THAT
? THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE COMPELLED
, TO RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE
SOUTH.
We have arrayed against US IN orgsniza-
tion which seems to have an interest with
our soldiers in arms, because their defeat
would promote its success.
We earnestly call upon all lovers of our
country and its institutions to rally to their
support. Let demagogues not deceive you
with cries for "free speech" freedom Of
the Press" and h4beas corpus. The only
attacks on these rights come from rebels
in arms against the Government. Secure
it against its foes, and no loyal man need
fear any other enemies of his rights.
We urge you to give some of your time
10 your country; give your influence in its
favor. See that what you can do is done.
Wait not for your neighbor to do what you
see needs doing, but do it yourself, and do
it at once. And when the day of election
comes, give it to your country. We urge
all its friends to suspend their business.
Close your store, shut your shop, or stop
your plow, and let all over whom you have
any control devote the day to the salvation
of their country. Let this election decide
the contest in Ohio, between civil rule and
rebellion. Let it show that treason cannot
raise its head safely in our midst.
GUARD WELL YOUR BALLOT BOXES.
We implore all citizens to guard the ba,.
lot-box from desecration. Upon it rests
the liberties of our country, and upon its
saeredness depends our attachment to it.
None but an enemy of both would attempt
to destroy our confidence in it; yet rumors
reach us, which seem worthy of belief, that
an attempt will be made to import voters
from other States into Ohio, and from one
county into another. We beg you to see
that none but legal voters are allowed to
vote. See that none but good, resolute,
active and vigilant committees are at
every poll in the State, and punish with
the utmost rigor of the law, any and every
man who violates, or attempts to violate it.
WM. DENNIsON,
G. Y. DORSEY,
C. N. OLDS, Executive
1. J. ALLEN,
SAML GALLOWAY, Committee.
R. H. GEARY,
GEO. NJ. PARSONS,
J. J. RANNEY, Sec'y and Treas.