The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-03-09
Soldiers Voting.

II Will be seen, from the proceedings Of the County
Central Committee, which We publish in another
column that arrangements have been made, by which
the volunteers from, Wayne County, VIII be enabled
participate ia the nominating election 10 be held in
April next
Polls to be opened in each Regiment containing
one or more companies from this county, wherever
they may be and time is given for the receipt Of the
returns from them, before the county returns
be eanvassed-
This is an eninently just and fair arrangement and
one in which we most heartily The soldiers
are fully as much interested IN the affairs Of the gov
ernment those who stay at home and reap the bene
fit of their suerngs and privators- II they had
volunteered their right to vote would be undsputed-
Why then should their services in behalf of the
Country be allowed work their Acknowledgement
But just and proper such arrangements must be ad
mitted to be, there nevertheless persons TO be
found cqihsi.y to be unconditional Union Men, who
opposed TO ii.
The more active and devoted adherents of Mr. Juliau
especially though not .7oad' exceedingly deep"
in their condemnation of this policy which they pro-
pose regard being frught with grea. and untold
evils. While they dare not openly deny the right of
the soldiers vote for fear OF the odum they would
hereby draw upon themselves and their candidate,
they have ali along secretly endeavored BY erey
in their power deprive them of that privilege and
that IL has been settled we hear them still fur
lively whining about "fraud and trielery" The
of the IS they well know that the soldiers
are, almost to man, favor OF Meredith in this
test; and that their viii be of character highly
preucia the of their especial favorite
hence the effort to she any oppression of their choice
The friends of Mr. Julian have been in the habit of
claiming that gentleman 10 be as good and true
friend the Soldiers Gen. Meredith possibly could
be- But il is evident that they cannot beiiere this
why should they shrink from submitting the claims of
their candidate the decision of the he is claimed
to have befriended No. the difficulty is the soldiers
know well, who their friends and it is found
impossible to convince them, that man. who
fought for his country, suffered relative
do so-who never visited regiment, hospital
war; did know the location of single one, of the
many hospitals in and around that cty--who
relieved soldier in distress, and never contributed $50
towards carving on the war-that saea a man is as
well entitled to the confidence and support of the
soldiers, as is one who, like Gen. Meredith gave
himself, and his sons to the army-who by his
hitting care and socitude for those under his COM
mand, has won their undying love and devotion
whose heart home, and purse have been open to
the soldier-and who has spent his money, shed his
blood and broken his health, in the common
cause, in which the Wayne County volunteers /
engaged.
If our volunteers should ever become so dull of in
teect and cold of heart to be unable to discriminate
between two such protesting friends these, they
would begin merit the dersion and abuse, that has
been heaped upon them by the Julian organs and /
would justify the argument of those who con-
tending that they ought be excluded from partcpat
ing in this election