Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-08-16
Before Election.

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Before Election.
The Sunbury Democrat of July 29tl
endeavored to rally the Democracy O
Northumberland county TO turn ont anc
vote, and also to vote against the Is
Amendment, which restores the soldier.
the right TO vote; as follows:
Prom th. sunbur, Denocr.i-iust before Election.
THE Election lakes place next Tuesday
August I'd, and THERE SHOULD BE A
FULL VOTE. The Lincoln leaders profes,
10 be very anxious that the solCier-voung
Amendment shall be carried; but this IS no,
from any real love for the soldier, bUi from
desire aud intent 10 cheat the people and the
soLdIer. and rs-eleci Lincoln ty a fraudulent
use Of the votes. Having everything IN their
own hands. they can, and. from the rascah-
nes heretofore practiced oy Lincoln's subor.
drna'-s, II is reasonable 10 presume they
would return the soldier vote TO suit them
selves. This undoubtedly accounts for their
anxiety"
The editor also SAYS it allows the " sol
d,ers in the military service of the Uni
ted States, wherever they may be located
On the day OF election, to vote" But the
truth is, the law reads, the "qua1;fea elec-
tors Of this commonwealth in actual mill
tsry service" &c, shall be allowed to
vote. The use Of the word " so'diers,'
Instead of "guoiihed electors in military
service" seems intended TO confirm the
opinion which had been carefully circula.
ted among the people, that all soldiers" Z"
whether oolored, minors, or aliens, could
vote. This of course was an abominable
imposition. But ii, in connection with
the above quoted extract, shows clearly
that the Democracy were to be committed
AGAINST the Amendment.
AFrER ELIcrrOE.
The rOte Of Sunbury siood-For II, Amend.
mont e43
Agains, 5s
Mai. for lgl
Not only the Sunbury vote was favora-
bic to the soldiers, but the county gave
10 majority. Whereupon the same ed
itor, in his paper Of August ), concealing
the vote of Sunbury (as he had the true
wording Of the 1st Amendment) made
the following observation:
Prom the sunbury Dsnocrat-;ust sft-r the Election
The election on TUESDAY brought out A
VERY LIGHT VOTE. not hiring been made
party question By The Democratic press Of tie
&a.e."
So the very paper which urged
big vote, and sought all it dared to pref
udice its party against it being overwhel-
ningly defeated, calls it a " light vote"
and "not party question on its side of
the House.
From the seiiusgrors Timss-before Election.
TURN OUT every man! and cote again,t
Che Am.ndments."
ITO give soldiers in the Army the right TO
vote upon civil matters, as this Amendment
provides. is more than either an intelligent and
Aones soldier or eicilan will ask |, is a
scheme expressly gotten up 10 re-elect Pres.
Lincoln, who expects TO control the whole
Army vote"
He also said "sol1iers," where he should
have said "qual!fe3 electors in the militia
r. service" &c.
Vote Of selinsgrove-For lst tAnendm't-lss
Against IS
Maj. For lac
The same psper-affer Election
sad, there was not much of a vote, and
'he Amendments were carried. as they
expected they would be-.
-Aec0faing 1 to these Democratic pa
Pers' 'he Amendments were all wrong,
and would surely help Lincoln. Thev
wanted fall vOte-snd they got it-but
as the drowning man is reported to have
said when Noah would not admit him into
the Ark, "There is not much OF show
er, after all.
Inc Soldiers Aid Society of Washing.