Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-10-08
THE SOLDIERS OF THE REPUBLIC
MT HoaAcE GREELEY.

OF the Four Millions OF persons qualified
10 vote for Electors of President Oh. the
evenlful eighth Of Now ensuing, at least
half million will on that day confront as
soldiers the serried hosts Of the rebellion.
OF lhese, considerable proportion will be
deprived of their rights of sufftage by the
failure of their respective States to adap,
their election laws 10 the exigences of the
case, while some others will be so located
Or occupied that they will be unable to
vote. But, after M king the needful de
duclions, il is morally certain that between
Two and three hundred thousand soldiers ia
camp, Oh the march, or in the hospital, will
on that day re;ord, by iheir ballots, their
Judgment on the State and needs of the
notion, and that their votes will go very
f.r toward deciding the results This be-
COMES, then, deeply interesting question
| now will the soldlers yotef p,st 10 a39u
| Toe past is, to a great extent, mirror
Of the future. The thing which hall
Geen, it is that which shall be- There are
exceptions to this. as 10 oil general rules
out the, antecedent presumption is very
strong that men will, IN given circumsian.
ces. do as in like circumstances they haE We
hitherto done. ssii b, ea s3Io, III bgcacq
Let Us carefully consider, then, the tnan
ner in which the soldiers of the Republic
nave hitherto cast their votes, So far as
they have been permitted to vote at all,
since They enlisted in the War for the Uu.
lou. y yr,ast all, ,,1l35' So n tu lla.
Pennsylvania alone allowed her soldiers
serving IN other States 10 vote at her elec.
ZION Vi 1861. Her soldiers then cast, in
all, III o5l yo 'es ior The Union, 3,l73
Tor tbe Democratic States ticket--not
quite four uulon TO one Democratic. The
ouprtme Court uilimately decided these
votes lhraldj but That did not affect their
s'gplheauee 50 fur as regards his inquiry.
E7g IN 1862 lhe legal voters of few re-
glmrnis aud companies voted 10 ignorance
% N defauee OF the adjudication above no
teed They gave ius all 1887 fer9the
uhon, 25l for the Democratic ticket
Aud IN 1853, i've regiments, theu
slatioued al Knoxville, Tennessee, held 9
yoiuuleer election, and cast i ,392 .voiei
Ior1 Governor Ounin, Union, and SO fol
, Judge Woodward, his Democratic competi
, tor, These votes, thoagh necessarily re.
! jected ~ VIE cauyassers, may fairly be con-
sidsred oy the people. sy-s f .laiog
l. Inc soldiers vi Iowa vere in 1852 frst
author lzed 10 EoIe while out OF the State
aud. they Ibea east IA STA votes for the
lJpion " 4,ll5 for The. Democratic ticket
belweea three aud four to one. ln 1868
they yoled u second time, aud now gav'
. lT,04l for the Lincoln 10 3.004 for thu
3 Democratic csnd,dstes--more than ave I,
one. Yet The Democratic candidate thu
1 badly handled was Gen. Tuttle. then fight
!. ing lilthe war, and who had written q muc
|. stronger War letter Then Gen Mcclellan
Q acceptance. In his own brigade be wa
. very badly beaten by his Union compslitoE
J. Wisconsin 10 1852 polled . solder,yot
Q of g. 1913 Republican, Union 10 2,O46 of 10
Is Democratic candidates--ovsr fops 70 on'
o Ia 1858. her regimeuls cast s,z5l votes e
o Lewis. Union, for Goseanor. TAT for Ia
Il mer, Dsmocrslie--mors than twelve
Que. ael .sa7a egols enI. igol Yaus&.sm.
" Ohio enabled her soldiers to vote in u
y Geld for the. 6rst time Last year;s y
~ thew gave Brough. Uuiou, for Governs
(. Al. .l6s 10 2,29l for vallandighsm. the ex
20 and msrtyr--at least eighteen 10 OF
n- Bot for lhe losses Of her regiments In
IL desperate, prolracsed. untovard. battle
rt the Chicsmsuga. . lev days before
sn election. Brough's majority would b