The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-11-03
To the Polls.

Voters OF Monroe County remember
your duty on Tuesday next. Your coun-
try demands of you that every man be at
the polls, and that he votes as becomes
every true friend of his country.
There is but one issue to be decided
on Tuesday next. 1.-The country-lts
life or its death" And as you vote so
will you do your share towards deciding
the question. By voting for Lincoln q
Johnson, you will decide most emphati-
cally that your country shall be couh-
try of peace and prosperity, and that 1t
shall be a happy home of freedom Tor
your children, and your chlldrens chill
dren down to the latest posterlty.-
The whole lives Of our candidates give as
surance of this; and their herculean la
bors for the last three years and eight
months attest it. Surrounded by circum-
stances which would have appalled, men
of less strength of brain, and less powers
ofendurence, they have proven themselves
fully up to the occasions, and have so
grappled with dangers, that the light OF
freedom is beginning to shine most glo-
riously, and the end of war to loom up in
the not far distance. 1t needs but the
success of these true patriots to give re-
bellion its death blow, and to make it
succomb to that mighty will of the truth
full North, which re echoing the language
of the immortal Jackson, declares-"the
Union, it must and shall be preserved
From the first to the last have the efforts
of honest old Abe been put forth for this
end, and most ably has he been seconded
BY the heroic johnson.
By voting for Mcclellan and Pendle.
ton you will decide just as emphatically
for the death of the Union, and for the
erection of as many petty sovcreignties as
have for years cursed our neighbor Mex
ico with her revolutions, and, at last
made her an empire at the beck of the
tyrant of France. As commander-in
chief of our armies Mcclellan neyei
showed disposition to injure the rebels
in arms; and as Congressman Pend!e
ton always voted against both men ant
means to put down the rebellion. Boil
these men stand pledged in honor tt
stand by the Chicago Platform, which
pronounces our four years of war fail
ure, and promises an armistice, and ces
sation of hostilities. that in the peaceable
conclaye Of convention Rebels may be
begged to cease their rebellion, and come
back to us on such terms as they may SEE
fit The rebels have, time and again, as
sured US that only on terms of recogui
ton Of their Independence will they agree
to peace; and with these same rebels are
the candidates of the opposition pledged
to treat, and to succeed in bringing about
a peace. Voters judge for yourselves
the end of such negotiations, and then
ask yourselves, whether you can either
as Patriots, or as men deserving the
names and homes Of freemen, vote fol-
men so stripped of their glory and man
hood. The leading men of the opposi-
ton do not hesitate to say that they are
for Peace at all hazards, and for Union
afterwards. Can you, voters, by support
ing their candidate sustain them?
Voters, again We urge you to go to the
Polls. Go early, aud after you have vo-
ted see that every Union man in your
township votes. Ifyou know of one who
lives too far from the polls to get there
unless urged on, take your horse and wag-
on and bring him. Remember he is a
brother Union man, and that his vote,
like yours, will count one in the great ag-
gregate which goes to make for the life
or for the death of the country. Don't in
any event, letit be said, after the election,
that you knew this or that Union man
who did not vote. Fill your pockets with
tickets SO that you will be sure to have one
for the friend who comes without one
In short do your whole duty 90 Tuesday,
and then you can lie down to rest at
night, with the consciousness that you at
least have proved yourself a worthy son of
your country in her hour of need.
Freemen, again we say-To the Polls
on Tuesday next.