The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-16
causing STATE Republican.
Tne spring Elections

There are now a little less than three weeks
before the day for the Spring Election will be up
on rs. This is but short time in which to pre-
pare, but it will be long enough, # promptly and
judciously used.
This election, in itself, is an important one
and its importance ia increased BY being the pre-
cursor Of most exciting national struggle
The very best men should be selected for can
didates, and all strifes, chickering's, and personal
quarrels should be frowned upon and discour
aged, productive Of present evils, and not With
out an unfavorable influence on the general
election.
live are beaten at the township elections, II
will give our opponents the prestige OF victory
and We shall be obliged to enter the fall cam
paign with the recollection oil recent defeats, be
sides giving into their hands the control OF Tie
election boards.
In this county the Democrats will try hard tc
elect a majority Of COPperhead Supervisors. Do
We want such? If not, how are they to be e1-
cluded, Candid, competent, faithful mel
should be carefully selected for that Office, ane
when nominated they should receive the support
Of every Union man. Now more than ever be
fore, il is desirable to have the right kind o
men on the Board Of Supervisors, as the pecG
mary interests put into their hands are large i'm
port4nt, and need financial skill, judgment an'
honesty.
The occasion Of this election should be used t
perfect the organization Of tie friends Of th'
Union wherever i is deficient. See that all The
committees are full, that perfect canvass th'
town be completed, that the friends Of The Unioi
who have recently come in, are searched out
that the registry lists are thoroughly examined
that the timid are confirmed and the waverinl
secured, and that those who cast their FIRST vote
shall DO it on the side Of their country, and no
for the cause or encouragement OF traitors
ETbere is one other thing to which we woul'
call the attention Of our friends The Union Ma
tional Committee, in their call for the Nationa
Convention, on the 7th Of June, ask the scoop
Grafton of "all who desire the uneOud, tiona
maintenance of the Union, the Supremacy o
the Co,st,tution. and the complete suppression o
the rebellion, NTH the cause thereof, By yigorOs
This action Of he fqffgs Es 'feprro Is en-
inently wise and judcious Il draws the line OF
the real issues now existing between US and GU
opponents, ard not on questions which wer
prominent four years ago. The real issue nov
is, IS shall the war be vigorously prosecuted, an
the cause thereof removed" Any man, NJ
matter what his politics may have been, who cal
honestly answer these questions ia the aifirma
tive, has no business to vote a Copperhead ticket
and he stultiies himself in 20 doing. The Cop
perheads are for the immediate Withdrawal OF a
our armies and the re establishment aud con
tinDance Of slavery in every State, on the old ba-
sis. This they will not deny. IL seems To u.
utterly absurd-nay,i il seems intinscaliy wrone
that honest and patriotic men, who are real,
agreed as touching all the present interests o
their country, should be arrsyed against eacl
other merely by an attachment to party names
The Copperhead papers recoe nize War Demo
Gratis as supporters OF an abolition war, ano
therefore 10 Oeuer than Republicans and
even the Free Press is cassed by them as a fel-
low worker with "sbo, DIV contractors, provost
marshhls, republicans, strong minded women
and abolilcnists" Let those who agree with u,
at heart, as real lovers of their country, and who
agree With US ia their minds as to how its well
fare shall be promoted, be irduced TO give u
also the aid Of their hands at the ballot box, in
stead of neutrslizng their own wishes and pur
poses by voting a real COpperhead ticket, merely
because it may have the word democratic
printed over the top IL.