American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-10-26
VOLUME l.


AsToR House, NEW YORK, OcU, ~
1864.
FEIIow CIT1zENs The election oi
Tuesday last give splendid auguries of the
result of the Presidential contest, now sc
near at hand. The great Central States
of the Union have pronounced, in unmls-
',akatis tones. their condemnation OF the
principles, the purposes and the candi-
dates of the Chicago Convention, AL
though the great Issue was presented on
" indirectly for their action, they have
branded as, taise the declaration of that
assemblage that the wsr for the restora-
tion of the Union has proved "failure,
and have stigmatized, as unpatriotic and
cowardly, its demand, made in the midst
Of our most splendid triumphs, for aces
sation of hostilites," and compromise
with the men who are assailiEg, IN armed
rebellion, the nations life.
In Pennsylvania, the old Keystone
State, althcu!h there was no State ticket
TO arouse enthusiasm or stimulate exer-
ton. the Union men have elected sirteen
out of the twenty-four members Of Con
gress, secured large majority in both
branches of the Legislature, and carried
the State by popularmajority of not less
than fifteen thousand.
In Ohio, without any special effort, the
Union men have elected SiCfeel members
of Congress out of ninteen; the Chicago
candidate for the Vice Presidency, Geo.
II. Pendleton. has been overwhelmed IN
his own district-all the prominent lead
ers of tie Chicago movement who dared
to present themselves for public ju Il
ment. have been condemned by decisive
verdicts-the Legislature has a large
Union majority in both branches, and in
the State at large the Union cause has
popular majority Of not less than eighty
thousand.
In Indiana, where the Copporheads
made the most desperate and determined
struggle. they have met with the most
signal defeat and overthrow Their Or
ganizaton was perfect, thcil1neansabund-
ant. and their efforts marked by the ut
most visor and determination. But they
have been utterly routed by the most de-
cisivc majority which the State has given
for many years. Although she has more
than 10000 soldiers in the field from
whom the opposition party had withheld
the right to vote. the Union men in that
gallant State have gained three members
of Congress, sent Schuyler Colfax back
in spite of the most desperate efforts to
defeat him. to the seat he has so long
adorned, chosen a Union Legislature, re-
elected the gallant and patriotic Gov.
Morton by fifteen thousand majority, and
overwhelmed, with the lasting stigma of
popular condemnation, the conspirators
who had dared, in aid of the rebellion.
to organize upon her soil movement Of
armed resistance to the constitutional au-
thority of the United States
FFLLow CITIZENS These results
may well fiji your hearts with confidence
that in November the popular voice will
demand that the rebellion be crushe by
"force of arms" and that there be no
cessation of hostilities until the integrity
of the Union is restored, and the esuprem-
acy of the Constitution nre.cstablished over
every foot of the national domain. They
leave no room for doubt as to the settled
sentiment and purpose of the American
people The Union victories of Septem-
ber in Vermont and Maine indicated un-
mistakably the feelings of New England.
New York has never failed to sympathige
in political sentiment with Pennsylvania.
Illinois always votes with Indiana, and
the overwhelming majority in Ohio rem
ders certain tho verdict of the mighty
West, M
But take care that thevery splendor of
these victories does not betray you into
fatal inactivity Let them stimulate you
to fresh exertions--no hull you intoa false
security! II lese contests are only the
preliminary skirmishes of the grand en-
gagement, The battle is but just begun
it will not be closed until the last vote
drops into the ballot-box at sunset on the
Sth of November next. Our opponents
now will not abandon the contest; they
will only fight with the greater despera-
ton on account of the cheek they have
sustained.
Besides this, it is not enough that we Sc
cure victory, The Union cause deserv.
es and demands at our hands an over
whelming triumph. We owe it to the
fac we serve; to the memory of the no
BILE hearts who have died in its defense,