Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-01

YOU. Never before was her call 90 loud, earnest,
agonzing. The blood OF tens Of thousands Of
your maTiyred brothers calls from the ground.
The unpumbered graves, where the rank grass
grows above the bones Of our slain, call upon
you. The spirits Of all the gallant dead call up |
on you 10 save the land for whose sake they laid |
down their lives. Can you bs deaft their call
Can you be content to sit still, while traitors are
thirsting 10 destroy that land 7 Countrymen, |
remember what this land has done for you l.
Did benefcent God ever before bestow on un-
worthy man such heritage Opportunities 30
great, that In the dazzle Of heir aplendor we
lose our appreciation Of them Rights 80 am
pie that do not realize that there are hny lim-
its to their exercise Countrymen, will you
tamely basely sit still while deadly foes. follow
ed, alaw by hosts of deceived followers strive
In deprive you Of these blessingsf VIII you not
start up, aud with the terrible earnestness ofun.
fnltoring determination, with the calm steady
| voice Of uualIerabe resolution, eay-HRvRRl
Thauk God the contest is already decided-
the victory won. IL is written, and shnll never
be altered, that ABRAHAM LiHcOLH and ANDREW
Johnson shall he the choice Of thiB people for
President aud Vice President for the next four
years. The form Of recording the votes alone re-
mains, and a band OF loyal States will rejoice
around the unlarnished banner Of our Country
with Joyous shouts Of victory. But DelaWareRns,
this circle may be broken. Our State may be
left out While others rejoice we may bow our
heads in shame, while our sister States point at
| ua the finger of gcorn, and say OF ua, with the
prophet Of old Ephraim 10 Joined to his idols,
Let him alone"
Counirymen, eau you endure this disgrace p
Shall il befal us 7 Win you, for the sake Of a
few hours Of ease, bear about YOU forever this
burning shame Did delaware ever fail her
Country in the hour Of trial Z Was she back
ward in the Revolution when the tories, the lin
eral ancestors Of the called Democrats" Of
TO day sirovo TO persuade her from her allegiance
to the UniOn Has she been backward in these
days Look at the battle field Of the South
where the sons Of Revolutionary srcs have laid
down their lives. Shall abe now begin to learn
the lesson of trcasOnY Shall ii he 30 Country
men You say nay Work then; work day
and night, at home and abroad, everywhere
Work ns for your lives for that which is dearer
thAA life, your honor 10 at stake Work, that
your children may not be ashamed Of you.-
Work that your own manhood may not be asham-
ed OF you. Work, work, work. The contest in
our State is close, bat II is far from hopeless
We can win it, but we must strain every nerve.
WIN it, and we shall be freed from the rule of the
base crew, who have refused to bury your ht
rIic denl who have refused 10 thank your gal
! liant sons and brothers, who have stood between
us, aye, even between them-t0 their eternal
shame he il said-anl the foes who would have
taken your and their property and lives. Who
have refused TO thank your wives and daughter
for asaiating our soldiers when they were maim-
ed and bleeding from wounds received in your
and their defence Who in vainly on lsaVori0l
tn embarrass the National Government, by refua-
ing to giyO bounties TO cOlorod men, have brought
upon yon the rgors Of the daft, when, but fol
! thom our quota might have been filled by th'
= men whom they drove from The State. WIN IL
" aad you relieve yourselves Of tho Disgrace Of be
ing represented in the Senats Of tho United
States by an avowed sympathzer with the met
who have brought all these horrors Of war upol
US. Win it. and you relieve our State from ih,
incumbus of Slavery which hae dragged US IA
y into the rear Of our prosperous sister State, ant
u k;pt ua, with our unsurpassed climate and sol
! poor, while our neighbors have grown rich. VII
Il it and an open race is before you and rapid ad
u vance in all the elements Of wealth aud prosper
u ity, Win ii. and your sister States will rejoic
over you as over a returning prodigal, and yo
9 will prove yourselves worthy sous vi your gal
. laut sires.
g JOHN p. McLEAR, Chairman,
. Z. d PORrRR, Secretary