Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-28
no THE UNION vOTERs OF ONO.
STATE UNION EXECUTIVE Con-. Rooms,
COLUMBUS o. Ger. Is, 1864. }

STATE UNION Executive Con-. Rooms;
COLUMBUS, o. Ger. Is, 1864.
You have achieved q glorious victory at the
late election for yourselves and for the cause Of
your country. You have given an almost en-
tire Union delegation to the next Congress- and
you have elected your State ticket by a very
large majority over the friends and syinpathiz-
ers with treason in the State. The vote of our
noble soldiers ia the field, which Is every day
coming in Overwhelmingly on the side of the
Union, will increase this majority almost to an
equality with that which crowned the great
victory of last year.
But this work is by no means completed.-
We have an election approaching of even greater
importance than that which is passed. We
must here again achieve a signal triumph
We have but q few days for active work; aud
we are opposed by a party, vigilant, energetic,
well organized and unscrupulous in its efforts to
give success to sbad cause Let us not be less
untiring in our endeavors to secure the triumph
of right, of justice, and of the country We
need not remind you of the great interests to
be determined at the coming election, Suffice
it to say, that in the Judgment Of many ofthe
best and wisesI men of our country, the very
existence of the nation depends now on the
success of the Union cause, and the election of
Lincoln and johnson as the choice Of the Union
party.
We cannot afford TO be idle when such vast
results hang upon our action. A thorough or
ganization can alone assure such success as we
ought 10 have We must see that every man is
at the polls. Thousands of votes have been lost
in the State at the past election, simply from
apathy and inattentiOn on the part of our friends
arising from the idea that our success was GER
tain. This must not be repeated. We have
strength, and we must bring It to the polls. In
hp oh all Inf for hQf q
eighth day of November, we cannot afford to
consume much time in displays or in large as
semblages of men. Let the great meetings be
at the polls. Let the township and ward COM
mittees throughout the State have accurate lists
of Union voters copied from the poll books of
last year, end let them be well assured that no
man remaining in the township ward, or pre-
cinct fails to cast his vote.
We repeat it: this must be done, and must be
done in every voting precinct. There is no ex
cuse for want of proper organization. Two or
three men in every township and ward can ef-
feet this, and must not be neglected. rf'9s
Great pains have been taken by the State
Central Committee TO supply tickets to the army,
but still much good may be effected by cutting
out the electoral ticket from ournewspapers and
enclosing it in letters TO the soldiers, especially
when they are known to be in hospitals or at
distant posts, lest there should be points which
the vigilance oil our agents has Jailed to reach.
We must endesyer to secure the vote of every
soldier, for these men, standing as they do in
the very breach, appreciate The issues in the
present contest, and are found voting on the side
Of the country. ''a
The time for long communications, either
verbal or written, is past. The cause demands
vigorous work. Let every man again prepare
himself for the contest. Again we call on Union
men throughout the State TO give the day of
election to the country. Let all places ofbusi-
ness be closed, and let every patriot repair to
his voting place, prepared to do his duty, and to
urge other men to do theirs. Other affairs can
be postponed; this must be done on the APP
pointed day. One more triumph to cheer our
soldiers in the field, and carry disDay and dis
couragement to their foes, and the country is
saved. By order of the Committee, s,'lsss
G. VOLNEY DORSEY, Chairman.
JAMES WILLIAMS, Secretary. $500 Y.IFI
N. B. We learn that in many cases the re-
turns of the election in the army to the several
county clerks are not prepaid. Let arrange
ments be made at once to prepay this postage
that there may be no excuse on the part of clerks
for falling to receive or count the votes of the
brave soldiers absent from their homes. ast