The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-05
The Presidential Election.

Next Tuesday the question is to be
decided whether the nation shall be
preserved, popular government vindi-
Gated, and the country 90 on TO a glori-
Gus destiny, or shall sink into dishonof,
anarchy and ruin. The issue of ma
tional preservation and honor, or of
dislionor, and destruction, is to be
decided by the Presidential election,
and with it the fate Of popular liberty.
Our readers realize the fact, but have
they acted upon the conviction, and
have they done the work that such
crisis demands Of them If not there
is but q short week more for them to
work in, and it should be improved
with q diligence and zeal according to
the momentousness of the issue.
We see in the monstrous frauds prac-
ticcd upon the New York soldiers vote,
the desperate measure the Democratic
party have resorted to to carry the cleo
ton. Does any one suppose this an
isolated case, or this the only mode
they conspired2 We know by this that
their efforts stop at no crime that will
advance their ends. We know that the
whole Confederacy looks to the election
Of the Democratic candidate for its tri-
umph in the dissolution Of the nation,
and is cooperating in the canvass. We
know that disbanded and furloughed
rebels are swarming into Tennessee
Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia and
Maryland, to help carry the Democratic
ticket. We know that in every seces-
sionist Of the Border States, and in ev-
cry rebel who plays the guerrilla and
robs, murders and burns, with a certiii-
cate Of the oath Of allegiance in his
pocket, the. Democratic party is sure of
a voter We know that the pirates who
throng our Northern frontier, and in
the disguise of citizens steal on board
peaceful vessels and burn them, and rob
unsnspecting villages, are ready to vote
the Democratic ticket all along the
border. We know that active rebels
will expect to find In the Border Free
States the lack of that vigilance at the
polls which may be exercised in the
rebel districts, and will take advantage
Of it.
1t is strange that good citizens can be
supine, while an election which will de-
eide the future of this nation is envi-
roned by such dangers. But the great
est peril arises from the relaxation of
effort, under the idea that the State
elections have already settled the mat
ter, and that the election of Mr. Lincoln
Is sure, and therefore needs no effort
But that the Democratic party does not |
regard the election as g foregone con-
clusion, is evident by the monstrous
frauds its leaders have resorted to carry |
it in New York They were counter
feiting and changing soldiers ballots to
an extent sufficient to overcome very |
large popular majority. They were not
playing this game without co operative /
to carry other States for I
Mcclellan.
Our safety requires full vote. Let |
every man do his duty to his country |
A full Union vote will furnish a mar
gin against frauds, even of great mage
nitude Let every man devote this
eleventh hour to labor for his country |
Let it not be said by our brave soldiers
hat while they,endured for long years
he hardships of the field, and contin-
lally faced death in the country's
,ause, we at home begrudged them the
aid of exertions sufficient to carry a
peaceful election contest and by our
nertness allowed the Government they
ire fighting for, to lapse into the power
1f the enemy. Let no man leave the
work to another, or trust the cause to
he general enthusiasm, or regard the
election as decided by the State cleo
ions which have taken place. Let
every Union man do his duty, and we
ihall have a victory that will be the
znell of despair to the Confederate
Democracy from Maine to Texas, and
will carry to our soldiers the assurance
Of support, final success, and a speedy
'eturn to their homes-Cfn. Ga-.