The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1864-07-09

- - x00t0 - OUT one Qu0StlO0 ZOE eACu
man to decide to determine how he should
vote ct the coming election! Does he want
. Union man, . loyal and patriotic man for
President, or one who sympathizes with the
rebelsf II he wants the rebellion sup
pressed, II he Wishes the Republic to live,
he must vote 90 as to give effect to his de
sire. II he h at heart with the rebels, If
he desires their success, II he thinks 1t will
b good thing TO destroy this Union, Of
course 10 will vote in accordance with
these hopes and ideas. n M 4*
It u plain that either Mr.. Lincoln must
be reelected Or Copperhead. There il no
possibility Of any other result. Ono side
or the other must succsed. No issue can
be'made otherwise than between these two
sides. All earnest men must range them
selves on one side or the other, because
there Il no other way In which their votes
win truly interpret their purpose. It II
quite immaterial who may Be the Copper
head nominee, Or what sort Or platform
they put him on. II hegets any votes worth
speaking Of. Y must be because he repre-
sents an idsa. And the only idea which
can be represented bya Copperhead can
didate, II opposition to the war, peace-at-
any-price with the rebels, an acknowledge
ment Of the "Confederacy," and the re-
sultant dissolution and destruction Of the
Onion.
Here II the choice men have. A man
cannot conceive any excuse which win a.
tisfy his own mind that he can rightly vote
fol. any third candidate. II he II truly loyal
he knows his only mode Of sustaining his
opinion is BY giving his support to the cam
didate nominated by the loyal II he votes
for third candidate he gives half vote
to the Copperheads-he diminishes the
chances Of the loyal success by one vote,
he weakens the strength Of that side to
which he processes to belong. IL it possi-
BILE that any man can hold up his head and
justify such conduct He may not like the
candidates. Is that an unusual Gact9 II
It not always the case that some are dissa-
tisfied with the candidates? Can We expect
to please all? Is the cause nothingf II
the cause is above all individual and per-
sonal considerations, is it wise or consist
ent to assist the Copperheads for . mere
personal preference? IL there any differ
ence in effect between voting for dis.
unionist, and securing his success either
BY not voting or by supporting third
man? Is not the result identical? Is there
any less wrong done in permitting him to
succeed; when your vote would prevent it,
than in actually voting for him? Is not .
man as much bound to avert public dan
ger as he is not to create it?
These ideas will have their effect. All
men who know what they are doing will
act upon them. Those who are in earnest
In their loyalty will inevitably range
themselves by the side Of those Of like fldel-
ity. Those who vote for any other than
the choice Of the mass Of the Union men,
will be those who mean to 'slet the Union
slide" J" with such others only a. don't know
what they want, nor, IL they did, how to
get it. Men who really mean to sustain
the Union, wiz not 30 stultify themselves
~ to ensure as far ~ their action can, the
Of Copperheads. They are not 30
blind a. to believe that would sustain the
Union.