Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-08

| 4HO IOu VI JOu uldht NOISc'
shoe nails now costs fourteen cents a pOunt
ten cents a pound for the tyrant and fou
cents pound for the nail rod. . hnG u
The son you sent to Germany for few
years since, and the friend you urged tC
leave that land of security for a home il
the West, where he could live and acquire
wealth by honest toll, is now dying In some
sinking hOspital--knocked about by some
petty tyrant of an Abolition officer. or toll
ing his life out to get money enough to get
back to his old home again. Y -
The pane of glass which keeps the wind
from your fireside now costs sixteen cents
twelve cents for Americas curse, the
Abolition party; and four cents for the
pane Of glass. .' '
| The brother and cousin you toiled so
hard to raise money to send to Ireland fol
who left all he held dear there-whC
came to this country partly in hopes to
make home, and partly in hopes to see
that cruel old England which SO long has
abused the Green Isle one day punished fol
her tyranny and injustice, is now con-
script, torn from his homc-a substitute
sold to the mangling machine by some New
England AbOfftionist-or dead OH some
battlefield; while the Republican party
term all foreign soldiers or voters Dutch or
Irish cattle!
The shroud in which you wrapped the
dear little child, now happily dead and
buried in some lonely city of graves before
he grew up and was torn from you to fill
the ranks, cost you four dollars-three dol
lars and half for the war; fifty cents for
the shrOud. .....
The husband for whom you knit those
socks, made those shirts, is now dead-lost
to you in wicked, unnecessary war, and
you are left to toll and starve, with none
but clouds of misery and darkness before
you. The husband is an offering-not on
the altar of his country, but for the Niger
You are left for the world to abuse, and to
battle with poverty-to rear the children
he left you, but to. have them in time torn
from you as he has been.
The wife you lett behind--the one who
was promised protection, support and SYM
pathy by Abolition orators who are safe in
offices, is in want. She is neglected and
driven to poverty, desperation and dcgra-
dation.
The daughter you left at home two years
since, who kissed you good bye so fondly,
is now on the town. Her lover has been
slain in battle, or murdered while in hospi-
tai, and she has fallen victim to the glib
tongue of some licentious loafer who in of
flee has gained money enough to ruin, but
not to save the once pct of your household.
And this is for LincOln-for the niger
for the abolition Of slavery and destruction
of the Union.
Think of it, ye deluded followers of Abo-
lition principles. =.
Refute one of the above paragraphs if
you can. .f,
Look into the past and see what the prom
ise is for the future, ye toiling victims of
Lincoln.
If YOU wish this war to go on; ..
,.,l. 60, hn tf,.,. hnnncc
by draft after draft;
If you wish to be sacrificed on the altar
of despOtism, as one million and six hun
dred thousand of your fellows have been;
If you wish to 1.-Two in poverty whho
wicked, cowarlly and fanatical aristocracy
shall be rolling in wealth and shoddy;
If you wish to labor on your little farm
only to leave it for the man who may marry
your widow; ... ...,-.... .......... ..
If you wish next year to sell all your cat
tie to raise substitute for the draft
If you wish to be torn from your homes;
If you wish to be forced to leave your
country or go into q fight you despise;
If YOU wish to be insulted by drunken
officials of the widow-maker and tyrant;
If YOU wish to be shot down by some
shouider-hitting rowdyish loafer, who is
suddenly elevated to Office by those who
want such tools;
If you wish to live for years without
peace, and with the fear of impending evils
over your head; ..-...
If you wish to be taxed till nothing is
left; .'
If you wish to be branded on the back,
as the inhuman tyrant, Abraham Lincoln,
is now orderinghis new victims to be mark
ed by examining surgeons of enrolling
boards and provost officers;
If you wish to join the ghastly army of
the dead ..
If you wish to take place in the army
of cripples;
If you wish to be piled mountain high on
this niggerlzed hecatomb, vote for Abraham
Lincoln, the equal traitor with jeff. Davis,
and the Republican candidate for re-elec-
tion to the office he has dishonored and dis
graced.