Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-03-31
THE ELECTIONS NEXT MONDAY.

THE ELECTIONS NEXT MONDAY.
On Monday next the Township and Corpora
tion elections throughout this State take place.
We notice that most everywhere the Union
party has made its nominations, and are wide
awake as to the importance of the result. They
are determined that no side issues or little To-
cal questions shall divide the party, or place in
Office any man who has shown himself to be an
enemy to the country snda friend to the rebels.
It is believed that the Union men of Sandus-
XIV township and the Corporation of Fremont
are as patriotic and self-sacrifcing as then
brethren in other parts of the State. But we
caution the friends of the Union to be on their
guard against the wiles of the enemy. Not
withstanding the Copperheads have called strict
party caucuses and will nominate strict party
candidates, next Monday they will tell you that
the men they support have nothing to do with
party, that they ego for the best men, when
they never voted for a Union man in their life
and never will You will also be urged to vote
the Copperhead ticket because the present I'm
ion Council passed an ordinance compelling the
owners of hogs and geese to keep them out OF
street. This fact viii constitute their principal
stock in trade But let the voter remember
that this was not a Union measure, but ques-
ton urged upon the Council by members of both
parties after its election. So numerous were
these solicitations that the Council, by bare
majority of one, passed the ordinance as mere
experiment. The measure having been tried,
and proving to be burdensome to the Corpora
tion, and to bear hard on some of the citizens,
was abandoned and an order issued against its
enforcement Let the voter also remember that
about the last Council the Democratic party
elected in this Corporation, passed an ordinance
similar to the one mentioned above. This shows
that their present opposition to the measure is
the merest clsp-traP with the hope that they
may thereby catch few votes
We urge upon the Union voters the import
ance of not being turned aside by any frivolous
issues of this kind. Let us keep step to the
music of the Union The rebellion is not yet
crushed, and until the rebels lay down their
arms, it behooves every loyal man to stand
shoulder to shoulder Neither the Township
nor the Corporation have ever been so well
governed, or their finances SO well managed,
as they have been since they passed into the
bands of the Union party. For this reason,
too, the Union party should be continued in
power
Tomorrow afternoon, at 9 o'clock, the Un-
ion Township nominating Caucus will meet at
Union Hall, and in the evening the Corporation
Caucus will meet at thesam place. Every vO-
ter has his views as to candidates. These meet
ings afford the readiest opportunities for making
such views effective. The Township and Cor
poration are clearly Union, and should elect
the Union tickets. We expect them to do SO at
the coming election. There is no good reason
why they should not. If they fail in doing so
il will be their own fault. The power is in
their hands. By hearty cooperation and
and the selection of candidates entitled, from
their personal qualifications, as well as their
political associations, to the confidence and sup
port oftheir fellow citizens, the Union men can
retain their ascendancy and control of the
Township and Corporation. A good ticket,
with hearty cooperation, is all that is needed
to insure victory.