Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31
The Coming Election.

81 The COMING htes'oN'
Gen. It. E. G. Ransom. the gallant, the
patriotic, the lamented Vermonter, the
favorite of such men as Grant, sherman
and Howard few days before MS oea'h
which occurred on the eve of the last
Presidential election, wrote to q trleno
as follows: "Have no fears Tor the
army. The danger is that you at nome
will surrender to traitors in your midst.
When in the field, with my brave corr
rades around me, never doubt that the
rebellion will be oyerthrown, that the
nation will live. z was glad to get away
from the treason that heard throughout
the North. Annihilate it on the eighth
OF November"
The army has done its part. The
work of the bullet is happily over. The
work of the ballot is not. And the lat
ter work is hardly less important at the
present time than the former. Questions
are to be settled at the ballot-boX which
concern the permanent quiet and well
being of the country, questions whose
right settlement will complete the great
work begun and so gloriously carried
forward by the brave soldiers of the
Union. We owe it to the memory OF the
host of martyrs, who like don. Hanson,
gave their lives for the nation, that this
work be rightly finished. 3'i'. '''
Vermont has always done her duty at
the ballot.box. There is Of course no
doubt as to the result of the coming
state election. But we fear that, now
the war is over, cur Union voters Will
not appreciate the Importance of turning
out and casting full vote next Tues
day. We should have no diminished
Union majority in this election, for our
political opponents to boast of to the
announcement and strengthening Of
their friends in other states where cleo
tions soon follow. The voice OF YER
mont should speak witt. no uncertain
sound to the " demonstrating rebels Oh
the South. The hands of the Admins
tration, burdenet@ with work OF vast
moment to the whole country, should DC
strengthened by the full vote of Yer
mont Besides, the candidates on oul
state ticket, are such as emlnently oe
serve the largest vote we can give them
It is not necessary to speak OF them par
tcularlv, They are too well known t(
the people to require any commentator
at our hands. We will only say, tina
the ticket is headed By an able, high
minded, christian gentleman, whose pat
riotism when the country was assaile'
by traitors, was altogether too strong t
be bound and restrained by party ties
and who has been throughout the war
faithful and earnest defender of the hig
and patriotic principles OF the greS
Union party. PAUL DrLnINaHAM az
serves the largest majority the Unto
people of Vermont can give him, and
do the other candidates Of the state tic
eli, and so also do the candidates on Of
county blChSV'
lea To insure such result it is only ne
essary that the Union voters should q
tend the polls. We have enough of I
voters. Let every one cast his bah
and all will be well. Let &" all go to t
ballot-box and take their neighbors WI
them" Let as make known to t
country that vermontis as earnest and
faithful as ever to the great cause Of t
~, Union and of freedom; that she dete'
81 Reputation; and that in the recc
struction of the Southern States, lat
in rebellion, she demands that they
clothed in genuine loyalty and repu'
canism. We have put down treas
with the bullet; it behooyes us to k
Ut down with the ballot. The sacrin
required by the great war thror
which we have just passed have b
enormous; let us lose none of Il
fruits by apathy or neglect in the
of the ballot. We should have la
Union vote next Tuesday let all t
hold and help to give it.
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