The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-05
for the Union ticket.
Appeal Of the State Central
Committee.
Uuion Men OF Ohio, Give One Day &c
Your Country.
STATE UNIoNCEN. & Ex.CoM Rooms, !
COLUMBUS, o.. Oct. |, 1866. (


COLUMBUS, o.. Oct. l, 1866.
The issues involved in the present
campaign are of vital Impotence, in.
volving the future peace and pros
perity of the countryi They en-
brace the guarantees we demand
against future rebellion. The blood
of our soldiers cries out to us to
guard the memory of their feroic
deeds as precious legacy, and to
fight on the good fight in which they
fell
The elections of this autumn will
decide the question-still unsettled
toas the REBELLION a success?
We, therefore, appeal to every I'm.
ion man in Ohio, TO close his place NJ
business on the second Tuesday of DC
tober, and solemnly devote that day
to his country! Work! or we may
lose all we have struggled for through
four bloody years !
| Work or we will be at the mcT-
cy o: the men who showed at Andcr-
sonville, and Belle Isle, and Libby,
that they were merciless
WORK or the rebellion will yet
be successful!
The issues are distinctly made up
and can be stated in few words:
1st. We demand the equal protec
: ton of the law for all our citizens.
, native or naturalized, in every State
of the Union.
I'd. We demand equality Of repre-.
seutation in Congress for all the
, States.
3D.. We demand the exclusion from
all the Federal offices of every mar
who directly perjured himself by
joining the rebellion, until Congress
5 by q two-thirds vote, shall remove
the disability.
. 4th. We demand an equally solemn
guaranty that the National debt, in
cluding the bounties and pension,
D due our soldiers and sailors, and thei
( surviving relatives, shall be paid t
!, the uttermost farthing.
9th. We demand an equally solemn
guaranty that no portion of the rebe
2 debt shall ever be assumed by tn,
c United States nor by any State.
n These things we demand as prece
dent to the admission of any seeded
. State.
n Opposed to us is q party, withou
n q name, which denies national pro
p lection to our citizens; which refuses
equality of representation to all th
7 States, and offers the seeded State
s an increase of twelve members o
c Congress rs 4 reward for their trea
@ son, while it would deprive the loya
States of twelve members rs q pun
! ishment for their loyalty. A part
e that is willing that unpardoned rebel
shall Gil all our Federal offices. !
d party that favors the Reputation o
NJ. the National Debt by denying an
y and every guaranty for its payment
a while it is unwilling to refuse to as
e sumo the rebel debt, or to preven
IS the States from doing so.
:, These are the sole issues befor
: the people, clearly stated, and fre
d from all sophistry or argument. Al
e other questions are dragged in b.
y our enemies to distract us. Bewar
!, of side issues, and keep before yo
the real, vital questions of the houl
II Present them to your doubtin
e neighbor, and urge them upon hin
y with all the zeal their Importance de
! serves!
Again we urge upon you to sus
IS pend your business on election day
l. that you may work earnestly an
n faithfully in the great cause for whic
:. so many of our friends and relative
, have suffered and died! This is
Is solemn duty we all owe to our impei
illed country at this hour, and it i
d duty which we cannot neglect wit
# impunity.
Very respectfully,
b II. CowEN,
Ut Chm Union Elk. Com.
JAS. WILLIAMS, Sec.