Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-04
To Soldiers.

Loyal soldiers of the Union. with which
party will you vote: You tongh will
the loyal Union party not one of YOU de
serted the ranks when called upon to face
the rebel cannon; is it supposed that you
Will now 90 over to the enemy and lend
your aid to surrender into traitorous
hands the costly Jewel of liberty which
for four years of bloody war You so brave
" defended, and for the preservation
of which so many of your noble comrades
laid down their lives?
Look atthe elements in this new party
which is seeking 10 obtain your votes
Every bitter Copperhead and dislOyal man
in the North supports il. Recall To- mind
it YOU can man whose printing press was
thrown into the street bv returned soldiers
because of his publishing disloyal Scnti-
ments, or one who was imprisoned for
reasonable acts or uttcranceS and Won will
find these men sustaining the Johnson
party now. So. too. those men in Con
greSS who denounced the war as an Adolf
ton crusade against the South: who en-
deavored to weaken or destroy our nation
al credit; who opposed every measure for
furnishing supplies and men for the Union
armies. now heartily adhere to this ''mosa-
ic' party.
The inStigatorS and leaders of the r.
belliOn and the rebel press throughout the
South, hail Mr.. Johnson as their delivcrer.
The rebel soldiers who fought YOU from
behind their intrcnchments within their
forts around Vicksburg and atlanta and
Richmond, and hundred other points i'm
the rebel States where their works were
assaulted ard carried by our gallant ar
mics, now constitute the larger portion of
the new party.
Lives there vet one emaciated Union
prisoner with Sunken eyes and shrivclcd
limbs, with scattered mind and constitu-
ton wrecked, caused by starvation and
inhuman treatment in those barbarOuS
s.ockadcs of disease and death at Salisbury
and AndersOnville? Let him remember
that the worse than unchristian savage $
who there withheld food and shelter. who
melted OUt crustS and cruelty in lieu of
bread and medicines with the deliberate
and ayowed purpose of destroying the lives
of rs many Union soldiers as possible. are
now singing peans in praise to Mr.. John
sons policy of restoring them to power.
Opposed TO these is the Union Republi-
can party; the party which sustained the
war on the field of battle and in the halls
of legislation; the party that recruited the
ranks of the Union armies and furnished
them supplies; which provided for the
wants OfsOldiers' wives and children left be-
hind them, and the protection and support
Of orphan children whose fathers were slain
in the battles for the Union the party whose
have always been with the de
Tenders of the Republic, and who love
liberty and hate Oppression in every form.
1t IS the party who, with the Andrew
Johnson of a former time. holds ''tlIat
treason is a crime, and fought to be, made
odiOus; that ''lOyal men should rule the
and TRAITORS should take a back
seat in the work of reconstruction" The
great Union Republican party still stands
by these principles and will fight out Tie
battle for the Union on this line.
Soldiers OF the Union, your duty is plain.
The work you have nobly performed in
the field is not yet finished The traitors
who could not overcome you with the
the saber and the cannon. are
now striving, with the aid of a few politi-
cal gameSters, to cheat you out of your
victories and Get control of the
Government with greater power than
they had before the rebellion. Let your
ballots be aimed at the traitors as effect
lively as were your bullets, and the coun-
try will soon be restored in the keeping
of loyal men.-Great Republic.