The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-31
TO THE BOYS IN BLUE.

To the indOmtablc pluck of Key
nolds was the nation indebted for the
possession of vantage ground upon
which to marshal her forces for the
terrific contest of the ID and Sd of
July, at Gettysburg.
The slightest hesitation upon his
part would have yielded to Lee the
commanding position of Cemetery Hill
and the Round Top, and the grand
army would have found itsclfretracing
its steps towards the Potomac; and in
accomplishing this initiatory but de-
cisivc victory the gallant leader sacri-
feed his life.
In 1868 the same loyal nation will
muster her forces at the ballot-box, to
try the issue whether the brave blood
shed upon those immortal days has
been shed in vain. The gallant "Boys
in Blue" who survived the shocks of Il
hundred battles, will be there to do
honor to the memory of their lost COM
radcs, and they will see to it that a
true and tried patriot, whose history
keeps pace with the history ofthe past,
shall be chosen as Chief Magistrate of
the land which they have rescued and
made free.
To these "Boys in Blue" we have a
word to say. Remember that the con-
test this fall is to the Presidential elcc-
ton what the battle of the lst Corps,
under Reynolds, was to Gettysburg.
Your old enemies, the Copperheads,
hope by the nomination ofa personally
popular candidate, and an entire ig-
noring of their own and his infamous
political record, to induce Republicans
to hesitate and grow lul<cwarm, and
thus to so closely contest the coming
election as to give them the vantage
ground in '6S. Let the "Bovs in
Blue and the "Grand Army of the
Republic" be thoroughly organized
throughout the State. Now is the
time for enrolment in the ranks. Re
member that the Democratic candi-
date for Judge of the Supreme Court
is the same judge who attempted to
strike fatal blow at your army and
navy, by deciding that the greenbacks
which you sent home to your parents
and Your wives and little ones were
not a lega!-tendcr.
Remember that he is advertised to
the Commonwealth by his friend and
co-laborer, Judge Black, as not hav-
mg "on unsound spot" and therefore
is sound in his belief of the unconstitu-
tionality of the draft ordered to rein
force the reduced ranks of our brave
volunteers sound in his opposition to
the law permitting soldiers to vote ;
sound in his opposition to the abolition
of slavery sound in his dislike for the
constitutional amendment protecting
the national debt; sound in his belief
that the towards who "skedaddled" to
Canada are entitled to vote for him
and sound in his utter detestation and
contempt for anything and everything
savoring of what, in the day of our
trial, we called Loyalty.
Soldiers, remember these things and
the dark days of 1864, and organize,
selecting for your leaders those who
have been bravcst in the field and
most sagacious in council, and against
whom there rests not even the suspicion
of desiring to turn your strength to
their account. Under men who have
no Offices to ask, who have no private
schemes to further, who have nothing
at heart but your good and their coun-
try's, you can carry the State and de-
feat the lukewarm judge whose decis-
ion against his country in her hour Of
need laid many comrade in his grave,
and robed in black many a Pennsyl-
vania widow and orphan.-Philadel-
nIin Press.