Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-10-30
Address of the Wisconsin State Central
Committee.

THE following is the address of the Re-
publican State Central Committee of Wis
consin, issued on the 22d instant:
To the Republicans of Wisconsin.
The victories just achieved in the great
central States of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, are such as may well cheer every
patriotic citizen. Following the successes
already won in Vermont, Maine and Con-
necticut, they conclusively indicate the re-
suit of the Presidential canvass.
There remains but one source of appre-
hension on our part; but one possible
ground for hope on the part of our oppo-
nents. 1t sthis that the Republicans, re-
garding their triumph as already substan-
TALLY won, may relax their efforts, and
omit the work by which alone the final
victory can be assured.
Let us beware of such folly. The aus
picious successes already achieved should
stimulate us to renewed exertions instead
of lulling us into dangerous and inglori-
Gus repose. We have an enemy to con-
tend with, always on the alert, and always
quick to take advantage of any lack of
vigilance on our part. Do not for mo-
ment fancy that the masses of the Demo-
cratic party will be discouraged by the
prospect of the inevitable defeat of their
candidate for President. The leaders will
still struggle for local successes, and will
bring out their full party vote. Their fol-
lowers, the great mass of them, do not and
will not know, before the Sd of Novem-
Der, that their party has been everywhere
routed in the October elections
Whoever expects to witness the masses
of the Democratic party dismayed, under
stands little of the nature of that party.
There is nothing so intrepid as ignorance
A band of hundred savages on our west
ern borders, will array themselves against
the whole power of the United States.
They experience no encouragement, be-
cause they cannot comprehend the odds
against them. They only know they are
beaten when they feel the actual physical
impact of overwhelming force.
1t, therefore, behooyes the Republicans
to push on the good work with the same
energy and zeal as if the result were
wholly in doubt. We are sure of victory
only on the condition that we omit moth
ing that can be done to make victory Ger
tain.
Let the Republicans, then, everywhere
labor with an energy that knows no abate-
ment or WEAKNESS. Republican County
Committees, Town Committees, Grant and
.Colfax Clubs, "Boys in Blue" each and all,
should see that everything possible is
done to promote our success and give en-
phasis to our victory. Nor should the
work be left to these alone. Each Repub-
lican should give his individual efforts.
Every Republican voter must be at the
polls on the Sd day of November.
1t is not merely the election of our can
didates for which we should strive Our
aim should be to give them, and the prin-
ciples they represent, the moral support
of an immense majority-a majority that
shall indicate the strength and determine
ton of that sentiment in the country
which has infiexibly resolved that the just
fruits of the nations victory over the re-
bellion shall not be surrendered, and that
the public faith, pledged to the protection
of the creditors, and pledged to the pro-
lection of the Union men in the South,
shall not be violated or put in jeopardy by
intrusting it to the keeping of men of
doubtful or reasonable antecedents.
To this end, we ask you at once to go
about the practical measures necessary to
bring out the full Republican vote in the
several precints of the State. Here are
some essential things to be done:
1. If not already prepared, make out at
once full list of the voters of your re-
spectIVe preclnts, Classifying them accord
ing to their political character.
2. Appoint committee, assigning to
one or more of its members the duty of
standing at the polls on election day, and
checking the names of the voters on the
list prepared as above suggested, as they
vote, while the other members, provided
with teams, are sent for such Republicans
as are likely to be laggard and neglectful
8. Appoint large vigilance committee
to attend the polls throughout the day,
and challenge all persons concerning
whose right to vote there is any doubt
4. Attend to the Republican voters ol
foreign birth, and see that their papers are
legal. BY the recent decision of the gu
preme Court, ali declarations of intention
| to become citizen, made before deputy
Clerk of the Court outside the Clerk
Office, are Illegal ard worthless. In 81