The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-08-14

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NATi"HIL HEFUBLIcAs EXECUTIVE CoM
NITTEE, wAsHIXGToS. ID. C.. Aug. !, is6S
COMRADES The din of battle has
ceased, but the conflict of ideas still
continues. The shock of arms end
ID with the surrender at Appomat-
OK Court House, but the struggle
Of principles still goes on. Had Abra- .
ham Lincoln lived, doubtless our la
bors and tolls, ere this, would have
been over and past.
But the bullet that carried Andrew
Johnson into the White House re-
vivilied the dead rebellion and baf-
led the advance ofpeace. Since then
he nations life has been one cease
ess struggle with copperheads and
'ebels. They have filled the public
lices, they have swarmed over the
and in places where only loyal men
should 60; North, they have been al,
eye sore and offence to every loyai
;itizen; South, they have opposed re,
construction and equal rights, ana
low organize their Ku-KluX klans'
n defiance of the spirit and clVlliza
lion of tho age. The Democratic
Party, unabashed by its unpatrlotlc
md shameful course as party
throughout the war, now again con
ronts the country with platform
md candidate which are at once an
insult TO every living soldier, a mock
cry to every dead soldier, aud re-
proach TO every patriot in the land.
On the other hand we behold the
Republican Party, with their shining
record of patriotic deeds, the banner
Of our country floating proudly over
them, and the great leader of our
conquering army as their chosen
champion. They were our hearty
trtey tustafheH thh4A9HeInse II tn nesd, sae sney
defended us at home, they rejoiced
over our victories and mourned over
our defeats (; they fired no rebel bull
lets, they recruited no rebel armies,
they gave no rebel votes, and now
they ask us again to aid in carrying
the nation forward to its natural and
logical destiny; to help secure the
rich fruits of the war i'm all their full
ness, to assist in grounding the Re
public at last on the immutable basis
of loyalty and justice, and equal
rights for all.
Soldiers, in lIoratio Seymour the
Democratic Party have a fit candi-
date, representative copperhead
and rebel in disguise. In our own
U. S. Grant we have the simple, hon
est soldier and 10y al defender of the
Union. The one represents reaction,
the other progress. The one sym
pathized with the Confederacy, the
other fought for the Union. The
one stands on the platform of Ma
tional Reputation, the other of Ma
tional Faith, inviolate and inviolable.
The one summons you to the defence
of class and caste, the other declares
for the rights of man, as man. for
loyalty and liberty, for equal and ex-
act Justice to all men. Comrades,
the issue is plainly made up, and now
choose We.
Soldiers, it is the old cause, and
the hosts are again gathering for the
conflict. The Old Flag is again un-
furled and Grant again heads the col
umn. He is the same brave, patriot
ic soldier that led you to victory du-
ring the war. 1t is the same F.ag
you supported so gallantly on many
bloody field. 1t is the same glOri-
Gus cause for which during the War,
so many of our comrades laid down
their lives. Shall it be said, that we
fought all in vain, and that our dead
died thus in vain No; you will
not reverse the record of the battle
field, no you will not prove false to
your slain comrades, no; you Will
not now desert the old cause and
turn your backs upon your old chief
and leader. You will not forget the
shining record of Donelson and Vicks-
burg, of Chattanooga and the Wilder
ness, of Petersburgh and AppOmattOx
Court House, no ! But as the men of
Lexington and Bunker hill, of Val
ley Forge and Princeton, of Trenton
and of Yorktown, afterwards with
their ballots made Washington the
first President of the New Republic,
SO you, remembering our common
victories, will by your votes, make
Grant the first President of the re !
stored Union. The Tories and Cow
boys OF '76 of course voted against
General Washington, but what true
soldier of the Revolution would not
have blushed with shame at the
thought of casting vote against the
Savior of his country ;? So the rebels
and Copperheads of today, will op-
pose General Grant. So will the
deserters, the bounty jumpers, and
draft sneaks, but surely, no soldier
or patriot will follow their ignoble
example-who wants it said in future
years, who would have his children,
and his children's children suffer the
that in '6S he voted against
the great Soldier and honost man,
who in '65 crushed the Pro Slavery
Rebellion and saved the Union 7
Surely no one who loves his country,
or is proud of his country's proudest
history.
Soldiers, Grant will again be vic
tOriOus. The Omens are all auspi-
cious. He has never yet been defeat
ed-let us then again form line and
move into battle. Let the drums
beat, and the bugles sound advance
the colors along the whole line; and
now, with Gods help, and in the
name of Humanity and our Country,
let us everywhere charge the enemy
home. ny OIuoI OF Il-- rnmmittee
II. A. b RNUM Chm.
N. z. CHIPMAN, Sec'y.
Ladies' Trains,