The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-29
Republicans, Take Care 5!

falent of breaking to pieces whenever
an enemy approached it, or when taken
up or struck. 1t would part into sew
eral pieces, and scatter round, till the
danger was past and then the pieces
would come together, and it was rs
much a snake as ever. Now, that is the
exact faculty of the Democratic party.
Y ou may give it fifty different platforms
or different candidates--no matter what
or whom-and the party will come to-
gether and support either one or the
other, with equal zeal and unanimity.
1t is really delightful to behold how
brethren agree together after sacrificing
each others principles and friends. No
matter what may be the principle or
what the candidates, they are like the
pig in the Scriptures, they return to
the same old mud-puddle. They can
wallow there no matter what becomes
of the rest of the world. It is said that
after the nomination of Polk, in 1914,
the news came to an excited crowd of
Democrats on the New York canal,
when one of the sub-collectors cried
out, ''Who is nominated ?" ''James K.
Polk" "Hurrah! the very best nomi-
nation that could have been made
What did you say his name was ?" 1t
seems to us that any nomination which
can be made is the very best for your
real simon-pure Democrats. In 1868
| Vallandigham was the best, and in July
last Seymour was the best; but now. if
the little intriguers. who wanted to
change front last week had succeeded.
Hancock, or Chase, or Hendricks, or
John Smith would have been the very
best. Having failed in that little in
trigue, the Democratic Committee of
| New York comes out and declares the
party strong; no panic, no discourage
mel t; the best of candidates, and the
greatest home of success! Now we
don't know how many intelligent Dem
ocrats believe this, nor is it important.
The main part of it is true of the Cop
| perhead Democrats, who supported
| Seymour and Vallandigham in 1868 :;
and loyal men want to succeed OH the
Sd of..November, they must pay no heed
whatever to Democratic talk and dis
sension. The whip-snake will come to-
gether again, and the pig will come to
| its wallowing in the mire. There is
but one way to deal with them. Be al
ways on your guard. Do everything
with the hope of success, which you
would have done with the fear of de-
| feat. Now is the time for the Grant
clubs to show their strength. and put
| forth their utmost efforts. Now is the
time when they can be available to
Grant. Congress is safe-both Houses.
The policy of Congress will be main
| tanned, but now it remains to see wheth-
| er Grant, who represents the loyal ideas
of the war; who represents the Union
cause; who is moderate, consistent,
prudent and patriotic. shall be elected !;
or whether a sympathizer with rebel
lion; a man who excited mobs in the
time of the draft; who presided over
the Chicago Convention, declaring the
''war a failure;'' who is himself weak
| man, and dangerous from the infirmi-
ties of his character-shall be elected to
preside over this great nation? The
very idea that such a man as Seymour
could possibly be elected, should startle
every lover of his country from any
charm of security. There is no securi-
ty till you have put the last ballot in,
and polled the last man of your availa-
bic strength. Let every Grant club
now rouse itself to action. and every
| War Democrat come forth to the battle.
The War Democrats in New York have
bad great meeting, the call for which
was signed by Pierrepont, Hovemeyer,
Nicoll, Stcbbins, and many of the old
fashioned Democrats of New York.
Those men know Seymour and have
read Blair's LITTER and the Democratic
platform, and they know that there can
be no peace anu security for the coun-
try under the lead of such men and the
declaration of such principles.
But you think the October elections
make you safe. That is just what the
Democrats want you to think. False
security will defeat any army. How do
you know what enormous frauds may
not be committed in November? Have
you looked at the details of the October
elections and seen what was done? Do
you believe the elections in Indiana
were honest? If you do, take up the
votes of Floyd, Clarke, Harrison, Dear
born, Vanderburg counties and all the.
southern part of Indiana, and examine
them. Then look to the Vigo District
and examine that. How many Ken
tucky voters do you think were put in
to Indiana? Then take look at the
naturalization frauds. See deputy
clerks sent out with blank forms and
naturalizations made which have not
pretense of legality. How do you know
how much of this may be done on the
Sd OF November? 1t is true that there
is no longe SO much interest in doing
it, since the election of memb bers of Con-
gress is over. But we can never know
till the day of election is past what of
fl aud and delusion may take place. The
Gazette of the Goth published the evil
dence of the standardization frauds in
Sandusky., They were open and bare
faced. Till the law is amended by pro-
viding severer penalties(w we trust
will be done at the next session Of Con-
press1 if is irnposSihle to avoid these
frauds. The pape. S state that in Phil