The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-08-20
Attention Boys in Blue! Fall in
HE.pou.RTgRs SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., August LIST, 1868

HEADQUARTERS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NATIONAL
| REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
| WASHINGTON, .. c., August LIST, 1865
COMRADES: The din of battle has ceas-
ed. but the conflict of ideas still continues
The shock of arms ended with the sur
render at Appomatox Court House, but
the struggle of principles still goes on.
Had Abraham Lincoln lived, doubtless
our labors ard tolls, ere this would have
been over and passed.
But the bullet carried Andrew johnson
into the White House revivlfied the dead
rebellion and baffled the advance of peace
| Since then the nation life has been one
ceaseess struggle with copperheads and
rebels. They have filed the public off
ces, they have swarmed over the land in
places where only loyal men shnuld go
North, they have been au eye-sore and
offence to every loyal citizen South,
| they have opposed reconstruction and
! equal rights, and now organize their ku-
kluX klans, in defiance of the spirit and
civilization of the age The Democratic
Party, unabashed by is unpatriotic and
shameful course as party throughout
the war, now again confrontS the country
with platform and a candidate whieh
| are at once an insult to every living sol
der, mockery to every dead soldier,
and reproach to every patriot in the
land.
On the other hand we behold the Re
publican Party, with their shining re-
cord Of patriotic deeds, the banner of our
country floating proudly over them, and
the great leader of our conquering army
az, fhn, oh. Oh
our stedfast friends througout the war,
they sustained us in the field, they defend
ed us at home, they rejoiced over our
victories and mourned over cur defeats ):
they fired no rebel bullets, theyrecruited
rebel armies, they gave no rebel votes,
and now they ask us again to aid III car
rying the nation forward to its natural
and logical destiny to helr secure the
rich fru OF the war in ali their fullne<s.
TO assist in grounding the Republic at last
on the immutable basis of loyalty and
justice, and equal rights for ALL
Soldiers III Iloratio Seymour the Demo
cratic Party have a fit candidate, a repre-
sentative copperhead and rebel in dis
guise. In our own T. S. Grant we have
the simple honest soldier and loyal de-
fender of the Union The one represents
reaction, the other progress. The one
sympathized with the confederacy, the
other fought for the Union. The one
stands on the platform of the National
Reputation, the other Of National Faith
inviolate and inviolable The one sum
mons you to.the defence Of class and caste,
the other declares for the rights of man,
as man or loyalty and liberty, for equal
and exact justice to all men. Comrades,
the issue is pla inly 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 unfurled and Grant
again heads the column. He is the same
brave patriotic soldier that lead you to
victory during the war. 1t is the same
Flag you supported sc galantly on many
a bloody field 1t is the same glorious
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 battlefield, no; yOu. will nos prove
false to your slam comrades, ne; you will
not now dSSert the old cause anu turn
your backs upon yout old chief and leader.
You will not forget the shining record of
Doneson and Nicksburg. OF Chattanooga
and the Wilderness. Of Petersburg and
Appomotox Court House, no! But as
the men of Lexington and Bunker Hill,
of Valley Forge and Princeton, OF Trenton
and of Yorktown, afterwards with their
ballots made Washington the first Presi-
dent Of the New Republic, you, remem-
be-ing our common victories. will by your
ha Il. Of
the restored Union. The Tories and
General Washington, but what true sol
der OF the Revolution would not have
blushed with shame at the thought of
casting vote against the Savior oi his
country? So the Rebels and Copperheads
OF to- day, will oppose Gen. Grant. So
will the deserters, the bounty jumpers,
and draft sneaks, but surely, no soldier
or patriot will follow the ignoble exam
ple-who wants it said of him in flu ure
years. who would have his children, and
his children children suffer the reproach,
that In 6S he voted against the great
Soldier and honest man, who liz 65 crush
ed the Pro Slavery Rebellion and saved
the Union? Surely no one who loves his
country, or is proud Of his country S
proudest history,
Soldiers, Grant will again be victorious.
The omens are all suspicious He has
never yet been defeated-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
aud now, with Gods help, and in the
name Of Humanity and our Country, let
us everywhere charge the enemy home.
| BY order of the Committee
Ii. A. BARNUM, Chairman