The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-23
Veterans to the Front.

Veterans to the Front
A few days since we referred to the orrani.
cation of soldiers and sailors in every state,
and their preparations to be represented in
| New ork tak the time of the meeting of the
National Democratic Convention, which is
| to assemble on the Fourth ofsJnly. Our ex;
ichanges show that this movement of the
/ fighting men of The Union army. who are.
| thoroaghly iden6Hed With the deinocratic'
party in opposition to the radical disunion-
isss, who have organized second rebellion
against the constitution and the Union, Is
very extensive and formidable. In all the
| chief cities and towns of northern states,
meetings of the soldiers of the army who
went through the war hare been held, and
large delegations appointed TO attend the
tNational GenVentinn of Soldiers and Sailors
| which meets in New York on the Fourth Of
July. We see il stated in Siifferentaireetions
that these yeterens of the army will make
one Of the most Imposing demonstrations Of
the kndever seen in the United States
They viii number $4,000, composed Of fight
| ing generals and subordinate officers and
privates. II win be gathering compared
to which the beggardly concern at Chicago
is but squad of campfollowsrs compared
to corps Of fighting men bronzed and
SCARED in the storm of battle. They will
assemble, not to play the part of dictators to
the democratic convention as the military
riffraffs at Chicago did, and nominate with
imperions demand that he be accepted,
some military candidate, but TO give
evidence to the country at large that
those who sustained the country through
| its trials, do not sustain and will not counte.
nance their former leader since he has be.
he pta4i Y1f soh
| to be opposed in sll legitimate ways as ear
aestly as the leaders Of the rebellion.
Among the names of the veterans who are
| moving to the front TO take part in the con.
test against radicslism and insure its over
| throw, the country recognizes those of Off
GERS who won distinction, fame and national
| honor and gratitude in the Army ofthe Po-
tomae, and in the Armies of the Cumberland
and the Tennessee. In the "seven days"
around Richmond, at fredericksburg, Ante
| TAM Gettysburg, Vieksbufg, Mission Ridge,
and in the long sweep from Chattanooga TO
the ses, these patriotic soldiers fought for
the restoration of the Union and the suprem.
acy Of the constitution. The war ended
three years ago, and by the revolntionary
party in power the work done by soldiers and
Sailors has been made vain. There is no
restored Union yet, and the constitutional
safeguards and limitations Of the govern
ment have been thrown down. To bring
into power another party, and rescue the
government from the hands of those who
have nearly destroyed 1t, is the purpose of
the veterans in moving to the front now.
They wili be heard from not merely IN New
York, on Independence day, when they will
| take common counsel with democratic deieg-
ates from every state,renew their attachment
Il a IL II az al
constitution, but they will be heard from
during the presidential campaign and next
| November ct the polls We do not know
| how numerous the VETERANS" are. The
New York Tribune rates them at half q mill
lion. We believe they number three quar-
tiers of million, and that 8 majority ofthem
are arrayed in deadly hostility against the
| radical party. They assisted IN swelling
| the democratic majority in Connecticut in
| April last. They contributed essentially TO
the grand democratic triumph in New York
and New Jersey in November last. They
aided materially in knocking down the rad
cal majority in Ohio nearly forty thousand
and in putting the legislature of that state
into democratic hands. Wherever, from
Conneeticut TO California aud Oregon, there
have been democratic victories within the
past eighteen months, the soldiers of the
Union army have helped to win them. In
the state OF Missouri shsy number thousands
who viii sota with the democracy IN NeyeIn-
Der, aud in the great majority by which
Grant will be defeated then, he viii see thou
sands of the veterans" who were ready to
| follow him to gicksburg OF to Appomattox,
but who regard him as deserter now and
the leader Of the enemies of his country
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