New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-20
TO THE soLDIERs OF THE UNION.
From the New York Irish Republic

From the New York Irish Repnbhc,l
The crisis is again upon us, and the hour
near at hand when we shall decide to enter
upon four years reign of peace and great
national prosperity, or awake from that
bright dream of peace to ind ourselves
standing upon the verge of such a revOlu-
tien as the world has never seen, and it is
to be supposed that every man endowed
with citizenship that gives him a voice in
the affairs Of our nation has decided where
he shall stand in the contest, and will, SO
far as in him lies the power of discerning,
do his duty to his country and bis fellow
men.
But if there be any honest and peace
loving citizens who have stood by the
nation in her past trying hours, in the
hours when chaos reigned supreme in our
nations capital. reigned Ger vacant seats,
made thus vacant by the acts OF traitorous
sons. fostered in her hours of national pros
perity-any who followed her varying for
lures through her subsequent defeats and
painful disasters-any such, there are, who
anwittngly it may be, are about to betray
or commit acts, which, ii successful, will
lead to base betrayal of the nation into
the hands Of her former traitorous sons and
present enemies, let US see what men or
means or party acts have caused this mighty
fill.
For one, the writer has long aud pa
tiently awaited the hour in which he could
rally under the standard of his former
leader, and follow on to the contest where
the ballot, that choicest gift mankind have
ever enjoyed, shall usurp the deadly bullets
power against those high-handad traitors,
the very Hanptons, FORESTS, and Toombs,
and their confreres in treason, once by
bullets beaten but as they were not con-
quered, returned in an evil hour from the
exile an indignant and betrayed people
Justly consigned them to, returned erect in
form and bearing, to stalk boldly into the
councils of their late apologists and abet-
tors, and in the name of party once justly
esteemed, but now nobly d1fuuct and hon
orably consigned to the tomb of oblivion,
in the name OF Democracy, if you will, they
resolve and re-resolve that the glory of our
past victory shall be turned to ridicule
and shame, our dearly bought peace
once again disturbed by the groans
of dying honor and the labor pains
of nation in her travail And
if they will attempt reaction, they may
rest assured their former enemies are more
earnestly so to-day than ever before. But
be left to God and future generations, to
mete out to their souls and their memories
forever; and while we fatter ourselves on
our security from disasters that might be
brought upon us, let US be sure that the
prime movers in this campaign, both men
and parties, are SO thoroughly righted as
to give no room for prejudice nor mistake.
Now, one word to the soldier, be he OF
whatever nationality or party he may. Let
Us stand by our country as before, and
show the people that It's to our cause alone
and to no party we cling Our old leader,
General Grant is the same COM
mon man and soldier we knew at
the Wilderness, at Spottsylvania, and
Petersburg. The same who would
never hatter or be fattered. He never
broke his promise to us, and we trust he
never will. Added to his career Of great
ness in the field, look at his acts as a mill
tary ruler and civil executive. Justice and
impartiality mark his every deed. He has
accepted the nomination for President OF
the United States from the people and not
from the Republican party. The people
have demanded it for four years past, and
the Republican party have been first to
ratify the peoples choice. For this, as
soldiers, let us thank them.
From the lifelong r sition of General
commanding the armies of this republic
our leader stoops to administer, as he tells
US, four years reign of peace, in which
the will Of the people shall rule the land.
As you trust your own honest hearts and
your leaders honor, are you not satisfied
to leave the issue with him
As you fought for the victory that
brought eur present peace and prosperity,
as yours was one of the many hearts and
hands that fought and bled for the glory
of the present hour, that moves this mighty
people to place the lie and honor Of the
nation in the hands of our leader, and by
that act into the hands of every common
soldier in the Union ranks, you may re-
ceive the peoples choice of General
Grant for their ruler as compliment to
yourselves and your comrades; as a recog-
milton by that people of your valor and de
Totion to the cause of liberty and q di-
rect manifestation of the nations depend
ence for her present glory and future great
ness upon each and every one of you who
stood in the ranks of her armies