Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-07-28
VOTE RIGHTI

1t would be we'll for the people of this
country, especially those who have not made
up their minds as to how they shall vote, now,
at the opening Of the campaign to ponder Sc
riously the Importance of the coming election.
1t is time for all men to throw off the shackles
Of party and party prejudice and open their
ewes to the true state of the country. For
eight years the people have been, to great
extent, blinded and hurried on by passion
and prejudice. We have reached that period
when change for better or worse must soon
come. The most fearful and momentous epoch
of our national history is upon us. 1t may
be that next Novcmber's election will decide
our destines and fix the lot of future genera
tions There is danger that it may result in
the final sacrifice of American liberties, and
the establishment of dcspotism, which for
ages to come will continue to Cypress this once
proud and happy country. 1.-THE people can
be induced to act wisely and, in their vote, to
lool, to the present and future interests of the
aehoIc country, it must and will prove the
dawn of brighter and happier days; the des>
pots who are plotting the ruin of our libcr~
ties Will be hurled from place and power an
archy and confusion will be exchanged for
wholesome government, order aud peace, and
the union and prosperity which were our pride
and glory in the past will return.
The issue and its results are wholly with
the people. Corrupt politicians are not the
power at the JdllotGOr. There the voice Of
each cotcr must be heard, and the voice Of the
majority must be heard and hecdcd by those
i II authority This right is one of the few
which dcmogogucs and petty tyrants have not
taken from the people entirely. Those who are
still permitted to exercise it should rise in
their might and speak once more for their
homes and Liberties.
In voting each man should, for himself,
compare the candidates, and the principles
which they represent and advocate. He Should
vote for the best man and sustain the principles
which if carried out will be most productive
of the best interests Of the whole country
When such subject is presented, no sensible
man who is conversant with the character of
the men in the field and the history of the
country for the past eight years need be long
in making up his mind On the one side we
have SEYMOUR, who has long been known and
noted throughout the country as gentleman,
and a statesman of the highest order; man
who has no superior in the land, and who as
PRESIDENT would do honor to the dignity of
the Office and command the respect of all at
l. oIr IN fbor 1,ov
GRANT, an untimcly son of luck and idiotic
babe Of chance, who never was heard ofbefore
the war ; military blunderer and wholesale
human butcher, who paved the path from
Washington to Richmond with human skulls
and bOncs,' and who, in the midst of battle,
rcvcllcd in drunken dcbauchery while around
him
mTIc fed ran 50 rcd with the blood Of the dead
A man who, if elected, would sit in the Pres
idcntial chair and smoke and talk of horses,
while the temple of American liberties was
lettering to its fall, and foreign nations
laughed at and scorned the tall. In their
nomination the Democratic party sought and
obtained man who they knew would, ifc!cc-
ted, administer the affairs of the government
according to the word and true intent Of the
Constitution. They preferred defeat with
man Of ability and principle to success with a
.fonI or l'u'H as their leader. With the
Radical party availability was the question
and incentive. Principle was abandoned,
the interests Of the nation were forgotten
and party power and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT were
the aim and end of their nomination. The |
Democratic party has adopted platform /
which, if carried out, will restore the peace
and prosperity which we enjoyed before the
war. Under it the constitution which our
fathers framed and we and our ancestors have
loved to ack nowledge and honor in the past.
will rc-asscrt its majesty and power as the
supreme law Of the land. The rights and in
tcrcsts of the governed in all sections of the /
country will be protected and promoted
The credit of the nation at home and abroad
will be preserved, and We will be delivered
soon Of the debt which is now czhausting all
the profits of trade and labor, and expressing
all classes throughout the length and breadth
of the LAID, The voice of discord, suffering