Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-07-24
Address Of the Republican State Cen.
trail COMMITTEES.

Address Of the Republican State Cen.
trail Committee
HEADQu ARrERs OF THE REpuDLlcAS !
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
July 10, 1868.
To- the Republicans Of Ioua The pres
idential campaign which has been in
augurated is hardly less momcntous
than the campaign which closed with
the downfall of the rebellion at Apo
mattox Court House. In the former,
no less than the latter, the preservation
Of the nations liberties is the objective
point. In both, failure imperils if it
does not destroy those liberties.
The reconstruction policy Of Con
gresshappilysuccesstnlin severalS States,
in some others has failed of adoption.
In all the States recently in rebellion,
there is need Of the care and moral sup
port of an administration in sympathy
with that policy until its aptitude to Sc
cure order, tranquility and enforcement,
OF the law shall have commended it to
the approval of the people.
The Republican Union Party, under
whose auspices the most glorious chap
ter Of our national history has been writ
ten, rebellion overthrown, secession i"
stroyed, slavery abolished, again pro-
claims its devotion to the cause Of equal
rights. To the preservation of the ma
tional honor, it gives its sacred pledge.
1t declares its sympathy with the labor
of the nation by insisting upon the
equalization and reduction of taxation.
Economy and the reform of financial
abuses are demanded as the surest re-
lief Of industry.
Announcing a liberal policy to for
eign immigration and declaring that the
;egis Of the government should be ex
tended over all American citizens Of
whatever descent and wherever found,
it declares it's hostility in the future as in
the past, to any Determinations found
ed upon the adventurous distinctions
Of race and caste
With unparalleled unanimity the Re-
publican party has selected for its stan
dard bearer, Ulysses S. Grant. In this
it has simply ratified the choice Of the
people. The instincts of the Nation
a man whose fitness had been
by the meritorious per-
Torrance of every duty to which he
had been called, both in the Cabinet
and III the field.
Associated with him we have one
whose personal purity, whose devotion
to the cause of liberty, whose consis-
tcncy in all his political action, and
whose large possession of the public
demonstrated the appropri-
ateness OF his selection.
In the coming election, the voters of
this State are called upon to decide
graver question than was ever before
to the electors of Iowa.
Your suffrages are to determine whcth-
or the word white shall be stricken
from the Constitution. Let it be met
boldly and answered as becomes low
ers Of liberty and Equal Rights. Let
not our adversarics assail us with the
taunt that we will not submit to our
selves. Conqucring prejudice let us be
the first State to adopt by popular vote
the great principles Of impartial suffrage.
Republicans The campaign is fair
ly opened, and necessity for work is i'm
mediate and pressing. Let not the as
surance of success beget apathy and in
difference. Wemust not only succeed,
but succeed, overwhelmingly. To this
end, thorough organization and active
personal effort are necessary. Let every
Republican become canvasser.-
Whether our majority shall be over
whelming or insignificant will depend
upon the amount of spirit and energy
which shall pervade our own parity
Apathetic friends will be as fatal as
open enemies.
Let the majority pledged by our del
egation in the National Convention be
realized and surpassed. Not content
with simple victory let us by earnest
work, by labor Of preparation, by infus-
ing personal interest and individual en-
ergy into the campaign, secure, as we
may, a signal and decisive triumph,
PETER MELENDY,
Chairman of the Rep. Union State Gen.
| Committee.