Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-09-09

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NATIuNAL EXECUTIVE Con-. 40 l4TH ST..
WAsHISGTOS. D C.. August lst. 1sss.J
AHeHtionl Boys in Blue! Fall in!
COMRADES: The din of battle has
ceased, but the conflict of ideas still
continues. The shock of arms ended
with the surrender at Appomattox
Court House, but the struggle of prin-
ciples still goes on. Had Abraham
Lincoln lived, doubtless our tolls and
labors, ere this, would have been oVer
and past. But the bullet that carried
Andrew johnson into the White House
revivified the dead rebellion. and baf-
fled the advance of peace. Since then,
the nations life has been one ceaseless
struggle with copperheads and rebels.
They have filed the public offices /;
they have swarmed over the land in
places where only loyal men should 60;
North, they have been ar 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 its uu-
patriotic and shameful course, as a
party, throughout the war, now again
confronts the country with a platform
and candidate which are at once an
insult to every living soldier. a mock
cry TO every dead soldier, and a re
proach to every patriot in the land.
On the other hand, We behold the
Republican party. with their shining
record of patriotic deeds, the banner
of our country floating proudly over
them, and the great leader of our con-
quering army as their chosen champi-
on. They were cur hearty, steadfast,
friends throughout the war they sus-
tanned US in the field /; they defended
us at home; they reioiced over victo-
ries, and mourned over our defeats I;
they fred no rebel bullets; they re
cruited no rebel armies; they gave no
rebel votes, and now they ask US again
to. aid in carrying the nation forward
to its natural and logical destiny-to
help cur the rich fruits of the war
in all their f~ullpess. to assist in ground
I'M the Republic at last on the inmu
table basis of loyalty and justice, and
equal rights for all.
Soldiers, in Horatio Seymour the
Democratic party have a st candidate
"a representative copperhead and reb-
ell in disguise. In our own U. S. Grant,
we have the simple. honest soldier,
and loyal defender of the Union. The
one represents reaction the other,
progress. The one sympathized with
the Confederacy the other fought
for the Union. The n stands on the
platform of National Reputation /;
the other, of National Faith ; inViolate
and inviolable. The one summons
you to the defense of class and caste,
the other declares for the rights OF
of man, as man, for loyalty and liberty,
for equal and exact justice to all men.
Comrades, the issue Is plainly made
up, and now choose ye.
Soldiers, it is the old cause, and the
hosts are again gathering for the con
1ict. The old flag is again unfurled,
and Grant again heads the columns.
he is the same brave, patriotic soldier
that led you TO victory during the war.
1t is the same flag you supported so
CALAMITY on many q bloody field. 1t is
the ANT glorious cause for which, dur
ing the war, SO many of our comrades
laid down their lives. Shall it be said
that we fought all in vain, aud that our
dead died thus in vain ? No; you will
not reverse the record of the battle
field. No; you will not prove false to
your slain comrades. No; you will not
now desert the old cause, and turn
backs upon your old chief and leader.
You will not forget the shining record
of Donelson and Vicksburg, of Chatta-
nooga and the Wilderness, of Peters
burgh and Appomsttox Court House
no. But as the men of Lexington
and Bunker Hill, Valley Forge and
Princeton, of Trenton and Of Yorktown
s~fterward, with their ballots, made
Washington the first President of the
New Republic, so you, remembering
our common victories, will. by your
votes, make Grant the first President
of the restored Union. The tories and
cowboys of 20 of course voted sgains st
Washington but what true soldier of
the Revolution would not have blush
ed with shame at the thought of cast
ing a vote against the savior of his
country /; so the rebels and copperheads
of to-day will oppose General Grant.
So will the deserters, the bounty jump
ers, and draft sneaks ; but surely, no
soldier or patriot will follow their igno-
BILE example. Who wants it said Of
him in future years, who would have
his children and his children's C hildreD
suffer the reproach, that in '68 he vot-
ed against the great soldier and honest
man, who in '65 crushed the pro slave
~ rebellion, and saved the Union ?
Surely, no one who loves his country,
or is proud of his country's proudest
history.
Soldiers, Grant will sgain be V%ictori-
GUS. The omens are all suspicious.
He mas never yet been defeated. Let
US, then, again form line and move in
to battle. Let the drums beat, and
the bugles sound; advance the colors
along the whole line and now, with
Gods help, and in the name of human
itv and our country, let US everywhere
charge the enemy home.
By order of the Committee,
H. H. BARNUM, Chairman.
n. P. CHAPMAN, Secretary,
WILL. a. SHORT, JAMES T. SMITH,
Assistant Secretaries.