Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-08-12

CoLFAx, the popular speaker of tn
lower House of Congress; the ma
who from poverty and orphansge hs
steadily won his way to the third pos
ton in wi Government; who ha
been seven times elected to the Hous.
and thrice chosen its speaker; who's
entire career is sign of promise an
a beacon of hope to every strugglin
American youth.
Your candidate for Congress-Gen
eral GARFIELD, is known to you all b,
his patriotic military career in tb
field, and by the able and s~atisfsctor,
mannerin which he has represented on
district during the past few years, achiev
ing for himself and his constituents ;
national reputation.
In oppositihn to Grant and Colfax
are arrayed the names of Seymour and
Blair.
Horatio Seymour! the man who
boasts that he never loaned his gov.
eminent a dollar in her hour of peril
VINO aalls Draft Rioters, Orphan Asy'
lum Burners, and Negro Killers his
"friends' the man whom Vallandig-
ham nominated, and whom every
blatant, impanitentrebe endorses from
Maryland to Texas.
Francis P. Blair, Jr.-a renegade
politician, who secured his nomination
by pledging himself, if elected, to
overthrow by military power, the loyal
State Governments now established in
most of the Statos lately in rebellion /;
the pet candidate of every disloyal
delegate in the Tsmmrny Convention /;
the man whose nomination was made
by the rebel General Preston, of Ken
lucky, and seconded by Forrest, the
butcher of Fort Pillow.
The PLATFORMS, too, are before you.
The Grant platform would defend
Loyal men from rebel oppression and
malice would preserve unimpared the
nations honor and credit; would Sc
cure to loyal citizens all the hard earn
ed fruits of their triumphs oyer rebel
lion.
The Seymour Platform, on the con-
trary, would put the feet of unrepent-
ant rebels upon the necks of Southern
Loyalists, would overwhelm US with f.
nancial ruin and disgrace by the most
bare-faced reputation of national OBJ
legations would convert our late vic
tories into defeats, and p~recipitate the
country into another civil war, annihi-
lating the reconstructed State Govern
ments in the South, and inaugurating
q reign of terror.
Fellow citizens! the issues are made
up. Let US meet them ike men. Our
a~dversaries cannot beat US in a fair con
test. Apathy, dissension, neglect or
over confidence, may produce defeat.
The enemy are active, vigilant, unscru.
pulous. Therefore must we beup and
doing.
We must ORGANIZE AT ONCE.
Let our organization be thorough,
complete, systematic. Let US like
Stanton, ''erganize victory"
Let each lover of his country make
this contest a matter of personal inter
est. Talk with your neighbers, reason
with your opponents, confirm the
doubtful and encourage the waVering.
Form q Grant Club in every town
ship. By no means let this be omitted.
Make a careful canvass of each town.
ship by school Districts; 50 that when
election day comes every voter may be
st the polls.
Circulate documents, inform the
people, get up township meetings, and
correspond with the Central Commit
Zee. If YOU :hink your township COM
mittee is slow, str them up.
Lay aside sllapethy and indifference.
WoRK! WoRKIWoRK 1t is personal ef-
fort that tells.
Let US throw ont our banner to the
Breeze, planted on the rock of liberty
and justice, and bearing upon its folds
the motto: "GRAxr, CoLFAx AND VIC
TORY"
Close up the lines, and let the fight
be short, sharp and decisive.
Then shall we have the pleasant as
surance that we have discharged our
duties, and contributed our full share
to the signal triumph that shall perch
upon our standards in November.
les O. MORGAN, Chairman,
T. J. MsLAIN, Jr., Sec'y,
E. B. TAYLOR,
HARMON AUSTIN,
W. B KING,
Republican Central Committee for
Trumbun County.
WARREN, August u, 1868.