The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-08-14

GoMRADrs; The din Of battle has ceased,
but the conflict Of ideas still continues. The
shock of arms ended With the surrender at
Appomattox Court H0uss, but the struggle
of principles still goes on. Had Abraham
Lincoln lived, doubtless our labOrs and tolls,
ere this, would have been over aud past.
But the bullet that carried AsdreW john
son into the Whit House reyivified the dead
rebellion and baffled the advance of peace.
Since then the nations has been one cease
struggle with cOpperbeads and rebels. They
have filled the p.blic Offices, they have
swarmed over the land in places where only
loyal men should go; North they have been
an eye-sOre and offense tO-eVory loyal citi-
zen; South, they bsve opposed reconssruc-
ton and equal rights, and now organize their
: Ku Klux Kians, in defiance of the spirit and
civilization of the age. The Democratic
Party, unabashed by its unpatriotic 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 mockery
TO every dead soldier, and a reprOach to
every patriot in the land.
On the other hand we behold the Repub-
lican Party, with their shining record Of pa
QScl3a .tuC VI OuE
floating, proudly over them, and the great
leader Of our conQuering army as their
chosen champion. They were our hearty
steadfast friends throughout the war, they
sustained US in the field, they defended US ct
home, they rejoiced over our victories and
mOurned over our defeats; they fired no
robel bullets, they recruited no rebel armies,
they gave no Fseei votes, and nov they ask
to its natural and logical destiny; to help Sc
cure the rich fruits of the war in all Their
fullness, 10 assist in grounding the Republic
at last on the jmmutable basis of loyalty and
justice, and equal rights for all. aVi -sn
Soldiers, in HcratiO Seymour the Demo-
cratic Party have a fit candidate, a repre-
sentative copperhead and a rebel 10 disguise
Ia our own ~. 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
Confederacy, the other fought for the Union.
The one stands on the platform of National
RepGdiatiOu, the other Of National Faith,
inViolate and inViolabie. The one summons
you to the defence Of class and caste, the
other declares for the rights Of man, as man,
for loyalty and liberty, for equal and exact
Justice 70 all men. Comrades, the issue is
plainly made up, aud now choose ye. sl =
Soldiers, it is the old cause, and the hosts
ara again gathering for the conflict The
Old Flag is again unfurled and Grant again
heads the column. He is the same brave pa
triolic soldier that led you to victory during
the war. It is the same Flag you supported
so gallantly on many bloody field. 1t is
the same glorious causesfOr which during the
War, so many of our comrades laid down
their lives. Shall it be said, that we fought
all in vain, and that our dead died thus in
VEin7 No; you will not reverse the record
of the battlefield, MOI you will not prove
false TO your slain Comrades, no; you will
not now desert The old cause and turn your
backs upon your old chief and leader. You
will not forget the shining record of Donel-
son aud Eicksburg, Of ChattanOoga and the
Wildsrness, OF Petsssbdrgh aud Appomst-
tox Court House, IOi But as the men of
Lexington ami Bunker Hill, Of Valley Forge
and Princeton, Of Trenton and CT or kton,
Afterwards with their ballots made Wash
iDgtOn the first President of the New Re-
public, so you, remembering our common
victories, will by your votes, make Grant
the first President of the restored Union.
The Tories and Cowboys Of '76 Of course
voted sgai3st General Washington, but what
true soldier of the Revolution would not
have blushed with shame at the thought Ol
casting a vote against the Savior Of his
country? So the Rebels and OOPperheads
Of to day, will oppose General Grant but
surely, no soldier or patriot will follow their
ignoble example-Who wants it said of him
in future years, who would have his chill
dren, and his childIen's children suffer the
reproach, that 10 SO ne voted against the
great Soldier and honest man, who in s.
crushed the PrO-Slavery Rebellion aud
saved the Union2 Surely no one who loves
his country, or is proud of his country S
proudest history.
Soldiers, Grant will sgain be victorious.
The Omens are all suspicious. He has never
yet been defeated-lst US then again form
line and move into battle. Let the. drums
beat, and the bugles sound; advance the
cOlors along the whole line; and nOv,sWitE
Gods help, and in the name of Humanity
and our Country, let US everywhere charge
the enemy home. as By 0EDER Cox