Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-08-05
A Word in Season.


That Grant and Colfax viii be the next
President and Vice President of the United
States, we have no more doubt than We have
that there will be an election in November;
and that Hartranft and Campbell will be til
umphantly elected in October, We have inst
as little We are assured Of these results
because we are certain that as a party, we
we have within our control the means to ac-
comphsh them. We do not expect they viii
accomplish themselves, any more than we
would expect the ground to plow itself, the
seed to sow itself, and the harvest to reap
itself We know that it is an inexorable law
Of Nature that nothing that is worth the
having can be obtained without labor. We
may be perfectly assured that we can accom-
plish purpose, but We must be equally GER
tain that we will have to use the means nee
assarv, tn attain II Gonf5ept rs We aro
therefore, OF our success at the polls IN DC
tober and November, we are just as confident
that we must use zeal, diligence, and effort
to obtain it. We must plow and SOW if we
would reap. We must go actively to work
and organize victory"
Our adversaries are wiley, unscrupulous,
and active. They have everything to gain
and nothing to lose. The very fact that they
are conscious of the weakness of their ticket
and the weight of the load they have to car
ry, makes them more earnest and indefati-
gable in their efforts. They are resorting to
every means that their ingenuity and past
experience can devise They know full well
that with the defeat of their ticket this fall
the last Pickering blaze Of the Democratic
candle, now splutteriDg in the socket, will
be cxtinguished forever. They are perfectly
assured that the glad peals that will ring
forth the news of Republican triumph, viii
be the death knell alike of the Lost Cause,
and of all their hopes of power, revenge and
spoils Hence they will hesitate at nothing
are already flooding the country with lying
and slanderous documents; making out lists
of names to be furnished with fraudulent
naturalization papers, looking up favorable
localities for colonizing votes, organizing Sc
cret societies to control the polls, and using
every iniquitous expedient by the aid of
which they have gained temporary successes
in former years.
1t is time then, that the loyal men of the
land should arouse and go earnestly to work
The certainty of triumph should only be N
incentive to labor. Ali our efforts in the
past, all the vast sacrifices that have been
made, all the expenditure of treasure and
blood will have been in vain, if We refuse or
neglect to use the means now in our power
to secure forever, for ourselves. our children
and their posterity, the great results of the
war. Let us then organize at once. EStab-
lish Grant and Colfax club in every town
snip. Place at their head earnest. active
and fearless men. See that your neighbors
and friends are provided with papers and
documents, Make your arrangements to
have the township thoroughly cauvassed
and the vote got out on the day of the elec.
tion. Acquaint yourselves with the right of
each man in the township to vote, so thar
you may be prepared to contest those that
are fraudulent and Illegal, and vindicate
those that are right and lawful, at the polls.
Make use of the means, be diligeut and
watchful, and you will rejoice all the more
over our great and final triumph.
The WHOLE MATTER. -Horatio Sew