Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-06-05
vOx PoPULI vox DEL.

The unanimity Of feeling, the sacrifice Of
personal preferences by our leading veterans
Of the great Union Republican party the
pure spirit Of patriotism which marked the
action Of the convention at Chicago, May 10Th,
in the nomination Of ULYSSES SIMPSON
GRANT, as tho standard bearer Of the Repub-
lican party against tho forces Of Shamocracy,
Johnsonism and demagogueism, in this coun-
try, has not their parallel in the history Of
our nation. There were no wild surging Of
the party wave this way and that, as promises
seduced, or threats drove, but calm looking
forward to the attainment Of one object, that
of tho salvation of the country. Private pref
erences, as such, we're laid aside, personal
ambition was hushed, and the momentous
issue, upon which 90 much hangs, alone en-
crossed the thoughts Of the delegates, oompos-
ed Of men as true as steel, from al parts Of
the country, it must b IN immense pressure,
which can crash into forgetfullness, the claims
OF many eminent and leading Republicans.
and melt into fusion, elements which have
warred against each other through successive
Presidential campaigns. But the pressure
was there, the people. The iron heel Of a sla.
very despot which ceases not to cry, 'Give
Give /! Give!!l' has silenced al discord, and
brought the masses, into one phslanx for free
dom, Union, one people, and one country. As
the adoption Of the immortal Declaration Of
Independence, was the outpouring Of ono SEN
timent, which in ito ponderous wave rolled
over and beat down, for the time being, the
growth Of al other elements, and organizas
tons, 80, this present hour Of our THIRD strug
gle for deliverence from the cursed rule Of
johnson, swallows up and confounds all par
tizan feeling and personal preferences, and
those Of one mind upon his whitening rule;
blend into union and move shoulder to shout.
der against the thraldom of sectional de-
mocracy.
This convention was but the miniture Of the
masses in the Free and Reconstructed States.
Those cheers in the convention, were but the
faint echo Of the thunder voice Of Freemcn.
who proclaim throughout the length and
breadth Of the land against the Copperhead
party and three hundred thousand rebels, who
claim the right to fetter the limbs of twenty
millions Of freemen, and in their insane zeal,
would pour out upon our fertile and free plains
Of the west, the whitening breath Of secession,
bringing men, women and mules upon the
common level, and degrading the laboring
white man to the condition Of the beast which
perish.
Never since the days Of Jackson, has so
much enthusiasm greeted the nomination of a
Republican ticket, and from this fact alone
conviction is carried home to the minds Of the
Copperheads that they must be defeated, the
truth 10 they now know and feel and have
since the nomination Of GRANT and CoLvAx,
that the defeat Of any and every candidate
nominated in opposition to them was inevita-
bic, and the opposition Of lama county cannot
Withstand the united strength Of the .'Boys in |
Blue" and Republicanism-in all towns, vii. |
lagos, hamlets and cities throughout the east |
and Vest, north and south immense Grant
ratification meetings are being held-never
since the days Of "old Hickory" contests has |
such spirit Of union Of soul inspiring enthu- !
siasm pervaded the ranks Of oil classes. We
ore not only willing to meet the cohorts OF
secession and apprehension, but anxious
aye, impatient for the fray; We feel as did the
gallant soldiers when crushing out treason,
impatient Tor the contest, and pant to spring
upon The opposition yelling into their tsrria.
ed ears, Chicamauga, Stone River, on TO Rich.
mond. &C., the significant war cry-also re-
msmbsr the frauds, the falsshoods, the burn.
ing and destroying Of 0overnment property
and - abuse Of our warriors.
How changed The scene, the glorious termi.
assisn Of the National coavenaon-ass few days
before, the horissn looked dark aaa fearful,
traitors h council, our eountenanees sad, our
AsoeosaAis friends exalted In eur apparent
Aisisioa, thsy dsriAsd 10, Ne were sore and
sisk = heart, not that W we're weak, but that
- haA traitors In cAmD and feared division