Litchfield enquirer., 1868-08-20
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 COMRADES: The din of battle has ceased but the conflict of ideas still continues The shock of arms ended with the surren der at Appomattox Court House, but the struggle of principles still goes on. Had Abraham Lincoln lived, doubtless our Ia. bors and tolls, ere this, would have been over and past.
 But the bullet that carried Andrew J John. son into the White House reyiyifed tbe dead rebellion and bafded the advance of peace. Since then the nations life has been one ceaseless struggle with copper heads and rebels They have filled the public offices, they have swarmed over the land Tn places where only loyal men should go; North, they have been an eve-soro and offence to every loyal citizen; South, they nave opposed reconstruction and equal rlghts, and now organize their Ku.KIux- klans, Tn defiance of the spirit and civili- zatlon of the age. The Democlatic Party. unabashed by 1t unpatriotic and shameful course as party throughout the war, now again confronts the country with plat form and a candidate which are at once an insult to every living soldier, mockerv to every dead soldier, and 8 reproach to every patriot in the land.
 :. On the other hand we behold tl-~ no,d n ot hSaEidRa hhSSan dRaftK Mith thslr sRiniaSa fte great leader of our conquering army as their champion. They were our hearty stead fast friends throughout the war, they sus- tained us in the field, they defended us at home, they rejoiced over our victories and mourned over our defeats; they fired no rebel bullets, they recruited no rebel ar- mics, they gave no rebel votes, and HOW they ask us again to aid in carrying the na- tion forward to its natural and logical des- in all their fullness, to assist in grounding the Republic at last on the immutable basis of loyalty and justice, and equal rights for all.
 Soldiers, in Horatio Seymour the Demo- cratic Party have fit candidate, repre- sentative copperhead and rebel 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 one stands on the platform of National Repudiation, the other of Ma tional Faith, inviolate and inviolable. 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, fol equal and exact justice to all men. Com rades, the issue is plainly made up and now choose ye.
 Soldiers, it is the old cause, and the hosts are again gathering for the conflict. The Old Flag is again unfurled and Grant again heads the column. He is the same brave patriotic soldier that led you to victory du ring the war. It is the same Flag you sup ported so gallantly on many a bloody field It is the same glorious cause for which du ring the War, so many of our comrade l laid down their lives. Shall 1t be said Una we fought all in vain, and that our deat died thus in vain? No; you will not reVers. l the record of the battlefield, no; you VII 9 not prove false to your slain comrades, no :; lyou will not now desert the old cause an' n turn your backs upon your old chlef ant leader. You will not forget the shln1n :. record of Donelson and Vlcksburg. or Chat tanooga and the Wilderness, Of Petersbur 3 and Appomattox Court House, no! 1,1' But
 the men of Lexington and Bunker Hill, c
 Valley Forge and Princeton, of Trento and of Yorktown. afterwards with their ba
 lots made Washington the first Presiden
 of the New Republic, so you. rememoerln
 our common victories, will by your vote:
 make Grant the first President of the re
 tored Union. The Tories and Cowboys
 '76 of course voted against Genera! Wasl
 ington, but what true soldier ot the Revolt "a ton would not have blushed with shame l. the thought of casting vote agalnst u is Savior of his country? So the Rebels an in Copperheads of to-day, will oppose Gel
 Grant. So will the deserters, the boun1
 jumpers, and draft sneaks, but surely, I 70 soldier or patriot will follow thelr lgnob
 example-who wants it said of him ln f
 ture years. who would have his chlldre
 and his children's children suffer the T
 proach, that in '68 he voted against u
 great Soldier and honest man, who In
 crushed the Pro-Slavery Rebellion and sa n, ed the Union? Surely no one who loves Al n country, or is proud of his country s prou z 4 est history. st. tc Soldiers, Grant will again be yictoriol ve The omens are all suspicious. He has nc tn CT yet been defeated-let us then aga
 form in line and move into battle: Let
 drums beat. and the bugle sound; advan - the colors along the whole hne; and no
 with Gods help, and in the name of E nh manity and our Country, let us eVerywh' is charge the enemy home.
 rte By order of the Committee. nd H. A. BARNUM, Chairmrn " N. P. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
 . WILL: A. SHORT, Asst Secreor1, f JAMES T. SMITH, ''' ~" ''