The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-10-30
ADDRESS OF THE REPUB-
LICAN NATIONAL COM
METTEE.

NEw YoRK, Oct. 27-The Republi-
csu National Committee has issued the
following address:
FELLOW CITIZENS: On the third Of
November you are to register a decision
at the bsllot-Box which win control the
government for four years and effect
the destinies of the country for all time.
The Democratic party, entering into the
campaign with practical Reputation on
its banner and determination to open
the question of reconstruction by de-
claring all acts relating thereto void,
has met signal defeat in the States
holding elections in October Aroused
by the positive condemnation Of its
policy, it now seeks to change It's can
didates and to deny its purposes, as de-
clared in its platform. Be not deceived.
The men who met in New York on the
4th of July knew what they intended
to doif they could carry the election
TO inspire their followers in the South
and their friends and sympathizers at
the North. They published ther pur-
pose to the world, On this declaration
they went into the canvass, and altho'
they have tried to explain away its full
meaning, they never denied it until
beaten at the polls. No change of
candidates can change their purpose.
They mean to take from an eDfranchis-
Cd race its only ssfeguard-the ballot
They mean to repudiate the national
debt incurred at time OF the greatest
danger to the nation, or at best pay it
in manner which viii tarnish the ma
tional credit, and make the great Re
public a shame to honest men, and a
by-word in the financial circles of the
world. The Presidential candidate of
the Democracy declares that his pur-
pose will be to hold Congress in check
for four years to come, as Andrew
johnson has for four years past, and
thus 10 stand in his position.
Fellow-citzens, the country wants
Peace. 1t has had enough of opposi-
ton from the Executive to the Legisla-
tive Department The people elect
both, and mean to have harmony and
good viii between them: The loss of
the States holding elections in October
has shown the Democratic leaders that
they can hope to carry no Northern
State. In desperation they call upon
the people to come to the rescue. They
place Mr. Seymour on the stump and
mediate the withdrawal Of Mr. Blair,
who has too openly and boldly pro-
claimed their true aims and purposes,
and tsrdily say they mean peace and
obedience to the laws; but the spirit
that really auimates them may be seen
in attempts to carry the elections by
frauds on a gigantic scale at the North,
and by intimidation violence aud MUIR
der in the South.
We appeal to the people who stood
by the Union in its darkest hours,
whose faith has never faltered, who
have never believed the war failure,
or that those who stimulated rebellion
are the proper persons to administer the
government they sought to destroy, and
we ask them to rally once more, and,
by an overwhelming majority, show the
Democratic party and the world that
there is no hope for the "LOst Cause"
No one doubts the patriotism of Gener-
al Grant. He has already announced
his desire for peace. This is no idle
word. His election will be the guaran-
tee of harmony in their different de-
partments, of energy and economy in
its administration, of safety in person
and property to the citizen everywhere,
and boundless prosperity following in
the train of peace.
(signed) VIM CLAFL1E, Chairman.
VIM E. CHANDLER, Secretary.