Litchfield enquirer., 1868-09-03
TO THE YOUNG REPUBLICANS OF
 CONNECTICUT.
APPEAL OF THE BOYS IN BLUE STATE COMMIT TEE

The undersigned having been requested to advise and promote the organization of the Boys in Blue, in aid of the election of Grant and Colfax, do most earnestly ap- peal, not alone to those who were soldiers but to all the patriotic young men of the State, to devote themselves immediately and energetically to the work of redeeIning Connecticut.
 Organize in every town or village one or more companies of Boys in Blue. Where 1t is possible, provide yourselves with the simple and inexpensive uniform. But in any event, see to it that the indispensable work of the contest is thoroughly perform ed. Let every Republican voter be duly registered and at home to vote. Win over all the doubtful See to it that Republi- can meetings are fully and enthusiastically attended. Put yourselves under the or ders or advice of your town committee if you have those that are efficient, but be sure to SEE THAT THE WORK IS DONE.
 The conflict of arms is over, but the fruits of the war are not yet secured. The unrepentant and exultant rebels boast that with tle success of Seymour they secure the triumph of the principles for which they fought four years. They threaten to forcibly overthrow the loyal governments established by the will of the National Congress and restore the gross inequality of rights from which the war arose. Our comrades and noble allies, the Union sol diers of the South, are not yet safe in their
 persons and property in the homes which
 they and we foug ght to redeem from Urea. son. We shall be dishonored if we do not contend to the utmost to keep their ene- mics and the friends of their enemies out of power. It is the same grand old cause that called the loyal millions to arms in 1861. Our opponents are led by the man wno was at the North the chief hope of the desperate rebellion, the most dangerous enemy of the Union out of the revolting states. He has soft words for soldiers oi both sides, but he never yet has told us that our cause was just, or that the traitors
 who fired upon Sumter were the true az gressors. He stands upon the platform | that declares ''unconstitutional, revolu-
 tionary and void'' the legislation by which
 faithful Congress saved in peace what
 was won in War and which threatens 8 re
 pudiation of the national debts, sacred as
 soldiers grave. To put him in the presi
 dential chair is to recall lrd rsdhtah thrust into the
 honor to to4MNd Mdf1tf6lec the champions of the Union 1 Zee, Beauregard, Hampton, and Forrest
 the friends and admirers of Horatio Sey
 mour would find welcome home at the
 White House, exulting and sneering oyer the host of nobi6 men true to Tlie nag aut
 the Union.
 l We are led now as in war, by Ulysses 5
 tbs & Rs aasES aeSEES IG IHS9Gevng
 dom ln peace, than by his triumphant skill
 Washington. He stands as the fepFesSeHz FEeS5z vs' o tive of loyalty, justice, liberty, equal right
 and national honor. Shall we say to tn
 world that America repented of her nobl
 deeds, and in shameful indolence surreI
 dered to her rebels in peace the govern
 ment they could not destroy in war? Shal the men whom Grant paroled, and whom maenanimous country has not punished though it's laws call for their death, be ab : to boast that his soldiers surrendered hll to them at the ballot box? Or rather, th 5 question for us is, shall Connecticut alon of the New England states Connecticr , that never faltered an hour, that was ' ways in the field in advance of the sun ! mons for moro of her sons,-shall she no = in the day of universal and final triuml - vote dishonor to her soldiers graves al '- desert the contest where her flag has 8 Il ways been among the foremost? ''Soul y the assembly!' Comrades and Frient l. :.FAL1 1N' The beauty, the chivalry, t s glory of the great fight of the Nineteen It Century are on our side. The beautl1 Ill Ill old flag was left to our glorious party 'r 'r the years of danger and suffering. a- claim 1t now, and with God to help us, t. shall be Grant and Colfax that come o IT. IT. with it victoriously next November. 'I II J. R. HAwLEY, Hartford.
 Il l.. W. VESSELS, Litchteld.
 Ill WILLIAM H. NOBLE, Bridgeport. St F. W. SPAULD1Na, Moosup.
 u, N. B. GILBERT, Chester.
 Ut s. J. COREY, Rockville.
 B. B1AKEsLEE, New Haven.
 Il. E. w. WHITAKER, Hartford. 11 nt VIII. LEArHAM, Mystic River. JIG JOSEPH SELDEN, Norwich.
 no HIRAM APPELMAN, Mystic.