The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-12
THE BOYS. II BEUE.
Address OF the Soldiers aud sailors
Natlonal Republican Executive Com
HEADQ's SoIDIERs' & SAILORS NAT.
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oEPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE SOA.1
No. 446 FoURTEENTH.sT STREET.
WAsHINeToN, d. c., Aug. l, 1SoS'j
ATTENTION BOYS IN BLUE! FALL IN!
COMRADES: The din of battle has
ceased, but the conflict of ideas still
continues. The shock of arms ceased
with the surrender at Appomalto1
Courthouse, but the struggle OF Prln-
ciples still goes on. Had Abraham
Lincoln lived, doubtless our lapors anu
tolls, ere this, would have been over
and past. .x,.
Johnson into the White House revtvlh-
ed the dead rebellion and bafhed the
advance of peace. Since then the ma
| fion's life has been one ceaseless stEug-
gle with copperheads and rebels. 1hey
have filled the public Offices, they nave
sWarmed over the land in places where
only loyal men should go; North, they
have been an eye.sore and offence 10
every loyal citizen South, they have
opposed reconstruction and equal
rights, and now organize their hu hlu6
! KIaus, In defiance OF the spirit ana CIV
| ilization of the age. The Democratlc
party, unabashed by its unpatrlotc anu
shameful course as party throughout
the war, now again confronts the coun-
trv with a platform and a candidate
which are at once an insult to every
living soldier, a mockery to every deao
soldier, and a reproach 10 every patriot
On the other hand we behold the Re
publican party, with their shining rec
ord of patriotic deeds, the banner OF our
country. floating proudly over them,
and the great leader of our conquering
army as their chosen champion. They
were our hearty, steadfast friends
throughout the war, they sustained us
in the field, they defended us at home,
they rejoiced over our victories and
mourned over our defeats. They fred
no rebel bullets, they recruited no rebel
armies, they gave no rebel votes. ana
now they ask us again to aid in carry
ing the nation forward 10 its natural
and logical destiny; to help secure the
rich fruits of the war in all their full
ness, to assist in grounding the Repub-
lie at last upon the immutable basis of
loyalty and justice, and equal rights
for all.
Democratic party have tit candidate
"a representative copperhead and reb-
ell in disguise. In our own U. S. Grant
we have the simple-hearted soldier and
loyal defender of the Union. The one
represents re-action-the other pro-
Rress. The one sympathized with the
Confederacy-the other fought for the
Union. The one stands on the plat
form of national repudiation-theo other
of national faith, inviolate and invio-
liable. 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, for equal and
exact justice to all men. Comrades,
the issue is plainly made up, and now
choose e.
Soldiers, it is the old cause, and the
hosts are again gathering for the con-
Tho N16 foo ia again nnfnFldH
and Grant again heads the column. He
is the same brave patriotic soldier that
led you to victory during the war. 1t
is the same flag you supported SO gal.
lantIy on many a bloody-feld. 1t is
the same glorious cause for which dur
| ing the war so many of our comrades
| laid down their lives. Shall it be said
dead died thus in vain? No; you will
not reyerse the record of the battle.
field, no; you will not prove false &c
your slain comrades, no; you will moi
now desert the old cause and turn your
| backs upon your old chief and leader,
| You will not forget the shining record
of Donelson and Vicksburg, of Chatta'
burg and Appomattox Court House,
no! But as the men of Lexington and
Bunker Hill, of Valley Forge and
Princeton, of Trenton and OF York
town, afterwards with their ballots
made Washington the first President
of the New Republic, SO you, remem-
bering our common victories, will by
your votes make Grant the first
| President of the restored Union.
The Tories and Cowboys of '76 o!
course voted against Gen. Washington
but what true soldier of the Revolution
would not have blushed with shame al
the thought OF casting vote against the
savior OF his country? So the rebels
| and copperheads of to-day will oppose
Gen. Grant. So will the deserters, the
| bounty.iumpers and draft-sneaks I; but,
surely, no soldier or patriot will follow
their ignoble example. Who wants 1t
said OF him in future years, who would
have his children and his children's
children suffer the reproach that in '6S
he voted against the great soldier and
honest man who, in '65, crushed the
pro. slavery rebellion and saved the I'm
ion2 Surely no one who loves his coun-
try, or is proud of his country's proud
est history.
Soldiers, Grant will again be victo.
rious. The omenS are all suspicious
He has never yet been defeated-let us
then again form line, and move into
battle. Let the drums beat, and the
buEles sound; advance the colors along
the whole line; and now, with Gods
help, and in the name ofhumanity and
our country, let MS everywhere charge
the enemy home. By order of the Com.
mittee.
n. a. BAREuM, Chairman.
N. P. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
3 MlIhs A. 4. smGTH, Assist sec'ys.
Butler and Grant.