Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-10-27
ssT Es---VOL. 20, NO. n.
Atrocious Democratic Advice and its
Fruits.

Col. John W. Forney, Of Pennsyl-
vania, telegraphed from Philadelphia
to Mr.. Washburn. October 14th, say
ing SAT least eight thousand illegal
"votes were folled in Philadelphia,
"and the scenes of bIoodshed and
death were wholly without parallel.
THE city was like great battle
ground" We find copied into the
Philadelphia Inquirer, paper as near
ly neutral in its editorial columns as
al honest journal well can be in these
times. the following:
The Philadelphia Univer8e, claim
ing to be the oldest Catholic paper
in America, has the following edito~
rial in its last issue -
"The election for this State will
take place on the Jay after tomor.
row. Like good patriots and true
''msmbers Of the community, WE HOPE
THAT EVERY CITIZEN WILL VOTE IN
'THE MORNING, LATE AT NIGHT, AND As
OFTEN AS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY
u the right Of SuBrdgeis great pole
"lcaI right, it deserves as frequent en-
"erciSc as it is possible to gre It on the
"ddyS Of test. 1t is true that thore
"are malignant laws for the punish>
'ment of the patriotic act of voting
more than once at one and the same
election. But II is people toithoW any
''pnbLic spirit that are AFRAID of these
"bad statutes. The citizens of true
national courage never shrink from
"the penalty OF imprisonment and
''mulctation attached to them but
''skillfuIIy and boldly they both
"circumvent and defy them-thus
doing high honor to their manhood
''and important service to their coun
"try. THE..oNLY WAY TO COVER AN OPP
"PosING PARTY.wITH THE SHAME OF DE
PEAT IS To VOTE AS OWEN AGAINST IT
"As POSSIBLE. AS in the field of war
against treason and invasion, every
soldier is bound, by the laws ofpride,
Justice, humanity, and valor, to give
"hls musket no rest in sending bullets
''into the camp of the enemy, so in
"the more important contest Of the
scramble for the offices Of the nation,
'each good citizen is under most
sacred duty to be as continuous as
tever he can in putting votes in the
"ballot>box against the specializing
"faction that would have all the good
things of this glorious Republic to
"itselt. Therefore we say, GO TO TIE
'PoLLs EARLY, GO TO THEM LATE, AND
go To THEM AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN DU.
"RING THE DAY. Universal suffrage
means nothing if it does not justify
this"
We copy the above to ahow the
diabolism of partyism when infamed
with religious zeal. The Catholic
church and religion is not at all re-
sponsible for the course of such pa
pers The editors are no doubt
hired with money to seduce ignorant
people to SO act as to overturn the
government Catholics who have
been long while in America are not
deceived by such papers as the I'M
uerSe. T. is such Catholics as have
but lately arrived from Europe who
are misled by the Universe. We do
not think there is a Catholic in Grant
County who would obey the UniUeyse
not one. But in the great cities
there are maryland such arc always
misled by democrats. The Amori-
canized Catholics are as patriotic as
any people. And every such Amer
icanized Catholic, who believes in q
republican government will rejoice
and bless Almighty God that this
party Of Copperheads who support
Seymour and Blair, is about to be
blotted from existence! And may
heaven hear their prayers.