Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30

cratic party will be discouraged by the
prospect Of the inevitable defeat of their
candidate for President. The leaders will
sull struggle for local successes, and will
bring out their full party vote. Their fol.
lowers, the great mass Of them, do not and
will not know, before the 3d of Novem.
Der, that their party has been everywhere
routed in the October elections.
Whoever expects to witness the masses
of the Democratic party dismayed, under.
stands little of the nature Of that party.
There is nothing so intrepid as ignorance
A band OF hundred savagcs on our west.
ern borders, will array themselves against
the whole power of the United States.
They experience no encouragement, be.
cause they cannot comprehend the odds
against them. They only know they are
beaten when they feel the actual physical
impact of overwhelming force.
II, therefore, behooves the Republicans
to push on the good work with the same
energy and zeal as il the result were
wholly in doubt We are sure of victory
only ON the condition that we omit moth.
ing that can be done to make victory GER
tain.
Let the Republicans, then, everywhere
labor with an energy that knows no abate.
Committees, Town Committees, Grant and
Collax Clubs, "Boys in Blue" each and all
should see that everything possible is
done to promote our success and give EN-.
phasis to our victory. Nor should the
work be left to these alone. Each Repub.
lican should give his individual efforts.
livery Republican voter must be at the
polls on the 3D. day of November.
1t Is not merely the election of our can
didates for which we should strive. Our
aim should be to give them, and the prin-
clples they represent, the moral support
of an immense msjority--.a majority that
shall indicate the strength and determine
tion of that sentiment in the country
which has inflexibly resolved that the Just
fruits of the nations victory over the re-
bellion shall not be surrendered, and that
the public faith, pledged to the protection
of the creditors, and pledged to the pro
lection of the Union men in the South,
shall not be violated or put in jeopardy by
intrusting it to the keeping of men of
doubtful or reasonable antecedents.
To this end, we ask you at once to go
about the practical measures necessary to
bring out the full Republican vote in the
several precints of the State Here are
some essential things to be done:
/. If not already prepared, make out at
once u full list of the voters of your re-
spective precints, classifying them accord
ing to their political character.
2. Appoint committee, assigning to
one or more of its members the duty of
standing at the polls on election day, and
checking the names of the voters on the
list prepared as above suggested, as they
vote, while the other members, provided
with teams, are sent for such Republicans
as are likely TO be laggard and neglectful
3. Appoint large vigilance committee
to attend the polls throughout the day,
and challenge all persons concerning
whose right to vote there is any doubt
4. Attend to the Republican voters of
foreign birth, and see that their papers are
legal. BY the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court, ali declarations of intention
to become a citizen, made before deputy
Clerk of the Court outside the Clerk 8
office, are illegal and worthless. In all
such cases new papers should be obtained
from the Clerk himself. .l ..t ,.,r
g. Make timely provicion for an abun-
dant supply of tickets, and be certain before
using them that they areI accurately
printed. s..rr-ts t-,.l--.trs -H-
If these suggestions are generally
duOpbCu bulOuBu Vic DbdJSJ VIC Cdu COu-
fidently rely upon an unprecedented vote
for Grant and Colfax, and majority such
as will give every Republican just cause
to be proud of Wisconsin.
In conclusion, fellow Republicans, we
again appeal to you to be unremitting in
your efforts. Push the breaking ranks of
the false Democracy with unabated
energy. Pres after them as Gen. Grant
pressed upon the fugitive masses of Lees
routed army. Let the nearness and the
certainty of your victory bring access of
zeal and enthusiasm. Make your triumph
an impressive one. Place Wisconsin in
the front rank of Republican States fore
most in her staunch attachment to that
great party which has successfully main
tained the national life through the most
formidable as well as the most wicked of
rebellions, which has destroyed slavery,
which has secured from European powers
a recognition Of that right of expatriation
so important to the American citizen of
foreign birth, and which, in the homely
but weighty words of the marTyred Presi-
dent, affirms "the right of every man to
be the equal of every other man if he
can"
l-s HORACE RUBLEE, Chairman.
J. r. BRIGHAM, A. w. STARKs, ''
G. w. HAzELToN, A. SCoTT SLOAN,
]. r. BENNETT, A. GUHsNIER,
ALLEN WARDEN, JOHN t. KINGSTON.
Lutte A. TAYLOR.