The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-01
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
To the Grant Clubs of Ohio and
Indiana.

To the Grant Clubs OF OHIO ana
Indiana.
|, You were organized with great
alacrity and zeal, and have done
much for the great cause in which
you are engaged. But with all your
zeal, and all your displays. you will
have lost your labors if you do not
give day or two's time to an eff
cient poll work. You have the
strength to carry Gin the whole
country twenty seven States and
half a million majority, or the popu
lar vote. If we did not believe you
had this strength, I'VE would not write
this article; for minority had best
work quietly, and keep their ideas
and plans to themselves. But the
Union Republican strength is too
great to need any secrecy, and,
therefore, we write openly what is to
be done if the Grant clubs Of Iudi-
ana and Ohio want to succeed. The
country is flooded with speakers on
both sides, all Of which is necessary
to awaken the people and place the
truth before their minds. But the
great and only thing to be done at
the election, is to bring out the
whole loyal vote. If that is done
nothing need be feared. If a certain
township, for example, has 327 Re-
publican votes, 259 Democratic and
% doubtful, you have two things to
do: First, give the doubtful voters
all the light and Information you can
anc attempt no deception of any
sort. Deal with them frankly and
truly. Place before them what is
the fact, that the Democratic decla-
ration that the reconstruction acts
are unconstitutional and void !;
Blair's letter, that if Democratic
President is elected, he must over
turn them by force; the speeches of
the Southern oratars-Hampton,
Forrest, Hill & Co.-male the issue
of the campaign simply and only the
rebellion revived. War or peace I.
Blair says war; Grant says peace !!
Choose ye. Place these things be-
fore the doubtful, but mainly and
certainly get every Union Republi-
lican voter to the polls. Now, sup
pose you do this, or, you are indif-
ferent, and pay little attention to
the voters, what will be the result in
either case? In the first case, you
will at least divide the doubtful, and
out of % get IL, and bring all your
voters out. In the second, you will
lose four-fifths Of the doubtful, and
about a tenth of your whole vote
will be absent. Now, let us count
up, and see how the results will
stand
In the first case (supposing the
Democrats all vote), it will be 1927
Republicans, and IL doubtful, max
ing 33S Union votes against 259
Democratic, II doubtful, making
271, and giving 67 Union major
ity.
In the second case, you will get
295 Republicans and 5 doubtful,
making 800, and 277 Democratic.
giving only % Union majority. You
have lost A you might, with dill
gence, have had. Let the first course
be adopted, and Indiana will give
10000 Republican majority. Take
the second course, and the Republi-
cans will lose the State. It is the
knowledge Of this fact which alone
encourages the Democrats to go on
at all. They know, as well as we,
that except Kentucky, there is not
a State in the West, which has a
Democratic majority. But with that
knowledge they are nevertheless
working zealously and earnestly,
because they know that a little lack
of diligence in the Republicans,
some votes imported from Ken
lucky, and the general chapter of
accidents, may give them chance.
There are three men in these two
States who think that chance is worth
fighting hard for, and they are doing
it. These men are Thomas A. Hen
bricks, George H. Pendleton and
Clement L. Vallandigham. If they
do not succeed, neither of them will
ever again be Of political import
ance in the mocratic parJy-for
that party will then be forced to
. adopt the conservative policy, which
came near being adopted in New
York. The end of rebellion and of
Copperheads will have come; the
country will be restored to peace,
and the demagogues who have so
long kept up the fires Of rebellion,
| by their sympathies, be consigned
to an Infamous memory. Men of
the Grant Clubs, you can do this
but to do it you must work kindly,
but diligently, to the last hour OF
the election day. You will not
think it presumption if we point out
a few things which ought to be done,
and done at once.
| 1. 1t is only short time till the
election, and let Grant club be
formed in every township, and a
committeeman appointed for each
school district. By dividing the
work it can easily be done without
a burden on any one person.
2. Make a list in each school dis
trict, with each legal voters name,
and put them in three columns, Uni
on, and Democrats, and doubtful
With this list the canvassers and
speakers will know exactly what to
do.
3. This list, if accurately made
and copied, must be given to your
challengers and judges. With it,
you can do two things Of absolute
necessity; one is, you can prevent
illegal voting, for illegal votes are
always against your cause; and,
secondly, on election day you can