Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-10-27
THE TRUMPETs SOUNDING.


are closing up, and the bugle notes are sound
ing. The press is receiving new life and
vitality, and forward to. victory" is now the
watchword. Within the.las week the fires
have been kindled anew, and the steady tramp
of the millions who are marching to the
defence of the Constitution, r. animates the
wavering, and they drop into line.
Like ray of sunshine piercing the tempest
riven cloud, is the news that the banners of
the Democracy again move forward. The
Petersburg Inder well says, that the columns
are reformed, the hosts march onward, and the
faithful masses pour, like mountain torrents,
to the convergent point of alljtheir hopes
their platform and their candidates.
The late crisis has tried the gold of the
party and found it pure and the great army
of the Constitution has been startled into
indignant energy, reused to wild determine
ton, maddened into fatalsm of resolve, by
the picture of ruin lately presented to their
gaze. ''i- e; =e
No stragglers now! The National Com
mittee sounds the! trnmpetj and from the
embattled ramparts Of Constitutional liberty,
til rough the floating smoke of hard fought
fight, smites the fash and .peals the thunder
which tells that our flag is still there.
No faint hearts now! The Democracy of
the Empire State furnish the rallying point
Our leader has not fallen. His white plume
is still waving in the van of gallant contestants
"Follow me-" The voice of SEYMOUR rises
above the din of warfare, the confusion of
gathering forces, the shifting and maneuvring
of the mighty hosts. He has come to the
front, instead of leaving the field He has
seized the flag, not ordered its surrender. He
sounds the charge, not the retreat.
The hideous phantom of schism recedes
from sight. Its bare shadow has called Forth
storm of patriotism. United as one man
the Democracy of the land will march up
against the strongholds of despotism.
And, whatever betides a single trial of
strength, there is no danger now of parting
of that cable which binds this Government
to lis destiny of Republicanism. Tho army
of the Constitution stands firm. That rock
of their hopes must fly from its base ere they
abandon its defence.
The music of the Union sounds CHEEKY
still across the border. Now let the South
take up its stirring notes, and swell the mighty
chorus. Let Kentucky IS one hundred thousand
fseemen answer the feeble shout of Indianas
hireling six hundred Let New York drown
the voice of Pennsylvania last uncertain
call. Let North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Arkansas, cancel the ingratitude
of Ohio to her mother Virginia. Let louisiana
answer Maine: and Maryland and Delaware
silence Vermont and New Hampshire. Let
Missouri cancel Wisconsin, and New Jersey
and Oregon say "never" to Illinois. Let
West Virginia shake of her chains, and
Connecticut and California respond in the
tones of Liberty to the flnatical verdict of
Massachusetts, let Colorado and Kansas, over
match the fraud of Tennessee. There is the
material for good fight remaining to the
faithful, and it must be entered with that in
domitable resolve of perseverance which shall
add another shining example to the immortal
truth:
.sFrecdoms battle once begun,
Bcqueathed from bleeding sire TO >on,
Though often lost ID ever won.''
AS an addendum to the above, we append
the following from the West Chester { Pa
| JeferSonidn-an extract from its stirring ap-
peal to the Democrats Of that State for the
Presidential struggle, and an invocation to
'' clear the old ship for action"
"The smoke of the great political battle
which has enveloped the States of Ohio, In
diana and Pennsylvania, has now been dissi>
pated, and we can clearly see the field before
| us. In Indiana which was Ii, 900 against US
at the last election, the radical majority is not
now l 900. The fight in that State has, in
| fact, been drawn one. The home of the
radical candidate for Vice President, Mr..
| Colfax, which was expected to give 10000
radical majority at the October election, has
disappointed all their calculations The most
sanguine Republican who has hitherto claim
ed it as certain for the ticket, will admit that
it now hangs trembling in the balance, with
an even chance for the Democracy.
In Pennsylvania the radicals, on a poll of
more than 600, 600, have a small apparent
majority for their State ticket, but it is SO
little per centage of the whole vote as to be
n very unsafe element for future calculations.
This meager result has been achieved by base
frauds. Many thousand naturalized citizens
had their votes rejected throughout the State
by dishonest radical judges of the election
many more, in fact, than was necessary to
have carried it for the Democracy. They
must vote in November. The Democracy of
/ the old keystone State-which is VIGOROUSLY
Democratic-can easily redeem it at The COM
! ing election. All that is wanted to secure
that result is bold and vigorous canvass.
bn of
which the radicals had at the last Congress
sional election, has dwindled down to some
II 900, and accompanying the loss is the sup
planting of four radical members of Congress
with four Democrats. In Indiana and Penn
! sYlvanla We have also made nrer dishonest