Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-26
Soldiers and Sailors Appeal.

! Inc IOliOWlig surfing appear vi thc col-
ders' and Sailors National Republican Ex-
ecutive Committee, issued at Washington.
| D. c., Aug lst 1865, has the true ring, and
will find a response in the bosom Of every
/ loyal man in Vermont, who fought 70 put
down the great rebellion. Gar Green
Mountain boys understand Seymour's war
record too we'll to give him aid or comfort in
this second grand struggle for the honor,
safety and welfare of oar country
| COMRADES The din of battle has ceased.
but the conflict of ideas still continues The
shock of arms ended with the surrender ut
| Appomattox Court House, but the struggle
Of principles still goes on. Had Abraham
Lincolp lived, doubtless our lab)rs and tolls,
ere tH ew 68qfbat t hfAEa RefA oyer aRd
son into the White House rcyiyfed the dead
rebellion and baticd the advance of peace.
Since then the nations life has been one
ceaseless struggle with copperheads and
rebels They have filled the public offices,
they have swarmed over the land in places
where only loyal men should go North.
they have been an eye-sore and otfcnsc To
every loyal citizen South, they have OPP
posed reconstruction and equal rights, and
now organize their ku-kluxklans. in dc
fiance of the spirit and civilization of the
age The Democratic party, unabashed by
it's unpatriotic and shameful course as
party throughout the war, now again con-
fronts the country with platform and
candidate which are at once an insult To
every living soldier, mOckery to every dead
soldier and reproach to every patriot in
the land.
On the other hand we behold the Repub-
lcan party, with. their shining record of
patriotic deeds, the banner Of country
II - Z.
leader of our conquering army as their
chosen champion. They were our hearty.
steadfast friends throughout the war, they
sustained in the field, they defended
at home. they rejoiced over our victories and
mourned over our defeats they fired no rebel
bullets, they recruited rebel armies,
and now they ask US again to aid in
carrying the nation forward to it's natural
| and logical destiny to help secure the rich
fruits of the war in all their tulness, to as
sist in grounding the Republic at last on the
immutable basis of loyalty and Justice, and
equal rights for all
Soldiers, in Horatio Seymour the Demo-
cratic party have fit candidate, Il rcpresen-
, tative copperhead and rebel in disguise. In
our own L. S. Grant have the simple
; honest soldier and loyal defender of the
Union. The one represents reaction, the
} other progress. The one sympathized with
, the Confederacy, the other fought for the
Union The one stands on the platform of
National Reputation, the other of National
Faith inviolate and inviolable. 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. Com
rades the issue is plainly made up, and now
, choose ye.
E Soldiers, it is the old cause, and the hosts
n are again gathering for the conflict. The
old flag is again unturled and Grant again
heads the column. He is the same brave
patriotic soldier that led you to victory dur
ing the war. 1t is the flag you sup
ported SO calamity many bloody field.
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, that we
fought all in vain, and that our dead died
t thus in vain? No; you will not reverse the
O record of the battle field ; you will not prove
false to your slain comrades; you will not
> desert the old cause and turn your backs up
on your old chief and leader. You will not
: forget the shining record Of Donelson and
E |lcksburg, of Chattanooga and the Wilder
ness, of Petersburg and Appomattoy Court
House, no ! But as the men OF Lexington
and Bunker Hill, and Valley Forge and
v Princeton, of Trenton and of Yorktown after
' wards with their ballots made Washington
. the first President of the New Republic. SO
you, remembering our common victories. will
by your votes make Grant the first President
b Of the restored Union. The Tories and Cow
n boys of l776 of course voted against General
:, Washington, but what true soldier of the
: Revolution would not have blushed with
d shame at the thought of casting vote
o against the saviour of his country? So the
y rebels and copperheads of to-day, will op
3 pose General Grant. So will the deserters,
e the bounty jumpers, and draft sneaks, but
surely, no soldier patriot will follow their
lgnoble example-who wants it said of him
D IN future years, who would have his children
and his children's children suffer the re-
proach, that in 1868 he voted against the
great Soldier and honest man, who in 1865
' crushed the Pro-Slavery Rebellion and
l saved the Union Surely no one who loves
) his country, or is proud of his country's
proudest history.
; Soldiers, Grant will again be victorious.
; The omens are all suspicious. He has never
yet been defeated-let US then again form
line and move again into battle. Let the