Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-10-06

word of the rumor against Sehenck.
Yet they expect you to believe every
thing that is got up, and to stay at
home, or throw away your votes, be-
cause they have set scandal aAoat,
and expect you to believe it as honest
ly as Chicken Little, who ran away
from shadow and cried: "The sky
has fallen, and part of it fell on my
tail!' Now this is the Democratic
hope-that goa will elect their men.
4. But suppose that you don't wish
to do that. Then you must do lust
what we said. Wake up, Republicans,
and come along! If you do that the
Democrats viii be routed, horse, foot
and dragons. They are essentially
weak and demoralized, but expect you
to help them You cou Id have no
greater evidence of this than the nomi-
nations they have made in Ohio. They
dare not nominate real Democrats in
Ohio, except in two or three districts
where they have clear majorities. They
have nominated old Wings, who, when
the Whis party was broken up, went
to any party for its spoils. They be
longed to the class of the Vicar of
Bray, who, having turned his coat with
Stuart, Cromwell, and William, sung:
Whatsoever King shall reign, sir,
I'll be the Vicar of Bray, sir.
This ballad ought to be committed
to memory by Cary, Campbell, Hub
bell, Cartwright and Van Trump. 1t
must be real comfort for old-fashioned
Democrats to vote for such men as
thesel
But could there possibly be stronger
evidence of the utter Generalization of
the Democratic party than these NOM
nations? But that is not our business.
Our business is to say to you Republi-
cans, rake up! if you don't want to be
beaten by lot of turncoats who, new
ertheless, are the candidates of the Sc
cession party. Well, what shall We do?
Do as they have begun to do in Gin
cinnati-haye your wards, precincts
and townships thoroughly organized.
See that you know your own voters,
and see you bring them out. You
have nothing to do with the other side.
There are two principles of practical
politics:
l. See that you are right, as David
Crockett said, then go ahead. The
ego ahead is Just as important as to
be right. Right is not an abstraction
in this world to be left to find its own
way. 1t is thing to be acted on, to
be fought for. to be worked for, and to
be carried out by practical, straight
forward action.
g. Let this action be working or
ganization. Get up township clubs,
precinct committees, and observe the
great rule, "bring out your own men,
no matter what your opponents do"
We talk out in meeting because if the
Republicans do this, it is no matter
what their opponents may do. But if
the Republicans sleep on as they are
now doing, then they will elect the
Democratic candidates by the simple
process of staying at home. If they
really mean TO do this, it is all right,
and we hope they will feel comfortable
and satisfied after the election.
But if you do not mean that, then
we say organize, organize, aOork. Ohio
will not poll its full vote at this election.
OF course the question is, which party
will be the most active and the most
vigilant? Republicans, you must an
swer for yourselves. Ifto preserve the
unity, stability and true constitutional
policy of this nation was worth half
million lives and three thousand mil
lion dollars, is it not worth your while
to vote? Answer for yourselves.
E. d. NJ.
Morrow, September "a.