The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-06-20

office with honor and distinction.
Honest and upright men have been
nominated for your Representatives in
Congress, pledged to stand by Grant
and the country. Why then, again l
ask, should he and they rot receive
your support? The history of Grant, is
known to you and to the whole world. |
Educated at West Point, he served with
distinction through the Mexican war,
and when it was ended, unwilling to be
drone, resigned his commission, and en-
gagged in the pursuit of civil life. Leaving
his peaceful pursuits at the commence
ment of the rebellion, he joined, the army,
and soon advanced to the rank of Major
general commanding an army. After
varied and important services, he moved
upon the enemy's works at Donelson,
and compelling their commander, Buck
ner, to surrender, with $4,000 prisoners
of war. Soon after he grappled with
Beaureguard, on the field of Shiloh,
and drove him and his routed army from
the field. Resolved to open the naviga-
tion Of the Mississippi River, he ran its
batteries, fought and defeated Gen.
johnson, chased the rebel Gen. Pember-
ton into Vicksburg, and forced him to
surrender, with 10000 prisoners of war
Applause Advanced to the conf
mand of all the armies of the West, he
fought and defeated Bragg at Chattan-
ooga, shattered his army and delivered
that vast territory from the hands of the
rebels. Advanced still higher, as
Lieutenant-General he changed his
headquarters to the Potomac Forty
days marching and fighting through
the Wilderness drove Lee and his army
into Richmond. Compelled to evacuate
that city, Lee was chased to Appomattox
Courthouse, and forced to surrender
himself and his armies aud men as
prisoners of war, which practically
brought the rebellion to an end. Zap
plause.1 And no,c l ask, achat reason
has any man to Uote against Gen,
G; ant? His capacity and integrity for
cica administration aoere equally mani
fest IN the Udst territories IN qUhich he
operated. If any man among you
would chide from the boy the musket
and knapsack that his father carried at
Donelsonville, at Vicksburg, upon
Lookout Mountain, throughout the Will
derDess, before Richmond, at Five
Forks, at Appomattox Courthouse, and,
shouldering proudly, marched with two
hundred thousand of his fellow-soldiers
through the streets of Warrington and
around the Capitol and Executive Mau-
sion that he defended with his life Tor
years, in the long march, the wearisome
siege and the storm of battle-let such
a man vote against Gen. Grant Zap.
plause. Is there is any man among
you that would blot from the page Of
our history the story of these great
achievements, let him draw black lines
around them, and write across their face
II have no share in these great deeds
: for | voted against Grant" Applause.
Is there any man among you who would
compel the armies of the Potomac, Of
7 the banks of the Ohio, of the Cumber.
land, of the Tennessee, and of the Gulf
to be again gathered at the tap of thc
drum, and surrendered as prisoners o
war to Lee and johnson, Beauregard
and Forrest, and Johnston? Let hiu
vote against Gen. Grant. Applause.
If there is man among you who ha,
forgotten that bright Summer Sabbatl
day wAen the little Monitor as sh
steamed out against the new sea moutor
I the Merrimac, and before noon drew he
shattered and crippled to port; if ther
Y is any man who would have rejoiced t.
e behold cannon ball shatter Farragut a
. lashed to his mast he drove through tn
y rebel fleet and dashed them to pieces
e let that man vote against Grant. II an,
a would have Worden and Farragut an,
q Winship, and all our great Admirals
1 haul down the StaI-spangled Banner
I never again to brave the battle and tn
d breeze-if he would see theai sink il
II shame from their own quarter-decks
r and give up their ships to Maury an
d Buchanan aud Semmes and MoffatI
# while the Confederate bars and emblem
1t of slavery faunt on every sea and in ever
: State, let that man vote against Gran
= vote early ana vote often: for if Gran
S. be elected this State shall disappea
d from the frmanent before tn
e banner of the United States shall sutfe
= tarnish or shame on the land or on tn
al deep. [Applause.] If there is an
D. man among you that would reverse th
order of history, who would bring upo
m you shame aud reproach never befoi
e known among the nations of the cart
who would have the Commander of ii
United States Army deliver up b
sword and humbly bow before the reb
20 commander, let that man vote again
Or or Grant, but never again call himself g
ne American citizen, Applause
40 there is any man whose eyeballs wou
a not burn to behold Lee upon the porti
ia a Of the Capitol, with Beauregard, Pre-
ton and Forrest at his side, with 20
federate army around him; and, as Il
Government is transferred to them, i
ten to the rebel yell as it sounds on Il
=. field Of battle and in the New Yo
by Convention, loud cheels,1 let such
sr, man vote against Grant, and 60
IN Washington on the 4th of Marc
Of [Applause.] Why, then, l repei
on should any lover Of his country vc
OF against Grant, Colfax and the Repub
ar can members of Congress X