The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
REPUBLICANS, DO YOUR DUTY!

Seventy years ago the 21st Of this
month occurred one of the most famous
and decisive naval battles ever fought
one which decided the fate OF England,
and even of liberty itself. Napoleon
Bonaparte who had been marching OF
from victory to victory, and meeting with
most unparalleled success wherever his
armies went, had concluded to invade En-.
gland, and in order TO do SO, he knew it
would be necessary to destroy the English
navy, so he could control the Channel.
He had boosted to his officers that LET US
be masters of theChannel six hours and We
are masters of the world" He had formed
powerful alliances. His Admiral had united
the Spanish fleet with his own and by o
fuse tried to draw Admiral Nelson Squad
ron away from home so far that before he
could return theFrench and Spanishvessels
could destroy the English fleet in the chan
mel, but Nelson pursued them, and on
the 21st of October the two fleets met off,
Cape Trafalgar. Here Nelson run up the
memorable motto England expects every
man to do his duty" Every man on the
English boats did his duty, and what was
the result ? A grand and glorious victory.
England was saved, the combined fleets
of the French and Spaniards was almost
wholly destroyed, and the power of Ma
poleon began to wane.
VIE would like to draw from this liistori
col Fact, u parallel for fire benefit Of our.
g~sepI6fean rea8ers and friends IN lama
County. England had been before these
events very much divided and torn UP by
factions and parties. Napoleon seeing
shA state of affairs unitedAa1 classes with
in INFORMED alliances with every nstiox he
could, and &etermAed to rule England,
but no sooner wss this peril staTifg them
IN the face fhan the English People in
suited as ONE a Il is 5ust so with the
Republican party in lama County Two
years ago it was divided Mp into factions.
The Democracy being aware of the fact
formed al alliances. they could. detcrmin.
sd on getting into power. They united
the old eopperheads, the pro-slavery
Democrats, ~Sore-headed Republicans, dis
appointed Office seekers, and in fact my
G,ody and everybody who could vote, and
10y this means carried the election. They
are this fall doing the same thing, and we
hope the Republicans will see the dan
ger and unite, and, as in the case of En-
gland, achieve glorious victory. We would
ike to say to the Republican voters Eof
Tama S;oHnty, and have it ring in their
ears all the time until after next Tuesday
THE Republican party expects every Re-
publican to do his duty" And the first
aud principal duty is to come out and vote.
rFhe next duty is to see that all his ReDub-
iican friends vote. Let no Republican
stay away frcm the polls and say he has
no interest in the election. The opposi.
fion lave resorted to every low, mean and
dcspicablc trick, told lies enough to con-
sign them individually aud collectively
to perdition, and conducted their part OF
the campaign in the most undcrhanded and
INSCRIPTIONS manncr with the hope of
carrying the election this fall, and Il be-
hooves every Republican to come out a1dI
10 his share towoFds defeating them in
aseir schemes,