The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-31
Boys in Blue"

The Republi an organization
known as the "Boys in Blue" is
again in the field and will work
strenuously to secure the election of
Garfield and Arthur. The associa-
ton was started some years since
and did good service in thecampaign
of 1876. In 1877 General Grant was
made chairman of the organization,
succeeding General Dix, who had re-
signed. In January last the officers
commanding sections in the various
States were instructed to organize ac-
lively for the Presidential campaign,
and week since General Grant was
requested to take some action look
ing to have general order issued to
the entire association of the country.
General Grant responded as follows !;
MANIToU, Coll, July 81, 80.
Colonel Drake DeKdy, Adjuaat Gen
erat "Boys IN Btue," Neao York
City:
Pulish order telegraphed. In my
opinion the best interests of the whole
country, North and South, demand
the success of the ticket headed by
Garfield and Arthur.
U. S. GRANT.
HEADQUARTERS UNION VETERANS UN1oN,)
'BoYS IN BLUE"
NEW YORK, July 22d, 1850. }
GENERAL ORDERS NO. !.
I. The members for each state of the Ma
tionl Committee of the Union Veterans
Union Will at once proceed TO organize the
boys in Blue" in their respective States to
promote the election of Garfield and Arthur.
II. The organization of Boys in Blue" wall
report to the department commanders in
their respective States. BY order of
u. S. GRANT,
Commander in Chief Boys in Blue"
DRAKE DEKAY, Adjutant General.
Immediately following this the
New York branch ofthe Order Issued
tine following address;
July 81, 1880.
TO the Onion Soldiers and Sailors of
the State Of Ne0 York:
1t was your fortune to oppose in
Surrection. and to save your country
in the pains of rebellion. War sum.
moned you to the ranks its end saw
you return to the vocation of peace.
But your work was not done The
enemy you had conquered in the
field withstOod you at the polls and
in three successive Presidential cleo
tiOns was your work in the war
crowned with the affirmative suffrage
of the Nation. A fourth election APP
prOaches, and effort is preparing to
seize from you by deceit what other
means have failed to reach. Your
adversary is the same-the Demo-
cratic party. Its doctrines are the
same-State rights, and the justiti
cation ofsecession and rebellion; ha-
tired to the war hostility 10 Union
soldiers and Sailors opposition to
their claims upon their country for
the relief of themselves, their wild
Ows and orphans. You did not trust
the Democratic party during the war.
Which of its acts since the surrender
OF Appomattox renders it worthy of
your trust now? Its desperate for
tunes compelled its nomination of a
general of the Union army for the
Presidency-a new figure-head but
the same old hulk! A thousand
generals of the Union army received
to its embraces could not palliate or
annul the terrors and bloodshed with
which the Democratic party has
Untitled and again sets in the field a
solid South against the patriotic vol
unteers of the peace-loving North.
The struggle is again upon us. 1t is
our country that call. Let the name
of no soldier or sailor be wanting the
muster who marched or fought Tor
the Union.
In the historic words of our great
commander, Push things"
Your COMRADES IN ARMS.