Year: 1868

.s. NEVER SAY DIE.


From the N Y Democrat,


No, not beaten, Democrats We
have only not won! We have
'moved upon the enemy's works" "
but have failed to carry them. But
we are not routed, thank God Our
lines are unbroken, our spirit unsub-
dued, our courage as high as ever
We are still a great army, of nearly
three millions of men, with nothing
lost in the present campaign, and the
same objects to contend for that we
have Just failed to win.


The fight goes on! 1t must go on !!
We cannot give it up! This broad
continent, baptised in the blood OF
the martyrs who made us free, and
which was thereby not only dedica-
ted as an inheritance of freedom to
their posterity, but left as q free-will
offering to all Others of their own
high, leading, governing race, OF
whatever nationality, who should
become incorporated into the citizen
ship of the Republic, cannot be sur
rendered to despotic military rule,
and made the home of q mOngrelized,
debased ,Glow-browed race of political
slaves.


No, never By the heavens above
us, and the blood-soaked, sacred soil
beneath our feet, this shall never be!
We come of a stock which spurns
the chain and defies the tyrant
Then stand to your arms, white
men of America Though the vic
tory is not won, the cause is not lost!
You are still as great, as strong as
ever! You have still country,
homes, children! Liberty, in CHAINS
still beckons you to her rescue! God
of our fathers can we hold back
from such solicitation ? Can we
give over the struggle while freedom
is denied us? Shall one-half of the
Union be surrendered to, African bar.
barism, and the whole to the tyrant'S
sway? VIII we become the willing
slaves of money-kings, and learn tC
speak?


''In bondman's key,
| With 'bated breath and whispering humble
| ness


Perish the thought! Trample OF
the suggestion, and curse the source
from which it comes. The grand
heroic old Democratic party of thu
country, of the Constitution, of lib
erty is not dead. It's work is no
done its glory is not dimmed it'
scepter is not forever departed! Borl
with the Republic, ever true to it
bearing 1t onward in its strong arms
and guiding it by its enlightened an(
patriotic councils for seventy years
in honor, freedom, prosperity, ant
greatness, it is the only historical
party of the country; it is the onl,
guardian of the Constitution; it j
the only hope of liberty! 1t canno
die and the Rupublic live The.
are bound in a common fate, as the.
are linked in common history


Then, to the Democracy of tn
Union we say, disband not, lay no
down your arms, retire not from th
field from which the enemy has fail
ed to drive you, but hold fast to you
lines, put your array in order, lool
we'll to the condition of your arms
keep your powder dry, and still fac
and press the foe Renew the fight
and keep it red-hot! Let every mai
feel that he is enlisted for the wal
and resolve that the war shall neve
end until the foe be conquered, an
freedom be won


Remember that it is a battle fo
life! For the life of the Republic
Aye, and for the lives of your chi
dren, who, if we do not save then
will perish in bonds. Then pluck u
resolution, and make the fight as de'
perate as the case is urgent. B
every man hero, with but on
thought, to save his country an
make it again 1.-THE land of the free!
''No fearing, no doubling, thy soldiers sha


know,
When here stands his country, and yonder hi
foe;


One look at the bright sun, one prayer to IL
One glance where our banner floats glorious G


high,


Then on, as tt e young lion bounds on his prey
Let the sword flash on high, fling the scabbal


away;


Roll on like the thumderbolt over the plain;
We come back in glory, or come not again.