Year: 1864

the rebellion now totterlng to Its tall :
not to give the rebels time To renew
their strength for fresh conflicts not
to aid those who would aid them In
overthrowing our Government, in de-
stroying our Union, in plunging into
a chaos of anarchy the great commu-
mites Of which the Constitution makes
one great and glorious nation, and in
thus extinguishing, finally and forev-
er, the hopes of all who have faith in
freedom and the rights Of man.


We call upon the people 10 bear in
mind that, 10y whatever suphistrics
they may cloak their purposes, the
Chicago Convention neither condemns
the action Of the Richmond rebels, nor
proposes to expel them against their
will, or by any exercise of force.
from the seats Of power they have
usurped. In all essential respects the
action that Convention took accords
with the results the rebels seek. Both
desire cessation Of hostilities. Both
denounce, with unsparing bitterness,
the Government Of the United States.
and both alike seek its overthrow.
Both demand that the attempt to con-
quer armed rebellion by force Of arms
shall be abandoned. And both de-
mand that, when the Government Of
the United States shall have passed
into the hands of the men opposed to
an armed defence Of the Governments
against rebellion, the war shall end by
peaceful conference Of these allied
powers. What, more than this, could
the rebels ask or need for the consum-
nation of all their plans We call
upon the people to bear in mind that
if they elect the candidates of the
Chicago Convention, they arrest the
Government in the execution of it's
plans and purposes, on the very eve
of their fnltillment, and one-third of
a year before any new Administration
can take its place. The interval will
be one Of hope and confidence for the
rebels, and of exulta,ion for their al
lies in the loyal States. In the West.
crn States, armed preparations have
already been made by the disciples
and advocates of secession, to follow
the example of the South aud sever
the West from the Federal Union.
The success Of the Chicago pro.
grammc in November will be the sig
nal for carrying these designs into
execution, and the fourth Of March
will dawn upon new Western Con-
federacy, aiming at independence, de-
flying the power of the national arms,
and cooperating with the slave DOW.
er Of the Southern States in blotting
from existence the free Republic Of
the Western world.


ROUSE AND RALLY FOR LINCOLN, LIBERTY


AND THE UNION


We call upon the people to crush
all these schemes, and TO brand their
authors and allies with their lasting
reprobation. We call upon them 10
support the Government, to quell tho
rebellion, TO defend and preserve the
Union. We call upon them to stand
10y the President, who, under circum.
stances of unparalleled difficulty. has
welded the power of the nation with
unfalteriEg courage and fidelity, with
integrity which even calumny has not
dared to impeach, and with wisdom
and prudence, upon which success is
even now stamping the surest and
the final seal. His election will pro-
claim to the world tue unaltered and
unalterable determination of the
American people TO quell the rebellion
and save the Union. Ii will strike
down forever the false hopes and
expectations of the rebel Govern
ment, and proclaim TO the people of
the rebel States that their only hone
Of peace lies in abandoning their hos
tility to the Government, and resum-
ing their allegiance to the Constitu-
ton and laws of the United States.


We call upon the Union commit
tees and Union Leagues, and upon
all loyal associations in every State,
county and town, to perfect their Or
ganlZations to infuse fresh yigor
and activity in their operations to
canvass carefully and promptly their
respective districts to circulate docu-
ments and newspapers containing Just
and forcible expositions of the merits
OF our cause TO combat by assem-
blages of the people in public meet
ings, by public speeches, by conver-
sation. by letter and personal appeals.
and in all jnst and proper modes, the
deceptive and perilous sophistries of
the agents and political allies of tho
rebellion. Let them be on their guard
against the arts of corruption and of
intrigue which will be brought with
Inscriptions desperation to bear up-
on them. The rebel Government, and
those Foreign Powers most deeply in
terested in our destruction. could we'll
afford to expend millions in over
throwing this Administration, and
placing in power the nominees and
representatives of the Chicago Con-
vention.


THE SKIES ARE BRIGHTON TO VICTORY /!


The skies are bright and full of
promise. The lion-hearted citizen
soldiers of the Republic march with
steady step and unfaltering purpose
to a speedy and glorious victory.
The heart Of the people beats true to
the Union. Every triumph Of the
Union arms over the rebel troops
arouses afresh the courage and conf .
dence of the Union men, and chills the
heart and decimatcs the ranks Of tho
submission secessionists represented
at Chicago. A Union victory in No.
vember will end the long aud labori-
ons strife. 1t will paralyze the arm
of the rebellion. 1t will disperse it's
armies, destroy the hope by which
the despotism at Richmond now holds
It's subjects in bondage, release tho
people of the Southern States from
their enforced disloyalty. and givo
them again the blessings Of self Gov
ernment within the Union and under
the protecting Constitution and the
flag OF the United States. 1t will ena-
/ Die our own Government 10 exchange,