Year: 1863

when . man comes before the people and
sol'eits their suffrages for a high and important
position, it is but justice to them that he should
define the line of policy which he will pursue if
elevated to that position. Great and momentous
Questions are before the people of this country
tor disposition, and they cannot be eschewed or
lightly passed over. These questions must be
met-met boldly and without equiyocation, and
decided either for the regeneration of our Nation
or for its ultimate downfall. This is no time to
call maa to WELD the power and influence of
aieivil position without being pledged to use
that power and influence for the advancement of
principle As single pebble may turn the
ecaies where tons are in the balance, 20 may a
single vote decide the policy upon which hangs
the fate OF millions In the fiery ordeal through
which our country is now passing, and out of
which 1t Is to come as piece of refined gold, or
- worthless einder from the smelter's furnace.
every man must decide for himself the principles
by which he will be guided in seeking its sal
walton. He must decide whether he is for or
against the Union, and if for the Union the
policy by which it is to he upheld. We must
decide whether We will use all available means
for the suppression of the rebellion and the main
tenance of the Union--whether. despite all past
prejudice. We will strike the manacles from
the limbs Of an oppressed people, and bid
them hew their way to Freedom through the
ranks OF the enemies Of the Government We
must decide to sustain the Administration in its
acts to put down rebels in arms, and throttle
ioud-mouthed traitors in our midst, or we must
declare against those acts and become, unwill-
ingly, perhaps, allies of the enemies of the Gov
ernment 4.. r
The ticket which we present to-day to the
people of this county, for their ratification or
rejection next November. is composed of men
with principle and policy, boldly and clearly
enunciased. and by which they are determined
to stand or fall. In the preamble and resolutions
Of the Convention of October Sd, we have their
platform. They declare their undying fealty to
the Union; their desire for vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war to termination honorable to the
Government; their intention to sustain the Pres
ident in his proclamation of freedom to slaves,
and his suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
their belief that there can be but two parties
while traitors are in arms against the Govern
cnent--one supporting the Administration in its





efforts to put down rebellion, and the other
retarding those efforts; their determination to
lessen the expenses of the county as far as lies in
their power; and their willingness to accord to |
our fellow-citizens in the field. who have sacri.
feed the pleasures and comforts of home for the |
hardships and perils of the camp, that they may |
perpetuate the Union and our civil Liberties, the
right of suffrage. With these principles they |
come before the people in opposition to men who
declare they have NO party-that they will be |
hsnpered BY no pledges to the people that they |
wlA act as they see TT and proper. regardless of
any demands which the State or people have
upon them in fact. they are Independent.


Loyal men. choose ye whom you shall place
in power-men Of nndoubtsd. outapoken loyalty,
or men whose feelings o. intentions you know
nothing of. t1ai7s 91r