Year: 1866

members. OF the present House one
hundred aud forty-hve we're elected as
Unionists, aud forty as Democrats; in all
one hundred and eighty-i five members.
RAYMOND and some others have gone
over to the Democrats. Besides these,
eight members have since been admitted
from Tennessee. OF these five we're
elected as Unionists, and three as Demo-
Gratis. The ten still unrepresented are
entitled, under present laws to fifty.
Now under the theory Of Col Reid g
party it will require the election Of only
twenty eight more Democrats to the
House to give them, with the fifty from
the rebel States, a majority In the House.
\ Suppose this majority to exist at the or
ganizatiou Of the next Congress.


Under present laws it will be the duty
/ Of Mr.. Mcpherson, Clerk of the House,
to call the roll of States and members,
and to organize the House, suppose be
! refuses. as he assuredly will, to call the
rebel States and the members therefrOm.
/ He has no pOwer-there is no power, to
exclude them from the floor Of the Hall
/ Of the House. They viii be within tho
/ Hall When Mr.. Mcpherson refuses to
call Virginia, &c, then some Democratic
member will move that Mr.. MCPHERSON
\ be deposed on the spot from his office as
/ CLERK. and that Col. Reid or some other
AEnlOtEHAAs HkAA AAAa ANAA Va ~ laws e+AAA
members Now when this motion, which
certain to be made if there be majors
1 ity Of Democrats and rebels elected to
the next House, is made, hOl0 a0lH OF,
Reid U0teZ


Reecolect, soldiers, that with Col Reid
personallvwe have nothing to do. 1t is
as a candidate for, and as a member Of
Congress, we have to do with him. His
personal relations and my own have been
D Il II u1n AaHn aHH HHF q
would not do him any Intentional Unjust
ice But from the position Of his party,
and Of himself as a member oft, have
right to charge that he is bound to vote
to depose the acting and lawful CLERK,
and to install In his place one who will
recognize the right of the ten rebel States
to immediate aud unconstitutional adj
mission to representation, and VIII Teeog-
nize the men then and there presenting
credentials as members OF the House
from those States. He must do this to
be consistent and to be with his party,
and be will most undoubtedly do it,
Though he himself was a soldier, he is a
leader of a party made up Of all the ela-
ments of opposition to the Government
during the war, and his party expects him
to oppose the party that has saved the
country and now only seeks It's safety.
But he may say that the House will eX-
anime and determine as to the qualifca-
tions of each particular member. This
would afford no relief when once the hf-
ty are in These cases must be examined
and acted upon one by one, and when
vote is being taken on the case of one the
other forty nine are sitting as members
and voting against his expulsion, should
"A motion for such a purpose be made.
You will readily see that when once ad-
mitted to seats the chances OF expulsion
are as nothing.


You cannot fail to see a wide difference
between my position and that of my Op-
ponent. You see he is one Of a party
whose surging tide bears him along with
it. and compels him to vote to bring into
Congress fifty members who would op-
pose every interest of the country. His
one vote for you is a poor equeValent for
the fifty rebels he would aid In bringing
in to vote against you.


The soldiers OF the republic have done
a noble work. Would TO God, l could
say their work was donel But il is not.
The rebellion has appealed from the bull
let to the ballot It's friends ia the
North having failed to give the promised
aid in the war are now struggling to re-
store it to its power through the ballot
box If the people fail to return ma
iority Of Unhiuching UnlCn men to the
next Congress the rebellion will seize eV-
cry department of the Government. A
man is at the helm who, by his treason TO
his friends, has shown himself fit to take
the reins of Government at the hands Of
an assassin, aud who by his treachery is
damned to infamy too deep for an assass-
in to reach. He seems to be actuated by
the spirit of him who said, 1t Is better
to reign In b ell ! than serve in heaven.
Consious of his fitness to be the leader
of party composed of rebels, peTjurers,
fnganHTarfae Of ~
TO put down the rebellion aud all the ele-
ments Of discord and wrong IN the cOun-
try and feeling his untitness to be the
head of the great and patriotic party
which has saved the county, be now aims
at the Presidency by re organizing the re-
bellion as a political power. 1t is for tho
people who have so far saved the country
to rally, and at the ballot-boX defeat his
schemes


1t is for the people to determine wheth-
er loyal men or traitors shall rule this
country This momentous issue is now
before them 1t is for them to determine
whether all the fighting and suffering
shall be for nothing But let us not des-
pair Of the Republic. Rather let US
arouse ourselves to the great " ork before
US of saving our country from rebel rule.
In the name of Liberty and Humanity


orally rOsud tho flag, boys


Rally au.e agan-


Shouting tho battle cry Of fTesdom.0


I have written you a long and earnest
letter I know none of you personally.
But as you inform me that you have been
soldiers in the war to save our country, /
know we have a bond of union In a COM
mon love for our common country /
entreat you and all your companions in
arms and the sharers of your glory, to
look to it that your ballots tell against
the enemy and for your country, as your
bullets have done on many fields Of car
mage and of fame.


Hoping that [ viii be able to visit
Eden during the campaign, and have an
opportunity to speak to you face to face
and explain many things which / cannot
in letter, l am


Respectfully yours,


G.. S. HAMILTON.
To VIM. S. Coyner, J. B Mckay, q. w.