Show THE UNION SOLDIER f the logan journal in its issue of juno mates a desperate attempt to that the republicans stayed at home during the civil war and that the democrats went into ano war and did all the fighting and in proof of that fact the journal quotes figures but daei not say where they come rona W suppose the journal made them for th occasion the journal bays twenty two stales remained loyal to th union in asco the votes of these states wen as follow democratic vote democratic majority now this is the first time thai we have seen it elated that the democratic party a majority in 1660 we leave always been under the impression that the republican party had a plurality of votes and that abraham lincoln was elected president here is the actual vote as cast at the presidential election in 1860 abraham lincoln republican 1866 stephen A douglas regular democrat J 0 breckenridge ee rebel democrat john bell union and constitution party these figures are taken from the new york world the leading democratic paper and hence will be accepted as authority and show that abraham lincoln had nearly a half million plurality and as lincoln served as president that proves that the journals figures are juggled for the occasion if the journal wants to count the vote of two candidates for the democratic party why not count the same way for the republican candidate the funniest lun niest part of the journals statement is the fact that it claims eliat because the republican vote was increasing each year during the war it was sure evidence that republicans did not enlist in the war and that because the democratic vote was decreasing each year during the war it was a sure sign blat the democrats were fighting for thair country dewi south that is ike most absurd and rattlebrained rattle brained argument that we ever heard ol 01 it sounds just like Profet eor pauls way cf figuring professor paul in hia political utterance always presumes on the ignorance of his hearers we have always given the editor journal the credit of having good judgment but when he trots out such nou we are compelled to call him down and him to read ills country will find that it did not make any difference where the volunteer soldier was lie biad a vote if he wa with his regiment fighting the rebels then he voted in the field of battle aad sent his vote back to bis state aa provided by law ahn editor of the logan journal was not aware of the fact that the volunteer soldier voted in the field with the rest of his comrades now that ilia attention has been called to the fact what excuse caa be find for the increase of the republican vote up to now when ho learns that a democratic soldier had a voto in the army what excuse has lie to make for the great falling off of the democratic vote according to his own figures now honor bright mr journal editor did the loft democratic votes go to fight tor freedom and liberty or did they eneal off for canada coee the journal know that the goldiere eol diere in the field voted almost solidly for the republican party and eliat the democratic party onla got a few in thear mv ie not that a rather good sign and absolute proof that the republicans enlisted in the union army and that our democratic friends rule either went to canada or enlisted on uie other side Is not the editor of the journal a little bit ashamed of himself think 0 it I 1 A man deliberately goes to work and makes figures falsify for him and then tries to palm them off on the people of cache county as real facts alin journal editor if lie prepared the figurea knew he was fraud on the public if eeor paul furnished the figures then the journal should be censured for having euch an unreliable source of information we expect the journal to erow wild now and aline a barrel full of mud but then the mud will never reach us so we can land it |