The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-26
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE UNION.
the IMPORTANCE OF A SINGLE voTE.


the IMPORTANCE OF SINGLE VOTE.
After the result of the memorable election of 1870
every republican democrat saw the Importance of
single vote. If we look the fraudulent practices
through which alone the federal Wings were enabled
to carry the last presidential candidate we will OBJ
the importance Of single vote, and the
sily Of preventing their polling again a corrupt OF IT.
legal one. Their frauds were Of the most various
kind and character and we should by constant vi
GLANCE, be enabled to guard against a repetition of
them. They possessed a system OF fraud organ
ned throughout the United S. aies, by which a sin
gle illegal, fraudulent, corrup, vote was poed In
each town or township, al each poll and which de-
cided almost any contested election. Trining when
standing alone, II became, in the Aggregate system
Of fraud so stupcodous In its consequence that is
very magnitude prevented the generality Of people
from believing II possible yet, when we come to an
syze the monster, IT is nothing but vast combiba
ton of aoms-a single one gathered from every mole
| hill IN the United States-making great mountain
when piled together. This course rely uuon II
Democrats will be resorted to again: and We are fully
the success OF our and d, pends in
a great measure, on meeting and defeating H. at all
points aud everywhere, by incesssnt watchfulness
and If necessary, by the eIetion of our personal e
ergies To prevent an Infracon Of the law when every
other tails, and the triumph Of the Democracy
IL as certain as fate.
Various and secret devices will again be attended
to be pat into execution and lives and liberties
depend upon our FRUSTRATING them; must stand
guard the purity Of the most nestimabIe Of our
rights, for the purpose Of counterecne tho abuse of
the right Of suffrage and the violation of the ballot
boxes. Let us take public measures, for we verify
believe .nst the best way to prevent aod. a, once
to let on, enemies that fully prepared TO ex
pose and resist them.
| The importance Of single vote must not be dis
regarded, II we would triumph at the polls II
should never be lost sight Of for a moment that the
primary object rs 10 defeat that enemy who il ,tlI
IN great force master of great resources. and ready
to employ them without seruple. The federal wing
party is neither weak dispirtcd, simply because
1t possesses the same means diminished, il is true
which II employed successfully IN the last Pres,den-
tial contest and the same INSCRIPTIONS rccklessness
in their employment BE assured il will not only
require the united rally Of the democracy TO over
throw them isiry, but ceaseess watchfoIness in
defeating those acts Of fraud and corruption which
have once already afforded them a di.grscef,l tri
umph, the fatal results Of which were only ayerted
by an act OF Providence. They have money. and
they will distribute 1t through all the secret
Of corruption.
The importance Of single vote ba. been exhibit
ed on many occasions; 1t once elected Marcus Nor.
ton Governor of Massachusetts Let every demo-
crat at the ensuing elections make II sacred duty
first, TO cast his own vote and then by constant
wstchfulncss, prevent the polling Of single vote
fraudulent or corrupt let not his own vote be can
celied by ppclaying or yarn-spinnng.n The fedc-
raj wing frauds in PennsyIvsnia and New York from
1897 to 1el0 inclusive, sdmooish us 10 beware of a
willy, ingenious, and weilsupplied enemy; Of a poIt-
cal foe possessing all the arts and experience OF cor
ruptins the baot-boxes by double and illegal voting