Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-10-30

acts Will not be resOrted to, In order to make
it effectual? They who have already added
to wilful falsehoods and infamous abuse, de-
liberate forgeries of letters and certificates,
will scarce be withheld by scrup1es of con-
science, from doing anything, however UNI
principled and profigate, if it shall promise
to be serviceable.
We should all remember the inexpressibiy
important matters which depend on the Elec
ton of November. We should also remem-
Der, that no means are provided by the Con-
stitution for purging the polls of fraudulent
voters. 1fby any means, an apparent majo
ity is returned for POLK and DALLAS, &C. 40
thing but revolution can help us-even if such
apparent majority should be procured by open,
gross ard demonstrate fraud. NoaU, then, is
the time and the only time, in which we can
act for our Country with effect.
We, then, impressed with the importance
Of the occasion, and o. aciM general ouer-
sight Of the Whig cause an this State, beg most
earnestly to urge upon you immediate meas
ures to counteract the efforts of our opponents
and secure the vote of the Stata for CLAY and
FRELINGHUYsEN. To do this, we recommend
that some persons Of true Wing principles,
and of influence in their neighborhood, be at
once selected, and pledged to the following
duties:
First, To attend the polls in their Precinct,
and see that every Wing is brought forward
to vote.
Secondly, To see the people of the Precinct
before the day of Election, urging upon them
the duty of attending and voting, and gain
their promise to do so.
Thirdly, To challenge all bad or doubtful
votes, and, if possible, prevent frauds.
FourthIy, To warn the people against those
falsehoods which we may expect to hear on
the eve of the Election. These falsehoods
will doubtless be gross in kind, and many in
number, but they can deceive none who con-
slider that truth would be made known early,
and falsehood only breads examination.
By immediate and active adoption Of these
means alone, can we insure the State for the
Wing canse. True, we have a majority of
six thousand in the State; but if two or three
thousand Wing voters stay away, and Edge
conbe votes thousand beyond her real
strength, and other strong Democratic Coun-
ties resort to similar means, what avails our real
majority! The apparent majority will thus,
by our neglect and their fraud, be on their
side, and when once this happens, the result,
however false and fraudulent, cannot be cor
rected.
We beg your prompt attention tothese sug-
gestions from your brother Wings of the Cen
tral Committee, and are,
Very respectfully,
RICHARD HINES, Chairman.
GEORGE E. BADGER,
CHARLES MANLY,
JOHN H. BRYAN,
HENRY w. MILLER,
WESTON R. GALES.
And subscribed to the above, is the fol-
lowing note by the person who sent it to
the Editor of the Standard:
ssFrom such a cause as this good Lord dehUer
me! .ArouSe. americans! and put doaon the
man! These I find all over my County,
What surprise must such letter create
in the bosom of every good man, contain
ing as it does, charges so vile and foul, of
FACTION, FRAUDS, FORGERIES,
TREACHERY and TREASON, against
their fellow enthusiastically circulated
onythe eUe. Of momentous election-fIl-
: III q, or designed ill, the public mind
with false, alarm -inaatning the passions
ofsneiohbor aust neighbor, and tending
I'd. fraternal strife Of blood on the day Of
election !! Had this organ of The Wing
party of North Carolina, as they style
themselves, been satisfied to issue secret
circulars to organize their party forthe e.
lection, we should not have complained
but these secret charges against the Demo-
cafatic party. of frauds, Jorgeries, and
dis,aiers, is STAB IN THE DARK
and from a quarter we had supposed too
elevated in society to have lent themselves
to such work. Hence the necessity, in
Justice to ourselves, and to our cause. to
meet and put them down. We are char
ged with the design ..to carry this State