The Arkansas banner., 1844-09-25
'--,o ,rTc HICKORY CLUE.


 -rmocRATIc HICKORY CLUB.
 phDa5 ph.a,e5 meeting of the Hickory Clut
 ,s ;'a and county of Philadelphia, held
 he el,Y D{ september, 1844, the following
 ae pc, ~ was adopted and ordered to be pub
 ed: nrMOCRATs OF THE UNION.
 lhr ..1oopTAHcE. OF A SINGLE VOTE.
 Ias ,be result of the memorable election lf[ gio r, every Republican Democrat saw the
 Sio' ..ce of a single vote. If we look to
 oa'lSG ISlant practices, through which alone
 hapuulIW ol Wbigs were enabled to carry the
 Isls.s Isalgs...sidentiai candidate, we will observe
 Is 'artaace of a single vote, and the ne-
 alfJ fJgoreyenting their polling again cor
 .J g' iIleaal one, Their frauds were of
 a,g ,.t var various kind and character, and we
 ap1, ,1 by constant vigilance be enabled to l N la .9sjast g5 a repetition of them. They
 p5 system of fraud organized
 sont s1Y inc United States, by which sim
 a .ol fraudulent vote was boiled in each
 '.s ,s township at each poll, and which
 g' oln,ost any contested election. Fri
 ~ 4an standing alone, it became in the
 sa,e 2 system of fraud so stupendous ill
 .ssoonences, that it5 very magnitude pre- ,3 M aa generality of people from believ- Possible; yet when we come to analyze
 postef. it is nothing but vast combi-
 . of atoms, a single one gathered from
 mole m hill in the United States, making .i mountain when piled together. This ,,s rely upon it, Democrats, will be re- i s3to arain, and we arc fully convinced @.coss of our cause depends in a great
 s,s on meeting and defeating 1t at all V and every where by incessant watch ss and.if necessary, by the exertion of oalsonal energies to prevent an infractlon 5e law when every other means fails, and be triumph of the Democracy is as cer- l as fate.
 Fs.ions and secret devices will again be |aoted to be put into execution, and our ], and liberty depend on our frustrating |s. we must stand guard over the most [iaable of our rights, for the purpose of |1eacting the abuse of the right of suf- < and the violation of the ballot boxes |s take public measures, for we verily |ge that the best way to prevent frauds, once to let our enemies see that we are l prepared to expose and resist them, Fbe importance of a single vote must not |Igegarded, if we would triumph at the |s t should never be lost sight of for |5saL that the primary object Is to defeat enemy, who is still in great force, master eat resources, and ready to employ them [oat scniple The federal whig party is her weak nor dispirited, simply because assesses the same means, diminished 1t is ] which 1t employed successfully in the Residential contest, and the same un- |1alous recklessness in their employment. assned 1t will not only require the united \ of. the Democracy, to overthrow them |, but our ccaseIcss watchfulness in de- Ig those acts of fraud and corruption, h have once already afforded them dis leal triumph, the fatal results of which 2 only arrested by an act of Providence. ' have money, and they will distribute 1t 1gh all the secret creyices of corruption. he importance of a single vote has been bfed on many occasions--it once elected ms Morton, Governor of Massachusetts. every Democrat at the ensuing elections eita sacred duty, first to cast his own and then by constant watchfullness pre- he polling of single vote fraudulent or lPi-let not his own vote be cancelled or yarn spinning.o The lal whig frauds in Pennsylvania and N. from 1897 to l840 inclusive, admonish beware of willy, ingenious and well lied enemy-of apolitical foe possessing learts and experience of corrupting the j boxes by double and illegal voting, yet assing the greatest integrity and morality igaie life and manners.
 ne importance oi single vote cannot be much urged upon every Democrat who shis short address-it may preserve the liess of this generation and insure to Ions yet unborn the sacred privileges we enjoy. The importance of a single vote ld lead every Democrat to make himself l6ed to vote at the coming elections Inc united rally of Democracy concen- but its energies against the common 9HT, and victory will be sure to perch up |e banner of those statesmen and patri- POLK and DALLAS.
 HENRY HORN, President