Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-10-27
DEMOCRATS, TO WORK!l

80.
Democrats, we are determined that SO far as
we can we shall warn you, and urge you to
do your tchole duty Do you reflect that the
9TH of November--ihe day that is to decide
the destinies of this great Republic for four
wears TO come-s distant but TEN SHORT DAYS
from the issuing of this number OF the Jo"r"-
all Are you prepared for the struggle' Are
YOU working for the good cause like men VIM
have PRINCIPLES that are dear TO them
The time for argument is no" nea''y P"S''
and the time for ACTION is upon u.s. Is EVERY
democrat in North Carolina up and doing -
This is the question. Know ye not that no
ureat object was ever yet obtained without Ia
Dor and pains taking! And are you not, one
and all of you, brother democrats, ready to
admit, in your hearts, that the overthrow OF
federalism in North Carolina is great and a
glorious object, for which every democrat
worthy the name, should be willing to labor
with all his energies' The thing can be done
if you uIH only do your duty. What, when
out of $4,000 votes the federalists only beat
us 854 in August, and when now their ticket
has the abolition milestone, Fillmore, around It's
neck, shall it be said that we cannot overcome
this paltry majority. Just think Of it. EteU-
en- more democratic votes cast in each county
in the State in August last would have elected
Reid. Can we not cast, on an average, doub-
lie this many votes more in each county on
the 7lh of November? Most assuredly we
can, if every true hearted democrat will do
his whole duty to himself and 10 his principles.
The State, like ripe pear, is ready to drop
into our lap, if we are not TOO lazy TO receive
it.
DEMOCRATS, above all things. there are two
points to which we would direct your parti-
cular attention. They are these:
1St. SEE THAT EVERY DEMOCRAT, WHO CAN
POSSIBLY BE BROUGHT TO THE Polls, IS THERE
3D. SEE THAT, ON TIE DAY OF ELECTION,
NO FRAUDS ARE PRACTIsED ON THE UNwARY BY
FRAUDULENT TICKETS, Or FEDERAL SANDERS
DEMOCRATS, TO THE RESCUE!
By every thing you hold dearly the love
which you bear your long honored and long
cherished principles-by the extreme dislike
you must feel for Federalism, now under It's
no-principle, no-party cloak of chicanery and
hypocrisy.-we beseech and implore you,
brother Democrats, if you have spark of
true genuine Democracy in you, and we know
you have. rise in your majesty and power, and
,,-;, 0oiuhtu off throXT- from tho old
North State the shackes of Federalism that
have bound her in thraldom for the last ten or
twelve years. We know and we feel that you
can do all this if you will.
We call upon you thel.-we demand of
you-in the name of our glorious cause and
our thrice glorious principles, to work unceas-
ngly for the few days that remain to YOU
Keep in mind, we beg of you, that this will,
in a.. human probability, he the closest strug-
gle that has taken place in North Carolina du-
ring the last twenty years, and that the victo-
ry may depend on few votes. VIII you not
then work like men during the ten or twelve
DAYS that remain, TO secure the old North State
for Cass and Butler? We cannot be deceived.
Surely you will. Let no Democrat that can,
by any possibility, get to the polls, stay at
home. Provide conveyances for those who
are not able otherwise to get there. See the
careless and lukewarm, and carry them TO the
polls. In word, let every good Democrat
resolve that no Democratic voter in his neigh
borhood shall, on any pretence, remain away
from the polls on the 18th of November
Work! Work.! WoRK!!!