Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-07-27
Go to the Polls and Vote +!

Our readers have heard a good deal about the H.
O. As, or red string party, and the Destructive
,arers have teemed for several weeks past with ar
tices on the subject, and with threats to arrest
those who are supposed to belong to this party
We have paid but little attention to these things,
because we felt s;,re that the good sense of the
neope would lead them to the conclusion that 1t
was merely an electioneering hobby gotten up by
Vance and his friends; but as some timid persons
NAV be alarmed and Kept from the polls by this ex
element and these threats we think it our duty to
infnrm the people that there is no treason in any
thing thus far revealed and published on the sub,
isct by McRae and others. We learn that the
whole matter has been laid before our Supreme
Court Judges, and that they have said there is No
treason in it; and We know that this is the opinion
Of an eminent lawyer Of this City, who has been
Consulted on the subject We do rot belong to this
order, and we know nothing about it, but We deem
i, cur duty to state the truth on the subject espe.
cialy as the noise made about it by McRae and the
drtectives is intended only to get votes.
There is reason to believe that Gov. Vance and
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have inveigled persons into this thing and af
terwards exposed them. We think it mere than
probable that one Oran Churchill and one Marcum,
both Of whom are Vance men, and who have been
very active in this business, have been employed
to do just what they have done, in order to pro-
mote Vance's election. We now say to the people,
pay no attention to these threats Ii you are ar
rested employ counsel, procure your release, and
sue those who arrested you for false Imprisonment
If any one dares to impeach your loyalty to your
face, chastise him on the spot Obey the law in all
things but while ycu do this, insist to the last e.
trsmity on your rights under the Constitution and
tans. This may oe the last time the despots will
allow you to vote. If the Conservatives should
he defeated in this election, the gloom Of des
potism will at once settle down upon us all-al
hope of peace will depart, and every true Conser
7atl7e will be marked for the army, and his exis
tence at home if allowed to remain there, will b,
lntolerabe, on account of the prosecutions and in
suits Of the Destructive leaders. Such D:ntons .
acRae will be over US all, and prosecutions, arrests
and inprisonments will be the order of the day
20 to the polls and vote at all hazards If any o
tas Destructive leaders or their tools should crow
around the the ballot boxes and attempt to proven
the people from voting as they please, nuke thes
lenders and their tools knoso their pL1ces. You
torcfathers fought for seven long years agains
hing George for the privilege of voting do no
throw that privilege away, or allow petty tyraat
to deprive you of it. a
Be calm, firm, and determined. Commit NJ
breach Of the peace, but defend yourselves if i'm
posed upon, and insist on all your rights 1t vii
De the most important election ever held in tn
oeae' on account Of the crisis and the results tha
must How from it. Bear in mind that if you de
ci'ne to vote you thereby voluntarily give up you
f'snt Of sefgoVsrnment, and consent to have mas
.''s 10 rule over you and your children. The issu
!" 'ne election is PEACE or WAR, and LIBERT!
against DESpOTISM.