The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-01


There are at least one million persons who are
s,verslly anxious to do something to promote and
insure the success Of the Union cause aud caudi.
! dates in the approa hing election. Most Of them
arc legal voters, who WITH another milton les
sealous, will vote Of course but they wish 10 10
. more than this. To tai, class We present. az the
fruit of many years experience aud saort in
! olitics, the following suggestions -
l. Leave all manner OF violence. bluslcr.
rowboating, and bowling % our advcrs tries. IL
you see iit 70 attend any Of their mc,ting; or
Lwitness their proccssi'us, maintain throughout
Ian atcutiyc, respectful silence Save AS a sn,r.
iator or auditor you have no business there; If
you near or see what you cannot abide 20
sluietly away. Leave them a monopoly Of the
ssfuihanly blacEgulrdsm Of disturbing prb,iC
3ppeabers.
Il II. Consider who, within your neighborhooi
or the sphere Of your personal influence, are yet
kundecidcd with regard To tue 70 they shall cast
Tla November, and devO your efforts q thcsc.
+ Procure the best iOuruals, documents, SC. and
supply each Of this cla,s with all they will reat.
DO not crowd them. nor attempt to eXait
pledges, but supply them with all the reasons at
your command for voiing with u, and leave
DadBering and impOrtuning them to those wac
4know no better.
] III. Waste nothing Of time or energy on those
whom you know to he ut heart 10 symIlthy with
the Rcbes. These woud not bepersuadet though
one rose from the dead. The man who tells you
that he considers slavery a good thing-that
negroes are only III to be slaves, &C., &c.-s too
Ear gone for recovery In season for tue election.
fSoW no seed on such ground where quick returns
are wanted.
~ ". Utterly, absolutely, and forever refuse to
have anything TO do with buying votes in any
manner whatever. All the votes that money or
rum will buy belong to our sdversaries, au will
kgo there at any rate. Ve do not need Que of
them If we did, II were better to fail for lack Of
them than TO win by their help.
Y. agp1,y g--f.A
ening the careless arousiug the lukewarm in
kteresting tho indifferent, aud getting every vote
that honestly belongs to us. Here Is where we
Ahabitually fail When Henry CLAY was beaten
8for PIesidentby James X Polka disaster which
ehe property Of this city could have richly
afforded TO pay billion of dollars to avert there
4were Wing votes enough unpolled in this State
Vo have changed tho result. Bot some voters
fwere on voyages; others in foreign lands;
btill others looking for lands in Virginia or in
&the West while maDy were clergymen, or sick or
) stricken in years, or had some excuse or other
for not attending the pos-whereby we lost the
4 day. There are to-day twenty thousand legal
IYoters in this State, and thrice that number in
: the Union, who will vote the Union ticket If anv,
but who have not yet resolved to vote at all.
These votes we want; and you can help secure
one or more of them If You will. Aud this is the
! chief end of the canvass.
vi. Write TO your Union relatives and friends
. In the army and elsewhere TO inspire them with
zeal in the cause. friends letter weighs far
Amore than the appeal of an unknown writer or
fspeaker. Send ballots TO the soldiers frcm your
neiehborhood who love and trust you, and take
care that you send none that not perfectly
kborTect. Every soldier or other friend who loves
you will welcome the sight of letter.
VII. Begin now 10 take precautions against
illegal voting. ScrutiniLe the regi'tries of your
llward or township, and be sure that the names Of
none who are dead or no longer residents re-
tanned thereon. Disregard all whispers or nudgeS
that so-and-so are ''aIl right" for they not
right if they can be persuaded to vote illegally.
h We have legal votes enough if we get them out
and don't permit them To he nullited by illegal.
BE as sure as can be when the registry is closed
that 1t contains no names tut those of electors
J entTled to vote at your poll. We can win on
these; We shall lose ii the result is decided by
4 fraud.
VIII. Be sure you know at least week before
election how each voter is to reach the polls, aud
that he is to be there early in the day. II this Is
left TO the day Of election, IL will almost certainly
not be thoroughly done. But ascertain and settle,
at least a week beforehand, how each man Is to
be brought TO the poll on election morning, and
you need not fear to face the returns at night.
TX. Establish au.b maintain correspondence
with fellow-wOrkers on every side. lmpel them
by your letters TO emulate your cfjrtS, and thus
will your good works be multiplied.
X. Never lose sight OF tue ballot'boXc aud
tally lists till the last vO shall have been
counted and the result definitely prOclsime 1 +;
then come cut and help US rejoice over she
, victory.