Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-10-05

or repudiate our national debt and brini
us to utter bankruptcy? 4? If you Woul,
= not have these things occur we again sol
J. emnly adjUre you to aCatch and s70rk from
the moment you read these lines unti
= the moment the polls are closed on Tues
day next. You owe this duty alike t,
Y yourself, your country, and your God
If you neglect 1t you are unworthy the
responsibilities Of a citizen or a christian
Each individual who sympathizes witt
? our cause should feel personally resDoa
siJIe that every Union voter il his neigh
! borhood attends the polls promptly and
0 votes correctly. He should make it bis
0 conscientious duty to persuade the doub-
ful aud stir up the indolent. BE should d
make himself the WatehfuI guardian Of
the ballot-box against frauds Of every
description. BE should see that the pro-
visions Of the election law are strictly
and impartially enforced. Some ofthese
are as follows
il the township clerk or trustees fail
I to act, voters present when the polls are
! opened must choose judges aud clerk of
the election, who must be sworn to a
faithful discharge Of duty, and that they
Will stndiolsly eadea00r 10 prepent fraud,
deceit or rabuse ia conducting the election.
Each voter must deliver his ballot In
full view to one of the judges, and the
Judge must satisfy himself that he casts
but one ballot, and that he is legally en-
titled to vote. He will then audibly pro-
nounee the voters name which viii be
entered by the clerk on the poll book.
Two or more ballots rolled together are
thrown outin counting, as is likewise any
ballot containing more names for a par
tleuiar Office than the number Of persons
require to fill it.
Every candidate OF eleetor who direct
ly or Indirectly brides a voter by. any sort
Of reward, is liable to fine Of $500 and
forfeiture of right to hold Office for two
years.
No person is entitled to vote who has
not actually resided in the State one year
in the county 30 days, and in the township |
or ward, 20 days next proceeding the
election.
1t IS the duty Of each Judge to challenge !
any person offering to vote whom he may
know not to be duly qualified
The judge must, if requested, permit
The respectiUs oanaidases or not more than
three Of their friends to Be present fa The
room 10here The judges are during the time
Of geceiving and counting ont ballots.
Now, reader, will you help to see that
provisions of the law are enforced?
Work to get our friends to the polls ear
ly and see that they vote if possible not
later than ten o'clock A M. Watch to (
see that no fraudulent votes are cast, and {
hat no one of cur candidates, particular t
y the Congressman, is traded for an en-
'my. tits of the FIRST IMPORTANCE TO
ELECT Mr.. HAMILTON, and no vote In =
lis favor should be sacrificed for ANY I
We can better afford to / I
ose every other man on our own ticket b
han permit a Cepperjohnsonite to 60 to b
congress. But there is no necessity for O
ur sacrificing any candidate if we do our b
uty. i
Remember that it is not merely our OBJ v
,et to elect our candidates Our chief a
i'm is to rebuke traitors grown insolent b
y the sympathy and aid given them by v
leir old friends, the Copperheads, and "
leir new ones the Johnsonites To this =
I'd we want an unprecedented majority. V
hall We have it May We not bury n,
ohnsonism as deep in '66 as we did Val W
in SO +? We can if we gl
i'll 60 to the polls in our might. Let as 81
, 1t. Let us show the whipped traitors hi
at we consider treason 0dious' and O
at we are determined to have traitors so
ke the back seats and loyal men the be
7nt one in the work of restoration" tn
It US show them we are determined new wa
more to entrust the reins of power to bu
elr hands unless we are infallibly Sc Ri
red against future treaohery and be- Oh
yal. ha
At dawn on Tuesday let the Union AM
st advance against the enemy Let ev- 20
man be in his place, following those VIII
Q bear the standards and the guidons in
Liberty. If there are any Iaggards let Ri
watchful guards see to it that they are thi
ught into the ranks. IF there are any siOl
ne to 60 over to the enemy, keep an L
on them. IF there are any spies 1urk- VOL
about our camp, have them searched. cru
tried men where the danger will be ey S
kest, and when the clarion sounds the thr,
r'0ard," let us charge our foe in to t
d masses. By ten a. m, we may get He
main works, and before the sun passes and
meridian our victory may be complete. true
discounted enemy, maddened by de- eneC
, will make many desperate effort, the
/ by attack and stratagem, to replace cess
hateful Stars and Bars on the unct
parts, and tried battalions must be levit
to guard our conquest till the beams Unit
inset gid our banners with the un- tells
ned light of glorious triumph. Then tent
g the loyal lines a great shout of vic deck
us joy viii roll up against the welkin, of Il
the glad news will fash away on beinl
ming wings, encouraging the hearts Alta
triots throughout the land with the Ar
anee that the old Buckeye State Is port
rue to the cause of Justice. Liberty peOpl
Union. these
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