Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-30
Register and Vote! Register and Vote

Register and Vote! Register and Vote
Wo canno. too earnestly urgo upon
our feliow.titizons tho necessity oi
registering, and voting at tho coming
election. 1t is q duty Which we owe
to ourselves, and to tho great party
which is now battling for tho rights
which we hold most dear. It matters
not whether wo elect Our President
whether or not we carry the State fo,
Seymour and Blair-lct us poll our
whole strength, add tho canvass will
not be barren Of results. The success
of the Democracy is not yot hopeless
the prospect OF carrying our own
State is even moro cheesing-but
whether we achieve tho ono or the
other, by rallying: now With COM
mon impulse to the support Of a com
mon cause, we will not merely sig
nalizo our devotion TO Inc great prin.
ciplcs for whioll We arc contending,
but orgapize tho most effective means
Of securing tAeir iut"re triumph
The Democratic party has been dcfc;;-
ted in some of the Slates, and snay
fail to achieve o victory in Noxor, bcr ;
but deisat is rot overthrow. The
party remains intact in its organiza-
lion, and unshorn Of its strength.
Zen thousand votes Of 3 Radica. ma
jority in Pennsylvania, fifteen thou
sand in Ohio, and two thousand in
Indiana, may not ho overcome in No
vonber; but what are these to tho
several hundred thoufa aud voters who
form the Democratic phalanx in those
S,ntes, and who but wait the cessa-
1ion of temporary causes-thc embit
:te,td fes lirgs Of the ast, aLd the
vague arprohensions OF the future
TO overcome tho small opposing force,
md achieve an ending triumph. lie,
us keep up our democratic organiza-
Ions intact, and provo their efficiency
by thorough registration, and over
whelminy vo1o. Let tho Democratic
organizations SEQ to it that every white
man be solicited and urged 10 vote
And is there white man in tho Dis
trio: VIII Will noe my sol;oi at on o
do his duty in this particular We
think not. We feel assured that he
will esteem it-not only duty but q
privilege to declare his adhoroncc to
those great principles which underl;c
his tights, as u man and Il citizen, by
voting for tho nominees Of tho grca,
party WHICH .,naintnins them. ~:
The first great duty Of tho citizen
is to registcr-wi,hout this he is prac.
,ical'y disfranchiscd. Let him regis
ter in the precinct within which he
resides. If he has before registered
elsewhere, Jet him" register again in
his own precinct. If be has. not reg
istercd; lot him now register. lot all
remember that registration must Pre-
tedo voting, and that 10 onablo one
TO votO ut any precinct, his namo must
appear uron the LIST Of registered
;o:ors of That precinct. Friday and
Saturday, are tho only remaining
days. Let no one neglect his duty.
There is now no political disability,
apd all except those excluded by non
uge, and non residence, arc entitled to
vote. No disability exists under the
Reconstruction Acts, because these
tave passed away. No disability cx
ists as to voting, under the fourteenth
Amendment OF the Constitution, be-
cause this applies only. TO holding
office. No disability exists under the
New Constitution, for this provides;
that. "Every male citizen OF the U.i-
TOD 'slafes, Of The age Of twon,y- one
years, and upwards, without diytinc-
tion Of race, color, or former coindi-
. eion, sho was a resident Of this State,
at tho otimo or tho adoption of the
Constitution, viz: April It,h, 18th,
and 10th, 4: d: 1868, and has bccn a
resident Of. the : county in Which he
-ofFers TO vdto, sixty days. next proco
ding the election" 49,.
Major D. L. Corbin, Chairman Of
the Board Of Commissioner of Elcc
dons for Charleston county, has fur
nishea the fyllowing circular TO the
managers aS the different precincts
As elsewhere stated, no other oath is
required than simply to swear to the
truth Of the answer, and only then If
the managers choose to require it:
10 The Aanagers Of Election in CAayIes-
: = tan County, Sonh Gayolinn:. %: =
The following questions" ahonld be
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