Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-08-25
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IneTe IS HOJ one III tcu tnat TCCOR- nizes the whole of the necessity of or ganization in a political canvass, and who appreciates and fully understands the advantages of a united action combined with thorough knowledge of the party's strength. And this or ganization should not be delayed with the thought that there is plenty pftime to do all this before the election. Those who proerastinate never have time to do all that they should; those who work all the time only do what can be done. The sooner each town ship organizes its club the sooner the county and the State will know its strength, and what is to be done. Let us begin immediately to organize clubs in each township, learn our strength, report it, reclaim backsliders, convert and receive new members, and teach the black people that we only are their friends. The negro has been made our political equal and has been the duped instrument of the Radical party in heaping oppression upon us, AL though the CITIZEN was the first Dem ocratic paper in the State to claim for him equal rights before the law, it will be the last to say he has been legally made q voter, or that he is in any wise capable of exercising so great a privi- lege with the wisdom necessary to the maintainance of great free govern ment. But this need not hinder us, or bringing him into the party and rea- sonably expecting him to vote with us when he is informed of the designs of the Radical party against him. The very oath that appears so hard for us to take is trick to cripple the white vote, and if the negro should desert their party, as mass, to entirely de- privc him of the right now given him by aid of the prejudice engendered among the people by the forcing of ne- gro suffrage upon them, and the use of the just argument that by changing the l constitution this oath is no longer binding. The negro is fast learning that they care nothing for him except to vote, and he secs also that they live, not by work as our people do, but from his labor and by filling places that his vote alone gave them. The Radicals have deceived them in every instance, and they no longer have any confidence in them.
 Every Democrat thas has the love oi his country at heart can readily sec the duties incumbent upon him Prominent among these duties are aiding and assisting in an early and complete organization seeing that there is suticiency .of newspapers and documents in the hands of the members of the club to keep them in, 1 formed of the political situation meet. ing as often as once in each week te counsel together upon their relatiyl strength and what is next to be done Seeing that members qualify them, selves for voting as early as possible teaching the negro that it is to his in terest to vote with the white people lamong whom lac has lived and with whom he has to live in the future, and using all fair and honorable means to secure the electoral vote of Arkansas for Seymour and Blair. These are q few of the many duties devolving upon every Democrat, which, if performed along with others that will present themselves to his mind, will insure success and bring about the happy re- suits desired by every true patriot Commence this work, then, at once as the enemy is in the field preparing for action. No time is to be lost when the campaign is opened, for your ene- my may be moving when you think him idle. Bc ready for the contest and there will be no doubt about the result.
 C.