Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-02-29
For the Des Arc Citizen.
 BROWNSVILLE, Feb. IS, lS6S. To the Democracy of Prairie
 County. s.

BROWNSVILLE, Feb. IS, 1868. To the Democracy of Prairie
 County. ,. l, The Mass Meeting hold at Browns vile on the l7th inst, in view of the threatening and dangerous aspect of the political affairs of the country, and the near approach of the election, through the instrumentality of which the party in power seek to fasten upon the country policy which will con summate the ruin now so nearly com plete thought proper 10 appoint a Cen tral Committee for the county, whose duty it should be to aid and solicit the organization of Democratic Clubs in each township in the county, in the hope that alt our citizens will~become fully aroused to the consciousness of their duty to their kindred race and country, and march withunshaken firm ness to the polls and vote against negro, rule. The Committee in discharge of the duty assigned them, urge upon,the people of the county to proceedaf8hce with the organization of Deinocratic Clubs in each township .gtbc duty of which Club, when once formed, will be to encourage it's own members and other citizens of the county do their duty, and inspire all with $. determina- tion to come to the polls on the day of election and vote against the proposed Constitution. If man is sick, the ne- cessity of the case win make it proper that he should be hauled to the. cleo ton. If any one is unable too grtoto the election, tlle Democratic Club should see that he has ample assistance to get there. The ,Radicals, have adopt ed the hitherto unheard of expedient ofconducting the heelectionattwo boxes at the same time; you should be sure to vote at the Military box, and vote against the Constitutions; you cannot vote at the otler. box, and for officers, without degrading yourself, and taking an oath, that requires at once q asurrend- CT of every principle of fselfrespect and manhood. At the Aiiiitaryabox you vote under the oldregstrationLa the State box you accept the civil and pc litical equality of the negro, and along with this, miseegenation. Beicertain to write upon your ticket t'ten words "Against Convention" aud then' depos7 it that ticket in the Military box. The Central Committee take this occasion to remind you that the registratiomlist will bere-opened at Brownsville on the 2Sth inst, and will remain open, for five days only, at which tiIne.and place all those entitled to register under the "Reconstruction Acts" and who have not registered win be permitted to do so, and, should not fail to. register. Those who are now twenty-one years of age, but who were not of age when the registration was had before, and those who had not at the time. Of she former registration been citizens of the State sufficient length of tme to per init them to register, will now, if twcn- ty-onc years Of age, and have complet- ed their citizenship of six months, be permitted to register All who can should qualify themselves for voting. and vote against the proposed Consti- tuition at the election, held on the 18th inst If there should be carclessness manifested in registering or in voting, the result will be that we will loose many votes which ought to be given against the Constitution, and every vote not boiled which shouldhave been boiled against the Constitution is a gain 10 the enemy The enemy is viz ilant--the Radicals will have every mo- gro and his brother in tho county not heretofore registered to register, and will vote them by platoons and com panies already they are distributing their tickets, and every negro in the county. will have his ticket put into his hands before the day of election, and will be brought to tho pools like a machine 10 vote that particular ticket and no other Let the white men of the county do their duty, and by the aid of him whose assistance is ever im- plored by the oppressed, our country yet may rise from the ruins which now environ it.
 'tN ilh I. c. HICKS,