Wilmington journal., 1876-09-01
ittlllillQtoll SJonrnaI.
FRIDAY. sEPTEMRER Il. 1877
= yvOTEn WsEH NE!
WILMINGTON, n. c.,

F&blQn OF your f1{aEc III your AaiAS.
Tle question IL not ono Of ability, but
purely one of inclination. If you de-
sire b. place the success Of the
Democratic party IN North Caro-
Ina beyond doubt, Ill yon have
10 30 is 10 go 30 the polls
IN November next, AZ your
hrnthrau elsewhere III the District
hnvo done ard viii DO again. Why
Is If that rh;t" men III Cartcret, white
1uau in Harnett ana WI ite men in
Moore fail 50 far Ie3tind white men II
III other counties You have the same
interest IN the great race and color
isqncs Mt stake between the white mans
party an2 tho negro party that other
white men have, you have the same in
iereat in the nreaervation jnvio'ate of
tja privileges II the Sr@at writ OF
ILabcuS T,rl)uS aud you have the same
interest ii =. curil:g = government that
small Js- beth honest AID economical in
H., expenditures. You are North
CJroIinians endowed with the same
I.ghts as other North Carolinians and
.Aero IS the same necessity upon you,
as upon other white men, to maintain
your rights, HE rights that nature and
nature's God hath given you.
There is no Gainsaying this, nor is
th,1o any gainaayiDg the fact that
the Democratic party IS the white
mans party, that it is the Ifabcas
tuTUH@ party, tha6 IL IS the party of
!, jDim, retrenchment and honest
economical expenditure of the peo-
ljIo's money. But what do we see
Ihe three countics named above, Car.
tcrct, Haruett and Moore with q white
majority OF 2, ,4S4 votes give only 1874
Democratic majority, while the other
nluC counties in the District with q
w5ritc majority Of only I,91G give
Democratic majority of 1, 15}! Why is
this? 1t il not because the white men
vote the Radical ticket in these
counties but because they do not vote
at all
particulars. The county of Columbus
III 1870 had ,225 white voters, in 1874
II pclled 1915 Democratic votes while
the county of Carteret with l, ,428 white
votes po!Ied only 755 Democratic votes.
E!arnott with 1.l29 white votes could
muster only $50 Democrats, and Moore
with 73O white mon could bring only
i,oH Democrats to the polls. These
are pIa,n facts that our friends in these
counties can not get over even though
they show state Of things that may
he any tIing but pleasing to them.
Why is it that white mon in Columbus
accomplish 80 Iuuch moro in behalf of
III" Democratic party than the white
3neL IN EIOOrc, than the white mon in
iia:n"tt anl tine white mon Ce1t ?
3'h" answer ls y very plain ono. The
white men -! Colrtmbns ne united
End nE'mou3o'j', and maintain Il prop
So diecjpijno nud organization in their
ranks. Ihkc causes will produce like
results elsewhere, and if the same
amount Cf work be done in Carteret
SIS N Golumbas, there will be a result
equally gratifying, and so likewise
vail i: he III Moore an1 Harnett.
labor ovcrcomes all things, even
the indisposition of men to go TO the
polls ca election day. Organization
aud discipline and concert CT action is
what our friends in these counties
need and what they must have if they
wolld keep up in tho race with their
brethren in other counties. And
the basis OF all organization is the
township executive committee. We
beg olIr friends therefore to see to it
that in evory township there is full ex-
ecntive committee, numbering among
ita ,nembers the most active, intelligent,
energetic men iD the township. There
n1net also be IiIlen and Vance Club
in very township. and its member
lHp ought to embrace every respect
able white man in tLe township. II the
working committee of the Club shall
cooperate with the executive commit
tee of the township not n single Dem
ocratic vote viii he lost unnecessarily.
Every voter III the township will be
duly registered. and if unable to get
to the polls on election day will have
transportation furnished to him. #
there IS proper organization all Deroo-
ofaticvote rs entitled to registration will
have been registered, and at one
O'Clock on the day of election every
one who has not put in an appearance
will ut once be sent for. BY having a |
list oftheregistercdv voters and checking
off the Democrats as they vote, it will !
be easy enough when one o'clock |
comes to tell who ought to be sent |
for.
VIII our friends in Carteret and |
Harnett and Moore pardon us for the |
earneetness and persistence with which |
we urge upon tLem the Importance of |
shall not be contentu unless this District
gives at the very lowest majority of |
:, 500 votes for the Democratic ticket.
We ought to give $500 and even then
not boast as though we had done some
great thing. We have full five thou-
sand white majority in our District,
aud surely 1900 is a liberal calculation
for all contingencies for which men
ought to remain away from the polls.
We regret to learn that a serious
strike has begun among the laborers
on the rice plantations along the Com
bahee in South Carolina, the strikers
taking advantage of the harvest sea-