Wilmington journal., 1876-07-28
40 the tIr5zeu> and Voters OF
BTunSN4 lick.

Tue under~igned, EX -cutiv.9 Com
m,itet. of the D.InpcrtIic Conservative
party, send their greeting 10 th- . q
pc tuti d. hereby most earnestly re
q 1T that all PERSONS who have the
p,IvIirge af voting at the eDnuIug cleo
ton for Uulted States, State and
county officers, will consider seriously
the condition of pnblIc affairs and
make 1t their persona! business 10
labor for the reform ticket which has
been presented to the people.
Oar Candidates are all pledged to
the cause of reform in every branch of
our government, and will labor to bring
it back to that condition of purity
which existed III the early days Of the
republic,
In those days the slightest breath of
suspicion against the honesty of a
public officer was sufficient to arouse
the people to apply an effectuaI and
speedy remedy, by removing him from
an office he had disgraced.
In those days, the highest capacity
Tor the performance of public duties
was Indispensable for an election to a
public Office.
Consequently public confidence then
reigned supreme and our people pros
pered beyond those of any other gov
ernment which has ever existed,
In this centennial year we should
have been proud of our history did
not the record of the last ten years of
Republican government blot our fair
fame, with its story of wrong, plunder,
bribery, corruption and venality, ex-
tending not only through every branch
of the government, but presenting SO
powerful front in all high places as
to threaten to corrupt even the people
themselves, who are the sources of all
power in this free government.
That the Democratic party has had
no part or parcel in the corrupt rings
that have piundered the country is too
obvious to be denied. That the people
of the South, who have been persist,
emily plundered, maligned aud brought
to the verge of ruin, have had any
share in bringing about the hard times
which are upon us cannot with truth
be asserted. Accepting as they have,
in good faith, the results of the war,
and honestly asserting to the hard
laws which have been enacted, many
of them more in a spirit of revenge
than with desire to promote the pub
fully to repair their broken fortunes,
aud with spirit of genuine patriotism
have endeavored to foster purity in
places of public trust. Their endeavors
have been generously recognized by
their Democratic brethren at the North,
and already one branch of the govern
ment has been wrested from Repub-
lican misrule.
An opportunity is now offered to
finish the work. A general election is
to be held on the first Tuesday in No>
vember for President of the United
States, for Governor of North Carolina
and for most of the minor offices in
the State and county.
The State Convention lately held in
the city of Raleigh has presented to
you the name of q. B. VANCE, than
which no name stands higher for
honesty, patriotism and jealous devo-
ton to the Constitution, and to the
great principles of human liberty en-
bodied therein.
The Hon. A. nj. WADDELL, who has
served you with fidelity and zeal
for many years. is your candidate for |
Congress, and his name and fame " i'll |
be a tower of strength for you in the |
contest.
You are earnestly requested to exert |
al your powers and use every honor |
,rabie means to bring cut every vote |
md secure the election of our State |
ticket.
The National Convention just held |
It st. Louis has given us candidates of
whom We may we'll be proud The
lames of SAMUEL j. TILDEN and Thomas
HENDRICKS. give us sufficient assu-
'ance that genuine reform is intend
ID. That great patriot whose name
reads our national ticket has fairly won
lis place there by his labors in the
,ause of reform. Beginning long be-
ore his name was spoken of for that
ligh place, he has continued relent~
esq war upon the corruption of his
State government, until he has re-
Iuced it's cost fifty per cent land driven
hieves from the chief places where
hey had been holding high carnival
nth the peoples money. earned by
ears of toll. only. to finally build up
he colossal fortunes of republican
fficials. "a.
Fellow citizens The democratic
arty promises you Justice in the ad-