The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01
Our DUTY.
Special Correspondence Of the Gold Leaf.

Special Correspondence Of the Gold Leaf.
Ere the thunders of Trafalgar awakened
the echoes of the deep and told that two
mighty powers were cOntending for the
mastery, Nelson, the great commander,
gave expression to sentiment that showed
his devotion to his county," England eX-
poets every man to do his duty. What
less would she expect from the defenders
of her soil, standing between an insulting,
menacing foe, and their homes, their wives
and their children? 1t is a sentiment we
should inScribe on the banner of DemOc-
racy, and march up to the polls in the COM
ing election, and exercise the right OF Suf-
frage as becOmeth int lligent freemen.
Let us do our whole duty on the day of
election in sustaining the best interests Vi
this great Republic. The right of suffrage
is a sacred right secured to US by the blood
and treasures OF our venerated fathers.
Shall We in its exercise, so far forget our
obligations to our cOuntry-the duties we
owe to ourselves and pOsterity, as to let
the blighting influence of Radical laWless-
ness and misrule cast their Dantful Shad-
ows DER the land? Shall We let Levi Z.
Morton, the Radical candidate for the vice
Presidency, bankrupt the "Old North
State by the collection OF the fraudulent
bonds issued by negro Legislature bought
up by Littieheld? Do you wish return
of the disgraceful scenes that characterized
the State during Radical supremacy, as
DISTINGUISHED whites beheld with horror
the closing scene in our Legislative halls
on adj iOurnment day, when the mOngrel set
in Standardization sport went circling round
hand in hand singing The Soul of Old
John Brown is Marching on? Do you wish
to see the educational interests of our State
paralyZnd, and the school fund gobbled up
by a set of unprincipled thieves, leaving
the children of the State in ignorance? Do
Won wish 70 See the finances Of the counties
controlled by ignorant negroes and corrupt
white men whose broken down OK and old
cart are mortgaged to vile white men who
wish to use them in fUrtheTance Of their
base purposes? Ii you do not, march up
to the polls and vote for the best interests
of the country. Go 20 the polls resolved
to do your whole duty in placing the great
interests of this republic above the wither-
ing curse of Radical miSrule. On the Suf-
frageS of our people depends the prfServa-
ton of good government. From the At
lantic to the Pacifc ocean our people will
I've aroused on election day to sustain the
principles of good government. The Ia
tionS of Europe ale looking on with envy
ami anxiety. Living in the shades OF des-
potic rule, they look with eagerness to see
with what degree of wisdom We shall suS-
tain the cherished institutions of the coun-
try When the setting sun snail depart
behind the Western hills on election day
and the struggle is over, shall the electric
wires Startle Europe and America with the
astounding ReWs that American freemen
are unworthy of the sacred trust commit
ted TO their hands? Shall it he told that
the interests of the republic are committed
to the care of base violators Of the consti-
tuition and the plunierers of the treasury
Of the nation? Freemen Of North Carolina
your State expects you TO do Your Whole
duty. Will You do it2 k.W. II.
/ Henderson. y. e..