The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
HUMAN Liberty AT STAKE.

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HUMAN Liberty AT 8 FAKE.
This IL The most i'm portant lection |
that has been held In Nor h Caro- |
lima for a hundred years. For the
first tin O since the State was foun-
ded the liberties Of the people are
threatened by Wholesale disfran
chisement. II is now an educa'
tional qualification. If the SIM
mons machine gets this legislature
It will next be property qua'ifica-
ton, and = poll tax receipt qua''h-
cation. No ono knows what the
end will be il these Iawless and
revolutionary leaders OF the ma
chine oligarcby now triumph.
Go 10 the polling place on next
Thursday morning early, be there
promptly when the polls open,
stay all day, and work as you new
or worked b, fore, and stay all night
until the last vote Is counted and
the result IL announced. Notice
that under section 20 Of the election
law that you and every other vot'T
(who 80 desires) has the right after
the election Ia over TO be present
around tho boxes while the vote Is
being counted.
Soc to 1t that the judges OF cleo
ton make no mistakes In the mum.
Der OF votes for each candidate and
no mistake In writing In the name
OF candidates for each Office. Read
sections AZ and 40 OF the election
law and SEQ there the penalty l.
any election officer falls to perform
his duty or makes single incor.
rect return. II they make a mis-
take call their attention to II, then
they can be prosecuted under Thu
law, II they fail to make tho cor.
rection. Also read section 1890 OF
the Code OF North Carolina which
provides a penalty for any officer
who takes an oath to perform his
duty and who fails to do 1t as 70.
quired by law.
This fight for human liberty il
already won, unless we permit 1t to
be- stolen from now on.
In spite OF the fact that thous-
ands upon thousands OF our voters
have been denied registration by
the registrars, acting under Mr.
Simmons instruct onS, yet whrr
the registration books closed or
Saturday, July 2lst, We had NOR,
voters registered, as the report.
sent In TO our headquarters show
than the Democrats had rCgisttr RED
Therefore, il NO have every vote
who Is register, d to cast his bailo
and get them In tho right boxes
end then IL tn, SO votes are honest
ly counted as they are cast, we will
have over twenty thousand major
ity In the State. Her CO you mus
see to It that all OF our voters, VIII.
has been registered, vote and tina
their votes are counted as cast. ID,
this, and the fight will be won.
In add ton to this see to 1t tina
every voter who is legally entitled
to register and who was d. MED reg
istration, or who was rcgistere,
and who was marked of the books
Improperly, goes to the polls on tn,
day OF el' ction and t.nd,.rs his bal
lot and demands tho right to vote
Take down the names and pOstof
fee address and politics of ever,
such voter and put him on a sepa
rate list and send this to heaGuuAr
ters. II we have contest In YOU
county, We can have the court t.
count every one OF these votes i
we can show that they We're legal
entitled to register and vote.
In conclusion, permit us to i'm
press 1t upon you again that W.
have this fight already won il yo,
and our other frier DIS in your pre-
cinct will do your full duty as VI
are sure you wilD on the day OF cleo
tion. The liberties which we nov
enjoy were won for us by our hero
tc anc' stors in the revoluti mar,
war, who at Bunker Hill, King
Mountain, and Guilford Court Hous
laced shot and sh, II against ire
mendouS odds, and who never ceas
cd In their patriotic and courage
Gus Efforts until they drove tn
last British REDCOAT from Amer
lean soil. These llberti,s which
their blood won for US are nov
Threatened, II we are wcr,hy d.
cendsn s of such patriotic and he
roic ancestors, we viii with tn
same courage and patriot SIN de
lend these rights and guarantee,
hb' rites for ourselves and on
children after US. Simmons rev
pulmonary and blood ihirS v An,
Anarchistic RED SH RTS are NOR
dangerous to our liberties tina,
ever were he British REQ Goals
The future Of tho Peoples Part,
and political liberty in North Car
siina Is 1T stake Stand by Won
colors and demand and maintai,
your righ's until the result IL an
nounced and the people will surel,
triumph.