The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-25

every campaing since 1866, and then l
was too Young to exercise the right Of
the ballot. I have considered it a. pleas
IRE no less than a duty TO help man the
firing line and rife-pits OF the great
Democratic party, simply as a private,
with no brevet rank. but in the company
Of thousands OF good and true men. as
loyal and IS useful as any upon the
partv's honor roll and anxious to do
| their duty, and scorning TO do less.
These are the men, who in adversely as
we'll as n the hours OF prosperity, have
with unfaItering tread and an unswerv-
ing determination followed always the
Democratic banner. These brave men
of the ranks are the real heroes Of your
political campaigns. It IS with these
| party workers I have served you polit1-
| cally for thirty odd years.
faithfully, my fclloW-countrymen,
| have I ~cndeavorcd to servo the interest
| Of North Carolina in her industrial en-
| terprises, her educational and her char
liable institutions.
"Not alone in politics, but everywhere
| and upon all occasions I have made the
interest OF North Carolina my first
! care: counting it my duty not only to
defend my party's platform, but as 9
| br~oad-gauged North Carolinian, to serve
North Carolina to the very best of my
ability.
when the alarm Of war was sound
ed in the COS, with some of you I went
to battle, slept under the same tattered
blanket, awakened by the same bugic
! call to duty CT to the charge, and when
J the last expiring shots told that the days
! work was done, and together we gathered
! around our camp fires to share our scan
1 - -a1oI - o.ol,o o0rn Wa IoII1O1 80,
| haps Of the deeds of some brave com
. rade who as q result of the days hap
! penings, had found MS winding sheet in
] his old tarttered blanket, and who had
1 gone from US to return no more forever.
! Or. when we threw ourselves down upon
the bare earth to sleep-perhaps to dream
| OF home, sweet home and dear ones far
away, 1 was your comrade in arms then,
| content TO serve as a private IN the
| grandest army that ever shook the con-
,tinent by its martial tread.
THE SENATORIAL PRIMARY.
con the first Tuesday in November when
you go to the polls to vote for Congress-
men AID Presidential electors, you viii
ind a box and you will have the oppor-
tunity Of depositing a ballot showing YOU
preference for United States Senator.
This has never been done before and
it is due largely to the influence of my
friends that such is the case now, my
position being that the election of Uni
ted States Senator should be taken from
the Legislature and lodged with the
source Of all DoWer-the people-and I an
well content to abide the result of that
vote.
Il claim that 7 am the peoples can
GiGate. I have no machine behind me
| nIOGocH 10 Nv n1nntiNn rn1v -J1TaiV
and solely upon the good will Of the
people. My friends should not become
o~ver-confdent, because there is always
danger il observation-disclosures
that eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty. If you are my friends, and desire
ny election, allow me to urge upon you
the Importance of work and the value
or organization. If my friends will only
turn out Oh election day and work anG
vote, victory is assured, and aside from
my personal interest, it is Of the utmost
Importance that there be a free and full
ballot. and an honest and fair count.
'Feliow-Denocrats, l am the peoples
candida tie, and l ask that on the 9Th day
Of November you do me the great honor
Of casting your vote in my favor, aDC
that you see that your neighbor does
also. And ! promise you, if by YOU
vote IN armed with the high and hon
orable commission Of Senator, that whe1
| forget the best interests of all Nortl
Carolina, from the mountains to the sea
may M right hand forget her cunning
and vixen 1 fail to speak in defense 0
her honor and integrity, may my tongue
cleave to the roof of my mouth. I thanl
you all for your patient hearing an(
courteous attention"
IL. A. CHAPPELL.