The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-27
My fellow Democrats of North Carolina:

In the closing hours of this campaign note
of victory From all sections State dngs great
JOY. My friends tell that shall receive largest majority
gubernatoral candidate overwhelming
expression of confidence candidacy thank
from the bottom of heart thank every person
in North Carolina worked my countless
thousands who will for Saturday. my deepest graf
tude; the Woodworking county precinct
my heartfelt thanks owe State Manager and his
ates debt of loyalty and gratitude which never be
able to repay.
In announcing candidacy and the my
platform pitched my campaign highest level knew
that OF service to my people
For ten weeks have carried the message democracy
the people of the State have the
paign from the mountains have found the peope
interested getting the serious problems that
will confront this State during the years. In conduct
ing this kind of campaign have followed footsteps of Ay
cock and the other great who as Cover
nor This the only kind of campaign how to con-
quot But IN recent days. have been amazed my
opponent has abandoned the the people were
interested and plunged to plane of low level order
gage IN personal attack
By trick photography by putting my mouth which
never uttered printed statements by misleading ad
versemens by the printing questions answers in an in
ervew which took place. parties who have
never met by whispering campaigns by innundo and
on and by other forms of guersnpng by
my opponent the opposition has sought asassnate char
acter and to prejudice 1t type of cam
pa1gn which first made its appearance Carolina politics
IN 1885, 1t failed then will fail this campaign meth
hopeless his cause becomes the nsdous will
be- regret the necessity of taking the denonce it as
fantasicaly false.
My life is an open book lived among my neighbors in
North Carolina, where expect continue living after THE
campaign is over.
call all good Democrats to help rid North CAROLYN. ~
this type campaign twice defeated will he CONSIGNED
10 mat OBLIVION from whence unworthy of our ira
os Oh insult 10 the intelligence of our people,
tempt to beudde the issues demagogc appeal to predice
method his
10 confuse the voter and to bolster hopeless cause
such campaign is abhorrent to not permit nv
campaign to be dragged to low level am done with
want to talk briefly about the thing uppermost
In the minds of all of Today Cardinals sons and
daughters $1,000 are making freedoms fpb IN
army camps tropical jungles Rome on the
seven Africas bserng frozen Arctic
IN the air and under the
Thousands of them England poised and ready for
e na victorious assault the citadel tyranny
Sion At this great and solemn human history there
De no dlssentlon lack of unity among people
Inc ncn OF factions and the strife of parsanshp
oa as given to us by the Prophet when he SAYS Fear
thou not for am with thee
LUIS is tne greatest mass military naval operation in
long march through corridors of time the greatest
battle OF the On destiny of all neon1es If The d
Will De determined for hundreds years to come That we
a luph we nave no doubt We have side the might
es' nghng machine in the world finest fighting men
ABOVE ALL have the spirit men and the ~
those who know that right and that their cans.
is just Tonight thousands will be IN their
Knees even as will uering only PRAYER for victory
0u prayer to the Almighty and God to care for mr.
loved ones in the midst of battle May God give US the viz
tory we also pray that He may give the grace to hear with
oruude the trials and tribuatons this historic hour W..
KNOW we nave grim experience that manv of or
hhest sons WI" make the supreme sacrifice wounded
Some day in the not too distant will come to the
end SO beautifully described by Poet Tennyson
When the drums hroh longer and the battle raos
fured
In a parliament of the federation of the world
When the hymn writers "swee amens of peace" arc in
toned throughout the land and boys
find that North Carolina along with fought the oood
fight May they not discover that they were awav W..
have forgotten the traditions of thew find that
We have kept the faith of Aycock.
To that sacred task pledge you my best effort and with
Aiping pray:
God of our fathers be with us vet
Lest we forget, lest forget"
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