Year: 1871

attention to the mass meeting to be
held on the 18th inst, to speak OF the
business which will come before the
meeting, to insist upon the Importance
of the object in view, and to refer to
some of the advantages which offer
themselves to our party IN the APP
preaching canvass.


Our friends in the country will reS
member that it is not the purpose OF
this meeting to make any nominations
of the party, but simply to adopt and
put in effect the plan Of organization
as proposed by a convention of the
State central and district committees.


Accordingly. the first work before
the meeting will be the appointment of
a county executive committee of three
members who are not only quail
ificd and efficient for the business Of
the committee, but who are willing to
devote time to the accomplishment Of
its duties. Upon this committee will
devo.ve the whole duty Of pertecting
the plan of organization for the county,
which work they may accomplish at
their leisure, with the advice and as
sstanco Of such friends as they may
see iit to call to their aid 1t will be
the duty of the county committee to
appoint township committees, the num-
Der of which may vary, according to
the population of the townships. These
township committees should be com>
posed OF members residing in different
portions of the township, and should
be men Of energy of character who
will take n lively interest in the matter
and spare no pains to enlist as members
of their club every conservative voter
of their township. These township
committees will occupy the relation Of
aib erccutipe committees to the county
committees. In the plan Of organiza-
ton as proposed by the State and
congressional committees, they are
termed caauesers. and their number is
! limite,l to three. 1t is made their duty
TO make a thorough canvass of THEN
townships, taking down a complete list
Of all the voters, including both color
and parties. This will enable them t,
arrive at the strength of each precinct
and to guard against and efiectuall,
ferret out all frauds which may b,
committed on election day. Beside
this, in the progress of the canvass
many other duties will devolve upon
the county committee, such as the ap-
pointing of speakers and the circulation
of documents.


Should the meeting on the 10Th be
slimly attended more so than some
of our friends had eXpscied-this
should be no cause of Encouragement.
For so far in advance of the election,
very many good men are apt to imagine
that it is too soon for operations, and
months ahead will be sufficient time.
With this view of the matter, the
meeting may not be numeronsly at
tended, but those present may rest
assured of the fact that with them
must start at last the Organization Of
the party, and they must proceed al
once, then AMI there. The interest
will become greater, and will intensity
as the clnvass approaches. The mag
nitude Of the occasion will be too grea'
not to admit Of this conclusion. Oui
people will not be indifferent upon the
subject when they come to reflect tha
an opportunity offers itself to then
of ridding the country of every radica
official, from the constable of townships
to the governor Of the State. WheI
they come TO reflect that they have al
opportunity of filing the Offices of th'
State with men Of the country, and
men of their own choice, in lieu Of tht
immense horde of radical appoiutee'
who are but so many agents Of al
abandoned, corrnpt State government
and who are but tools of a scheme oi
systematsed plundcr, they will moi
be Indifferent to the prize. 1t is true
that much has occurred heretofore to
dishearten our De0nle, and TO render