Aud when and where shall it end ?
Cheating at elections, like frauds in
business, will and does, lead from
one infamy to another. It saps and
undermines the very foundations of
government, destroys confidence in
the stability of our institutions,
makes capital timid of investment,
destroys confidence among neighbors,
fosters and eucourages a spirit ot
awlessness, breeejs auarchists and
mobs, strikes down the principles of
morality and turns backward the
n-ogress of our revered christian
civilization, brings reproach upon
our people and our State, teaches
men to violate law, ana it persisted
in must jueyitably as its logical re
sult, destroy the very last vestige of
iberty which is as dear to our own
hearts as it was to our patriotic an
cestors who fought the battles of the
Kevolution.
We therefore most earnestly ap
peal to all good citizens irrespective
of party affiliations to awake to their
duties ot tne nour, .ana to unite witn
us in actively condemning the un
just perversion of our election laws,
w le-re ballo
turnd mad"
have b-eti u-ed in v. II
t b" exclu-;
the pliM'fa
?i are counted
as d like prHc'.i'-t
did r
s w hh-h
known lo
calities in North Carol it. a should be j
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it. e as tuc:.
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rnrieu liV the t"
wi 1 not be
or tolerate ' at the ai proachin
tion.
