richest benediction of heaven may rest
upon the disconsolate and give them
until the article reaches the custom house
in this country. Then it is paid by the
purchaser in the loreign market and
the amount of the tariff tax is added
to the cost of the article. Then the
home buyer must pay the original cost,
the amount of the import duty and
the dealer's profit when he gets the
article. Just think of it: Eleven
dollars taken from every man, woman
and child, white and colored, in
Vance county every year on account
of having to pay that much more for
what they buy. Surely this matter if
thoroughly explained to the colored
people would induce them to vote the
Democratic ticket and thus help to
abolish such an unjust and burdensome
system. Let every Democrat select
one or more colored voters and con-
vince them and bring them to the aid
of the Democracy, the real people's
party, because it is the champion and
defender of the rights and interest of
the masses against the classes. Work,
work, work. That is the thing.
A word to our Third party friends :
Come back and fall in line with your
Democratic friends, where you prop
erly belong, if you would save your
State pride and do not want to throw
away your vote. Look at the people
who have been and are now foremost
in the new movement and you will
at once see that they are opponents of
Democracy, and either sore-headed
kickers or Republicans. Come back,
erring brethren, to the fold ; you will
be welcomed by the Democratic hosts
and can rejoice with them over the
victory in November.
