Edgefield Advertiser

Let No White Man Forget His Duty on the 14th, 15th and 16th!

The election which begins to-day, (Tuesday 14th,) is one, the importance of which cannot and must not be overlooked. The issues involved are momentous in the last degree. The question has narrowed down to the point: Shall this be a white man's government or not? The teachings of the Yankee emissaries who have infested this land since the surrender, have instilled the belief into the mind of the colored people that the latter can get no justice at the hands of the white race; and that they themselves (the colored people) should have a hand in the government. For this purpose the colored people have been formed into loyal leagues, and bound by oaths to vote only for those of their own race, or for such whites as may have gained their confidence through the manipulation of the leagues.

It therefore behooves the white people of this District, and every District in this State, to use strenuous efforts to be at the polls on the days of election, to persuade his neighbor to go thither, and, if necessary, to assist him in getting there; and cast his vote for good men who will do justice to the white as well as the black race.

The Conservative Candidates who have been selected for this District are the right kind of men; men who command the respect and confidence of the people, and whose standing in the community is a sure guarantee of their usefulness as legislators.

Let no white man, then, in Edgefield District fail to be at the polls on the days of election, and exercise the only privilege left him of his former rights. It is more important now than ever, that this privilege be exercised, as upon it may depend the future political, social and material welfare of the people of Edgefield District.

If, before the voting is over, these remarks should meet the eye of any man who has not voted, and who, if he voted at all, would vote on the right side, we beg him to dally no longer, but to fly to the polls, even though it be at the eleventh hour.