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Suffer a few words of friendly advice. I have seen votes which are entirely Whig or Democratic, with the exception that the names of the persons for Clerk and Sheriff on them are our candidates, Mr. Raymond and Mr. Palmer.
I understand that these votes were printed for the simple purpose of saving the necessity of altering other votes with the pen. I find no fault with such a purpose.
Abolitionists cannot consistently distribute or peddle these votes. They would be guilty of a palpable violation of their principles, were they to distribute or peddle tickets which have on them the name of even one proslavery man. As it is a deep crime against humanity to vote for proslavery men, it cannot be innocent to circulate tickets with the names of such men upon them. If Whigs and Democrats distribute or peddle tickets, on which are the names of abolitionists, we shall rejoice - and the more names of abolitionists there may be on them the more we shall rejoice. But let the work of distributing or peddling these mixed tickets, be the work of Whigs and Democrats exclusively.
Our prospects of a decisive, glorious triumph in this County are brightening every hour. We are, of course, happy to believe that there is scarcely room to doubt of the election of a part of our ticket. But our whole ticket can be elected; and it will be, if we remain true to that whole ticket, true to our cause, and true to each other, until the closing of the polls next Tuesday. Let us remember, too, for our encouragement to our utmost duty, that the success of our cause in this County, at the coming Election, cannot fail to be followed by the speedy overthrow of the whole bloody system of American slavery.
PETERBORO, November 3, 1843.
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