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THE WHIG.
Athens, Thursday, November 2,1848.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET.
fob PBeaioesT.
ZACHARY TAYLOR,
k CANDID APPEAL TO THE FHIENDS
OF THE SOUTH.
People qf Georgia Whigi and Democrats—will
yon listen to a candid appeal to yonr better feelings
before casting yonr votes on Tnesday next? fit is
s fact which cannot be tiopueed, however heartily
good men may deprecate each a state of things,
that the present coofict b rather a sectional than a
forty contest. It has been made so by Northern
»« LsaUlsna
WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET.
3d. W. H. CsAwreaD I cth. Asscbt Hull,
Sd. A. W. Reddiko, 7th. Y. P. Kuo,
4th. William Moselt. | 8th. Geo. Stapleton.
Tlie Taylor Platform.
* I hare no private porpervs to oecompli-b, so party
pepiecu to build up—no enemies to punish—nothing to
nerve but my country.
“ I have no cooeealmeuU. I hold no opinion which I
would not readily proclaim to my amembled country
men ; but crude imprewion* upon matters of policy,
wfakh may be right to-day and wrong to-morrow, a
perhaps, ‘ '” ' - -
% S ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
REMEMBER,
That the Presidential Election it held in
TREASON! TREASON!I
We have for some time past been prepared for
almost any thing 6>at might be attempted by the
Southern leaden and office-holders among the
Cassites; bat we must confess are wers some
what “ startled from oar propriety” at learning that
a number of them had actually entered into a cos-
■MiA';r with the infamous and notorious abolition
ist, Giddings, for the purpose of exciting the preju
dices of Northern men a garnet Gen. Tatlob on the
TAYLOR HEN, ABE YOU ALL READY? j
THE WAY IT WORKS.
all tke States of tke (Unwlfamtlq-i£** 09 **
ich opposed to the Wilmot proviso ! ! Such,
as has been proven by the
imonv. Collectors ol Customs
most meet it aa each. It b now too bte in the day
te inquire toby oar brethren of the North have forced
thb bene upon os at tbb time—it b enough for os
to know that tbb fcerfal question has been made aa
base in thb canvass, and it b now oar doty to
meet it like men.
Already hare onr enemies (for we are forced to
regard them as sack) secured a majority in both
branches of Congress. Osr only remaining hope is
now to secure a President who will rerpect South-
“ * re ! /« orJer to do ,thick. tke Peoj,le of Georgia «“ « J™* «f
Taylor, . nme whw-bco i- '■*.»», r„red mwa ^ M ^ XenL, of,ho! Georg,,. whxtth
traitor scoundrels have been telling yon that they
doctors:
—AND—
“DON’T TOBGET TO VOTE FOB
OLD ZACH.”
indubitable
and other public ^filters and leaders among the
Cassites, residing in States more completely iden
tified with slavery than any other* iu the Union,
have actually been zealous in forwarding to Gid-
; dings the documentary, evidence to defeat Gen.
| Taylor a* the North solely on the ground that he
them rights!!! People of
“ We thill always be victorious, when ire ell j There i, no sort of affinity between tree eoilitm
pell together. 1 * So said oor gloriotie leader, liter ' ,„j T.yinrism. Old Zach ie mo honeit end petri-
the clote of one of the fiercest engagements ever j „t; c w ,'„itthe notion, of the free-soilers, who ere
witnewd in this or any other country. -Are! what bee (W j n; . dfceonteq^d with the - little magician-
wit tree in regard to the battle of Bneoa Vista is and are actually going orer to the soppolt of Lewis
egnell, troein reference toflie great Buena VJaU ; c ,„ on u , e srol)ll(! tha , bo |, a - better free toil
conflict which will taki place on neat Tuesday. ; m , n j Urtin Van Buret,” and the doctrine of
Taylormen of Georgia, this is tin last time^ we | tbe jiicholeon letter a “better elarery rettriction
than forty-fivb Wilmot Provisoes.” .Why, even
Wilmot himself, the notorious mover of the Pro-
riso, who at first declared for Van Buren, has knock
ed under to Cass' plan, or at least joined the Can
shall address yon before the final contest. In view
ground that be is a Southern man and a slaveholder,. of the importance of the issues involved, we would
and as such opposed to the Wilmot proviso ! ! Such, | once more inquire, Abe you ALL beady ? l.et
the ranks. Let all of Old
Tuesday. And
Hillard Fillmore.
By the following extract fretn a New Tori! Cai*
paper, it will be seen that the pure and incorriipti.-
ble patriot, Fillmore, is as fiercely assailed by the
Cassites at the North for his devotion to Southern
rights, as he inhere in Georgia by the Cass leaden
for his alleged Abolitionism! Will any man after
this, dare to utter the base and infamous falsehood
that Millard Fillmore is an Abolitionist 1 b
there, in the whole State of Georgia, a single indi
vidual green enough to believe that if FiixMoac
were (he sort of man the Loco leaders here rap re
sent him to be, their co-workers in iniquity at the
Soulhorn right..’ and the frce-roil- , Norlh „|j spta)t of him „ lollaw ,.
there be no faltering
Zach’s friends be at the polls t
not only so; but let them mske one more effort to | cnJ c f Ohio joined the Cass party, by which means j Dcrrudatiou •( nr. Fillmore.
their neighbors of tl.e stupendous impor-. , he Whig candidate for Governor was nearly de- The slave power shows no quarter. Not satis-
presented for their adjudi- ! feate j, p fople ofth? South, arouse ! awake! be-! fied with securing to itself the nomination at Phil-
■ -' **.<*»«-I
ot party, with the syren song ofNorthern men n f co tt 0 n, it has demanded and obtained the degra-
rith Soutin
following
WILLIAM TERRELL.
SEATN GRANTLAND,
IIAM’N. W. SHARPE.
WM. H. CRAWFORD,
A. W. REDDING,
WILLIAM MOSF.LY.
WARREN AKIN,
ASBURY HULL,
Y. P. KING,
GEO. STAPLETON
and brgely interested in the institntioa of slavery
—it is unreasonable and at war with the plain com
mon sense of mankind to suppose b opposed to us
in feeling; and on the other band, Lewis Cass,
bora and reared in New Hampshire, and during his
whole life a reiident of the frozen North, whose
hordes of fanatics now threaten the dismemberment
of thb glorious Republic, oa Ibis very question.
Can any sane man believe that under the circum-
rtanccs, Gen. Cass can be sound on this question 1 !
But we are not confined to circumstantial evidence— j FRIENDS OF TAYLOR!
m m SKtamATWM omtk.1 «m or rtosrnrrr j ON TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF
° , . Tm ‘ SocT “ ! , t N Z” ; NOVEMBER,*,o. will he died epon to discharge
all: bis Northern friends who must know his true s
ser.timeuu. all bear testimony to the fact that be is
opposed to i‘li and claim this very opposition
oppose him because they believe he will not protect
Southern interests ? What think you of a party
who wilt tii
KF REMEMBER,=E3
Tuesday, tho 7th of Motrcmber,
ASP PE at the foj.i!b eakly.
high and solemn duty. On that day you
declare by your votes whether or not the present
destructive party shall continue to rule over you
with a rod of iron! We therefore trust, that eve
ry man who really lores his country, and is desir
ous of seeing her once more prosperous will be
the polls on the 7th of November, prepared to dis-
vrhkh should never be <
control the action of Congrcw upon questions of riomes-
Upon the subjects of the tariff, the currency, the
improvement ofour great highways rivers, lakes, and
harbors the will of the people, as expressed through
their representatives in Congress, ought to be respect
ed, end carried pot by the Execuli* ‘ "
“ War, at all times and under all
national calamity, to be avoided, if compatible with
w!*d, in . foreignland.»peakingof,Uve-i c !, ar g e ( lis j UJ y honestly and f«tl t »ly. Torn CoiTSuci, For.,
iM bn - PRAYED tor its abolition every- j Stung. Editors:—W
I few days ago, with a couple of leading Democrats,
reason why tLf should sustain him. This we have
shown from week to week since the campaign com
menced, and on our first page to-day will be found
Gen. Cam' own declarations on this subject, from
the time
r ~t"ltT~7~ Ty,be “ iJ b * * F&AYKU ‘ or 'to«b°l*° n every- j out , tl ,en. as freemen.determined tomai’ntainy
dear Ration «.f the coo-titution. or mamfett haste snd where,” until he wrote to Nicholson that he was I ■ hu . „ J
want of con-ideration by Congress. . ngnw at an Hazards
“The personal opinions of tlic individual who may j impressed with the belief that a change was go-J In order to assist our friends, we would advise
n to occupy the Executive chair, ought not to ing on in the pub.ic mind upon the subject of the : t jj em tQ
i *t— "* n • ..t a- Wilmot Proviso, hu own among C. e rest," and pro- J CSTOfol
roulgated his new doctrine, which his Norther* j l0 examine well and see that the Ballot Box is emp-
Free-Soil friesds say is “ better dan forty-five . ty when the voting commences. Some Cassites in
IVtfmot Provisos,” viz: that the question of slave- t some parts may attempt some of their usual frauds
ry shall be left to the inhabitants of the territories: I and must therefore be watched. Attend to tbisad-
who, themselves Uing Negroes, Mulatloes a. i Indi- | T j ce an( j 9 „ that j, y „ ot ne|? | ccteiL
a/u, of every shade of color under the heaven, eve- Sco thftt thQ Votco aro Counted
*5 •11‘U‘^ .ixi urefef ull circumsunre, fe a 'y body know. wilUrad-.egeMus. Nay,itab. .. clo.nl. Remember, free-
h “j p, Tc,." TrT ttz 1 nra * ,ta ,b ' ba "“ , ^ is r-'-'r**-
a. iu true policy, are oppwefl to the .ubjugation of other wI,rn ; «Clevel.n(i, Judge Wuod told him hi. U- , „ ith . „ atchflll cye . Als0i
eountrios by eonaueot; for, in tbe language of the great low citizens tliere had been informed lie would use 1
J “ h ° uU ** ,0it °° hi* influenco to promote tbe'extfn.ion of ai.very,
I and were anxious to hear from him, lie replied *• Ilia I
Mr. Fillmore*# Platform-
:t f Can yo« longer repose
dence in them ? Is it nut high time that you should
take your cause in your own hands, and defend
your own rights, wher Souther* me* are at-
tehttuso TO DEFEATxGe*. Tayloc o* THE OROU5D
THAT he us a Souther* mas f
feature of the above case is, that we
have here iu Georgia men who approve the course
of these Smvlhrrn Traitors, as will be seen by the
following letter to the editors ol this paper, signed
by two geBtlcrsen of unquestioned veracity and of
the highest respectability. Read, Democrats of
Georgia, and say whether it your leaders
iing to sanction snch conduct, you can follow them
in so doing by voting for tbe candidate of the North
ern Abolitionists, wh<5se beast is that the Casi
ticket is not polluted by the name ol a slaveholder
tunce of the issues
eatjoo. Let thent remember that it is not merely
contest between the Whig and Democratic parties
into which our State has been divided—far from it.
It is a contest, disguise the fuctaswe may, between
the doctrines of FREE SOIL and the'RIGHTS
OF THE SOUTH—between tl.e Rights of the an cnemv to , hp South ! In the honesty and
People and the assumption of the Executive- • cerUy of our heurtt? . mIlcIl as W e have ever disliked j But, the humiliation of ‘Fillmore does
between PEACE and WAR—between Gen. TAY- j Mr. Y r ah Bnren. we believe he is this day a more j here. A few weeks since, some “Richmond (VmT>
LOR, the honest old Southern planter, and Lewis j reliable man than Lewis Cass, who heads the tick- i ,rie . nj5 *! Broo . ks .. of th . e .^ e l* r York Express,
without the name of a slaveholder on it.”
..principles" upon their lips, to de-1 dation of the man who was on the Presidential tick-
rain as they did in 1840 concerning : «* '«* app^e the a roused spirit of the free States, j
B„re„, wbo tbev |m«,v„ .flmit U |
1 stop
Cass, who has pandered to the fanatical notions of
Northern Abolitionism. Freemen .of Georgia,
choose ye this day whom ye will support.
If you wish to exclude yoarselves and your chil
dren from a participa;
valor won, if you are disposed to truckli
solence of Northern fanaticism—then vote for Lew- '
is Cass, as the doctrine of his Nicholson letter, that
the slavery question should be left to the inhabit
ants of the territories, is, in the language of his Ab
olition supporters, “ better calcnlated to exclude
slavery from them than forty-five Wilmot Provisos.”
II you wish to establish the doctrine that “the
King can do no wrong”—and that the President
shall, like a despot, overrule a majority of the peo
ple’s representatives, thus changing the character
of our Government from a Republic to an elective j
Co., Ga., Oct. 26th, 1848. monarchy—and converting Congresa into a body j
for the purpose of registering the monarch's edi
_ lire if Fillmore believed in the power of Con
gress to abolish the inter-state slave trade, or held '
*■* extreme opinions on the subjeA of slavery. With- ,
«« settled. out waiting to consult Fillmore, Brooks replied to
, .nnounci.i- the result, of the VinsimattS. indiguntltr dmyiitg lh.t be h,U
1 ° _ ; any such opinions as to the power of Congress, or
lylvama, says : ; on ,j, e subject of slavery generally. Brooks then
“This dffcision in Pennsylvania, made now after ■ informs Fillmore of what he had done; and under
the State UJ been canv.»«eJ m«t tlioronehlv, anj ! hate ol Sept. 13th, the latter repliea approvlar of
made too X a d.atioe, refereaee to the Preaideo- j %S£3£%2KSS ife
tial election is final as to her vote, and is conclusive lice representing to your friends that these were
as to the Presidential election. my scntimei *
Let not the Ballot Box
| be taken from tbe place of voting until the votes
opponents are now desperate,
form. ""J doufasion which pcrv.de tl.i, wremhly ma> ._ al](lwtd , be oppo^ohj., reson to
will prevent the people from hearing me. !!!— . ' ... r ,, t-
“ I DISAVOW MOST UNEQUIVOCALLY*, Rc ,j .dlow-citixens tlie article to which we refer I P m!l,n,a,n lhe ' r ^ er ' Al lhe! '
NOW AND FOREVER, ANY DESIRE TO IN- ^ "S. > ou wiU i ,robabI . v find in ffome P art! ’ of the coun,r - v
TERFKRE WITH THE RIGHTS. OR WHAT IS ? n ° ur fiwt ^S** and y°“ W,H there find recorded
CALLED THE PROPERTY. OF THE SOUTH-1 m h,s own l* n g u> sei his opinions on this subject—
F.RN STATES.”—Millard Fillmore, in the V. S. 1 op
House •/ Representatiirt. j which he is and has ever been surrounded, mu»l
s of all candid, unprejudiced minde, com
i him of hostility to the South. Read these opin- j
Bullies Posted
»n language, ms upuuuns on uiis suincci— I , _. . , ,
, which, coupled with the circumstances by ! “ ,r0,n Bul b '“ l,rn ’f'
Gen- Cau* Northern Platform-
Resolved, THAT HOSTILITY TO THE EX
TENSION OF HUMAN SLAVERY IS NOW
AND EVER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PRIM-
CIPLES OF THE DEMOCRATIC CREED, »nd
THAT TO ABANDON IT AT THE PRESENT
TIME WOULD BE A CRIME AGAINST THE
FREE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH OUR IN
STITUTIONS ARE BASF.D.—Resolution of the
late Democratic Convention of Michigan.
“I AM NO SLAVEHOLDER—1 NEVER HAVE
BEEN—I NEVER SHALL HE. I DEPRECATE
ITS EXISTENCE IN PRINCIPLE, AND PR AY
TOR ITS ABOLITIONARY ER Y WH KRE. WHEN'
THIS CAN BE EFFECTED JUSTLY AND
, respectfully.
them that you are freemen, and will
freemen's rights. You must also
Watch Illegal Voters-
of GVn.’ca«",Vn(i"dTveVting you~nie7re7 of all j Kce P a T 'S ilanl c J e u ?° n ,hem - and 5uffer r
party bias, and emerging into a purer and holier at- j lo v ° l ® wbo is no1 e,lt,t * ed 10 a vo,e ‘ ^
mospherc, let your patriotism decide for whom it ia j >'° a W ' B “S 3 '" be chealc ‘ l 001 jroai "S® 1 *'
yorrenty to vote. Tbe question for you to determine ! must _ ... _ _ ....
i, .plain end tvimple one—Shell live interestg of tile ] Bo at tha Polls, . It will be remembered ttwt in 1844 .certain clu.
Snutli be racriflccd for l!« pnrpow of acenrinn . I ral " « r ha ' 1 or * n »*' *' ltM “ ho,,r | ol U,e l,0mOcr " ts “‘’J" 1 " 1 “ Mr ' Clav ' »"<> i"*W-
rniacnvhlc part, triumph J We .re ovtirfied that a. 1 l * f "" ,h 'J "I 1 "* 1 - T0,k - v » ur ar 1“ ! ‘ u ‘-1' d th *‘ "» «"-• chr “ ,ia " C »“ M f °' tim - ™
a ncncral rule lhe oflice-holdcra and officc-hontcra | ' , h " b *« b "» <>“«*»«• «”l misW b >’ ,he 1 5 rol, " dl “ Iht ! r * lle S ed - he P»t*»ni«ed hnrec-
arc prepared tu make any aacriiice for the purpose I hir ' lia *» “ f P°'" r - Democrat, may, race,, played at card., &c. Well, thia wa. doubt-
“ We say this not with any purpose of disheart
ening the friends of Geu. Cass, or of making the
friends of Gen. Taylor over-confident. We say it
liccanse we believe the Whigs of the other States,
in every part of tlie Union, are prepared and deter
mined to do their duty, and that in that determina
tion we have the present assurance that with tlie
vote of Penyslvania lor Gen. Taylor,and New York
instead of suflering it to remain what the framers | being given up for him, he is certain, beyond any
of tbe Constitution intended it to be—the l^gisla- { contingency, to receive the votes of other States
tive department of the Government—then vote for,] #u ® c ' c,, t t0 elect him. He is now certain to re-
1 ceive the following States:
Massachusetts, 12
Cass men, of this county, and one of this village—
>ne of them declared that if the institution of slave-
•v, or the rights of the people ol the South, as slave- Lewis Cass.
holders, were ever invaded, or attempted to be in- If you wish the Government to depart from
fringed by the Abolitionists of the North, that he true principles, and instead of cultivating the
would not and should not shoulder his musket in j of peace, embark in foreign wars ol conquest in ac- •
our defence—that he had no interest in slavery, and ; cordance with the “manifest destiny” theory so i
cared nothing for the righ:s of the people of the ' boldly proclaimed in Congress—then vote for Lewis {
South as tlie owner of slave property. The other j Cass, as he will doubtless give you war to your I
one, in answer to tlie question wiiether he appro\-- i heart’s content. ]
ed of the conduct of those Cass Democrats in Mis- ! If you wisli to place in the seat of Washington j
sissippi, who procured copies of General Taylor’s j "a vacillating,-time-serving politician—all things
deeds to negroes firm the records of the courts of < to all men, and faithful to none—unsound upon tho
that State, and forwanled them on to the abolition 1 slavery question and an enemy to the South”—as
Editors at the North to l>e used there against Gen. I he has been termed by a member of the Convention
Taylor, and to prove that Gen. Taylor was the own-j which placed his name in nomination—then vote
er of slaves, and friend of slavery, declared, in re- ■ for I-cwis Cass.
ply to this question, that he did cordially approve ot i ON THE OTHER HAND,
tlie conduct of those Cass Democrats of Mississippi j If yon wish to see the compromises of the con-
in respect to this matter. stitution preserved, and tlie rights of the South re-
The above is true to tlie letter, and, Messrs. Ed- j spected, vote for the brave old Rough and Ready
itora, if the public want our statement corrobrated j who so nobly fought to acquire the territory which
by the sauction of an oath, we stand ready to veri-1 we, a3 Southern men, claim an equal right to oc-
fy tlie statement here given by our written affida- I cupy and enjoy.
Vei
Rhode island,
Connecticut,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Poor degraded Fillmore! He bites the dust and
lets the Southern Juggernaut grind over him. Hs
denies the power of the Federal Government to
touch slavery in the District, or the slave trade be-
i complimentary terms for General Taylor’s opin-
ins as to exercising the veto against the Wilmot
roviso in its application to the new territories.—
Taylor replies that he has. laid it down as a priori-
' r»t to answer questions on that subject! On
ilal question, he declines to show hit band.—
But the slaveholders, finding out that Fillmore had
once written a few words in favor of the power of
Congress about slavery, (no man ever accosed him
of doing any thing) and lo, he is pointed to the re-
Pittance stood by the Southern overseers, and hav-
ig promptly taken his place, is compelled to eat
“ This
147
of reuinin. wti.t tli.y hold and g »uiin e «li«t thr, I -o'' Lnrnloo-. jf th'V ate not made ac-
eotet. To them »e make no appeal: bat adders. ! flnainted » iih the deMnietive men,me. which they
nS^f^uuLrtmumin£ '7S.'"o 1”r"Y
TIES.”— Gen. Cass' Pamphlet. | naled b - v 1,10 lust °* °®= e or the glitter of tho spoils
—— | —to tlie houe»t and patriotic masses who have
HU Sonllicru Platform. I rights to defend and homes to protect from the dcs-
*’ Briefly, then, I am opposed to the exercise of j C cration of Northern fanaticism. To those wbo
lYfllf FAVORS'^LEAVING ToTJe PEO- " wk n< f in * but their ””**'• ^ “ dwbo “
PLE OF ANY TERRITORY WHICH MAY BE 1 honest desire is to «e the compromises of theCon-
HKREAFTKR ACQUIRED, THE RIGHT TO | stitution respected snd faithfully carried out, we ad-
RKGIJI^TE IT FOR THEMSELVES. UNDER 1 dress ourselves, 'fhi* glorious Union now hangs
It1TOT.o“* l ‘ BUiCU ‘ U * w T,IE t0N - ...ponded over a yawning cult; a .ingle tala' Btep
•* But certain it is, that tho principle of interfer
ence [by Congress,] should not be carried beyond
the necessary implication which produces it. It
should be limited lo the creation
ments for new countries, acquired
a the necessary provisions f«
proper go'
iisl ad-
settled,-)
mission into the Union; leaving,
la the people inhabiting them, to regulate iheir in
ternal concerns in thnr own way. THEY ARE
JUST AS CAPABLE OF DOING SO, AS
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATES;
it adopted. Be in time to talk, to see, and rca-
with such men, and you will do your country
great good, and prevent them from assisting to de
stroy their own freedom.
When tho Foils aro Open,
vote yourscif, and then look out for your neighbors.
If one be missing.
Start ont after him,
and besceth him by all means to go and vote. If
he won’t go and leave his work, stay and work for
him until be returns. Do all that is fair and hoi
-egard to the vexed question which now agitates
tbe country, may plunge us into the yawning depths j able to
below. Fanaticism with lighted torch in hand, j Got tho Voters Oat*
stands teady to set fire to our glorious Temple ol j Q ur opponents always manage to get their friends
Liberty—Civil Discord, with iu haggard host, like j ont . | t ri ght sometimes to learn of our oppo-
a gaunt wolf, is seeking iu prey-whilst War in , nents . We sh( , uld a!I
h>s red right hand holds unsheathed his blood-stain, j Bear in Blind
H .wont! 1. thi. Ih, time to piano at tho bond of | that ha „ >olei enough giie |he maiori ,j.. ..
di.tingui.hcd tbrougbout bi. whole j , he ; , h Novemb „ 0 |d Rough and Ready, if
affitirs
! calmest times; and one, too, whose declared opin-
. . ',*Ti," D ""J ,or 5' b 'J ?" d . 1 ' 1 ? Ki" j ion. .bow that hi. heart end hi. .ret. are clo«d
Grande and ea*t of the Rocky mountains, it i* still i . .. ... . . .. . . „
more impo«ihle that a majority of th. pre.pl. j *B*"'*< «” r -""o' 1 » f lh " £>«"“"• >-" | oo! Peu«,
would consent to re-establish slavery. They are,; freemen, and answer for yourselves this question.
themselves, a COLORED POPULATION, end J Can you, when divested of partv prejudice, for one
T«TrZ£i^‘£° ROi ° a "* M °" S j think,whatever may be hi. ,oaliflc.Uon.
| of mind and hi. experience in civil government, that
they can do eo ntnny retc,.« .non a, their political life for 1-LTa.l.tt, whore ectreme opinion, and ex- | a „ M , ,, ie „ Js vote . 0u[ 0pp „ ncnl3 win hav,
tnilepvndvncc u rccogaixol hy admireion imo the treme mea»ure. woa.d endanger enr refety.n the j voler oI , heir lv . Shall tbe of
Union. ! calmest times; and one, too, whose declared opin-1 _ . , , ,• ....... . , .
“ Should we ecqniie territory beyond lhe Kin ,c..: J Taylor he le.. acuve when the best mtere.1. of our
I country are at stake, and we have it in our power
to effect a change of rulers ! Forbid it freemen!
Rather let us all do our duty, and
THE COUNTRY WILL BE REDEEMED!
Frecmoa! Stand at tho Foils
until the box is closed, and see that tbe old and in
firm are not kept from voting by the bullies of Cass
& Co., whose duty it seems to be to keep old and tim
id voters from the polls. Watch them well, there
fore, and keep the way clear.
Don’t believe yonr enemies.
They will circulate every manner of falsehood to
help their sinking cause. Don’t believe them!
This is an old trick of our opponents, and has al-
, people of r the"south'wh«n "he"uttered hU memorable | ^ ^ ^gun by the office-holders in Washing-
i prayer at Paris)—we say, are you not satisfied that
the great heart of ZACHARY TAYLOR, the old
Southern planter, is sufficiently expansive to feel an
interest in every section, and sufficiently honest to
Gen. Cass’ Poor Elan’s Platform,
HIS LAW rod WHIPPING POOR WHITE WEI
FOUTZLT CALLED
An Act for the Punishment cf Idle and Disor
derly Persons."
“ Sic. 1. Be it enacted bv the Governor and
fudges of the Territory of Michigan, That any
justice of the peace, on conviction, may sentence
any vagrant, lewd, idle, or disorderly persons,
stubborn servants common drunkards, common
night-wa'kers, pilferers or any persons wanton
and lascivious in speech, conduct, or behavtour.
common reiiers or brawlers, such as neglect theii
calling and employments, misspend what they
earn, and do not provide for themselves or then
families to be whipped, not exceeding ten stripes
or to be delivered over to any constable to be em
ployed in labor not exceeding three months by
such constable to be hired out for the best wages
that can be procured, tbe proceeds of which f
ipplied to the use of the poor of the county.
M The same being adopted from the laws ot
me of the origiaal States to wit, the State
Vermoqt, as far as necessary and suitable to t
circumstauces of the Territory of Michigan.
“ Made, adopted, and published at Detroit, the
twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen.
LEWIS CASS.
Pomur of the Territory of Michigan.
A. B. WOODWARD,
Presiding JuJjeof Terra Michigan.
One rf the lodges of Teri'y of Michigan.
Gen. Cass can, with any degree ol safety, be trusted
by the people of the South ? On the other band,
when you take into consideration the circumstanc
es by which be is snrrounded, snd review the whole
of his past life, public a:.d private, are you not satis-
tied that having devoted a lifetime to the service of .
the country in the arduous duties of the field and!
camp,aud never having, at home or abroad, virtually j *n '
denied a portion of the Union (as Gen. Cass did tbe
If you wish to preserve the purity of our free in-
| stitutions, and secure hereafter a true Republican
TO TUE‘CONSCIENCE DEMOCRATS.’j Government, where the majority of the People
shall rule, vote for old Zach Taylor, who lias said,
the will of the People ought to be carried out and
respected by the Executive.”
Il you wish to preserve the public peace,and live
i good terms with all mankind, by which the pub
lic and private prosperity of the country must be
preserved—vole for the hero of the Rio Grande—
in tins language of the great Washi:<gto*
says, u Why should we quit our own to stard on
foreign ground.”
i short, you wish to place in the Executive
secokd Wasiuxgto*—the brave, humane
General—the patriotic old soldier—tlie unostenta-
ius, modest old Republican—the noblest work of
God, on honest man, in whom all can confide-
for Gen. Zachary Taylor, who has “ no private
purposes to accomplish—no party projects to build
up—no enemies to punish—hothikg to serve
ms COUNTRY.”
Above, are clearly presented tlie great issues of
tbe present campaign—issues compared with which
those presented by parlies for the last several years
dwindle into perfect insignificance.
Taylor men of Georgia, present these great truths
to your neighbors between this and the day of elec
tion—a word in season may do much—talk to
your Cass neighbors, and endeavor to prevail
them, not as partisans, but as Southern men, im
pressed with the importance of the present awf
crisis, to vole for the Southern candidate, rntli
than the nominee of Norther* fanaticism. Do
this, and you may accomplish much for your coun
try by securing the election of a President in whom
I the whole country can confide.
less all very well; but suppose we apply their doc-
to their candidate ftjjjf the Vice Presidency,
Gen. Wm. O. Butler,»ohottiended a horse-race near
the city of Mexico, on unlay, and gave “ aid and
comfort” to the gamblers present by lendiug his
presence as Cotnmander-iivChief of the American
sanction the iniquitous proceeding ? Now,
what do pious Democrats think of such conduct j
Nor does it stop here, as appears from the following
affidavit sworn to by William Clemons, from which
it jvill be seen that he rot only gave counte
nance to them by his presence, but after betting and
losing refused to pay, and even worse than all,
abused his power by arresting and imprisoning the
winning parlies!!! Il these charges are true,
(and we have no reason to doubt them
sence at the race is proved beyond question) they
arc enough to consign his name to infamy. Let
us now se« if these pious Democrats will be found
voting for this distinguished Sabbath-breaker and
gambler.
STATE OF GEORGIA,!
Chatham County. (
Before me, Robert Raiford, n J ustice of the Peace
for said county, personally appeared V\ illiam S.
demons who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saitli,
that he was in the city of Mexico, on the second
Sumlay in May last, (being the 14th day of May,
1848)—that he (deponent) went to the Public
Race Course, near said city of Mexico, well kno*
prompt him to do his duty to all ? Now, you all be
lieve this: then why not vote for him ? ‘‘Ob, he
is not of our party.” Well, that matters not. The
ordinary issues of petty are not involved in thia con
test, and as you will perceive, honest Democrat, yoa
may votf for Zachary Taylor without sacrificing
your principles; while by doing so, jroa will secure
yoar interests. It is known to all thinking men that
the former party issues will not and cannot be
s true, s
TIm WtelR Crec«.
The restoration ofpower to the Psopla.
The restoration ofour Goverenment to
and legitimate purposes.
Tbe rescue of the Gov cement from the grasp of De-
^nwrastrictiasoftiis Veto withm legitimate linuta.
Tho curtailment of the inordinate potnmoge ot the
Rascatirs^ky ataans of which Etoctioos
and dp Public Liberty endangered.
Retrenchment of *
more than a majority of all the electo
ral voles. We'have not included in the list o
really doubtful State. With the exception of Ni
York, (whirh is considered on all sides as certain
for Taylor, by some estimated at seventy thousand
riiajority.) and Pennsylvania and Florida, which
have both just declared their determination, all
Slates voted for Mr. Clav »n IS 44, mid are as
tain now as they were then. Thus Gen. Tavh
elected without counting Ohio, which wc by no
means consider as likely to be lost ‘
Louisiana, which the best informed inen ot all aides,
say he is certain to receive; without Georgia.which
iy claim with as much confidence as the otii-
i; without Indiana or South Carolina, or
udssippi, or Ma<ne, which are all doubt
ful , and without Virginia, which some of our
friends, who have canvassed the State, claim with
.11 confidence.
“Without counting for him one really doubtful
Sta’e Gen. Taylor is elected; whilst on the other
hand, Gen. Gass must not get only all the doubtful
•States, but must even get one or more of those
which are regarded for Gen. Taylor to be elected !
Iu this respect, this canvass is somewhat like that
184(1. Then Gen. Harrison had only to get tlie
te to be elected; w *
necessary to Mr ^
ren’s success. We know tbe result. Gen. Harri
son got a majority of the doubtlul States. But now
all that is necessary for Gen. Taylor's success is,
that he should get the votes of the States that are
not regarded as doubtful for him, and he fa elected.
We believe that he will not only do this, bul
ords!
Will the free Electors of the State of New Yotfc
put the seal of their approbation to such truckling
doughfaceisin, by giving their votes to Taylor and
Fillmore.
People of Georgia! Friends of Southern rights I
Do you not sec the deep and damning game Loco-
focoism is attempting to play 1 Do you not see
that because Fillmore has had the independence
to declare himself friendly to Southern rights, they
are at the North endeavoring to turn the floodtide of
Abolition fanaticism against him, while here it is
pretended he is an enemy to the South !! Remem
ber, Georgians, that those here who make this
charge against him are the very men who assured
you, in 1840, that Marlin Van Buren was a "North,
ern man with Southern principles.” Time has
proved that they were either mistaken or told wil
ful lies. Having deceived you once, will you suf
fer them todo so again ? Remember, there are but
the North who will dare show any
t to Southern institutions: for doing
this, they are now attempting to make a sacrifice
of Millakd Fillmore at the North; will you pa
tiently stand by and see it done—or will you, like
le men, go to the polls on Tuesday next, and cast
mr votes for the man who has befriended you I
GUARD THE BALLOT-BOX!
Remember, Taylor men of Georgia, the fraudulent
>ting that was practised in this State in 1844,and
guard well the ballot-boxes. See that no illegal
votes are polled! Remember, that “ eternal vigi
lance is the price of liberty.”
get r
n the doubtful States tbau will Gen.
“ Pennsylvania has always voted for the snccei
ful candidate, and we congratulate her ciizens that
they have determined to do so in November.”
Taylor men of Georgia, will you allow the old
Hero to lie elected without the vote of yonr yonng
ind vigorous aud growing state, the Keyi
of the South ? You hi
Northern man for Psesidcnt, you
not do it now. Then, gird on your
yet voted to
-elMlder u
.*>lv
We think that no state can be more certainly-
relied upon for Old Zach than Pennsylvania. If
the democratic Governor there had been elected by-
ten thousand majority, we sliould still have had as
good hopes of Pennsylvania as the democrats
could have had of Ohio under the same circumstan
ces. There was no division in the party ir
thre-Tinyoii Course ili.t xmotig mxny llien I Remember, tbb is a real Buena Vista contest— ,U,I! a „ Tb ' re W|U 1,0 * vcr J s ' ri °“' .
d there present, was Genera WILLIAM O. . , .. , , , , caused by the Van Buren movement, in the Press-
BimSkTE limn Commanding General of ^ j'very man most wort., thooghsurcess depended ^ ^ T „ e „ y. Day Book sa„:
the United State. Army in Mexico j tbst the said I .nd..,dn.l efforts. The enemy.. watch- : Thc p |vania ,„j 0hio Electk>lla , , cc „ r .
General BUTLER was on the bland when it broke I ful, vigilant and energetic. He must be met and ding to thc returns thus far, are pretty decisive
down, which was at about 011c o clock, P.M. ol that i con nuered. Georgia never has, and never must vote 1 against tlie very absurd and unwarrantable preten-
tke Abolition candidate! To prevent this, you .ions of the L, colocos to a continued existenceof
lered, to tv it, a Grey Horae, belonging to Laieii.en- y their extensivelv smashed and dislocated oartv —
R. BUTLER,, flay Horse,.elongingtoMr. Van i must bo vigilant, watchful and zealous. Wo ^ lorlwwis cL” the ide "of fore,on tho uLc-
v in the midst of the fight already has the t una te old gentleman into the horrors of such a de-
plantcd his heavy ordnance—the din of the j feal
Let the People of Georgia remember at the polls
next Tuesday that ia the Free States it is the open,
boast of the Cassites that their’s is “ the only tick
et without the name of a slaveholder on it.”' Let
them remember that when pretending to represent
this great Republic at a foreign Court, Gen. Cass’
prejudices against us were so strong, that he turned
his hack upon the South, and virtually denied all
ir lot with us by the memorable remark, “ /
> slaveholder—I never have been—I never shall
be—I DEPRECATE ITS KXISTEXCE I* PRISCIFLI, and
PRAY FOR ITS ABOLITION EVERY WHERE*
—while Gen. Butler, though living in a slave
Slate, has neither part or lot with us in our pecu-
iar institution, ami is claimed by his friends to be
in Kmancipatioxist ! Georgians, take care of your
ights at the ballot-box on Tuesday next.
Jay t
Olstine, and a Bay Hon
nent; said Race '
1 battle i:
s him three w
rs—the conflict becomes tearful— | *be Old Hunkers pen
in said Sabbath-day by betting several i
; of firs
noney, and otherwise pledging his hotior to pay j is hard to say on whose standard victory will Should be no Lncofoco party without him for ii
other Bets made upon the said Race between tire; perch!! All is suspense! But hark! See the i head and his friends in possession ofthe^flices.-
SsA&Bmfflthi hreit! i c ' oud of dust-rising in the distance—ha, doe, i, ; Neither he nor the patty will ere, do much ,
and then the other gain, an ad~n.ag._i, Cfttf+gSTg
irtii. 1AA» Ur MAIILL is BEAK. Are me which General BUTLER bet, won the first heat, , - — j mischief to one another or to anybody else.
friends of the constitution and Laws—of good wag- and, as he had often done before, bolted on the se- me*” * Listen listen. Old Zach is coming | « Pennsylvania never before gave a majority for
es, good prices for produce, good times for every ! cond heat, when the other Horses went on, and the ; old Zach is coming!” Yes, brave comrades, take a Whig Governor, though in 1838 it gave a small
body and e.crythmg, prepared for the haul, ot, the | GenTml, ! “°' J Z “ ch ” c *"" in ** nd * lre * djr ” P""*» , r l V“ end,date when there
imagination tbe shouts of Victory ! Victo•,
e two laocofocos running against him. This
7tn ot November I Let these questions be pro- j WAM 0 . BUTLER, did then and there, not only I * * ; is somewhat significant ot a mortal weakness in the
pounded to yonr neighbors, and see that every man 'fail to redeem his hunur, by paying his wagers or: r »- wiut wmen we snail mate IM wettw nnj at u |n that Slate. Its legs will hard-
wbo lores hi. country, i, prepared with hi, little | Uh ** “ jMrtreP frote, IM payment; the winning , the conclu.,on of the fierce contest. I -
V II . .V J J /. . , . - ' parties, citizens of the United States, were arrested i
paper bullet—the dread of tyrants, and the fre€ * and placed in prison, and he (General BUTLER)
placed in prison, and lie (General BUTLER) j YOUNG HEN OP THE COUNTRY,
dearest friend—to shoot it ipto the ballot-box W a* writrea to, asking and demanding a hearing, I Remember that our condidates for President and ] Eiiilock is\vhen fie is knocked
ly carry it through the seventh of November. It
| is * a gone sucker,* beyond a peradventure. The
| party is * perfectly united’ there—as much
ON TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH OF NOVEM- offering at the same time bail, some of them being y
BEK. i Merchants there, and having large stocks of goods ; r
brought before the countrv bv the next Administra 'V*** thing *’ friend *’ and y oor coun,r y wiH , “raim ffie tirae^f^he ratiSon ^f* th^Treaty j we dependent upon your own exertions for -
■ m ^ ^ ^ x Ad ' I Ion S haTe cau “ 10 remember you. | between the United States and Mexico, they were, I and station in the world, refuse to sustain what is
tioo. This Slavery question will be the tasne; ana ; (taen mnro fnllmv.frMman. vralltr! then, and only then, released. No charges were ■ most emohaticallv “ the Peoole’s ticket”-our caa-
the head ; but it
President are both, in the strictest, sense, will be skinned and cut up before long. There
Manx hex. Cxn such of yon, therefore, x. bee? "» fli»i*'on in it there about • Slavery ex-
thi. hern, the case, it ia tha ioterettaix] imperative „*“7
Rally from every hiU! Rally from every
of sw political faith.
A Return to tbs old sad safe paths of boocsty, sm-'
parity, patriotic and public virtu.!
Thsreridsposof Gsp.Osss.at Vaikiagliai mqkung
And tk« effigy of GtmCaM was bcae at Sen A .
with a rope, by tbs volunteer*, who thus signified ti:
joy at kit «&«t to redact tkw pay for riotW
duty of tbe people of tbs South, regardless of party
trammels, to choose between the candidates before
them principally in reference to thio great question.
Let this be done, and the South has nothing to fear.
“In God is our trust,” May He “defend tbe right.”
T# s*f Unpaifa latocrlken.
It may not be amiss to remind such of our friends
as subscribed for tbe Whig during tbe campaign that
expire, and unless their sub
scriptions are renewed, onr weekly visits will be
the result ot tbe
election. We should be pleased to retain all our
campaign friends asperaraaentsubscribers; audit
from their short acquaintance with the paper, they
•bbald desire It continued to their address, ly tor*
warding the snaR amount of free dollars they
Without snch intimation,
bowevsr.of the>desire tocootinse,their names
be erased from the list when tbe tiara expires.
When the campaign closes, it ie o
tofill thecoUmas ot the Whig with a _ _
ral variety than we have given forth# hat few
months more ol gsaeral literature aad news, and
less of politics. Weshall spare no pains to make k
worthy of pabSe patronage as a Ftoaily Newepr
devoted to News, General Literature, and Pel
Oncp more.ftllOW^frGeman.rally! then, and only then, released. No charges were ; most emphatically “ the People’s
Rally front every hill! Rally from e^v vate!-! «"’ P-ferred again,. ^mreexhlMtefl. them d hUte. iningof Ut. Prepl. and
.rom wry mil; uu, inn very rwc.— ; ■ , . ■ ■ j n i, iUl,Hiiii ■ being of the People and eu,taincd by the
Rally from yonr workshop,! Rally from y°or "nteTite'm.tter, thouvh'pclmun'cd for. .ml dem.nd- P'ep 1 '’ C»n yon refuse to sustain them, when
fields! Rally from yonr firesides! Okf rasa—I ed by them. WILLIAM S- CLEMONS, j the language of the .well-head, would-be An, tocra-
yon who hate thoe far preserved onr liberties 1 Sworn to before me ,l,i, 14th d« o,OcW»r, ( cy of this country ie, “ Wbat business hove Zach-
—RALLY! Young men you who must preserve j 18- * 8 " R. RAIFORD, J. P. ary Taylor and Millard Fillmore in the two high-
Since tbe recent publication of tbe above affida- ’ est seats of honor! Taylor nothing bnt a soldier,
vit by Clemons, some ol the Democratic paperx are J and Fillmore originally a clothier's apprentice!—
onr liberties in years yet to come—RALLY!
See tkal aUl at Tartar’s friends are mt lh*
Falla.
Have oar friends every where provided tbe ne
cessary means of transporting aged and infirm vo
ters to the polls ? This is a matter of great impor
tance. Not a Taylor vote should be lost. Tbe
Philistines are down upon ns—and every friend of
old Zach aboald tern ont to help the country's
cause. See to it, friends, that all are provided with
means of reaching the ballot-box.—
iy will leave no stone unturned to bring
ont his entire strength, and unless met by corres
ponding activity on oor part; a shameful defeat
awaits as—while, if we “all pull together”—if we
are actitx, ticilaxt and zealots, a real Buena
Vista triumph mast and will crown onr efforts.
Dun or a U. S. Sxxatox.—Tbe Hon. Dixon
H. Lewis, U-S. Senator from Alabama, died soddea-
ly ia New Y«k oa the Mth ok.
Look ont, Taylor
election, for all mam
of electioneering ha
Their sole design is
Circulars and Election*
men, from this time till the
er of falsehoods in the shape
iribills. Believe them not—
o deceive and mislead honest
voters. The enemy wo learn by onr Northern ex
changes, is operating largely in this manner. Re
member, that the men who would write, publish
and circulate so many different lives of Cass, each
one adapted to the prejudices of the particnlar re
gion to which it was sent, are ready to do any
thing calculated to deceive the people. Remember,
that the men who, in 1840, declared Mr. Van Bo
ren was friendly to the South, are again attempting
to deceive the South. Let them be met with the
scorn and contempt such creatures deserve at the
bands of the people! Place no confidence whatev
er in any thing they say, aa by that shameful act
they forfeited all claims to the confidence of the
people.
tension,’ or any other issue likely ti
the Presidential election. Cass mi
ren men went together for the gubernatorial can
didate, as if for tbe purpose of showing what an
utterly extinct humbug the whole ot tbe old ioco-
foco party is.”
By reference to the foreign news published in onr
paper to-day, ft will be seen that Smith O’Brien, the
Irish patriot, has been found guilty of tbe charge of
treason and sentenced to be “ drawn on a hurdle to
| the place of execution, there to be hung by the neck
Cass men and Van Bu- until he is dead, dead—when his head is to be rever
ed from the body, his body quartered, and disposed
of as her Majesty may direct!! Patriots, freemen,
what think you of that, in thi^ enlightened age!
and all for loving his poor, unfortunate, down-trod-
ntry. The blood of Emmet, and the host
ies to heaven for vengeance!
Let the Old Hen of the Country,
Those who know the advantages of Peace—those ■ of Irish martyrs
who have witnessed the unnumbered evils of Wa* I* it not remarkable that in this land of liberty there
—press to the polls on Tuesday, and record their should be found those who sympathise with tbe
charge is not a new one. Onr readers will remem
ber that the very week after we announced the no
mination of Gen. Butler, on the authority ol the
correspondents of the New Orleans papers,we charg
ed him with having attended the Gamblees’Sukdat
hoxse-kace. Let knot, therefore, be said that it
is a story sprang on the eve of the election, so as
not tq afford an opportunity of contradiction by his
friends. _
VOTE EARLY.
awl.” These notions will hardly soil the People! . . ' . . ... .
* . * . i tor, Lewis Cass, “ the bellicose civilian and pacinc
Let the Taylor men of Georgia press to the polls
early on the morning of Tuesday, the 7tb inst.
Don’t forget the importance of ronxo eakly. Yon
cident might occur to prevent you from , „
yonr vote for the glorious old Here, fficrefore
Taylor men, DON’T FORGET TO VOJE EARLY-
at rig it ave ey to or pre.erment fully appreciates the benefits of peace and the hor- fearful enormities ? Such men desecrate the land
Co.fiDsth.fenre’U,h.splosgh-tttecolterteh.s j ^ Ut ^ reroenlber lhatu , ^pe.i- pollute .be pore .ttooephere of (.ecdore.
Taylor and Millakd Fillmore !
, . r . i tor, Lewis Cass, ** the bellicose civilian ana pacinc re.... T . a . .
slow to guard, ... „ . .. Resol red, That those wbo maka tbe charge
: -oldwr.* u Xu .litre, - ■n.nifctt dertin, ntee wh. that lhc Nortbe ,„ Dfmoc &rorlheS , a „
to belie te .be.,. » oor m™o. to fore. do „ KX0WING IT ’ X0 BE A HE.” A
Repobl.cn oo.|on» on .11 nr,.nkm ,c..n ..^c . ^ iboie h ^ „ f ,
no... mouth! Tb„. mxtter of grx.e con- at a c ,„ cot , vtntlon in l|„» chu « [U . Don,..
their own rights. Let the noble, honest-hearted .
* . . „ professes to believe
young men of the country remember Zachaet ,
cannon’s mouth
“ Don’t forget to Vote fbr Old 2JL0H." I eifiereUon. Old men ol Georgix, be crefnl how cf%a of Ge()rsiai yoor leldera teU you Uiat Norti .
-rr. _ you c« ,our cote.. I era Dcmocrxt. ore oor - Nuturol ollieo.” Abo,^
in tbe shape of a solemn resolution, yo.u h^va
i there same “ natural allies” (hemselyee tifi^k ot^
People of Georgia! Whigs and Democrats—re- j
member that in tbe contest next Tuesday be-;
tween Free-Soil and Southern Rights, Gen. Tat-
EXAJQNE YOUR TICKETS!
lok, the brave old Rough and Ready, is the repre- j Let no Taylor n
cox. mo ore.e o.u nougu onu ivcou,,.» ioe rep..-. ,.o ...... teilhoo. fimt examining the .object. Remember that Gen. Ce,e je» ,J»d ei.
renutive of Southern interests, while at the North j well his ticket. See that it has the names of all wayx has been, a “Northern ally,” and recollect that
the Democratic ticket U supported aromedl, on the lhe elector, correctly printed on it. Remember, tbene erne Northern allien aopport km. on tbe
know not whet might be loetby delay. So tnetp 1 ground ihn u there ie not a olaTnboldcf'n name op- [that we bare to contend with a wily foe. who, in ground tbtt his ticket-ban not thenxme oft slave-,
resettling »nit" Teoplt
Teople of the South! would yon protect I time past, he resorted to all nortn of trickn to de- holder on it,” Gen Butler being an Emancipe»ionieL
rent own rigbu 1 Then “ don't forget lo vote for I lode honeu voleta. Be on yonr guard, therefore. Let the houeet Democrats of Georgix remeptber
Old Zach.” I end examine well yonr ticket.. | these facts when they go lo the polls next Toeadxy