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 J\MP 17TH RI'GjMENT N. C. TROOPS,) 
 
 May nOlh, 1864. j 
 
 ri-l.-'.^S ASD SoTUIEKS OF EDdECOMI". CoUNTY. 
 
 oily announce myself a candidate forthQofKcn 
 ►f^Eclcrcrofiib county- I Imte now beon in the 
 'f^arly three jear;^; my priLciples »re op]>(\<si- 
 c last to the unprincipled dema^rogncfj who by 
 heir vile, misrepresentations are giving aid and crvmfo't to- 
 the worst enemy that ever wa^cd war. I have the uTiqo3i; 
 confidence in President Davisiand his adminiBiration, *be- 
 licving that in eome things hcimay liave erred, wlii.e in 
 the gre.^Mt Rffair? ho has proven liimsell' sublimely gra^it, 
 .nit t<^^^|Bvbck know mo it i"^ useless to ex|iress my 
 have proven whether I was in lavor 
 m or llolden and slavery to the worst 
 realhed. In conclusion, while I iael 
 wu deficioncicjs, I yet pr^mitje the p«>- 
 fore wiiom I now appear t-oliciting 
 f elected, iwill serve tiiern with diii- 
 
 pcctfully, 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 J. 1). JENKINS, 
 Lt. Cc. I nth N. a lrc^],». 
 
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