Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-09-11
NORTH CAROLINA.


/ The Recent Elections IN North Carolina.
| Messrs GALES SEAros: AS a citizen of North Caro-
ina and claiming knowledge Of its present politi
cal condition. desire address few words TO the whig
party Of the Union in regard recent State
intend that what say SHALL unless deceive myself
consist with the weknown character your journal for
camness and self-respect.
say that this State will go for Scorr and GnAHaM by
large majorty-an overwhelming No one can pre-
dict in round numbers future vote But viii predict
that they will carry State by than eight thousand
potes Why, them it is asked have the recent elections
resulted they have In the place. the recent cleo
tions stated show r true state Of The case
The popular vote Of the State is shown in the election
Of our House Of Commons well in the election Of
our Governor In eleeing both every man in the State
vote. Now although REID, the Democratic candidate
is elected Governor, yet the Wings not only have ma
orty of four in the House of Commons but in the
Lar vote poed for that House the Wings show majority
Of several thousand in the State.
But why was REID elected Governor. Because he Was
sxsv~~ 60 y,has 3.
free surages Our Legislaanre consisss * Senate ad
a House of Commons. Every can vote in the Com
mons No vote for Senator unless he owns fry
of land Those who do it vote fer both Houses
There about ninety Thousand voters in the Commons
There about forty thousand Senate voters Therefore
there about fifty thousand in the State who for
want Of land cannot vote in the Senate Gov REID pro-
poses to give them this privilege regardless of land This
is what is called free suffrage REID is its author and
peculiar champion Starting it four years ago. he came
within eight hundred votes of defeating his popular
competitor Gov. MANLY Urging it again two years ago,
he did defeat Gov MANLY by aboutswenty hundred
votes Being elected he found in the Legislature friends
enough pass his by threefhs Of each House.
required by the constitution Still it is be passed
again by twohrds Of each House before it can become
eectua according to the constitution To get his favor
lite passed the great object avowed by him
the recent campaign Now, if your dstant readers will
reflect moment they viii that it is next mpossi-
Bile to defeat thus situated Those Of who have
the privilege conferred by the ownership of land care but
little for it; while the fifty thousand who had it not
will go for the who is for their voting without it,
Our Whig candidates, MANLY and KERR, would not let
themselves be understood the equal advocates of this
with Gov. REID, and hence they defeated
And another election take place free suffrage
candidate would beat opponent of it fifteen twenty
thousand votes.
The why the Wings have not their usual major
y in the Legislature is that in the county elections the
question of free suffrage has operated against them
One word in regard to election for Governor
JOHN KERR deserves the thanks Of the whole whg party
of the State He is noble-hearted, generous man,
thorough whig and great orator He made the sacr-
got except himself and when he and all his friends fore
his defeat The office of Governor of North Carolina
is Office without power. He does not sign the
bills passed by the two houses We have fifty in the
State who would decline the Office rendered TO them
desire to state that elections have resulted
better for the Whes fhanI expected What ss~s sia
Union could have held the ground that have held and
done betterg
ScoTT and GRAHAM will carry the State certainly
II a;fha Ala1a
Four years MANLY beat REID only eight hundred votes
free suffrage then beginning to gain ground. Yet TAY
carried the State three months after by nearly nine
thousand Betting, admit is not evidence, but will
say that not single bet be got PIERCE and King
in North Carolina on the vote of this State.
i The foregoing is written North Caroinians for
all here understand the matter but to the Wings of
other States That the sentiments they
have the word of WHIG