The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-08-20


regard TO the North Carolina election from the Raleigh
Standard
The democrats have reelected their governor by nearly
six thousand majority, and have the legislature joint
ballot certainly by two and most probably by four major
ity But Tor our losses in counties largely undoubtedly
democratc-such as Lincoln, Person. Baden, Robson
should have had the legislature by from fifteen twenty
on joint ballot The present majority, however, is sut
cient for all practical purposes. 1t democratic
officers in all cases, and United States in place
of Willie p Mangum,
Governor Reid has doubled his majority of 1880 He
has made which has surprised many of his friends
and astounded the opposite party In 1850 were told
the reason of Governor Manlys defeat his lack OF
populariy-John Kerr was the who, in 1852,
overwhem democracy. Tie was popular he could
dormant whiggery he could vanqush Governor Reid
the stump he could satisfy the please the middle
counties, and roll down majores in from the
Western Reserve Rutherford was to give him nearly
all her Guford thunder, Of old, the
tune Of seventeen hundred majority; and, indeed the
whole west was 10 put forth its oldashioned Morehead
and Clay strength for the humiliation of democracy
The country 10 how popular Mr.. Graham
was in his native State, and what tempest OF enthu-
sasm had been created by the nomination of Gen Scott
The WING candidate for governor Mr.. Kerr though
Dent Fillmore man. entered at once, upon General SCOTS
nomination. into his unprecedented him the greatest
chieain OF the age, an able and sagacous statesman the
friend Of the Com promise in all its parts and sound upon
the slavery question Indeed the language of eulogy
exhausted by Mr.. Kerr Gen. Scott and Mr. Graham
his he made theirs and the result of the election
therefore looked TO sure sign for or against the Scott
ticket But his all Mr. Kerr denounced Gen Pierce
unsound upon the slavery question: and declared him
ard appealing the people take hero for their Pres
dent and who had tainted In the face OF the foe
The issue was thus Joined between Scott and Graham and
Pierce and King Well the taken Rutherford gave
him less gain, by $780, than Gov. Reid obtained Gov
Manly in 1850 Gufod compmented Mr. Kerr with loss
of 202 Buncombe with another loss OF la Burke
with another loss Of 1885, Davidson with another loss Of 25
Rowan with another loss Of III; Randolph with another
loss of l60 Craven the Shore with another loss
1867 Ashe among the blue mountains, with another loss
s07 Chatham, in the centre, with another loss of 23s
Martini Chowan, and Gates, in the Nags Head region
with losses OF 1884, SO, and 10; Nash New Hanover and
Jones' in the and Cape Fear region with losses OF
H. SO, and S. Richmond, the South Carolina line
with loss OF l09 and Haywood Macon Yancy, and Cher
okee, the Tennessee and Georgia lines, with losses
300 rs, 1872 and 800 Let wing politician say those
msorities due alone to free suffrage, that they
only happened to be cas-, against Mr. Kerr. They have
been rendered by the people, in all sections, only Ia
favor of David s. REID and free suffrage, but against Scott
and Graham and for Pierce and King. There is doub
oft
again, Were told by the Raleigh Register the
organ OF whggery in this State, that John Kerr "a
better free suffrage man than David >. Red1 That dec
laraon Ike pr standing in that paper for weeks and
now, when Mr. Kerr is Overwhelmingly defeated, the PEG
pie OF other Sstes be deceived by the statement that
Scott Sewardism had nothing to do with the result
"In addition to this, the people dist ncy and
peatedy told by the Register before election that every
vote withheld from John Kerr would be a withheld
tom that glorious old hero, who is destined carry for
ward the standard of his country victory
Appeal upon appeal addressed to the wings rally
their standard for the sake of William A. Graham and no
allow the Scott banner trail in the dust in the frs
after the nomination in his State The people
OF the State have responded those appeals by i'm.
mense anti-Scou vote and the people OF Orange, Mr.,
| Grsham's COUNTY, have answered by a gain OF a
| for the democratic candidate.
"David s. Reid, the advocate of Pierce and King has
received the largest vote for any man in North
Carolina and John Kerr, the advocate of Scott and Gra
ham, has made the disastrous for his
made by any whg candidate governor in the State
| These facts which be denied.
"We most confidently friends at distance
that North Carolina will for Pierce and King. The
old State has wheeled into the democratic line
she stands again where she stood in 1929 when Buncombe
gave Jackson against Adams, Haywood
three hundred and when the State itself rolled
majority for the old hero Of 81, 600 votes"