Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-25
Negro Voting i'm the SOuth-HOw
Elections are Carried.


Elections arc Carried.
The bald farce of the thing called cleo
tions in Virginia and Alabama, is fit COM
mentary on Radical rule. The following
are kilograms to the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON, October 90.
telegram to the Richmond Dispatch,
dated at tLynchburg yesterday, says: The
election In this city progressed quietly to-
day, until p. M, when an affray occurred
| that caused great deal of excitement.
| Ned Horton (colored), who voted the Con-
servatlve ticket, was assaulted by some
Radical negroes. Horton fled, but was
overtaken at the markell house by his pur--
suers, who, threatening his life, commenced
a violent attack upon him. Horton drew
revolver and fired five times, wounding
three OF them, one mortally. The military
arriving, dispersed the crowd, and took
Horton under arrest and protection. The
negroes voted en- maSse on the extreme
Radical side." .st ..
e.. #| RICHMOND, October %.
The second day of the election in this
| city passed off without disturbance. The
Conservatives are confident the victory is
| theirs. Many negroes forgot their names
given when they registered, and many
have left the city since registration. The
polls closed tonight with white majority
of 541. The vote upon the question of
calling convention cannot yet be ascer-
tained, but nine-tenths of the whites voted
against it. ..S
| At the solicitation of the Radicals Cen
eral Schofield has ordered the polls to open
in three wards tomorrow. Much dissatis-
| faction exists among the Conservatives in
consequence.
The military were on duty all day, but
| their services were not needed.
| RQtnrns indicate
that the colOred men have voted en- nedsSe
for the Radicals, and in favor of conven-
ton. The line between the blacks and
whites was distinctly drawn.
Nelson county gives LAS for. and 500
against the Convention. Harris, Radical,
Z. Darlington, Independent 303. Harris
NEGRO tloater,. 1,123; Williams, Conserva-
tive floater, 704. ~
Appomattox S72 for and 456 against the
Convention. Braddus, Conservative, has
five majority over his Radical opponent.
In Albemarle. Judge Alex. Rives, Con-
servative Republican, and w. II. Southall
Conservative, are beaten by $50 votes. Tay.
lor. negro, and Thompson, white, Radi-
Gals, are elected.
In Henry county, Swan, the Union
League candidate, received only four white
votes, but was elected.
Southampton county--For the conven-
tion, 464; against, 1853. Brown, negro, elect
ed by 277 majority.
WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
Returns from the Alabama elections have
been received at the War Office. They show
that the number of voters registered wa,
l63,120 The number of votes cast was
92,263, of which all but 5.239 were in favor
of a convention. The white vote was about
16,500. Fiue sirths of the convention delegate,
are Republicans, and about half of them arr
colored men. sa
AS a companion piece for this voting
where negroes exercise the right and
whites are deprived of it. we give the fol-
lowing from the New York Times, (Radi-
cal).
Isaac Sanborn alias Williams, the negro
Convention candidate in Georgia, is a
dreadful fellow. He repudiates his two
white confreres on the ticket, because he
cannot conscientiously support white men
for any office. This is what Ben. Wade
would call a "leap in advance" When
Sumner in the Senate and Phillips on the
stump demanded that black men absolute
! ly should be put on registration boards
whether fit for the place or Motive re-
garded it as decided political discrim-
ination on the ground of color" and
as such anti-Republican, to say the least.
When Wright, the colored politician of
South Carolina, introduced resolution at
the Columbia Convention that "the next
Vice President of the United States should
be negro" we again protested at new
qualification being required which would
prevent Grant, or Sheridan, or Adams, or
even Ashley, from filling the Office. But
this Sanborn, alias Williams, out-Herods
Herod. He proposes to make white skin
total disqualification for office, and prob
ably for suffrage. That is, he is not only
t0 ssStriEa tha word Wv Out nf 10
laws" as the orators say, but he is going to
put black" in its place. If this be so,
Isaac should be promptly sacrificed on the
nOlitical altar