Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
The Prospect IN North CnrOIIna.

We arc satisfied that the vote of North
Carolina is Of vast importance III the pend
ing Presidential election. We should not
be surprised if the nine votes of this State
decide that election. We have never felt
that more depended upon an election in
North Carolina than in November next
The battle ground of the contest is i'll the
Northwestern States. The Radicals, in
figuring the success of their ticket, claim
the entire vote of the South for GRANT and
COLLAR, with possibly a doubt in favor of
Georgia What is, then, the prospect of
carrying this State for SEYMOUR and
BLAIR
Without any reaction among the West
ern white voters, or Eastern colored voters
we believe the prospect for Democratic
success is very good in North Carolina.
The Radical majority at the last election
was 1900, 1--WE quote from the official re-
turns in the office of General CANDY in a
total of 1910 votes. There acre %, TIA
registered rOtey'S 1rhO dill not rOte. To what
party did these persons belong, and what
was the cause of their non-action So far
as this section Of the State is concerned,
by means Of certificate voting more
negroes voted than there were names regis
tered, and we believe that, to some extent,
the same is true Of other portions of the
State. We are satisfied that twenty thou
sand and upwards of those who remained
from the polls were white Conservatives
and Democrats The chief cause which
operated upon them was an underlined, but
controlling, fear of some harm to person
or property to result from defeat of the
Constitution, aud also belief that we
should first get into the Union" and
then protect ourselves from Radical mis-
rule. This last reason caused some to
vote for the Constitution who were really
opposed to it's ratification. This reserved
force of thirty thousand voters we believe
to be very largely Democratic, and its full
strength will be called out in November.
Then, again, there will be eighteen or
twenty thousand new voters, We have heard
it estimated, by careful persons, as high as
twenty five thousand, who were either dis
fran chised by the Reconstruction Acts of
Congress, under the forms of law, or by
ignorant and corrupt registrars, without
the color of authority, who have now the
right to vote. These embrace the most
popular and influential citizens of the
State. F0mfttlS of these persons will
vote for SEYMOUR and BLAIR, and use their
powerful influence in the same direction.
klOr 4 l.. -
rest our case, with merely bare reference
to the fact that the election being but one
dav, there will be hut 0he-hIir'd of the OPP
portunity afforded at the last election of
voting negroes in several counties. The
fact, too, that South Carolina votes upon
the same day will be an advantage to the
Democrats of both States.
From this data our people must he con-
WINGED that it is an easy matter to carry
North Carolina for SEYMOUR and Blair
The thirty thousand voters in reserve, who
alone held balance of power, must DO
called into service. Vague ideas of confis-
cation must no longer haunt them, and
being in the Union they must exercise the
most important privilege of its citizens, the
selection of its Chief Magistrate. The lately
DISTINGUISHED must take advantage of their
newly acquired power, and by their votes
condemn the men and party that used their
property to support the Government and
refused them Il part in its administration
that taxed them to organize Il State, in
which they were denied voice il the
adoption of its fundamental laws, or Il
choice in the selection Of its rulers. We
can and we must carry North Carolina for
the party Of peace, of liberty, of the Con
stitution-for SEYMOUR and BLAIR.