Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-07
THE ELECTION.
Complete Official Returns from the County.
Gov. Senter's Majority in Shelby 1000.

As will be seen by our table the returns from Shelby county are all in, with
the exception of the Ninth district, and roll up a majority for Senter and the
Conservative ticket to over thityeight hundred votes. This result surpasss
the widest expectations of the most sanguine, and shows what al be done
by the white men of old Shelby when they put their souls moa cause It's
all the more amazing when We consider the perfect system Of fraud mo oup
rage which constituted the Radical party machinery, and with which LOT
years past they have managed and Unanswered all elections in such a ian
nr as to secure for themselves a certainty of success, no matter what exer-
lions were made by US to defeat them. Used to victory they went into the
contest with all the prestige of success, with all their lines set, and prepared
and violence to maintain their hold upon every office of trust, honor or emol
ument.
Bnt they were defeated, and such a defeat! The history of this country
does not furnish a parallel instance of such an utter and complete route and
discontinue. Their power has been broken and their forces scattered to the
four winds, never to be rallied or reorganized. Thank God for it.
The good effects of these results were visible even yesterday, in many
vavs. Hitherto on the day aferan election the County Court buildings have
hoer crowded with gangs of negro politicians, obstructngthe halls and public
offices which they were hanging around, for God knows what purpOse-cer-
tainIy not to add anything to the public finances. Yesterday the corridors and
and out of the Registrars Office. There we're no spOis to be divided, and no
rewards Il be distributed. The assenblages were, on the contrary, at the
"Campaign Saloon" Bob Churchs and a few other negro dOggeries, where
they met rogether to console each other and curse the q" Democrats" A few
of tbe lowest carpetbaggers lent them the consolation of their presence, and
have helped relieve the utter dissolution of despair by telling them that "the
would see how he would fix things" In less than three days they would be
called on to volunteer to assist Stokes and his Legislature" These and SINH
lar assurances from the men that the poor fools have been taught to look up to
as leaders kent I'D a kind Of dismal cheerfulHes till towards evening, when
the whisky that they had been imbibng took its place, and last night they
were full of artificial courage and longing for the bald eagle" Ogive his wal
scream.
The scalawags and crbebagger4, generally, kept out of sight during the
dav and when by chance they were seen fitting around their hiding places
they looked like they had taken an over dose of salts. The beaten candidate
also kent themselves scarce. We caught a gimmer of Hamilton during the
morning. He was walking slowly up and down the hall in front of the Cir
cult Court room, whistIng that popular plantation melody, "Sugar in the
gourdu We understand there was a decided rise in carpetbags yesterday, or
account of the rn on the shops. We hope ii true.
The following is the vote a it now stands: