Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-02

that New Hanover has not done its duty.
and this is attempted to be shown Dy insu
|tuting what would seem TO purport 20 Dc
a comparison between the action In SIX
counties selected from different parts oil
the State, and that of New Hanover. Ine
writer compares the Conservative gam IN
these six counties with the Radical falling
off of .O54 votes in New Hanover, as
the Conservatives of this county were In
fault therefor, to which 'soit 1mpeacn-
ment" we plead guilty, for it was owing
to che prudent management OF the canvass
here that these 1,O54 Radical votes were
not polled against US.
| The writer also holds as responsible
| or the loss of 263 Conservative votes. u
ia true that there was falling off OF that
number as compared with the vote gwen
for SEYMOUR. We do not propose TO oner
anv excuse for the few-the very few-NeW
Hanover Conservatives who failed, through
/ indifference, to vote in the recent election.
Their course finds no justification with us,
and we leave them to settle with their own
Iconsciences for their action. But there
are three reasons to be given for this fall
ing off, two are justifable under the cir
| cumstances, and the other, whether gooo
or not, operates upon elections in every
: county in every State of the Union.
The canvass in New Hanover was organ
: lied and conducted with the view to elect
one Conservative Senator of the two tt
b. which the District is entitled. Ii this was
t an error the Conservative members OF thu
last Legislature are more to blame thar
!, we are. They told us the fight was for TIT
+ next Legislature, and without malorlt.
: in both Houses victory would be almos
barren of good results. They told US fur
Their that the Conservatives would carr.
. the House, but the Senate was doubtful
urging us at the same time to secure on
y of the Senators, if possible. We promised
It. to do so, in the face of negro registered
I majority of / 1874 votes in the District.
To carry out this object there was grea
; deal of swapping" in favor OF Malo
q MCC1AMMY, our candidate for Senator
s who ran considerably ahead of Judg'
d SHIP, as the result of this determination
to secure his election. Then in many In
;, stances Conser7a tives remained from tn
d polls in company with seOerGt colored EN-
o ployes, thereby causing falling of IN tn
Of Conservative vote, it is true, but doing
is much towards effecting the 1854 Radica
- loss.
- Again: since the election in 1863, POI
d ton of the county in which there is Con
c, sentative majority has been cut OF fror
y New Hanover county, which votes wer
cast in Sampson county.
>" In the third place, there was no count
Ia candidate in tho field, except McCLAMM1
i until the morning of the election, and ar
Or nounccd then only in Wilmington; and tn
st ticket was not full. The effect of this We
- that many persons felt no interest IN
10 election which seemed to have no loci
i'd bearing. This is wrong, but. as we ha1
to said, operates in elections in every count
H. in the United States.
D. 50 much for the Conserv ative falling {
in New Hanover.
M Notwithstanding the above explanation
be we cheerfully accept the challenge give
is by the writer, and are perfectly willing
Is 90 into q mparison of the fruits OF Cor
- servative labor in New Hanover with tn
of in the six counties named, though the
were carefully selected, doubtless as tho
pc best suited to his purpose. to prove tn
e. New Hanover had failed in her duty.
M The following table, made up from Il
same source from which the writer deriv'
Try his figures, shows that the per centage I
ur white registered voters in New Hanove
e. who failed to cast their ballots, was sma
-, er than in four Of the counties name
ia and that in one other, Surry. it was Il
same
The table further shows that in five
the six counties thus selected the Radio
candidate received O vote from hirtyfO
to one hundred and eight per cent. larg
ns than the negro registered strength. viii
III in New Hanover that same Radical cane
e. date received a vote t,Oenty-aine per CO
les less than the negro strength.
%, Upon these figures, open to the writ
% equally with ourselves, we are willing
re- rest the case, whether "New Hanover, !
Ut elite of North Carolina, with all her arr
" of statesmen and speakers" has done
80 duty.