The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-23
TIE RECENT ELECTIONS The

| by handsome majority. Inc lIou''.
vile Ledger of the 14th inst, after
giving the official returns from the
Kentucky election from ninety-sN
counties remarks: Leslie has polied
about 10000 more votes than any other
candidate ever received in Kentucky
Our majority will be about 40, 600, and
the Radical vote, discounting the re,
peaters, will be just about half niger
Every effort was made by the Radical
party to reduce the Democratic and
Conservative majority in this State
Their ablest and most popular men
were put forward as their standard
bearers. Their entire strength was
brought to bear at the ballot box.
Their old Democratic veterans received
their charges with fixed bayonets and
repulsed them, gaining decided victo-
nv. The negro vote for second time
in the State was cast solidly for the
Radical candidate. The march of the
Democratic and Conservative party is
onward. Every year their strength
increases.
The election in North Carolina was
no test of party strength in that State.
The only questions submitted to the
people in this election was, should
convention be called and assembled
to revise and change the present consti>
tuition of North Carolina. This prop
osition, besides not receiving the united
support of the Conservatives of the old
North State, had many difficulties to
contend against. The present consti-
tuition of the State was adopted ir
1868. 1t is said, one of its provisions
prohibits the calling of a constitutional
convention until ten years after its
ratification by the people and Congress.
The administration at Washington,
through Attorney General Ackerman,
it is said intimated, that it would not
permit any constitution adopted by a
constitutional convention in opposition
to the present constitution of the State
to 90 into effect. A constitutional con,
vention, no doubt, would have involv-
ed the State in serious complications
with the General Government. These
embarrassments thrown around the
proposition for convention necessarll,
drove from it many of its sympathlseri
and defeated it. North Carolina i
all right, and did right, as we think
in defeating proposition for convention
In the last election for members of th'
legislation she rolled up handsome
majority for Democracy and Conserv
atives in this face of Holden's militia
and the federal troops. We predict sh'
will do so again in 70.
In a recent election in Charleston
South Carolina, the Democrats anc
Conservatives carried the city by III
votes. The old city "by the sea- Is
Just now iubiiant over her redemption
from Radical misrule, only four hundred
whites voted the Radical ticket, whilc
| / ,427 colored men voted the citizen;
conservative ticket. On the 1th of tn,
month the Democrats elected in tho
city and county of St. Louis, Mo
four out of the seven justices Of the coun
ty court. The St. Louis Times, ir
speaking of this election, says: "Thc
victory is complete and overwhelming,
and so for as its results are concerned
cannot be overestimated."
On the first Tuesday in Septembei
an election will be held in Vermont
and California for governor and mem
bers of the legislature. On the second
Monday in same month Maine vii
hold a general election. On the seconC
Tuesday in October Pennsylvania
Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa will hol'
elections. May the good work so wei
begun in New Hampshire and Ken
lucky go bravely on. Every wher
, bright omens cheer Us.
CAIRO AND FULTON RAILROAD
gives us pleasure to announce that thi
enterprise is being rapidly pushed fol