New-York tribune., 1872-07-01
TIE REFORM CAMPAIGN.
NORTH CAROLINA.
OPENING THE CAMPAIGN - STRONG GREELEY
SPEECH BY EX-Gov. yANCE-HE CLAIMS THE
STATE BY q, 900 MAJORITY.
NORTH CAROLINA.


porting lifelong opponent Of this section and It's policy,
would convRce the North OF their earnest desire to
forget the bitterness OF the past and as the Northern
Republlcans by Offering Greeley and Brown on SO
liberal a platform that adopted at Cincinnati had
convinced the South that large body OF our former
enemies were desirons Of shaking hands with us lie
said that for th 90 reasons the South would support
Greeley cheerfuly Notwithstanding the many objections
TO HIM, in tho hope of inaugmating an era OF better
felng I'm the land nd starting TO return the Govern
ment 10 a constitutional administration. He Ihoped
there would bo uuanimty at Baltimore, ana was sure
North Carolina would give Greeley and Brown lai
majority II ndoFsed there by the Democrats ana NUS
trated his position 10y humorous story OF an ola pfec"er
into whose hymn bad boy bad pasted the od
song: ,,,
That good old
We te'er shall see hin more.
On opening his book Que day before sermon MS eyes
fell on this hymn He read the first verse ana soppeu
with surprise He wiped bis specs and real IL agaln'
and said Brethren, have been singing OUT oi Ihis
book for 40 years; have never recognized tniS aS
hymn BEFORE but it IS here, and aint aswlhe 10 20
back on my book now, please raise the tune ana We
sing il through IL It kills us" "NOw," said the GOV
ernor we have been singing Democratic hymns Ior ~
years down here and have never recognized Greeley
AZ Democrat before, but II the Baltimore Convention
puts him in our hymn-boOk we ii sing him through IL
kills u.s." This received with prolonged apPnuSo.
The Governor spoke two hours TO ie great densh'
OF the audience and was followed by tenator Ransom
for an hour in the same style. They both claim Nor'h
Carolina for the Democracy by 21,OOo majority.
EFFORTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO CARRY
THE ELECTION.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBCNRl
WASHINGTON, June 30-The Grant party are
deyoIing all The energy which they poe @ss ana ali the
great VI the Administration 20 the campaign
in North Carolina. Everything Is suOOr'inated TO that
t.nfe
can in any way assist to ieclre the desired
end is resorted to. As that Is the State IN
which the election takes place 9rst, 1t is deemeu
OF the highest importance 70 oary 1t ia the interest Vi
the Grant party 1t is believed that tho moral enect IN
favor of Grant OF IN North CAROLINA "ouu oe
very great. Money 10 used with !y'h Aahd- 10 re-
ported on undoubted authority. that within Few day
mast prominent supporter of Grant. supposed to be
ex-senator Abbott to NewYork to obtain money to
be used in the canvass and that he obtained $4,000 and
boasted OF it in this city During the remaining month
before the election speakers ana money without Limit
will be sent the State to carry it for the Grant party
| ENCOURAGING NEws-THE CINCINNATI MOVE
MENT TAKING ROOT AMONG THE WHITE
| REPUBLICANS WILES OF TIE OFFICE
HOLDERS.
IFRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHB TRIBUNE1
| RALEIGH, n. c., June al fell into the
hands OF the Phlistines first arriving at Raleigh
The hotel at which stopped appeared 70 be the office
holders headquarters. was speedily maze acquainted
with an Assessor, a Collector Marshal, a District
Attorney and no end Of deputies aud State officials o
bgh and low degree and the conversation turning al
once 10 politics was speedily assured all hands that
| there were no Liberal Republicans 10 North Carolina
The Collector said he positive aefe we're not 10 Re
publIcans in The whole State who wou vote for Greeley
The DistricAttorney thought Is too high an estimate
The Marshal had not met with one In all MS
| fnfn nf
| Collector The Postmaster was not present, &c
| the official testimony was incomplete, but ii
he had been at hand dare say he would have chimed In
| with the rest young man with ferocious pair Of
black mustaches and slOuch hat who appeared to be
sort OF deputy assistant district attorney declared Will
| many vigorous gestures that Grant would carry tht
State by 10000 maOTity that the August election would
20 largely the Administrations that nobody fOI
Greeley except the Democrats and that about Onehrd
OF them would vote for him. learned shortly ateI
that this very demOnsrative and confident young gen
tlemen was convert TO Radicalism and that in
| the same speech in which he announced his con
version he informed his audience that he desired
tain office. An hours talk with those official dgnitaries
made evident that the members Of the North Carolina
detachment of the noble army of Ocehoders loyal
to the core. They had perfect faith in the triumph
OF their patron that was beautiful TO contemplate and
did not TO disturb them in the enjoyment OF it, but
turned to seekin other quarters valuable nforma-
ton.
Soon afterward encountered former acquaintance
who had Just arrived from his home III of the
tain counties west of the Blue Ridge Judge Of State
Court who was evidently weldspOsed toward the Liberal
movement, without having the courage to face the
wrath Of his party by declaring himself it's side he
said:
'Our people up in the mountains have warm feeling
toward Mr. Greeley. He has done great deal for
We know it, and we all ike him. We would be glad to
vote for him. but we don't dare TO. We are afraid the
Democrats have captured him, and would control his
Administration. II convinced that this would
not he the case and he would carry out the prnci
pies he has always had and which admire and follow,
and not ideas OF the Democrats, would vote
him with the greatest pleasure
"what do you by the ideas Of the Democrats -
asked. "They have abandoned all the old principles
that you and have been fighting, and have up
to the higher ground OF liberalism and Reform. How
could Greeley take up what the Democrats themselves
have thrown away as worn out and valuolessi"
1--WE can't believe in their sudden conversion" replied
the Judge they have been bitter and fanatca and
have hated and abused and threatened us with
venge II they got the power to such extent that
dstrust aud them. IL would be disastrous to
have them get control'of the National Government"
At the close OF the conversation the Judge ad as II
anxious TO impress fully with the good ceiling enter
tanned by the Republicans in the mountain districts
toward Mr.. Greeley: ave would do almost anything in
the world for Greeley, but afraid can't vote for
him this tune"
The mountain counties OF North Carolina as have
explained in former letters form the only portion
State where there be found large white element
that Republican from honest conviction In the
Of the State the Republican party with here and there
individual exception Is made up OF negroes and white
o1ice-holders and Ofiee-seekers In the mountains
therefore, alone, the Liberal Republican movement