Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
The North Carolina Canvass Reviewed
by the COIOred Missionaries.

Messrs. W. NJ. Saunders, Walter Sor.
rel and George w. Hatton, the cOlOreC
conservatives who stumped North Caro-.
lima, have made the following report o.
the canvass: awe fOunnd on our arrival
in North Carolina that the more ignor-
ant of the eolOred men were massed un
der the control of Office-hOlders and the
emissaries of General Grant, and were
labOring under the delusion that theil
salvation depended entirely upon the re-
election of General Grant. There is,
however, a very respectable minority OF
the cOlored people, the heads of families
and the more intelligent men of the
race, who are anxious to know the past
records of the representative candidates
FOR the Presidency. Upon this class we
had no difficulty in making an impress
sion. They listenedEtO our speeches with
interest, accepted u campaign dOcu-
ments, and having some doubts as to
the sincerity of the administration, de-
clined to vote at all on August LIST. This
germ will develop into a colored vote IN
November of at least twenty thousand,
or eve twenty-five thousand. Among
the common mas of negroes we found
absolute ignorance of the past records of
Mr.. Greeley, Senator Sumner or any of
the lifelong friends of the race. Where
there was knowledge exhibited it was
held in allegiance by the Radical leaders
by means of intimidation. terrorism,
and assurances that MIR. Greeley's cleo
ton would effect their reinstatement.
''The direction of the campaign by the
leaders of the Grant Republicans was
exceedingly unscrupulous. We were
astounded and mortified to find that a
number of intelligent coIored men were
misleading the masses. These men are
actuated solely by mercenary motives,
all of them being in the employment of
the administration party. Prominent
among the number is James H. Harris,
State Senator, elected by a reduced ma
jority in Wake county. So far as the
reports of intimidation are concerned.
we have only to say that the masses
were disposed to treat us with consider
alton and listen to what we had to say.
"a few of the degraded blacks, under
the instigation of emissarIes from Wash
ingtOn and the customhouse at Balti-
mare, used every means in their power
to prevent the colored men from giving
US a hearing as well as to excite the peo-
pie TO riot. For instance, Mr.. Hatton,
who attended the ratification meeting at
the Metropolitan Hall, Raleigh, on the
evening of July 10Th, was Immediately
pointed out by the speaker as one of the
three black kuklux' who had come
down to mislead the people. The speak
er advised the crowd after the adjourn
ment of the meeting to wait upon them,
and quietly advise them to go to their
homes if they had any, and if not to at
tach them to the nearest tree with a rope
m DhaSn orArTnI fhoTr D1aIv. NJ Dr.AA--- I
was obliged to leave the place under the |
escort of the Sheriff. The colonization oil
negroes from the adjoining States, and
colonization between counties were ear
ried on in the most wholesale n In
Halifax, Granville, and Wake counties,
along the Tennessee, Virginia, and South
Carolina borders, at least ten thousand
Of these imported fraudulent voters were
registered; but in consequence of the
vigilance of the Liberals, not more than
half their votes were pOlled.
Concerning the tardy announcement
Of the vote, we have this TO say: On
going into North Carolina, we placed
ourselves in communication with lead
.ng administration colored men, who in
conversation admitted that they
had expected from sixteen thousand to
70 eighteen thousand majority in the
counties, and that uninterrupted
colonization would swell its vote to any
number required. But when they found
hat the Liberal vote had increased so
Unexpectedly in the east, they saw the
necessity of Withholding the official re-
from a sufficient number of coun-
les so as to counterbalance fraudulently
he expected Liberal msjorities of the
vest. The plan was first made known :
through the declarations of a prominent T,
ifficial at Washington, who said that !
here was no danger of a Grant defeat in !
North Carolina while tine Grant people ,
lad the final supervision Of the ballot
lie also made the same declaration con- q
the ballot-boxes in the hands Of
he officials in Philadelphia, in the T
Pennsylvania election !