The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-02
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LATEST FROM ALL POINTS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS
The OLD NORTH STATE
heIiablc Election News
DECIDED REPUBLICAN, MAJORITY
lSeI1ablc Election News


Bladen, Cumberland, Wade, and Edg,
t combe counties, show large Republica
gains over the vote in 1870, when the Stat
? went Democratic by 5000 majority.
! The call for a constitutional convention
. was defeated last year by 5000 Republican
majority. .n .,.. . .. .....
Returns thus far indicate that the Re
publican vote will exceed the vote agains
the convention.
The State has probably gone Republican
by decided majority.
Associated Press Dispatches
Returns From the Election Yesterday.
Rdte'gh, August 2.--Returns from TWEEN.
ty-sevcn counties indicate positively tho
election OF Merrimon the Democratic can.
didate for Governor; also six out of eigh,
congressman, and sixty majority on Joint
ballot in the Assembly; thereby electing a
Democratic U. S. Senator in place of John
Pool, Republican. yam" a.
Inc election was quiet and orderly through
out the State. The contest in the Fourth dis
trlct is as yet doubtful, with the chances in
favor of Rogers, (DemocratJ also in the
First district. The probability is that
seven Democratic Congressman are elected.
| H'fmtngton, Aug. buckingham and
| Carteret counties give Democratic gains.
A Republican gain is reported in Caswell.
The returns indicate the defeat of Settle
(Rep) for Congress. At Kinston. Lenoir
county, Merrimon gains 62. 'a
There seems to exist no reasonable doubt
oil Merrimon's election by decided major
lty, and the probabilities are that the Dem
ocrats have carried six out of eight Con-
gressional districts.
Opinions of the New York Press
New York, Aug. 2.-The World's Ra-
leigh special puts Merrimon's majority at
5000. ... r-
The Herald, editorially, says it is unsafe
to hazard prediction on the result from
the meagre returns at hand, and that after
all it is possible the negro counties NAV
give the State to the Republicans. :
The Tribune editorially thinks the re-
turns do not warrant any positive statement
as to the result; that the gains in the cities
may prove deceptive, being caused by the
return of negroes to their country places of
registration. .s
The Times specials claim that the State
has gone Republican. ....
The dispatches received in this CITY indi-
cate a very quiet election everywhere, |
The returns were awaited with anxiety |
here. and the headquarters of the different
political parties were crowded until late
hour last night. Numerous dispatches
were received and by both sides, each
claiming the State. .... |.... =. e..
General Banks--liis Letter in Favor of
Horace Greeley,
boston, August 1.-The rumors of the
detection of General Banks from the SIM
port OF Grant and Wilson are confirmed by
he following letter: .....
~ .n ,~a BOSTON, July 81.
MY DEAR SIT-I have the honor to ac-
by this note, in addition to our
'Wn conversation to-day, the receipt of
your invitation to address the citizens of
lynn on Thursday evening in support of
he reelection of he Grant policy and his
Administration. No invitation could have
,reater weight with me from any part of the
country, nor from any portion of nv fell
ow-eitizens, and it gives me great pleasure
o assure you that nothing could be added
o your suggestions, as the representative
II The citizens Of Lynn, to induce me to ac-
,ede to the request.
Their kindness to me many wears ago is
continuing life remembrance, and nothing
would give me greater satisfaction than to
eneW my associations with them, but re-
ret to Say that am not in accord with
hem in regard to the Presidential canvass.
AGAINST my wishes and personal interests
IN compelled to believe and to say that
he perpetuatlon of the present policy of {
he government is not for the advantage of
ne country, and that it will not tend to
It's former good and prosperity. ]
or TO promote that of any class of citizens.
70 personal feeling of any form or charac-
er enters into this judgment. Il |
II is IN view of general principles and !
ubllc interests alone that am led to this /
onciuson. The uniting of the masses of J
eople OF all parties, sections, and races in !
Import OF Grant, results of the war, is in
ispensable to the permanent establishment
i general recognition of those results. 1t
an be secured by no other means. We
hall all be forced to this conclusion sooner h
r later. This united action upon this ba- 0
is has been the hope of my life. feryent- '
desired it during the war, and in the re- h
obstruction of States subsequent to the ii
'ar. believe it is now rendered in good a. a.
nth III the nomination of Greeley, and for a
ne | can not reject it. 1t was what de- a
red. Its contamination, although sudden p
nd startling, does not alarm me. s
My duty to my country and myself re- K
uires me to give him my support. can j;
Of advocate before your friends different :"
'urse, which neither my judgment normy =.
cart approves. 1t grieves Inc most deeply 7
) separate myself in thought or act from A
~ one OF those with whom l have been =
long associated and to whom | am SO
eatly indebted, but believe that the re- =