The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-20
North Carolina.
(Froln the New York Tribune. |

To the President of the United
States the North Carolina election, on
the 9TH of August; is almost as inter-
esting an occurrence as the Saratoga
races. The Secretary of the Treas
ury has been sent into that State to
take part in the campaign. Two
more Cabinet officers are there or go
ing, and the Grant candidate for the
Vice. Presidency is also on the way.
Nearly a quarter of million of dol
lars have been drawn from the Treas
ury within short time Ostensibly to
defray the expenses of North Carolina
Federal Courts, which never before
called for q larger sum than five
thousand. Marshals and deputy mar
shals by the half dozen have been
appointed in counties where there is
nothing for such fnnctionaries to do;
and the whole civil service machinery
has been set in motion to secure a
victory for the Renominatioiiists.
Gen. Grants anxiety is perfectly nat
ural., North Carolina is the first
State to hold an election since the
two parties named their candidates
for the Presidency, and the result
next month cannot but have an infiu-
ence in November. The, success of
the Republican candidate for Cover
nor does not necessarily imply the
success of the Administration candi-
date for President three months later,
because there are many Republicans
who will vote for Greeley but will not
vote the Democratic State ticket.
That ticket was made up before the
Liberal movement became fairly de-
veloped. 1t is consequently a straight
ticket, and Republicans who support
it must do so with an eye merely to
moral effect upon the later and more
| important issues. On the other hand,
if the Renominationists. are beaten
now nothing can save them in No
vember, and they know it, and are
working accordingly.
In many respects North Carolina
offers All easy field for their opera
tions. The white population is sup
posed to be eminently conservative,
but experience has shown that great
and sudden changes in their vote are
effected by slight causes. In the
State election of 1868, for instance,
the majority for Holden (Rep.} was
1864, while Gen. Grants majority
in the same year was only 1916. In
1870 the result was reversed, the
Democrats having a majority of A ,995.
| Last year there was popular vote
on the question of calling a Constitu-
tional Convention, and tile Republi-
cans, who opposed it, had q majority
of 9.345; but the call had been made
by mere majority of the Legislature
instead of by two-thirds, as the Con-
stitution required, and it is fair to
assume that many honest Democrats
/ joined the opposite party III voting it
down because it was unconstitutional.
At best, therefore, the balance of par
| ties this year is doubtful. The negro
] vote is for Grant. Under the lead OF
! Federal offiee-holders and carpet-
baggers, the colored people have been
1 well organized and drilled. and taught
to maintain themselves in determined
hostility TO their late masters, no re-
Cancellation with the Southern whites
being everywhere the watchword o
the denomination party. But thu
white vote is 10000 in excess of the
coIored, and with the exception of th'
offiee-holders the whites are almos
unanimous against Grant In th'
mountain region of the State espec
tally Mr.. Greeley is extremely popu
lar, and in the central and sea-boart
counties also the Liberal cause j
making rapid progress.