The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-24
Fraud and Perjury.
How North Carolina was Carried for Gald-
Wholesale Ballot-box Stuf6ng.
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[Cor. Louisville Courier-Journal,1
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 6.-The
question on every lip in Washington
at this time is "What is the latest
news from North Carolina 2" General
Grant is not here, but is doubtless as
anxious as are his secretaries and
minions in the departments, who are
fed from time to time by dispatch
from the over-loyal Supervisor Pres
by, at Raleigh, telling the faithful
here that all will come out right.
There is history about these returns
from North Carolina. which remains
to be told. At the outset, when the
returns came in from the heavy negro
counties i'll the east, the gains were all
on the Conservative side. They came
vouched for in the usual manner by
the agents of the Associated Press at
Raleigh and Wilmington, and / have
no doubt were in the main correctly
reported. from the first count of the
ballot-boxes. But it was soon found
at Raleigh and Washington city that
at this rate Merrimon would be elect
ed by eight or ten thousand majority,
and seven out of eight Conservative
Congressman. And then the order
went out to the inspectors and judges
of the election in the counties con-
trolled by the administration party to
doctor these returns, and out of actual
losses to certify an administration
gain enough to carry the State. A
more cool, desperate and unscrupu-
lous villain than Mr.. John Pool, the
chairman of the Administration State
Committee at Raleigh, it would puz-
zle any man to discover. He is ready
for any thing, and up to all manner OF
knavery. TO illustrate, there is Hal
lifax county, a strong negro county in
1.-THE east, where at first IL Conservative
gain of 500 was reported at Raleigh.
This, of course, would never do, and,
presto! we have certified by the Grant
judges of election majority giving Il
Radical gain of ITO. This was as
much as could reasonably be asked OF
Halifax under all the circumstances.
Another county in point is Gram
vile. A few days ago | traversed the
State of North Carolina to the valley
OF the French broad at the extreme
west. In every county and neighbor-
hood l carefully investigated the
prospects of the canvass, hearing both
sides and noting changes one way or
the other. Cne of the first counties |
traversed was the county of Granville.
The Conservative canvass here was
progressing most auspiciously. 1t was
u large negro county, and gave 360
majority for Phillips, Radical, in 1870,
but / was informed of four influential
Republicans-each one of whom had
been elected by them to the Legisla-
ture, and each one of them had alb
.jured Grant. Under these circum-
stances it was expected that Granville
would show Il handsome Conservative
gain, and that there was such gain
at the election have no sort of doubt.
But Granville was one of the counties
relied on to help out the scheme of
'villainy which was by fair means or
foul to have the vote of North Carroll
ma counted for Grant at the election,
and accordingly we have from the
Radical judges of election return ex-
kibiting gain i'll Granville of 1856.
The Grant gains in New Hanover,
kash and Pasguotunk are undoubted-
piled mp the same way. By these
nfernal acts the State, which has
Hlected Merrimon on u fair count by
six or eight thousand majority, will
prObably be SO counted as to exhibit
u majority of one or two thousand for
Caldwell, the Administration candi-
late. 1t may indeed be difficult for
them to figure up and manipulate this
result, but it will be done if it can be
Acme without making the fraud so
ross and potent as to lead to the cer-
Aip punishment of the authors. The
hen who have stolen twenty millions
BIT dollars from the people of North
Carolina are not the kind of men to
stop at niceties when their future
livelihood is involved. It is "root,
hog, or die" with them, and they are
determined to root. If they had any
Hesitation as to the fraud, they are not
kkely to be stayed by their Raleigh
Aief, who deliberately advised, some
ars since, the seizure and private
assassination of the leading Conserv-
ktives in the State; or his ally and
eonfrere, Holden, who openly stigma
tized in his paper the ladies of North
Carolina as so unchaste and lewd that
any scoundrel could approach them
and find welcome. 1t is villains like
5llese who have engineered the Adj
Ainistration campaign in North Car
lima, and who are now endeavoring
fraud to turn defeat into apparent
#ctory. 1t had at one time been in
ended to make the frauds very ex-
sensive and the Administration ma
iority prOportionately enormous. To
cover this, vaunts We're made by John
Pool of 10000 majority by Others OF
.s1,OOO majority, and to the same end
md purpose dispatches have been
eent every day by the Office holders,
saiming first 10000 and latterly 20OO
&ai0rity. This reduction is partly
he to the unexpected vote of such
Bunties as Mitchell and Rutherford,
81 80 Do.1;aol ,,.b;ah haxva now