Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-01
NORTH CAROLINA.


f THE PRESENT OUTLOOK.
RALEIGH, July 26.-The prospect for .
Democratic victory next Thursday is not al
| good as it was a week ago. The Radicals
gain with time. The Tremendous power OF
State and Federal patronage, both in the
hands Of the Radicals, is not being used in
vain. The horde of State and Federal Of
ncers are working to succeed, and are. not
likely to neglect any means that may bring
about the desirable end. 1t is a little more
than question of politics with them,
II Is question Of place, position
and profit. If North Carolina goes
Democratic, they apprehend that the whole
Radical structure must crumble, ard the
government pap, now so generously distrib-
nted, 60 to other hands. If there were no
Federal officials in North Carolina, or if
they were neutral, controlling nothing but
their OWN votes, the Democracy would car
~ the State by a very considerable MAORI
ty. It Is impossible for an outsider to real
1ze the gigantic efforts made by the Admin
istration party to carry the election. The
energies Of the Washington Government
seem, Tor the time being, to be concentrated
and poured in here. Other points are lost
sight OF in the anxiety to win the first bat.
tie, and the battle cry rings along the whols
!
As might be supposed from the Admins
tration machinery Ia their hands, the Radi-
calls have altogether the advantage In or
ganization. Every Assessor, every Collec-
tor, every Marshal, every Deputy Marshal,
every Postmaster, every Pension Agent, Is
a willing worker in the harness, and haz-
ard nothing in saying that they are each
and every one giving more attention to the
campaign than to the duties Of their re-
| spective offices. Those having ability suf-
ficent are upon the stump, while the others
are working in more quiet but none the
less effective way. The whole machinery of
Government here apparently is for no other
| purpose than an organization for the pro-
motion of the cause Of Grant.
On the other hand, the Democrats labor
under many and pitiable disadvantages.
| They have no money Of consequence, no
organization worth cent, and the head of
| their State Committee has neither the en-
| ergy nor the ability to conduct the cam
| paign. He is well meaning, but inefficient.
Dense ignorance prevails in the Democratic
headquarters. You can get no information
there, satisfactory or unsatisfactory. No
body seems to know anything In psrticu-
lar, and not much In general. The World
correspondent and myself visited there for
the purpose Of getting data for our papers
"a peg upon which to hang predictions,
but got nothing. We were told that the
prospect was cheering, that the Democrats
would turn out, and that everything was al
right. With these general declarations we
had to be satisfied. Letters there were In
abundance from all parts of the State, but
we could not see them sfbecause they con-
tanned private matters" I know What the
private matters were. They are complaints
about want of funds, inefficient oreaniza-
ton and lack of get up and 60 ahead at
headquarters.
John Pool himself, as an individual, has
better organization under his thuanb than |
the Democrats have as a party. He Is
working now near the room where write;
he works far into the hours of the night, |
and is at it in the morning long before the !
fellows in the Democratic headquarters are |
out of their little beds. He receives from |
all parts Ofthe State between one and two |
hundred letters a day. He answers them |
himself. He has written thus far during |
the campaign nearly four thousand letters. |
These appeals, in the Senator's handwrit-
ing, to men in every civil district to work, |
work, work, and summing up the advant-
ages of victory, and the perils to loyal men |
of defeat, can not fail to have an effect. |
John Pool, in his little room at the National |
Ho el, has been worth more to the Repub- |
licans, than the entire Executive Commit |
tee of the Democrats has been to that |
party. This is John Pools campaign, aud /
it will be John Pools victory if the Demo-
cratic committee don't get around at a
little livelier gait than they have heretofore
been moving. 81. .V.R.
WHAT ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT SAYS:
Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer.
As for the colored voters, reliance is had
on their race prejudices, to make them vote
the Grant ticket. They are thoroughly |
drilled in Union League Clubs and being
extremely ignorant and credulous can be
made to believe that if Grant is not sus-
tanned by them they will be again put back
into slavery. For report TO be circulated
against a colored man that he has gone
back on bis race is his death warrant unless
he can prove it TO be false. ''Whati you
gwine back on de race?" unless promptly
seCtled in the negative insures the death Of
the offender.
Then the registration is in the hands and
under the control of the friends of the
Washington Administration. The Govern
or is Grant man, and is the head of the
Registration Boards. Whoever has control
Of the registration lists virtually controls
the election, when the Governor stands
ready TO sanction frauds, ana already are
some barefaced frauds being perpetrated by
the Grant registering officers.
But possibly more than anything else that
will aid the Washington Administration in
carrying the State will be the importation
of colored voters from South Carolina and
ha 4koN |
among the colored voters will be mostly
spent in that direction. Pipe-laying, as 1t
used to be called, will be extensively prac-
ticed, and the population of the State is rap
idly increasing by means of imported COL
ored men from adjoining States.
Democrats are fully aware of the difficult
ties in the way of success on the first of
August, but it is generally admitted BY
Democrats and Grant men thai the carrv-
ing of the State next week does not insure
the State Cor Grant in November. Now,
there being no other State canvass on hand,
all the money, influence and energies of
the Washington Administration are brought
to bear in this State, for it is necessary to
succeed at this State election to enable the
Washington Administration to keep its head
above water until the October elections. At
the November election there will be too |
many doubtful States to be cared for, for
the same exertions to be used here in No
vember that are now bestowed on North
Carolina,
The worst feature of the canvass that l
can see Is that the chasm between the white
and black races OF the South Is being
widened, so that friendly hands cannot be
grasped over 1t. The whites, to a man al
most, and the blacks, to a man almost, oc-
cupy different sides, and they are the ones
who should be able always to grasp the |
bands Of the other, for they are to live
neighbOrs, occupants of the same soil. The
politicians of the Grant party and its car
pet-oaggers are advising against the closing
of the gap, and counseling the colored peo-
pie to not give their confidence to their
white neighbors. Thus the hatreds between
the two are to be continued and strength
ened to enable outside parties to keep them
selves in office at Washington; all of which
regard as very bad policy for the eolored
people who intend to live in the Southern |
States.
But all such considerations will have no
force at this time. "The bosses eyes am
sot, +" as negro said, and, 30 far as the
present election is concerned, Mr.. Bout
wells advice will be needed by the blacks
not to shake hands with their white neigh