New-York tribune., 1872-08-15
NORTH CAROLINA.
nun POLITICAL SITUATION,

" an, - tho Administration that despite all Oh its
rrrn, applianoes they have at last got uia'ciS INV
ther own hands and that it will take more thn ooy
49,. ,han threats of persecution more than federai
''oio , oyor IN preyent an expression OF their con-
- an tho Presidential question. But the Liberal
otv ust not depend much upon the justice OF It's
cause and the supposed popularity OF lts ucke "on
do 10 say that Greeley and Brown are al least lo"o
voes stronger than MerrmOn was, and are therefore
sure TO carry the State, and then allow the campaign 10
GO by default II must work day from now until
Noyember-work systematically, harmonously, car
uestly and the Liberals of the North must give them
some substantial aid.
THR NEGRO VOTE ALMOST SOLID FOR GRANT
Ii cannot bo denied that the Grant Republicans start
with great advantage In the reelection OF Gov Cald
wen The majority OF the negroes so Ignorant that
they know nothing Of the Importance OF United states
Senators Representatives in Congress; they 90 no'
even know what a majority OF the Legislature means
They are told that they have elected Caldwell whch 10
their minds proves tho assertions OF the Conservatives
that Mr. Greeley will elected to be false The negroes
also have shrewdness enough desire TO be on the WIN
ming side and IL will be much harder to bring them over
in any great numbers TO the support OF Greeley tha
Merrimon had carried tho State by small mDority.
And right here may say that, after ua'ohhk uP o.
down this State for about month, am noIo s'o"e'
convinced than ever that, with all tho enortS Ih' '
be put forth by the Liberal party tho NUMBER Vi nos
votes they Will gain VIII DC very
TO saw that the few hundreds who may be ihduceu W
vote for Greeley and Brown will not be worth wOrklng
for The election lust passed shows that few hundreds
NAV turn the scale ono way or the othcr' bue oui
friends in the North must not be disappointed IL 'no '
ored people follow the lead Of Grants collectors anu
Assessors in the South rather than that OF tDe man WIN
has served their race so devotedy for quarter OF cen
fury The cloud Of ignorance aud pIeudice uhuer WINCH
tbev live ia too thick be pierced IN this campaign ana
tba negro vote will be substantially undivided until the
noyor NJ the Federal ofcehoders who control them Is
broken.
Ibavc been more than once astonished at the charac
fer OF EXPRESSIONS have beard dropped by negroes IN
conversation with each other or with whe men anu
my faith in the wisdom Of universal suffrage mas Deeh
more shaken since have been in this state than ever
before overheard the other day, on the street In
Paleigl n wblte man and a negro talking about the
election The white man told the latter that he would
some day regret having voted the Radical ticKet ana
asked him to vote for Greeley "No, no. was the
darl,ie,s reply done voted right Yo spose Use gon
IN vote for Greeley? No sah not by heap; he done
been id AbOtonist for moren twenty year.
THE ADMINISTRATION STYLE OF ORATOR.
day or two after the election. Billy" Smith, the sue
cessfl candidate for Congressman in this DISTRICT ar
rived in Raleigh with his family and took rooms at the
yarborouch House. He is one Of those Jolly free and
easy roicking fellows who make friends everywhere
and h therefore, popular in both parties Sitting undcr
the trees in front OF the hotel surrounded by hat
dozen men, heard him tell how he conducted his cam
patgn and repeat Of his stump speeches Taking
70 mixed audience he said he would first address him
self to the negroes in something like the following strain
"Now who is Horace Greeley, and what has he donef
He was one OF those Northern AbOltonss who by their
All tation of the AntSaveTy question, made your mas
tors more strict and exacng than they were before III
was because there such men as Horace Greeley IN
the North that you not allowed to 90 of the plan
tatOns. but were watched and suspected all the time
Gen Grant never Abolitionst he never ala any
thing to mako your lot the harder but he fought to make
you Free and he's your friend while Horace Groe
lev has gone back on you joined the Democratic party
and ia I'm favor OF putting you all back into Slavery
Are you going TO vote for such man as thatf'
This would never fail to call forth the greatest applause
from the negroes. Then turning TO the white men IN his
audience, he would ask: Is there any white man here
who intends to vote for Horace Greeeyf Who did so
much as he to bring the war II ii had not been for
him. and others like him. the South would to-day be as
happy and prosperous it IS years ago. And now
having freed your niggers and reduced you to poverty
he has the impudence to solicit your votes VIII you
vote for himP "NOi mol 20 would be the invarable re-
ply And the man who made such speeches as this had
the boast OF it If IL fair and honorable
method Of conducting campaign.
While the GRANTEES making such speeches as these
to the negroes the Liberals counerac their in
uenoe3 Not by speeches, for If the Grant leaders in
struct the blacks not to so TO political meeting, they
will all stay at home, matter who Is to speak not by
the circulation OF documents for few Of them can read
and their leaders will read nothing to them that is un
favorable Grant The only way in which they can be
reached is by private personal appeals from men OF their
own race. Messrs. Saunders. sOrrel and HattOn did
much good In this way during the late campaign, and
might do more during the Fall though believe that In
predicting coored in this State Of from 10000 to
2 for Greeley in November they have overestmated
it at least 800 per cent.
VOTERS INUNDATED BY COURT PROCESSES.
The Conservatives will still have to fight against the
intimidation Of voters in the tobacco and whisky
ties and those regions where the KuKux ourished
year or two The Administration has most shame
essy prostuted the processes of the courts in North
Carolina for its political advantages There are
under indictment in this State about 1,i0O for
belonging to the Ku-Klux, and nearly many more in
ternal revenue pending in the u s. Courts 1t
is not because the U. s. officers attempt to enforce the
laws that the Conservatives complain. II willfully
attempt evade the whisky or tobacco tax, they say
let them suffer the penalty. What they do protest
against is holding indictment charge OF violating
the Revenue laws the heads OF men to influence
their votes To exactly what extent s was DONE do
not, personally know have been informed that men,
representing themselves 10 DO authorized Gov
ernment agents went from house to house In
certain western counties, promising easy terms 10 al
who would vote the Radical ticket or stay at home
The enormous falling of Of the Conservative voto In
Yadkn Surrey, and Stokes Counties where there were
more persons charged with violating the Internal
Revenue laws than anywhere else can be attributed to
no other cause except intimidation Some OF the best
and most earnest Of the Liberal canvassers shoud be
sent early into these counties. Tt6y should Impress
upon the people there that they have the fate Of the
State in their hands and that there might be contln
gency in which they would decide who should be the
next President. II Grant is reelected they have no
reason to believe that they Will get any moro speedy
JUSTICE than they have had, for the Grant partsans
having only the Executive department Of tho State Gov