Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23

! the regularly nominated candidate OF the
| Radical Convention, and that Rogers was
| the regularly nominated candidate of the
Democratic Conservative Convention III
that Distffet,
ia another article in that same column,
the TsecOTder says the regularly appointed
Elector Of our party for that District ''has
about as much capacity for an Elretor as
our four year old boy"
We shall regret the necessity that makes
MS part political company with our old
! cotempUrary and its editor, our old COM
rade III arms. We trust it will not arise.
| Candor AMI duty, however, compel Us
to say that It is our purpose 20 follow
the fortunes Of the Democratic CoHserVa-
tive Party, for the reason that We believe
the " Netare, and prosperity Of the State
dcpcnd upon tie success CT th1t party.
| We desire TO say, further, that IL Is our
purpose TO follow the fortunes OF that
party i'll the road in which its duly
constituted authorities shall mark out,
Tor the reason that we believe discip-
line, organization and concert of ac-
ton to be as essential to the efficiency OF that
party to-day as they we're to the efficiency OF
ihe Army of Northern Virginia when the
Editor of the Recorder and ourselves
marched under its banner.
If old friends and old comrades strike
out new roads for themselves eshall regret
their detection and depl0re their departure
from the old paths, but W" cannot accom-
pauy them. Every man has a right to
choose his own party, but we hold that no
man can be Il true Conservative who does
not obey the mandates of the regularly
constituted authorities Of that parry.
Nor tie papers outside of the State
any less united i'll demanding an inVestiga-
ton Of the frauds in the election, by virtue
Of which Caldwell claims the right to the
Executive chair for the next four years.
Indeed our n orthern eXchangessp ,ak more
freely and decidedly about the matter than
do our home papers, an for the reason, per-
haps, that they have never learned our habit
of natural caution in referring tothe ac;s OF
The Federal Government and its officers.
We of the South have learned that it is not
a safe thing always to incur the cinnity OF
Grant and his miniOns.
The following article, taken from the
New y ork UeruId, shows how the papers
at the North talk about the election:
There has been no election of late i'll
which, from all appearances, there have
been such Gross irregularities and tamper-
inS-With the ballot box as i'll the recent
election in North Carolina. Tie politici-
ans there are Tot a whit more uuscrIpu-
iOUS and bOli i'll their dishonest maniptIla-
ton of the ballots than those of New York
have been. We are inclined to think,
from the information we have published,
that they beat the old Tammany politici-
ans. They know how to keep the ballots
locked up alid uncOlnted i'll certain iOcali-
ties, carrying the boxes home with them,
till they learn what number of votes are
required to acconl plsh their object. Though
the law requires the Sheriils Of the pre-
cinct5 and townships to publicly announce
tllc vote cast for all the candidates from
the Court House door within specified
time after the election, this law has not
been complied with in several localities.
Our correspondent informs us that This was
the case i'll Craven county, and that i'll
! Warren the pOlt-hUlderS, contrary To law,
carried home the ballot boxes, and Gid not
count the votes till the day after. lii tine
Z rsa Congressional district, where fool
rcSi,tsS, the boxes, It il said, We're held till
It was foun,i convenient To count the
ballots. III several counties, claimed
to be administration republican,
lhc vote cast exceeded thn vot-
ing poplila; ION. In Dupliu county
Llie voting population IS put down al
z,959 The nuIni,ei of votes actually re-
ported is 1,4S1. Ai.d So III Cumberland.
| Franklin, Halifax, Ls'nuir, Nash itobc,ou
tiiu G;ilCr cniInties the same suspicious IT.
re9uiariIcs and frauds ar" noticed. The
u4a,s of iln1al and fraudulent votes polled
d bparently is in the counties Throughout
Tie state where the negroes are most ntI-
| megoUs aud have the political 3'o"t!- 1t
seems evident that the administration re
T.uhcAns have been playing a desperate
game. Under such 4. state IF things the
UlliUt-boz is Il farce. The Legislature,
when it meets VIII lu,Io;bteiiy lnVeoti-
cate the matter. Though Caldwell! n!ay
,.i.nn 10 nave ute.l eItCt"d 10y Il tl!ouodliG
o. fifteen E,ilIdIea l"jDrlty, liz ]uAy yet
tiitd :lIdl his bogus votes Viii iiCt d. recoG-
;..zed. A!e1rimoiI luly after aH Jc JccIaled
tr,verIiOr hL a handsome majority. We
hoi=. iOI tie sake OF the purity u tie ID
i~;-hoX aIid republican institutions, tht
matter VII be thoroughly prObed t.ild Lne
ft.Ul exposed, whichever party may gam
%, lose DE tHe operation. A:sd W " arm
tha .ltinIl,is ration not 10 Interfere. but i"
.es.ye the local authorities 50 deciue uron
and control their own affairs
AS the Ie,,tI makes no pretence Of
] being 4 friend 10 Mr. Greeley, its utteran-
ces are worthy Of consideration.
| And it is d matter Of cOusolatiOn, if not
! OF set-oil, that if the liil!sbolo Recotfier is
opposed to contestine Calti sell's so-calied
election, the New York Uerdid is III favor
of it.