The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-09
:! THE FRAUDS OF THE GRANTfTES. 20
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How the Radicals Oprissrltsd.-TsEfsST1ilnis
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strongly !ConscrvaiIveto etoH1AntpulaIo.E 20

The Raleigh corresponds OF the Washing
ton Patriot writes on the.5tl instantss
Pefsy;and Pool; were SIM, stogether in; ;tfeY
manipulation OF the vote In this city and both
had heavy bets on tie SUCCESS of the Radical
ticket Both have been very san ngnfne and
boasttuI for the last few days, :aridf ftoatsy,
especially, they 60 a0o4t with afsupercillo
air Of assurance that is very nifcank On,
the other hand, at Conservative adqdartersss.s
though confident OF success, X q fair COUNT of
the vote can only be had therent ts some un.n
easiness manifested lest the Radicals, after III
may have succeeded In counting US out. Msaa'
know also but too well that the monetl
sent down here by;.sthe RdministtaAe
has had its effect, fo.; We. snnHastS Stat
to feei it. More especially fs sit nodces
since from the counties where United estates
Marshal Carrow's money has been used, Gres
returned large Radical majGf another.
glimpse Of the cloven foot We have from ths:;
whiskey. counties; where nesrly a1lthe small
dIstillers were threatened with indictments ine
the Federal courts, If 6they did mot yoteslhe
''rightn ticket, And again, when Senator
Do0llttle was here, he stated that he had re-
liable. information, derived from one 0ftZack.
,Chandlers own secretaries, that tina 5Rad1cals;t
held indctmeDts,i 5ulder. the * Klpx act,
over UPWARDS of four thousand voters In sthef
sO-caNeds Ku-Klux countless who by the
process aof promising release aud "a s,loNes
pr0sequj. would be. made tosyote the admin
istration ticket. The truth of this statement;
lis fully borne out by the reports which come
to us from those came counties In whtchaargee
Radical gains appear. Governor Vance writes
dIstilers and alleged Ku:Klux, giving them as
their only chance to;get of to vote the Radie'
cal ticket, has been extensively carried on I'M
the counties which she has visited, and ne;
foreshadows that the result Of these dastardty
proceedings might be Of more consequence,
Than was generally anticipated and provided
for. Governor Merrimon is qnite satisfied;
that If not elected, 1t will be solely on account
Of fraudulent manipulation of the Votei and
he is determined, In that case, to ofcontest the
election en- the ground Of anlawfnts Federal;
interference. have repeatedly state9. lnat.
negroes were imported nom Virginia, Tens
nessee and 6onth Carolina, who 'regtstered3
and voted In this State. The weight OF this;
fraudulent vote can, OF course, only be 5eefi-..
Mated but It is safe 10 say that It amounts to at
least between five and six thousand. One IN
| voice came direct from Washington, via Nor.
me that they had been recently In the employ:
of the Board OF Public Works, and ahad come
down. ION an excursion.n There's were;n nearly.
seven hundred on. that se1cnrslon. 'S That all
these, and similar. machInatlons have had q
most decided effect upon the ultimate result
| OF the vote cast on Thursday, there can De NO
doubt; yet, notwithstanding this Immense
/ ~
Will only count fair. But there's the gubt
Afier what Wilson said In his speech down;
here, the Radicals feel that they must carry
the state, by means fair or foul; and they are;
now In such strait that they will resort TO
ANYTHING. :. is the knowledge and assurances
that this game will. ;be played which,
made the firm OF Pool, Perry q Col look 80
hopeful to-day. No one thought that
wilkes County would turn out a Radical
gain, and get it gives two hundred, ehaving
/ been duly-of f-unduly- -"tmanipulated, y land
Increased Republican gains were also. report
ed from Baden, Currituck, Camden, Gates,
| Pssquotank, Chowan, Bertie, Dare and WASH
ington Counties this afternoon, counties from
/ which, In some instances, Democratic gains
had been formerly reported. 1t ts, alt25sther,
] the most complicated and uncertain OF cleo
tIons that has ever been my goo., or: bad fof-
tune to report; but this very iact makes it one
of peculiar interest and excitement Tne
latest reports received tonight Indicate Had
ical gains In Stokes, Surry sand YadkM Coan-
ties, ills, however, quite pertain; ;tnaIfWl la!;
ever be the fate OF the State tlckeE We ;;W,A
have g handsome majority. IN both houses.
The Conservative majority in sthe' lower
house will be considerable, while 10 stnaasen
ate it Will amount to nearly hifds