Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-01

| nights 70 the WORK.
Both sides are confident of winning; but
think the chances are in favor of the demo-
Gratis. They will, think, carry the legisla-
ture and FIVE out of the eight congressional
districts. But as the day when all shall
know is so near at hand, it is not worth while
to be predicting.
THE CANVASS.
There has been more speeches made in
North Carolina in the last six weeks than in
any other entire year of her history. Speak
ers have been here from half the States in the
Union, and as I write, the cry is "still they
GOMEZ" though I am inclined to think they
will soon stop coming. Senator Wilson has
been here, Secretary Boutwell,, Secretary De-
lano, ex-senator Doolittle, Senator Upton,
Commissioner Baker, Fred Douglass, r. M.
Douglas, of Washington, Colonel Wood, Of
Washington, Gen. Carey, of Ohio, ex.Gov.
Hartman, of New Hampshire, Gen. Bradley
johnson, of Virginia, Gov. Walker, of Vir-
ginia, W. U. Sanders, of Maryland, and twen-
ty or thirty others whom have not space to
mention.
Wednesday I heard Secretary Delano in
this city. He spoke two hours and a half to
a crowd of near one thousand, all of whom
were black with probably not over forty ex-
ceptions. His speech was rather mild and
temperate, and made a good impression upon
such as heard it. He was not bitter like
Boutwell,, and did not protest against "clasp-
ing hands over the bloody chasm." Bout
wells speech, or certain portions of it, is be-
ing used by the democrats as campaign
document. The speech is open to the con-
struction they put upon it, and it is strange
that man of Mr.. Boutwell's ability and
shrewdness, should have left the "gap down"
in that way.
The truth is, the stumping tours of Messrs.
Wilson, Boutwell, and Delano have all been
failures. I doubt if the three men have made
three votes. Few but negroes have gone to
hear them, and they were of course true to
the radical cause before they went. have
good authority for saying that all these men
left the State without brilliant ideas Of the
success of their several missions. If they
could roll back the wheel of time about two
weeks, think they would take advantage of
the circumstance and remain away.
Among the many effective speakers who
have come into the State in behalf of the Lib.
eral cause, should be mentioned, Doolittle,
Carey and Mcclure. Doolittle is from Wis
consin, and made seven or eight speeches in
this State, all "sledge-hammer speeches" as
Bradley johnson called them. Gen. Carey is
from Ohio, and is now among the mountains
in the western part of the State His style
Of stump oratory takes we'll in North Caroli-
na, which cannot be said of all the Northern
ers who have come here. Carey is rich, and
I think is just stumping around for fun.
McClure's speech at Goldsboro is compli-
mented on all hands. Mcclure is very
handsome man, and his manner of speaking
effective, especially when he has an intelligent
audience.
Judge Merrimon, democratic candidate for
Governor, came in yesterday from hard work
among the mountains, and returned last night.
Both he and his competitor, Caldwell, are
pretty much used up, physically, by the de-
mands of this most extraordinary campaign.
ATTITUDE OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
MY last letter to the ENQUIRER was from
Washington, where I stopped on my way
here saw then that the administration was
contemplating big move on the North Car
olina works, but I did not anticipate such
tremendous efforts to carry the day as have
since been put FORTH Money and brains have
been shipped here without stint more of the
former than the latter, however. The guam
tity was bulky but the quality not so fine.
Now what will be the effect of a democrat
ic victory? fit comes, as believe it will, it
is certain to fall with crushing weight upon
the Grant government. They have attached
so much Importance to this election that they
cannot escape the very damaging effect ofa
radical defeat It would have been the part
of wisdom in the administration to have ta-
ken no active part in the campaign, as then
they would have Jared just as we'll with victo-
ry and not been so damaged by defeat. But
the administration is not so celebrated for its
wisdom as its follies
FRED DOUGLASS
spoke last night at Metropolitan Hall to
very large audience, principally blacks Me-
gro as he is, his speech was the best and fair
est have yet heard from the lips of Radi-
cal in this State.
Instead of abusing Mr.. Greeley, as so many
of the skillethead orators do, he said, much to
the astonishment of his black audience, "Mr.
Greeley is my friend and am not going to
abuse him. He is good man, and I am un-
der many obligations to him, and shall not
scold him."
The negroes who are accustomed to hear
Mr.. Greeley abused in the most unmeasured
terms, did not know what to make of this, and
several of them are reported as denouncing
Fred for having "gone back on them" and as
being Greeley man in disguise. Poor igno-
rant dupes! They are the footballs of a set
of unscrupulous partisans who denounce Mr..
Greeley, when it is known by those who know
any thing about it, that they are not worthy
to unloosen his shoe.strings.
| CONCLUSION.
About the time this greets the eyes Of the
many readers of the ENQUIRER, they will
know here how the election has gone There
fore, it is not worth while to speculate now. [
believe the Democrats will carry the State; but
60 as it may, one thing is certain-the Old