The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-15
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Since our last issue the Radicals have


been eudeayoring to extract CLEAN Of
comfort from the returns Of the North
Carolina election Previous to the day Of
election they felici,ated themselves with az
ticipa;iOps Of from tcn TO twenty thousand
majority, the control Of the Legislature and
success IN nearly if not all the Congression-
al districts. In brief, the Democracy was
to be wipel GU, and the Presidential cam.
ppign decided in favor Of lin advance,
Bat the rcsul, has altogether failed to re-
aIize their expectations The contest for
the Goyernorsbip is so close as to require
The Official vote to determined while there is
large Democratic preponierance IN the
Legislature, securing the return to the Un
tied State, Senate OF Democrat in the
place Of the inscriptions Pool, and five
lout Of eight Of the representatives, to
Congress to which the State is entitled are
the substantial fruits of to them aItogeth,
or unlocked for Democratic triumph.
The magnitude Of the victory is incrcas.
ed when the obstacles the anti Grant party
| Ind ia overcome in The contest are taken
into account The GRANTEES had oil the
money they needed The United States
Treasury was open to them. They had all
the officers at their disposal. They con
aollol the judiciary They commnnded
the United States Marshall They could
use the army il any way that looked to
their advantage All The Office holders
were for the Grant side Of the fight All
tho negroes voted that ticket. All the
thieves, plunier.rs. sealaw7gs, carpet bag,
gers all who had been paid, or expected
to be, aided the GRANTEES, and swei'ed
their vote in the several counties. !he
| Court fluid did Efficient service, That
reached fully %20O,00O. The Marshal
appointed thousands Of deputies, who were
locatod,,n ali parts Of the State to put il
Ieea, votes in the boxes, and keep out le-
sa ones. Grant men manipulated The
polling books at their pleasure lhelr
vas no way Of preventing such acts The
Registration books we're in The hands Of
persons who muiilatca them in such n'an-
uer as to give the Radicals decided ad.
vantage. In one county the books were lost
and the voting vas done from sheets prepar'
ed By the opposition aud wholly IN their IN
crest. In many cases colorGl men were reg
ster ed in two counties and allowed 10 vote
in both Colorcd men are so much alike as
to be little known By the whites aud when
known assumed so many aliases that j; was
impossible 10 prevent repeating, but the
principal difficulty arose irom ignorance as
to age, and the kuavish acts Of men hired
BY the Grant party to use this class Of vo-
ters in dishonest manner Bat in oppo'
si,ion to all these agencies and influences
the Democrats "a lied to the work gallanlly,
achieving a victory which puts heart and
vim and force into the real friends 0! the
| Union, from Maine to Texas, from sea to
sea. I,cousoiiates the union begun at
| Cincinnati and consummated at Baltimore,
and promises full and g'orions victory to
the efforts Of these men who have Joined
hands over the bloody chasm," aud acdicat-
ID their labcrs to the patriotic work ofmak.
ing the country once more great, glorious
and free"