Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-09
Letter from Washington.
rrRoM OUR REGULAR coRREsPoNDExr.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 6, 1872.
NORTH CAROLINA.

ono in 1870 whom the democrats carried the
state nv 4oe5 majority
The other blunder was in oivinr undue i'm.
oortopce m the contest In reality il was 81 SOC
ondorv affair. having only state issues. except
os 70 tho Legislature which must elect Mr.
pools spccossor In Tins giving undue imnort.
once to the election We fell into the tran the
democratic MANAGERS set. They wanted money
badly and 70 arouse the Greelevites-
Tammanv-was necessary in order TO enable
them to obtain if They succeeded. II is =
moderate estimate IN cav that the New York
Tammepv allies or Greeley sent tn North Caro-.
lima at least $4,000.
Eectioneering is expensive business in North
Carolina. Barbacues, where the attempt is
made to feed a hungry crowd into support of
their candidates; rides on railroads for people
who are as fond ofsuch things as the colOred pop
ulation; the expenses of United States senators,
as impecuniouS and careful of their outgoings
as are Upton, Schurz and Trumbul; the bills of
such campaign orators as Doolittle; the eek
tras" required by scoundrels like Wood and
Blumenberg, and the demands of colored rene
gades like Saunders, Horton and Sorrell.
All these things require money, and good
deal of it, 1t was there, as every one who was
canyassing on the other side well knows.
WHAT THE FIGURES SHOW.
There seems, at this writing, no longer any
reasonable doubt that Caldwell is elected. On
a much larger vote than that of 1870, we have
gained at least COCO votes. The probability is
that this will be larger, when the figures come
in. The most satisfactory part of it is that the
gain is made from among the white voters
Either by division or fraud in challenging, the
colored InaJorities have been lessened some
what, as compared at least with the increased
democratic votes.
The earliest associated press dispatches were
undoubtedly cooked up for a purpose, and that
was the hope of stampede among doubtful
men north for Greeley. The net was wide
one, well thrown, and it caught only N. P.
Banks. The news agents in that state, as in
most of the south, arc connected cditorially
with the dymocratic papers The Raleigh agent
is editor of the Sentinel. At Wilmington the
agent is also democratic editor. He has been,
and still continues to be, peculiarly industrious
in sending reports of republican defeat. For
one, | have never placed faith in any of these
dispatches. They have been continued to ena-
Bile the democrats to shout frauds, when lies
would no longer conceal disaster. From the
first, assured of democratic Legislature, by a
peculiar apportonment of the state, they have
determined to count Caldwell out and put Mer-
rimon in. This is their latest scheme, and it
will be tried
INCIDENTS OF THE CANVASS.
Isaac Myers OF Md, president OF the colored
National Labor Union, was in North Carolina
as republican speaker. He has just returned,
and gives an interesting account Of the canvass.
He was in the negro belt when the telegraph
brought MIR. Summers letter to the colored peo-
pie. He had learned something of the
few strong motives, or, rather, instincts,
which control the masses of his race in
political matters; but their utter indifier-
ence to Mr.. Summers views and adyices
was a matter of astomshment even to him.
There are fifteen local labor unions in the state,
as members the most Intelligent
colored mechanics, and here, if anywhere, did
Mr.. Myers expect to find some feeling. But it
never rippled the surface. Mr.. Sumner was
known and respected, but then duty and interest
both lay in another direction. With the masses,
lincoln and Grant are the republican party
one was, the other is; one emancipated, the
other protects. striking proof of the feeling
was exhibited at Weldon, where the colored
people had been gathered to barbecue, to the
number OF five thousand, and requested
to "eatdrink, and be merry" at dem
mocratc expense, and then Join hands and
votes with them. They did the former. Among
those who spoke was Gov. Vance, he who want
ed ''hell so full of Yankees that their feet would
stick out of the windows"-who, as MIR. Myers
says, made very good republican speech for
Greeley. At the close he said: CAN who want
Mr.. Greeley, hold up their hands" Not col
ored auditor responded. well, went on the
orator, all VINO favor Grant Will do the same.
Every colored man held up his hand and shout
ed hugely for Grant. The governor was non
plussed for moment, and then, recovering him
self, went on good humoredly, Eyes, know
how it is, my friends. You can't do otherwise
because of the league, but you'll go TO the polls
and vote for Greeley on election day." AT this
the five thousand voters shouted mo" and as
rude earnest of their feeling, when Hat
ton, colored Greeleyite, was introduced,
the colored auditors made a rush for the
stand. But for the determined front shown by
their best men, Hatton would have been killed.
As it was they would not hear him speak, So
with Saunders.
The following occurred at a republican meet
ing where Myers spoke. Among those present
were some white men, who met Mr.. Myers after
finishing his speech, congratulated him, and en-
tering into conversation stated that they were
democrats. One of them made the following
AMUSING STATEMENT.
al don't blame you for not voting for Greeley,
but we want negro votes bad. give the negroes
credit though for being smart, mighty smart. I'll
tell you why. Down here, when we have barbe-
cue, there are two niggers present to every white
man; they listen to the speeches, clap their
hands and laugh when we do: then, when din
ner is ready, they crowd to the tables, ill them
full, and eat up everything and drink all the
cider and whiskey, while we stand hack Glad