The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-09
Give IL up

The Conservative maJ0rltles III Nor'u Oo'.
olina grew shorter, and Conservative iaces
grew longer, day by day, until yesterday
morning, when the, suspense was over and
the worst was known. That, worst is the
election OF Mr.. Caldwell, the Radical canal'
date for Governor, by small majority The
Conservatives, nevertheless, have hand
some majority in the Legislature Whlch in-
sures the election OF q Conservative Unitea
States Senator, and they have also elected
live OF the eight Congressman. This Is Is,
doino yery well, considering that the !s'd-
cal majority was 1861 in 1868, and 9,245
only year ago. 1t is more than we had any
reHson to expect; but the ilrst' returns were
an brilliant that the public became unrea-
sonably exalted and are now paying Tor the
dance. The Conservative managers were
certaiuly wrong in their calculations, and
their error, q natural one, can only be ac-
counted for in ore way. Suppose that, In Q
soutb Carolina election, the middle and low
country had been beard from and gave a
conservative gain. 1t wotid then be con-
aidered safe to take the average Conserva-
tive majority in the upper countless and'
with that and the actual returns received,
make mn nm estimate Of the result. This is
n case parallel TO that OF North Carolina.
Tho trnth is that the strong Conservative
counties fell of in their vote; the ConsesVa-
tive gains were greatest in the Radical dis
tricts and least in the Conservative districts
This, as we understand it, is the way the
cake became oil 3Ough.,
81 There is no:difficnity in finding the reason
why the Conservative vote fell oil in many
COMMITTEES. Over the heads of the white citi-
zens OF those counties hung the terrors and
nepalties OF the Ku-Kux and Internal Reve-
nue laws. Many cases are known where
! nersons r,s who had rendered themselves liable
to q ruiuous fine, by failure to comply with
the tobacco and whiskey regulations, have
been promised'an unconditional remission II
they would support the. Radical ticket.
Tneydid it. Senator Doolittle has Radical
authority for saying that four thousand
voters in North Carolina, indicted under the
Ku.Klux act, were offered release and o
stoppage OF proceedings If they would vote
the Radical ticket. They did it. All the
forces OF the Administration were on the
Same side. There was an army OF office
holders busly ut work. No wonder that the
conservative vote fell of. No wonder that
Merrimon was beaten. A Virginia neigh
+ horl = nuts It this wise 1t isl principle in the
code OF the Arkansas game Of poker. thatf four
Kings and bowie knife will beat four aces.
Grant has had that bowie knife, and has not
hesitated to flourish it. NoWonder that the
Radicals have taken the pot.
Let there be no apathy and no disgust.
There will be calls enough In the future on
,ahor. effort and endurance. What has been
gained in North Carolina in August is an ear
nest OF what the Conservatives can accom-
nlish in November. With little time Tor
preparation, with incomplete organization,
with no Liberal Republicans on their ticket,
tho North CaroliniaDs whitfield down the Rad
ical minority OF 1871 to thousand or less.
At the Presidential election the Administra-
tion army will be divided. Then North Car
olina will take a noble revenge.