Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-10
THE NEW sen sTOR FROM NORTH
CAROLINA.


The election Of Judge Merrimon al
United States Senator from North Carolin;
for six years from the 4th Of March next
over Gov. Vance, the nominee of the Con
seIvElive-Democratic caucus, furnished The
Radicals occasion for rejoicing next in in
tensiJy 70 that which would have been IN
spired by the triumph of their own grea
high priest of political iniquity, John Pool
Senator Pool himself telegraphed to Wash
inrtoa ii, estimate Of The result as follows
"RALEIGH, Dec. 3.-We have defeated
the Democratic Legislature by elecling
Merrim0n. Il breaks up the power OF the
DEM crafts and brings 4 valuable and con-
trolling element in the Stste over to the sd-
niiuisIali0u. Our friends are rejoicing
over the victory"
There is reason. to believe that this was
only flourish of trumpets" by Pool TO
cover his own defeat, and that the Radicals
vote for Judge Merrinon solely for the
purpose OF defeating the nominee of the
Democratic caucus. The Radicals enter
tain q very bitter feeling towards Gov.
Vance, and when he was elected Senator
two years age the Radical majority in Con-
gress pers' silently refused to remove bis
disabilities SO that ne might take his seat;
and he ha finally to resign and allow an
other man TO be elected. The Raleigh cor
respondent Of the Wilmington IN. c.
Journal states that Judge Merrimon has
declared that while he feels very grateful,
personally, for the confidence and respect
his pol tic-l opponents have manifested
for him, his political status and party
relations remain unchanged, and tina
bis political integrity was in no wise COM
promised. He gives assurance that be had
no communication whatever, direct or in
direct, in person or through others, with the
Radical party or any members thereof in re
lation TO the Senatorial contest, that could
affect his party relations; that if he consid-
cred bis election compromised his political
principles, be would not accept the position.
When the members ofthe Republican party
voted for him, they did so knowing his past
record, and that he was still Democrat
This is corroborated by the Raleigh Sentinel
of the ll.h inst, which says:
HAs far as we can learn, and we have the
positive assurance of Judge MerrimOn,
whose word with US is amply sufficient,
that neither directly nor indirectly did he
seek The Radical UOte for SeRGtOr-that no
communication, verbal or otherwise, passed
between him aud them, that under no cir
c1unSldncss could he hare receiued their
nom ;adtion-that they knew his past rec
nrJ. The manner of bis life, his earnest, Wig
o-uus opposition to their measures, and
knowing his, if they chose to vote for him
III Pre- ference to Gov. Vance he could not
81. they should not. This is all that
Judge Merrimon did to secure the Radical
support. Il does seem unkind, therefore,
in the press to sssail him in such unmeas-
urea terms: it does seem unjust that he
should he held responsible for the reioicings
of Radicals and tho foolish messages that
NAV be teleCraphed over the land by John |
Pool or any other dirty Scalawag.
1t depends upon ourselves whether we per- |
nit evil or good 10 come out ofthe contro-
vsSsy. Judge Mer imon is not the mater
ial ont of which Radical is formed. As
We said yesterday, be is a gentleman of
singular purity and elevation of character,
and will prove under every EFFICIENCY true
10 himself, his principles and his party, for
cal he ends" he will ''aim at, will 'fbe his |
bis Gods and truths" }