The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-27
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
THE PROSPECTS OF TILE Liberal
CAMPAIGN. .

CAmEAI6N. ....
Pool and Other Radicals Trying to " Fix
Thinqs"-Precautions Against Radi.
cal Frauds at the PolIs-Everybody
for Tipton and Doolit,le - Boutwell,
Left Out in the Cold.
Correspondence OF the Washington Patrlot.l
GREENSBORO, N. c., July 19.
The desultory warfare of local canvassers
which opened the Carolina campaign has cul.
minated within the last two weeks In con-
test the most active, energetic and exciting
ever Witnessed In the ''Old North State"
From Weldon - where the campaign 10 lts
present phase may be said to have fairly
opened-to Charlotte, the path OF the great
senators is marked by the glowing enthusi'
asm of the popuace. After the grand Con-
serya,iye demonstration at Weldon, Senetor
Stockton having returned to Washington, his
colleague, Mr.. Upton, announced his deter,
mutation 10 flight It out on this line untll
election day. Forthwith he went to Raleigh;
addressed q meeting Of the toWns-people on
the night of his arrival, and by the very force
OF his own fiery enthusiasm wrought them up
to the highest pitch Of excitement. When
Tuesday came, and brought with it Senator
Doelltte, Governor Walker, of Virginia, ana
ex-senator Miller, of Georgia, the town was
already In full blaze, and the Conservative
mass meeting which ensued was pronounced
by such veteran as Senator Doollttle zone
of the most enthusiastic be had ever witness.
ed.n The number present has been computed
at three or four thousand, but the best
estimate Is furnished by the fact that the oarbe:
cue-prepared for five thousand-was cleared
out to the last shoat and almost 10 tne last
loaf. As the morning of Tuesday advanced q
scene very remarkable and very characteris.
tic of the Carolinas might have been witness.
ed. The country folk pouring Into town 10 all
manner of primitive and crazy vehicles, drawn
by animals wonderful for age, leanness, lazl.
ness and general dilapidatlon. The chlldren
of the piney woods are q MARKED ana 9lsunet
suD: they are clad aftera fashion TO make one
doubtful whether they are OF Christian and
civilized or a savage race; they speak patols
which ia a healhenish peryersion OF legitimate
English: they can neither read nor write, and
the odor of green pines heralds ther approach.
This Is the class who come TO the blg meetings.
tor the sake of the barbecue; they care mol q
rush for the best speaking, ano, ln iacL, aey
cannot understand 1t. They are very unre-
liable voters, know as little OF the purpose
and power OF the ballot as they do OF Greek
hexameters, and seldom come 10 the polis.
unless there Is some attraction IN the shape OF
free lunch or Tree drinking.
The TWO hundred thousand dollars drawn
from the national treasury by hr. Marsna!
Carrow during the past few weeks is, beyond
doubt, destined for the pockets OF this class
of people, Having no more appreciation than
a carpet-bagser OF the word honor" and
..dsnonor," they will sell their votes as readily
as ttey would peck of tnrnlps. Those coun-
ties and sections of the State which they chiefly
inhabit have been flooded with Federal ennis
sarles. For instance, TO the county OF Henoer-
son alone eight deputy marshals have been
eent without pretext or occasion for the pres
ence of one. John Pool, the Radical member
of Congress from one Of the eastern districts,
has been detected In the very act of preparing
for wholesale bribery. McKesson, galvan-
ized Radical of the little village oil Morganton,
while drunk, made public display OF letter
| from Pool, making preliminary arrangements
| TO forward large sum of money to purchase
votrrs.
The Jolly and audaclty Of the negro conven-
tions In picking up the worst criminals IN the
State for their candidates Is scarcely credible.
\ II would be to no purpose to gf7ea list Oh
such-a bare instance VIII su1hce In Aia-
nance County. whose people were among the
chief victims OF the Kirk war, The Two leglsla-
rive candidates are noted thleves-one com.
mon convicted thiet, the other horse tnle1,
who escaped conviction In corrupt Radical
court.
sible precaution has been laken agalnst haol-
| cal frauds at the polls. The Conservative cen
tral committee has addressed circular to the
chairman of each county committee, direct
ing the appointment of q corps Of active men
| In each township to inspect the registration
books and attend the polls on election day.
This move will checkmate the little game
formerly practiced by Radicals, OF importing
voters over the South Carolina line 10 vote ID
the lower tier of counties. -
had some conversation with the officers OF
General Morgans United States command,
stationed at Raleigh. 1t appears tnat Tue
men, with one or two exceptions, are entna,
slastic for Greeley and Brown. mentioned
The fact as significant, although the citZens
| deprecate any puollc mention OF u, 1or lear
| that 1t may lead to the removal OF tne compa-
nies II the knowledge comes 10 headquarters.
| The soldiers disburse freely their greenbacks
among the trades-psople, and as they are very
| well conducted, the people generally are very
anxious tor their retention. They are re-
garded rather as protectors than as alien Toes,
| for the negroes In the vicinity OF halelgn are
aggressive and mschlevous. On Inc occaslon
OF the Greeley aud Brown ratlncaIon meeung
there we're TWO colored marshals who took
mart in the display. While they were TldlDg
down the street to the rendezvous, party OF
negroes brought out couple OF hounds and
hied lhem on The marshals. The horses were
frightened and started 10 run. when tney
we're checked by the bystanders and Inc
hounds driven off. This is one instance OF the
Organized system of terrorism, with threats OF
violence and death 10 any colored man VINO
shall ioln the Conservatives, that prevails
The telegraph has already stated that an at
Tempt was made the same night TO murder
one of these marshals.
The meeting at Greensboro on the nignt OF
the 18th was splendid ovation. The pesC
society oil this arlstocratic little town was on
the street, and the ladies themselVes-so
eager were they to participate-boldly pusned
their way into the midst OF The croWo, ana
took seats on the benches IN the middle OF
| the street. The people here appreciate the
efforts made in their behalf bySsucn dlstln'
guished men as Senators Upton and Dooilttle,
| and these gentlemen, wherever they nave ap-
peared, have been received With every ex-
| preston of popular admiration, FOR tne
| present the two senators Will push the can
yass in this section of the State.
MIR. Boutwell, left this place thoroughly 9is.
pusted. His own partlsans treated hlm Win
singular Indifference. His speech feIl nat,
and the whole affair was lame throughout.
About three hundred persons attended MIS-
speaking, of whom about one hundred were
NEGROES. and half of them left before he had
completed bis statistical defence OF Inc 40.
mlnlstrstion. ,,,
The prospect 1t Is impossible to define with
any exaclitude. The margin is such narrow
one that very few in confidential conversation
venture to cay with certainty how the State