Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-08-08
Comments of the Press on the NORTH
Carolina Election.

Carolina EatCtIOD.
I'll. following extracts from articles iE
in leading journals Of yesterday. basei
on the news from North Carolina
possess striking interest ct this time:
uc From the New York Herald.l
II seems incredible that the admins
t-ation republicans can nav suffered de-
feat il State where every advantage
has been 90 their side; where they hay,
concentrated gigantic efforts to insure
success; where they have hela maioritie'
ever since the close of the Wal, With :;
single e1esp on !, varying from nine e
twenty three thousand. YET. IS We have
said, there appears to have been steady
increase thus far ,ini the. conservative
msjorities over thbl vote Of 1870 ane
hence it is not imprpbable, that the State
may have declared itself in advance il
favor Of the reform moysmens in Noyem
Der. l.y,. So. -.
Ifthis should prove to be the case, j
will ne doubt be regarded generally al
settling the presiden .ial contest. Indeed
the republicans, by the vigor and bitter
ness of their canvass. have signifed lhei
conviction that defeat in North Carelin;
at this time could render their ultimat.
success hopeless Senator Wilson him
self has admitted IN his speeches that thu
election Of the republican State ticke
was essential to the cause. of Presfden
Grant; that .withoa. it there would, BIZ
little hopei for. the administration. Under
these circum, tapces, and in view of ths
fact that the whole machinery of the
election, the ea,ire federal and Stat.
patronage, the courts, the military, .hs
police aud the United States marshal.
were in the hands of the republicans, We
cannot think tia! TIE administration ba,
been everthrowp..
[Frem the New York Work.
This surprising rescue of North Car
DINA from the clutches of the admins
.sration virtually decides The presidentia
contest. Ii will fell Ike, an enormous
dripping wet blanket on tho whole body
Of Grants supporters. ex'ingushing their
confidence and seuding a cold shiver te
the extyemities. of the party. Before the
month ends she republican dssersers viii
be numbered by hundreds Of thousands
No intelligent politician can now doubt
that Mr.. Greeley will be elected byea
greater majority than was ever before
given to an American President, and the
consequence of this universal expectation
will be that multi,udes who have been
held to Grant by ties of interest or ambi-
ton will make haste to declare for what
is certain to be the victorious party
After this foretaste, all the hope, energy
aud spirit of the presiden tlal canvass vii
be on the Greeley side, and the gloomy
remainder of the Grant voyage. q voyage
heading direct for Salt river-will abound
"in shadows and in miseries."
From the Philadelphia Press.
North Carolina, alusys doubtful State
has, after holly contested battle, declared
against the republican party. The re-
suit at this writing is not definitely known
but the dispatches all foreshadov q
democratic victory. But it will notsdo &c
discount the effect Of this reverse The
republican party Of the North, to viz
must work. Tho campaign this fall vi
be no sham battle. 1t will require the
sternest resolution and the greatest effort,
10 win. If Grant is to be elected il
must be by the votes Of the,grsat Eastern
Middle and Western States Pennayl
vania will, be-. the turning point Of
tho struggle, and We fud ourselves
crippled here by ticket unworthy of.oul
party and its cAuse. 1t out of the field
and Grant would carry the State by s
greater majority than We gave him fos'
years ago. . .gs-%- s.S,4 -