Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-24
Arbitrary Use Of Power In Elections,

:. North Carolina is not the ocly State in which
the present AdministrAtion relies upon intiinida.
ton and arbitrary power TO secure an extension
o. power. In North Carolina the United States
Asphal and his legion Of deputies expended
nearly quarter Vi million to debsuch voters,
ahd arrests were made on all trivial charges and
the parties notified that the prosecution would bs
dropped u they would vote the Administration
t'ckst The papers in Texas now come to us I'LL
81 with statements Of the arrest by Federal otfi-
e'a's Of many Of the most Law abiding citizens of
tat State, under the most aimsy and trumped mp
etexS A. Navarro eight c,tlzens were arr s.
I'D in one day and taken to Tyler. under gene al
large OF selling liquor without liceuse Only
f'ur OF these citisens hal ever sold drop Of IL
q or in their life. ard ess had their license
uus form. The Banner. published At Navarro,
states that $500 Of the best citizens of the Eas-
tern District Of that State have been arrested
under similar false CHARGES. They are bound
over to appear vt Ty lsr On the aay Of the State
election there, which prevents them from being
d me 70 veto on e'e tion DAY. Thus it is that
sv'ry Dc .Iartment il d ,bAnch,d by Grant IN his
Efforts to secure his 70 oection.
l. Grant and his agent now resort tc such mea-
! sures Of intimidation and arbitrary power to ard
his election, imagine what would have been the
rsiXn OF terror in the South II ha had succeed-
ed in forcing throu III Congress the bill authori-
zng hun 70 suspend the hahsas corpss i'll any
State Of the Union 1t will during the entire Pres-
r,ential canvass! So desperate nave they heccm.
that every man who opposed Grants election II
the south would have been arrested ku-kux.
A r-a'iy they have secome 20 enraged thar we i4i
his supporter in this city, men like Gould. Of
Pine street., while riding in the street cars declsr
ing that every man who votes for Greeley ought
to bs hanged. II all these things done and
advocated thus early il the CANVASS. what viii
tho GRANTEES get to ia their desperation before
election day, ~ they tho tide setting stronger
and stronger against thin p World.
IL 1860 Wendell, Phillip. made most zealous
effort to defea' Abraham Lincoln, but Liacoln
was elected Pr sident nevertheless. In 1868
Phips attempted to beat GRAFT. especially on
account Of drunkenness, which he charged against
HIM; but Grant was elected IN spite of Phillips.
In 1917 the same PHILIPPE Is doing his utmost to
beat Or. Horace Greeley. with what result time
will chow. Phillips is evidently man whom
} failure dce~ not discourage and who follows the
dictates of his own ideas Those who like indc-
pendence OF character must admire Phillips rs wc
do; but AS political prophet ne is not a success
The South Carolina Republican Convention
, Yesterday, adopted resolutions endorsing Graz,
and Wilson. and pledging reforms in the ad.
ministraton Of the State finances X. NJ
Gleaves, colored. was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor; II. +. Hague. colored, for Secretar,
Of State, and Judge Samuel w. Melton, white
Tor Attorney General. When the nomination
for Treasurer came. r.. L. Cordoza, ,colored bein,
named, several members violently attacked hi
financial record as Secretary Of State. when
4 Aeue Of uproar followed, during which pistol
9 we:e drawn. The Chairman averted y conhc
: BY declaring the Convention adjourned unit
n to-day.