Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-08-28
Letter from Isich IN ond County.

Mcssrs. EditOss:: The writer feels
so much rejoiced at the general result
of tho late election that he has no dis
position TO stir mp strife in our vic
torious ranks by any illusions to the
vote of any particular locality. He re-
grets the defeat of Mr.. Fuller rs much
as any ono, and is sorry that this
dofeat was brought about by the de-
fection Of any of his party friends.
The comparative conduct of the coun-
ties of Richmond and Stanly having
been, unfortunately, made the subject
of newspaper discussion, he thinks it
dne to the party in Richmond that
their skirts shall DO cleared of all
imputations of q want OF party fealty
1t must bo recoliected that in 1872
Gov. Caldwell carried this county by
2S8 votos. Judge Buxton carried it
by 252. II all the other counties had
done as woll Fuller would have boen
eiected by over 800 votes. If Stanly
had oven given Fuller tho vote she
gave for MerrimOn he would have been
elected by u handsome majority. In
stead of that, however, she gave Bux-
ton a majority OF several hundred
How stands the caso with this showing? L?
But it is said that IL Is inexplicable
how the Democratic candidates for the
Genornl Assembly shou!d he elected,
and yet Buxton beat Fuller. Local
reasons and the unpopularity of somo
of the Radical party, with the great
contrast an .fif72cs&, had 1nuch to do
with it. We did not present n f,slI
ticket for local officers.
1t IA clear that from so to 100 Dem
Ocrats in Richmond voted for Buxton,
and it IS equally clear that several hun
dred in Stanly voted for him. Mr..
PembertOn WAS beaten in Richmond,
for Solicitor. by less than 60 votes, re
ceiving SO votes more than Fuller-his
entire vote being ], ,239-whilst Mr.
Ashe received 1,257, and Col. Pool
1,2l7. Fnllcr's vote was ,159. This
shows that in tho Qc}atrOi elections,
tho party xote was woll united. And
this was not the case III St,lnly. The
writer has reason to know that Mr..
Fuller was well satisfied with the vote
given him in Richmond, and knows
that or action did not defeat him.
For reasons of policy-tho belief
that such number of Democrats
would vote for him rs tho render his
election certain-n large number of
our party friends in this county did
not desire Judicial nomination in OPP
position to Buxton. Some of them
wore tainted, with bitterness, because
of it. This comfy desired the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Walker for Solicitor, but
their wishes were not gratified, the
delegates to the Convention, for rea-
SONS. it is supposed, satisfactory to
them, prefering Mr.. Pomberton. With
all these drawbacks, the county most
favorinR Mr.. Walker, gave an incrc0s-
cI rtidtirG "Oto for Fuller, whist those
in which MIR. Pcmhcrton's most active
friends lived gave him q loss.
A largo number OF tho whito men
who have heretofore voted the Radical
ticket. voted for LoGranl, Walker
and the three Democratic candidates
for Commissioners. They did not feel
our party obligations quite strong
enough to vote against Judge Buxton
This accounts for the difference. But,
at last, it comes to this: Fuller gaiacd
on Merrimon's vote in Richmond, and
lost in Anson, Stanly, Montgomery
and Union.
Tho writer cnndidly trusts that the
causcs of our defoat in tho judicial
election will not aforementioned in the
damage Fuller to secure their own
election, nor did they do anything
OF which their friends need to DO
ashamed. They made bold, manly
fight, upon principle. and were tri-
umplIantly elected to honorable and
important positions, the duties of
which the writer knows they are not
only capable of performing for
tho public good. but ready and
willing to perform III the interest of
their constituents. What he has writ
has been suggested rather by "sor-
row" than anger" and he sincerely
trusts that hereafter all the counties
comprising this judicial District, and
all the other counties of the State, will
by governed by laudable ambition,
to see which can do the most for the
final and irrev.cable redemption of the
State from the evils of Radical mis-
rule. SCANDEREBEG.