New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-11
The North Carolina EIectisu.

The North Carolina Electisn.
The Democrs t, of North Carolina have
for year past made desperate efforts to OBJ
tain control of the State, and through Chi
canery. and with the consent of weak and
corrupt Republicans, secured majority Of
the General Assembly to unite in call fol
constitutional convention, having for its
purpose a Democratic revision of the con
stitution of 1868. The plan was to repeal
certain clauses very favorable to the poor
men, to take away the protection given to
homesteads and email debtors, to establish
high poll tax and property qualification
for voters. and even to give rich men an ad
ditional vote for every $500 worth of prop
erty on which taxes are paid, after the style
of slavs representation. The act OF the
Legsla. .ure calling the convention had some
plausible restrictions; but Democrats have
a singular idea that they can not be bound
bv any compromises or conditions unfavOr-
able to themselves, and long before the elec-
Siou of delegates to the convention the
Charlotte Democrat. edited by William J.
Yates. indicated what they would do il they
yention, looking forward to the establish
iishment Of whipping posts, qualified suf
5rage. and the payment by the general gov
ernment for slaves emancipated, precisely
in the same lovely line marked out by the
Democrats of Texas. The Democrat, Gays:
Is a Convention is called. let it be unye
stricted-let there be no pandering or
promise to Radcalism or imported Yankee
jdeas--let the old time practices be re-
ostored, including the whipping post and
qualified suffrage. But it is understood, We
tnink, that The Legislature can not limit
The action of Convention, and if the Coz
*ention meets it can do as it pleases.
No fnembey OF q sovereign State Conveh-
tion should regard the dlctation Of . mere
legislative body.
The restrictions imposed in the bill as it
passed the Senate are degrading and dis.
l,ecially in its pandering 10 tho prejudices
of our fanaticai enemies at the North. No
North Calolinisn should ever say that he is
willing to surrender his claim for damages
in the unlawful emancipation OF and de-
privarlop of personal property, although we
are oil now opposed to re-establisbjng
slavery in any shape.
The election for delegates TO the Conven-
fiop took place on the fifth instant; the As
sociated Press agents have not claimed an
overwhelming Democratic majority, and
the inference is that the State has gone Re- |
publican TO such an extent 20 to give Re-
publican majority In tho Convention. The
Republican delegates are pledged to ad. |
1ourn without tinkering the constitution,
and the hope is that they will be able to do !
80. 4 dispatch of the sixth instant from |
Raleigh to the Now York Times says:
The Republicans carry the following |
lcOuntie., which elected Democrats in 1874:
Wake. Guilford, Leneir, Greene, Brunswick, /
Richmond, Johnston, Meckienburg. Frank |
lin, CASTOR, Robeson and Wayne. making |
gain of twenty. 4 gain of three more !
would give sixty-ohe Republicans delegates
to fifty y-nine Democrats. The same gains |
threugbout the western counties will give
che publicans at least ten majority. The |
Democrats think they are defeated. and are
threatening to take advantage Of all tech
throw ont Townships in several
counties, and give certificates of election to I
defeated Democrats Trouble may eusue
from such a course, !f they have courage to
carry out their thre.ts.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of the eighth
also says:
Private Republican advices from North
Carolina indicate that the Republicans !
have carried the State by popular major, /
ity Of over fifteen thousand, and that they
have a majority OF at least ten in the Con
stitutional Convention. The majOrity
would have been greater but for the fact
that the districts have been SO gerryman-
dered that they do not represent the popu
lar votes. Large Republican districts have !
one delegate, while email Democratic dis
tricts are allowed two delegates. The
Democrats threaten to take advantage OF
to defeat possible Republi-
can majority in the Convention.