The New York herald., 1876-10-18

dozens to especial work. at high figures during cleo
tion hours aud thus keep them busy ~hile the voting
gong II Is said that OF hundred negroes picked
up at random a 81 job pcrsuades nifty OF them 70
iorego the doubtful privilege of singing tncr suffrage
There are Thousands OF ways IN which the new maus
be kept away IRON the polls Ia this des'
perale lie and death light you may be sure the caro-
WILL rnE DEMOCRATS CARRY rHE sTArKs
In my opnon they will. Barring the fact that th"y
iion and all The iurrah aud enthusiasm take u 10 Dc
true that, Whenever the white people OF State make
up their minds ccoliy and Deliberately TO whip the
negroes In political light, they Will do It. NO matter
how large tho majority may be against them,
they will lind means to whttie down aud over
come It. The blacks caunot stand against The whites
ia n serious hand 10 hand political hight They must
80 down. No inattcr OF numbers can sustain them
The white people oil south Carolina have become con-
vnced that their salvation u people depends Sc
curing change OF State adm nistraon this year. and
they are going to have it. There much more in the
simple mater OF determination down here than the
Northern people, who have mover known tho negro IN
politics, can imagine
The OF two years ago. when Green
independent repabhcani ran against Chamber.
curol,na we're not party bound. Although
hundreds OF "sragnt democrats stayed at home tho
negroes reduced the majority from 49, 900 TO 1000, by
winch Chamberlain elected. The first source from
whence the democrats may expect gains this
the white counties In those counties where the whites
majority. and tho negroes have been whipped
their local tickets ever since the war they can
be easily managed. local defeat dcmoralizes the
cOored much mere than general defeat Where
there local spois to draw them out they arc
apathetic and controabIc There nine pronounced
white counties--Andcrson, Chesterfield Greenville,
Horny, Lexington, Marion Oconee, Pickcns and spar
tanburg These countio. poll trlc over 80 900 votes,
ana their aggregate majority for tho past
three elections has grown from 500 $50 In this
election the democrats count OH 10 600 majority from
the nine councs Spartanburs is put down tor 2 600
Marion for 800 Greenvc tor 900 and Anderson fol
800 Next tho white counties como Union, Edgenod
Aiken. Lancaster York, Marlboro which are closely
contested, usually gong republican by small vote
The majortcs every and IN the last
election the democrats carried Union missing Aiken
by only sxtyst ht votes In poll OF 700 and sncsss
ter by nny-two poll 800 They calculate
getng decisive maortes in each Of these counties.
dispose Of large negro majority Thus
county nearly 900 radical majority in 1870 bus
since has given tho democrats about 500 majority IN
two consecutive elections II s not impossible that
Charleston will push her democratic majority 10 5000
in the pending poll Sumter aud Ciarcndon with over
1000 negro majority, gavo Green majority Of over
1000 The last election. They viii do well IN
the present light In the remaining fourteen counties
the negroes In hcavytnaory, and It mere that
stubborn light will be made. Richand, Hamptons
own county, Is republican by 2, 500 votes. but Hamp-
ton thinks he will capture IT, The democrats win
spend the days the canvass
ties, tho Jubilco cavalry striking Edgheid on the
lstn and pushing thence through Aiken, Barnwei &c.
The canvass will be made exceedingly warm from thea
until the end. and every possible means viii DO
adopted 10 either convert the or keep HIM away
from the polls From the morning of the 9th until tho
night OF the 7ih OF November every white man will
give his whole time to the cause and many colored
vote will feel Tie pressure.
A PREDICTION As TO TIE REsuLr
predict after careful survey OF the situation and
comparison OF all reliable estnAteS tDut OhIo-
lima will 80 tor Tilden by majority of from 2 500 TO
10 900 votes and this, too without any riots or dis
turbances by which the electoral vote can DO chai-
cnged further predict that It Will, on the 7th Of
November 20 tor Hampton by majority larger by one
half than It gives to Tllden.
A DELEGATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLIC
CANS AT THE WHITE HoUsE-rHR sTATE-
MENrs or GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN AND SEN.
AroR PATTERSON coRRoBonATEp by THEM.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct II, 1875.
The President was visited to-day by delegation,
headed by Senator Patterson OF South Carolina, and
representing tho South Carolina Republican Club, who
made the President corroborative OF the
Information already given by Governor Chamberlain.
Senator Patterson and other representatives OF the
republican organization In that State. Mr. Terry also
presented OF resolutions expressive OF the stu
alton OF affairs there heretofore reprcsenteu the
President and the Attorney General.
Tho President, after listening 10 tho views OF the
delegation, remarked that consideration would b
givcn to the statements they presented.