The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-07-26
DElfOCRA1IC STRENGYH.

1htIt y y ucluslou ul hHiS suuleCt, even
among our own friends. They have accept
ed the election of 1868 and the snccessacf
Caldwell rs the test Of the strength Of par,
tics, and many have CONCLUDED il Was no
use to Try 10 contest riththe Republicans,
The Asheyillc Citizen bas Done d good
work BY an array Of figures which must 90
far to disabuse this notion. and give cncou-
ragement to the hopeful and courage 70 the
doubtful. We reproduce its figures, which
are authentic: IS VI.
The registered vote qflthe State u about
l22.0Q0 whites, and ~, 600 blacks. moro
than $4,000 majority Of whites over the
back. ifliix.A sd 4 It'll kslsl TIA
l,p0klat the votes the last two general
elections. In 1871 Merrimon, Conserya-
tive, received 96. ISL /; III is74 pouI recciv-
% 9s,2i7. -ani the Democratic nplninee
for Congress received vi aegiepatcl VOTE u
l09,Sls. showing constantly increasing De
moeratic. najoiiyies. ap,'s'0'n9a ''a 7s
e, The highest Vote ever cast III The State,
since the war, was 1861 III 1871, sol
Congressman. 100 sis being Conservative,
and 1888 RaGical. .I'ak6 this la1.6Gl
from the total registered sote,sof 2iU.UUO,
We hayc ~ $3.50 Who have not sotcd siuc,
RECONSTRUCTION ''''' si.'@ oos III
There are other elements Of calculatio,
!. e.a . aAF
which Should come iuto play. Tie Sh1s
population aas gained largely ~ gatIral
increase. Many young neii have acquire,
die right Of saiFrage by coming y lnajri
". There has been . very considerable
accession 70 the White populatia by i'm
migration. L il safe to say that. ofthi
increase, botii natural and by'imniigration,
eighty per cent Is Conservative.
On the other hand The negro population
instead Of being increased ~ immigration
has furnished 1 sery large poriiOnofits vOt
ing strcgth Is otter States. Eniisratiol
y thc turpentlne lands " Georgia and Sautl
Caroline and 70 the cotton ..debls VI The
fartherSnth has beenac,iye for some ycarS
The natural increase "a the hrgrorSce lar.
idg lie decade ending ii 1870 was only p
per cent against ten per ccut increase
J among the whites Statistics show that il
comparative. mortality Of the races. the ex
cess IS largely against the negro A care
ful registration aud scrutiny Of cd regis,ra
tion books, would undoubtedly show tina
the real eolored vote has increased little, j
at oil. 81
Tie white republican vote is not owe
| $4,000. That certainly has not increased
II i only kept to it, strength BY the effor,
and agencies ofofice lnlders The cohc
sion Of public plumber. or the diffusion .
government niancy has been the bond .
union. Once let the white republicans IN
derstand that corrupt party is falling 4
pieces and nothing can hold them in ,hei
ranks.
One hundred and nine Thousand tire
hundred and eighteen Democratic vote
against lightweight thousand three hundre,
and forty three Republican votes east al Ill
last Congressional election! Surely this
fair test Of Democratic strength. surel
Vance. and Ti.den can carry the State b.
fifteen thousand majority.
Let The County Executive Committee
see that the II. $50 Democrats Who we're NJ
registered. be put on tac list. They vii
constitute the .eserye which viii ensure ID
victory. d. sIHpa
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