National Republican., 1878-11-13
NORTH CAROLINA IN 1880.


NORTH CAROLINA IN 1880.
The late campaign in North Carolina
plainly demonstrates the truth Of our re-
peated assertion that the Old North State
rightfully belongs 10 the Republican party.
There are within her intelligent and nat
urally conservative citizenship at least
10000 white Republican voters, which,
added to the $4,000 black voters, make o
legitimate majority Of the entire voting
population OF the State. or this combined
white and black Republican vote only
about III 900 were counted for Judge SET
TIE when he rau for Governor In 1876, and
he was cheated out Of the remaining 5000.
Governor VANCE, tho Democratic candi-
date, received the full strength Of The Dem
ocrntic vote, which did not exceed, legally,
10000, and to which $4,000 were frsudu-
lently added, giving him a majority over
SETTLE Of about 1000. Very naturally,
afler this defeat, through the instrumental
ity Of Democratic fraud, followed rs II
was by an apparent abandonment by the
Administration of the Republicans Of the
South, the party in North Carolina became
greatly discouraged, lost much Of its disci-
pline, and finally reached the very verge Of
complete disorganization. This was the
situation last summer when the Judiciary,
legislative, county, and municipal or local
elections were held. The Republicans ac-
cordingly put no judicial ticket in the field,
and In many Of the counties In the more
pronounced Democratic sections of the State
local Democratic nominees; in fact, they
may be said TO have gone to bushwhacking
in that campaign; but their skirmishing
became so lively that the old spirit
of antagonism to tho Bourbons as
serted itself Independentism, as it was
called, becrJiH contagious, and the most as
tonishing iuroads were made upon the
Democratic strength. A fight between
Messrs. MERRIMoN and VANCE for the con
troll of the Legislature in the election o.
United States Senator added to the genera
confusion In tho Democratic ranks, and the
Republicans rejoiced in many unexpected
gains in the Legislature. This should have
encouraged them to reorganization befor,
the fall campaign for Congress began, and Il
will now be admitted that the managers O.
the party made great mistake in no
adopting that policy. II they had, rs tn,
Wilmington Poa suggests, the probabilitie.
are they would have carried more than thret
Congressional districts, which they have
done, thereby making a gain Of two ovel
their representation in the present
House. But these are hindsigh
uggestions-always better than foresight
certainties-and are only useful now In con
sidering tho policy of the future. The,
most assuredly point to the necessity o
complete and thorough reorganization nov
in preparation for the grind national con
test of 1880 when the redemption of tn
State to the cause Of good government viii
be fully accomplished. And there is Al
especial reason, based upon natural Stat
pride, why this should be done. That rea
son is the probability that q native Nortl
Carolinian, Judge THOMAS SETTLE, will b
placed in nomination on the Republican
ticket for Vice-President. We sa
the probability, because he is APPARENT.
the most available man Of prominence upo
. whom the Southern Republicans will con
, centrate for that nomination, aud the nom
ination for President will be conceded Il
tho North, thereby giving the South tn
right or privilege Of filling the second plac
Oh the ticket Now, let us hear the wor
of command from Greensboro. The ranl
: and file of the party all over the State ar
eagerly listening for it. When it is givel
and obeyed, as it will be, victory will fol
low with u certainty, born OF serious AM
determined antagonism to Bourbonisn
North Carolina will then take her rightfr
place as the great political oasis in tn
death -strewn desert of the Solid South.