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J. C, LOGAN HARRIS, - Kditor. Official Orff&n of the United suites. OfSce. la tfc "Standard" building. East side of Fayctteril Street. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1872. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. For President: ULYSSES S. GRANT, of Illinois. I For Vice President: HENRY WILSON, Massachusetts. t "Cien. errant nerer hu been defeat ed, and be nerer will be." HORACE CJltKKLKT. ! Wblle AMertlnr tlte rlffht ef eTerr Republican ! nls nntramnieled choice f a candidate for next Preftldent un til a nomination la made, I renture to surge that Gen.jGrant will be far better qualified for that momentous trust In lsra than he was In 1SS. Ho rack Okeeley. speech on Zih January, i 1S71. j t KLKCTORAL TICIC1CT. FOB THE KTATK AT LAHOK: MinCl'S KIIWIN, of Bnneombc. nynVEL F. rniLLir8,tf Wake. it ' ;. .,,, TOK THE CONdKESfilONAI. DISTUIOTS: 1. Edtrard Hansom, of Tyrrell. 3. trill lam F. Iof tin, of Lenoir. 4. Thomas' 91. ArffO, of Orange. 3. Henry Walter, of Davidson. 6. William S. Ilrnum, of Lincoln. 7. James G. Ramsar, of Rowan. K. Jaate KT. Justice, of Rutherford. CAMPAIGN ERA. The Prens is acknowledged as a "tower of htrength" in all freeoountrieH, and in none nioro than free America I Again, we aro in the midst of a Presidential cam jMiign. On the Firwt Tuesday of Novemlwr next, the peoplo will- decide at the ballot-box who Khali govern this great and glorious Repub lic from the 4th of March, 187:', to the 4th cf . March, 1S77. In thi struggle for the suc cess of the everlasting- principles of the Re publican partv as announced at Philadel phia, Trt e Era .support Ultsses S. Grant for Provident, and Henry Wilson for Vice-President. Believing that the materi al, industrial, and financial interests of Thirty-Eight Millions of human beings de mand the re-election of President Grant ; and believing that that peace ho necessary to the prosperity of every iuterest known to our country demands the re-election of President! Grant, wo shall unhesitatingly uaoour energies and whatever talents we may have, to elect Grant aud Wilson. In , doing so, wo shall expose the hideous do- - fortuity of the coalition of Democrats and Liberals, who liavo bartered principle in expectation of office and plunder, and who have banded together to secure the election of "Horace G"reele3': We shall demonstrate to the people that tlie election of Grcejey will endanger the peax of the ctAmtry mint convulio the material, industrial, -and finan cial interests of tho whole country. We shall make plain the fact, that the defeat of Greeley will be the means of destroying evory vestige of tho Democratic party, an event to bo desired by all lovers of peace and bv every man who earns his dailv broad by the sweat of his brow. Wo shall endeavor to accomplish the work wo have marked out, and in doing so, we solicit the aid of every man who desires the election of Prosiflont Grant. Wo are always glad to receive suggestions from our friends. Write us. Givo us the news. Go to work at once and secu re.? e A k uf red sub- Bcriler for The Era in every county. Our torms are lower than any other jKUx-r in the Suu, and aro within tho reach of ev erybody. They are as follows: Tri-Weekly Kra, one year, X $3.00 Weekly Era, J.W Subscriptions taken for any length of time. These rates are so low that it scorns to us our friends could more than double our circulation if thev would devote a little time to their party organ. If we had Jive hundred subscribers in each of the ninety counties that mako up the old North State, Grant's majority would reach 20,000. 0 itouso up, i;eiubl icans Hem! in vour clubH and the cash. Addre-w CAROLINA ERA, .! Raleigh, X. C. i i In our issue of to-day, wo present let ters from Hon. James Lyons, of Vir ginia, Mr. James G. Clark, and Dr. Iranci3 Licber, of New York, all de claring against Greeley. Read these, letters organize Grant " and Wilson club and get out a full vote fori the Republican candidates. Louisville Convention Democrats who Oppose Greeley. j Read the stirring address of Colonel Blanton Duncan, of Kentucky, Chair man National Democratic Committee to be found in another column. Every man who calls himself a Democrat should not fail to read the address. i For Democrat? who love principle and their iarty more than office and plunf der. the address is a convincing and encouraging document. I No conundrum is so puzzling to our Democratic friends a.s this simple que ry: How can you support Horace Gree ley? ' . - I " For their benelit we submit a fortiiu- la, which will perhaps afford them re lief. After this when they are asked the tough question, let them parody Pope and say : Greeley's a monster of auch frightful meiu. TUu.4o Vr Hntea Tiecrrsf T)ii t to be seen ; i . But "seen" too oft familiar with his jjate. We first endure, then swear, then nominate. 4th Conerressional District--Offi cial Vote. v rne ftnenns oi tne several counties I is composing this Congressional District, met in this city on Thursday last and compared the vote for C0ngres.sman.4 The following is the official statement ,1 i 1 ii. 1 : cn . t of them, as totthe means used to do bo. It is lamentable to see Editors who laim to have! all the decency and all the respeclaoUity giving currency to statements, which they know are false. i Smith. Roger$. Johnston. 1,508 1,436 1 Orange, I,3f8 1,918 1 Nash, 1,285 1,293 Granville. 2,C6G 1,9841 Wake, 3,831 3,287 Franklin, 1,500 1,471 Chatham, 1,74 1,758 Total, 13,79 ' 13,147 13,147 Smith's majority, 732 1 1 A Liberal Slanderer. I One W. A. Saunders, a colored man aiid traitor tq his race, canvassed in jthis Statofbr Merrimon. Upon his re iurn to New York, Saunders was inter fyiewed by a correspondent of Tlie Kexo Ybrk Wprld, the substance of which is sttt. forth in TJie World of the 8th. The whole statement from beginning to end, is a tissue of Liberal falsehoods. Saunders says that colonization of ne groes was extensively carried on from adjoining States. There is not a word of truth in this assertion. If votes Wfere colonized by either party it was bv the Democrats and traitorous Lib erals, L . Saunders accounts for the slowness of I the returns by saying that the Repub licans wanted to .see whether or not it was necessary to stuff the ballot-boxes to return a Republican majority. This charge 13 a bald-faced lie told by a Liberal traitor to his party and race, who was; discharged from the Balti more Custom House, for dishonesty. Saunders says that the leading color ed men of this State are misleading their race lor money ; and pronounces Mr. James III Harr j.s an unmitigated scoun drel. This charge comes with good grace from a'jcolored man who sold himself, and betrayed his race, to the Liberals for ticQ thousand dollars. I v The attention of the colored people la directed to the statements of Saun ders. This Liberal slanderer, was treat ed courteously and kindly by his race while in this State, and just as soon as he leaves the State, he vomits whole sale slander noil upon the whites, but upon his Own rfe.ee. A more ungrateful wretch, or a Liberal of more damnable character, we have not heard of during this campaign, j Should Saunders ever return to this State, he should be treated ' with sUent contempt by every Repub- hciin, both white and black. The Union League.. Our readers will doubtless recollect: that in their desperate and futile at tempts to excuse tho hellish crimes and barbarities of their friends, the Ku Klux, the Grerk-y papers and orators attributed all (heir hangings, scourg-" Ings and other atrocities to tho inlience of the Union Ijeagues. Who originated the organization of the Leagues, and from whence did it spriner? The, Leagues first started in Tlie Tribune of fice iu New York City, and if Horace Greeley was not tlie founder, he was among the first of its chief supporters and has industriously promoted the establishment and dissemination of the; Leagues, until his being attacked inj May last nm ine insane rruaiaBMM.i hallucination which now so grievously afflicts him. "You bet" that the readers of those eminently respectable and truthful journals, 'Ihe ?,Tt ics and F?-nthu( of this' city, will not be informed of the above historical reminiscence. Wo hall soo. Unfair; Elections. uot tnat tney 'Clrt!ing Hands Across the Illoocly Chasm." Read elsewhere an article taken from The Keic Yorlr Times, headed "North Carolina the reign of terror of the Lib eral Ku Klux Republicans attacked m several counties.'' This account of outrages by Greeley ites, shows how the Democrats and traitorous Liberals pro pose to "clasp hand? across the bloody chasm." There is no real peace for the Nation except it is governed by the Republican party wjth Grant at its head. Elect Greeley and the South will be Mexicanized in less thart six months from the 4th of March, 1873. A little brief authority in this State, obtained through outrage and murder, has been productive of Ku Kluxism, the impeachment, deposition from of fice, and periK'tual disfranchisement of Gov. Holden, and an attempt at revo lution last summer on the Convention It is amusing to hear the dolorous notes of the Democracy about an unfair and fraudulent J elec tion in North Car olina, how that; -it is definitely ascer tained that their candidate for Gov ernbr has been defeated. If the result Jiad been the other way it would have .ben the' fairest election ever- held in the State, j Let jany one look at the re turns he will readily seo that the heav iest gains made, by Gov. Caldwell were made in those counties which are un der Democratiejrule; wjiere the county Commissioners 'who had the appoint ment of; registrars, ixll-holders. Jre. were all (Democrats, and if any cheat ing was to oe uone, had the opportum ty and inclination to do it In -favor o; thoir oJLvn. KMii-tu otxjckdicL is little room left for d improved the. Opportunity and grati tied their inclinations. Well do the loaders of the Democracy know tha where one. illegal vote was cast for the Republican ticket ten were given for ,the Democratic4-that where one Dem ocrat entitled to! vote, was excluded by the poll-holders at least ten Republi cans, entitled to vote, were rejected Where owe dollar was expended in be half of the Republican party, ten were xpended in the cause of the Democra cy, j All their howl about fraud Is tlie cry of "stop thief, stop thief," bawled out by the badly disappointed Demo cratic leaders who are themselves" guil ty ojf the grossest frauds, and are cn- deotoring to ward suspicions off the real! thieves ami cast it upon honest j , The-;" Tammany and Swepson State, has repudiated Greeley. The action of tho gentlemen mentioned, coupled with other public men of equal prominence, such as Gen. John A. Dixj John J. Cisco and ? Mayor Wheaton, of Michigan, arid Hon. B. F. Parks, of Illinois, and many others of similar import, shows tnat.jne pure patriots of the old Jackson Democracy, will not stullifv themselves barter principle for ofiice and plunder and endanger the tranquility of the country j bv aidincr t,h ley. Every day brings forth some fresh and influential name from the Demo4 HOW AMONG THE FAITHFUL, Traitors to Hie Republican l'urty Protest Afiiinst Jienioemtle Kicl:s.' KLI3CTION TO IE CONTESTED. The AVill of the People V unified. iiauuie iio;an helper wants TO BIS A MRKELEV EI.F.TOIC. 1 ne coalition between Democrats. aiid the men who have turned'traitor and betrayed the Republican party, is DEJIOCISATS AND TltAITOKOrS I.IRERA IjS DETEHMIKEn TO 4 ufTiu on nm." IJelow.will be found a circular issued by Hon. D. M. Barrihger, chairman cratid ranks against the candidate ofmpidly cJmlng to grief The Democratic Committee; and Mr. W. S. Miv wxfupL Aammany coanwun. West Virginia ElectionCloven Foot of Democrat and Liberals, j On the 22nd of this month, West Virginia votes for Governor and State officers, members of Congress and Legislature, and to ratify or reject a new Constitution recently framed and submitted to the people. There is also submitted for thet? approval or rejec tion, a proposal that the negroes of that State shall be permitted or forbidden to hold office as majority of voters may decide! - This proposal originated among the Democratic and Liberal delegates who framed the Constitution, and who con trolled the Convention. For several years the Republicans controlled this State, and but for incorporating a clause into the Constitution whereby all per sons who aided the rebellion were dis franchised, the State would now have been under Republican control. The Democrats and Liberals, upon the at tainment of power, followed the ex ample of their political opponents, which resulted in the defeat of the Re publicans, and have submitted a prop osition which, if ratified, will prohibit the Colored Man from holding office, and to that extent, deprive him of a portion of the rights now enjoyed by every American Citizen, and thus re strict his political privileges to the 3ting of his ballot. That is the Colored Man will be permitted to "vote for white men to rule the whites and blacks of West Virginia, but a Colored Man, no matter now wen qualiiied, win contests, they must be content with the not bespermitted to hold office. The dis- place of simple voters in the Democrat- 1 mi- r Jl jt J are beginning to understand that pa triotism has nothing to do with Dem ocrats who support Greeley. The ob ject is office and plunder. The follow ing article, from Helper, the Growler, will convince every one who reads it, that the mainspring of the whole Gree ley movement, is the restoration of the Democrats to power, the division ?of Office, the enjoyment of the emolu ments thereof, and to plunder the gov ernment whenever an opportunity presents itself. Here is what Helper says in The Salisbury Tribune " But the leading and aspiring poli ticians, who controlled everything, ae- cided to hght the battle under no other tliafi the Iemacrx6ic barmen e Not a sin gle JuiDerai .ttepuDiican was given a place upon the State ticket. The same rule erenerally prevailed in the selec tion of candidates for Congress and the Legislature. All this was expected, would have been borne without a mur- mer had not the Liberal Republicans been utterlv ignored in the selection of Presidential Electors. They had no special desire to see any of the original 1 - il 1! . 1 J A. Jt annei piacea upon tneuciieti, out mey d a right to expect that they would recognized and consulted in making the appointments, instead 01 tnat they were ignored entirely. This last is an indignity not to be submitted to in silence, ana one that probably lost the Conservative ticket votes enough to have changed the result. . The feast to which the Liberal Re publicans in North Carolina were in vited in the late contest was that of humble co-workers in the cause of the Democracy. For it was, throughout the whole campaign, proclaimed that it was a contest for Democratic suprema cy. Their orators and canvassers were always complimented upon thesplendid services they were rendering fthe cause of Democracy." Leading Democrats informed leading Liberal Republicans, that both in the State and Presidential Mason, chairman so-called ; Liberal Committee.1 The circular was intend ed for the eyeof 'Democrats and Liber als and none others ; fortunately, for the peace of the State, a single copy drifted into our handstand we hasten to lay it befpre the people of the State, that they may understand that the le gaf majority of the votes east at the re cent election for Tod R. Caldwell for Gofernor, are to be nullified, and that Merrimori i and' the whole Democratic State ticket are to be declared elected by legal votes. The in formation sought by the circular is to be laid before thej Legislature, and upon which the voice of the people will be smothered, and candidates who tailed to receive a ma jority or the legal votes, are to beweed upon the people to administer the af fairs of State, when the people the sovereigns ot this country emphati cally said at the ballot-box, that they did not want Merrimon and his breth ren of .the Democratic State ticket to 1- men. 1 ringi with all their thimble-rigging, should er-bi ting, ballot-box stuffingand other disreputable practices, and disre putable agents, are too well understood In North Carolina, to make any capi tal for their cause by their hypocritical complaints and (grumbling, after tlysy ascertain that they have been liahd- s0mely whipped. question. That tlie loyal patriots of the North will turn the South over to be ruled by Ku Klux, we do not be lieve. That Gen." Grant will be re elected we have no doubt, and that The Presidential campaign is upon j election will preserve peace through- us. The supporters 01 Urant and WII-1 out tne Kepubiic and especially at tne sou cannot aid tne cause more effect-1 oouin. Ively thanby at once doubling the cir culation of The Era. A Democratic County Treasurer in Indiana ' was recently shown to have stolen fifty thousand dollars of the peo ples money, during two years of official life. . This ex-Treasurer is one of Gree lev's staunch est supporters, and the loudness of his demand for "reform" is amusing. . Nine out often renegades from tlie Republican party are just such men as the Indiana Treasurer.--After November "they will silently fold their tents" and steal no more. Democrats of late are wonderfully forgiving, meek, generous, and chari table, if we are to believe the sincerity of the declarations of Greeley orators. The remembrance of the obloquy and Insults heaped upon the Democratic party and all its prominent members by Mr. Greeley, is kept alive by the active venom of the wounds ; but yet these men thus maligned, are making a parade of their forgiveness and ask others to extend with them the handJ of reconciliation. A more palpable ex hibition of wanton hypocrisy was nev er seen. There is no love U tween these men. It is only the covering up of tholr hates that they may in common achieve place and plunder. How Base. 1 The Daily Xeint of the 14th inst., transfers to its columns, without note, comment or contradiction, an article from The Xew York World charging that "Gov. Caldwell had the appoint ment of all the persons in the State to register the names of electors, receive and count the votes l-c, ore." . The Xew Yovk World, when it pub lished this falsehood, may have be lieved it was telling the truth, being so informed, no doubt, -by some of its veracious North Carolina correspon dents. But what excuse has TJte Daily Xeics for circulating the falsehood by giving it a pica in its columns when it knew that Governor Caldwell had nothing whatever to do with the mat ter? It is well known, and to nobody better than to tho Editors of The Daily Xetcs. that the County Commissioners of the various counties had the selec tion and appointment of Registrars poll-holders, and it is further well known and to no one better than to the Editors of Tlie Daily Xeics, that the County Commissirncrs of a large ma jority of the counties, aro members of ihe Democratic party and were active iu their efforts to defeat Gov. Caldwell and were not at all scrupulous, many i ! Men who will hot Karter Principle for 'Office and Plunder. Hon. Robert jC. Winthrop is one of the most eminent men of Massachusetts. He i'a Conservative-Democrat, but sup port jGfrant. Iri a letter-defining his position, he saysi : I j j Brook link, Mass., Aug. 9, 1672. !fo:lh IT. Clifford: Yoijfs of the 5thiinst., was duly welcom ed. Lift 1110 Bay a Word in reply to its clos ing suggestion without delay. When rac-x-eptetf Mr. I'caftody's appointment as Chairman of tho trustees of the Southern iJducation Fund, I resolved to keep out of politic. If Mr. Adins had been nominated, I should have been seriously tempted to reconsider my resolution. As it is I shall adhere to it firmly, , except so far as to give my vote :for Gen. Grant. You and I will thus vpte alike again, as we did in good old Whig times, nnd as wp have not always donoiiince.i I certainly cannot support 3recleiand tho coalition. I can see no safety Jfor the country in their success. Neither reform nor reconciliation could re sult frm so unnatural a combination, but only renewed discord and confusion. I would imost willingly have seen the reins in the bands of a ripe and experienced states man li fee Mr. Adams ; but I shrink from helpingo overturn the coach merely to get a new driver, and certainly a far less com- ' A f m'W aw. peieni one. mis is uio wnoxe sum ana sub stance or my: politics Beyond this I mu& positively decline to take any active or per sonal part of any sort in the conduct of a political Campaign.': j ours over sincerely, '! J Robert U. Winthbop. j Hdn. George S. Hilliard, another prominent i Massachusetts Democrat, will noli support Greeley. It has been stated that Johnj Quincy Adams, for the past few yean regular Democratic candidate for Governor of the Old Bay ! qualification is not based on Education or Property, but is founded upon Color. The blackness of a man's skin the handiwork of the Great Creator which he can no more change than the Leop ard can his spots is made a pretext for an outrage against Progress and Civilization alOinderstood in this, the Nineteenth Century ! There Is not th e slightest excuse for submitting such a proposition to the people'. The blacks of West Virginia are few iri number, without means and without education j they, have held no they have been peaGcable, law-abiding they were rsubji ic ranks. They informed them that in North Carolina the fight, in both con tests, must be under tho Democratic banner and for the triumph of the Dem ocratic party. And some of the Demo cratic leaders seemed to think the Lib eral Republicans ought to be profound ly thankfully for the privilege of play ing the part thus assigned them. Nor was this all. The Liberal Re publicans were grossly insulted by some of the Democratic orators. By some of them all nen who had ever held any connection with the Repub lican party of the State were denounced without stint or mercy. Dishonorable motives were suggested both for their joining and for their leaving it. Not- citizens in West Virginia as they have been in every other State; therefore, we repeat that there is not the slight est excuse that can be given for this uniust proposition, the ratification of mr . which, will still further oppress a race of people who have worn the shackles . m of slavery for nearly two hundred years, -and whose only crime in the eves of Democrats and Liberals, is their loyalty to the Union of bur Fath ers, and their devotion to the princi ples of the Republican party. Upon the proposal that the blacks shall be permitted or forbidden to hold ectrtr mittee of the Liberal Republicans of North Carolina, nobly did their duty. They issued an address to the Liberal Republicans of the State, urging them to support the Conservative State tick et. 13ut as they could claim no lot or part in it they were unable to base their appeal upon t grounds likely to prove successful. They were too pa triotic to stop to quarrel with their '.'allies" during the pendency of the contest. They were determined that if the ticket was defeated the blame should not be laid to them. But now, that the contest is over and the victory lost; we feel it to be bur duty to publish this as their solemn protest the protest under which they silently cast their voters Of Judge Merrimon and the administer the affairs of North Carol! na. such is tne outrage against tne ballot that is proposed to be carried out by the aforesaid circular. It mav be that the election will', be4 contested. We think, however, that the Presidential election will settle the matter. If Greeley is elected Mem- mon win contest. 11 umnr is eiecwxi , nothing more Will be heard of the ab surd proposition. , Heretofore, might has made right so far as Democratic Legislators are con- t, - cerned. While there are fair, honest Democrats elected to the General As sembly, we do not believe there are enough of such men todefeat Merrimon in a contest. If the election is contest ed, and Merrimon should be defeated, it would well nigh ruin the party, and would completely ruin Judge Merri mon. Therefore, if Greeley is elected, the election will be contested, and as' a matter of course, the whole Democratic the partisan majority of the Legisla- r office, the great majority of the Demo- - other gentlemen, on the ticket with mm. jnuiviuir own ; iretiwi s 11 mey were a set of men whose " spirit had imto nnrl T.?Jvomi1o nt 7 fiC?- ? i TnrT i i o are arrayed on the negative side-that is that the blacks shall riot hold Office. The Democratic and Liberal candidates from Governor down, stand upon this platform, and if beaten will go down with flying colors. We hope there are enough patriotic Democrats in West Virginia, who will forget their preju dices and vote down the infamous proposition. This act of the West Virginia Dem ocrats, is a true index of the regard that Democrats and Liberals have for the rights of the Colored Man. Wherever opponents of the Republican, party have succeeded to power, there, the rights of the Colored and poor White Man have been abridged. In this State, in direct; violation of the spirit and let ter of the' Constitution, taxes are re quired to be paid before a legal voter is allowed to exercise his right suffrage in municipal elections , Again : Every voter is. "confined to the township wherein he resides, and is compelled to vote at the polling place in that township. Formerly, in "old times," as Democrats frequently refer to, an elector could vote any where in his county. ': " . Such is the legitimate offspring of been crashed out, and who were dead to all sense of self-respect,' they cannot do less. Among them are men of as pure and exalted characters, and as nigh sense of honor and self-respect, as any that can be found among the Dem ocratic leaders. They will not silently submit to unjust treatment, when it is in their power to protest against it without injury to the cause they have at heart.!' The Salisbury Watchman reblies to Helper as, follows : , The Tinbicne is really grumbling be cause some of the Liberal North Caro lina Republicans were not placed upon the State ticket, nominated for Con gress, or mane electors: in snort, be cause of this failure on the part of con servatives and Democrats to recognize the claims of the Liberals the election has been lost. Now, to be serious, we think that the Liberals should show that they have some strength, before they begin to quarrel about position and complain that they have not been recognized. We did well in the last electron. Let us let wen enough alone, it may be that Merrimon 's cause was damaged by the endorsement of the Liberal movement; and if an additional dose is to be given, as The Tribune proposes, it may prove a disaster indeed. There are: thousands 01 Democrats and Con servatives who have not yet swallowed Liberalism and Greeley ; but we think we can yet get them to vote the ticket declare vhom This same party Democratic rule. Should the Republic next November by acting judiciously, fall into similar hands, a kindred prop- a?d abstaining from nauseating their ositioninthe form of an amendment -'w-?w ? ?TrSmlitau fw to-the i National Constitution, would that we lost fifty Conservatives for ev- soon be submitted for the Nation's ver- ery Liberal gained. This being the diet. The developments of - each day, fact lf The Tribune really has the Gree- Dad poMcy for it to begin this early to convince us more and more that the peace ot tlie country and the prosperity of all classes of our people, urgently and inflexibly demand the continued ascendancy of that which saved the Union from dissolution, freed the slave, and restored peace and prosperity to a once distracted and bleeding country. A majority of the legal voters of this State have put their seal oCcbndemna tion upon the Democrats and Liberals of North Carolina ; it is with the voters of this and other States to decide whether the party of Freedorii and Equal Rights shall continue to -govern the Republic, or whether a party made up of such men as West Virginia Democrats and Liberals-, shall sujiercede the Republi can party. ture. Whether the people will silent ly submit to such an outrage against the ballot, or whether they will take their affairs into their own hands, and sustain Gov. 'Caldwell as the rightful and legally elected Governor of North Carolina, against a partizari majority of the Legislature, is a question for the people to decide between now and the Third Monday of November next. The disposition to contest, is conclusive, ev idence that the opponents of the Re publican party are determined to "rule or ru i n ." A fai r vote, an honest count, are to be set aside because . the Demo crats have the power to they please elected ! attempted to inuugurata a revolution last Summer upon the t Convention question,. They were defeated in that attempt against the liberties of the peo ple ; and now, only one year after the defeat of the revolutionary Convention scheme, this same party proposes to create a revolution among our people by nullifying the action of a majority of the legal voters of North Carolina! Strife and bloodshed have followed in the wake of the Democratic party from iSOl to the present time. It looks as if there would' be more bloodshed before the country settles down in peace and enjoys that profound! repose so necessa ry to every industrial interest of the Nation. We desire to fill up the "bloody chasm" so that future genera tions will not behold any evidences of the struggle between; the South and tho other States composing the American Union. We re-echo "Let us have peace" and we call upon the people of the State to rebuke Messrs. Barringer and Mason, in their attempt to nullify the will and voice of the people as ex pressed at the ballot-box. -. ,. The Circular is as follows : maintained a-p essential to the very existence or free govcrnn cnt itself. We therefore respectfully but earn ostlv remiest and urero you. in conjunc- to he tinn with our friends in your county. and in behalf of all true friends of hon est and fair elections, to ascertain, and report to the undersigned, at. the ear liest practicable period, all cases of fraud and violations of the laws at the elec tion on the 1st Instant, and especially to ascertain and report-- . t 1. Whether there were kept at tho different polling places in your county books in which were entered the names of tho legally registered voters of each township or precinct. . . . 1 2. Whether the name of any voter was registered on the day of election or after sunset on the day before. 3. Whether at every precinct or ward two good men of different political par tics were appointed, duly sworn and acted, md if not why. . ,, 1 4. Whether tho registration or poll ing books were kept open at each pre cinct or polling place from sunrise to sunset on the day of election. 5. Whether any persons voted more than once and how often, and if they voted in any township wherein they did not reside or were brought from without your county or the State, and whether persons voted who were under age or without twelve months citizen ship in the State. : 6. Whether upon each vote being cast the voters .name was- properly checked off. ' , . v 7. Whether proper challenges were allowed and. if ;iot y hen and by whom prevented." -rp a & Whether United States, Commis sioners or other United States officials, and who, issued printed notices to ob struct and prevent this right of chal lenge on the day of election. 1 9. Whether "devices" of any kind, by signs or letters, were used on tickets. 10. Whether any persons, I and Who, were prevented from freely voting, by intimidation, fraud or force, j 11. Whether bribery was used to con trol the voters. 12. Whether the ballots were duly read aloud'and counted in the presence of persons who chose to attend. 13. Whether more votes were In the boxes than were registered or on tho polling books. I 14. Whether the vote, of (any pre cinct in your county was rejected or thrown out, and why. ! 15. Whether returns of the votes were fairly" made, and according to law. 16. Whether the judges of election deposited the registration and poll 1 ng v books of their respective precincts with the Register of Deeds of your county as required by law and if not why held . back, and till when. ;'.. 17. Whether the votes as; returned from each precinct or voting place in every Township were "duly padded up and reported in presence of persons who ; chose to attend. s , 18. Whether the returns from each precinct were duly filed by the county Commissioners with the Register of Deeds. . ' ; 19. Whether any registration was al lowed on the day of election or after sunset on the day before. ; 20. And whether in any other par-, r ticular not herein suggested, thero has , been any fraud on the . ballot or viola- ' tion of the election laws of this State. AH we wish is a- fail, honest, but rigid inquiry into these matters, and .1 the" facts reported to us at tho earliest J day practicable. , X. OU axe tusu especially lequcauxi 10 furnishus with the number ofwhihv county ; and 4f possible in the township in your county. This information can be obtained from the Registration and polling books and returns of county Commissioners, in the office of tho Register of Deeds in your' county, pro-. vided these books and return of elce tion are filed there according to law. Also inform us of the part or parts of your county where any material change in the vote occurred and ' thei cause of; V J such change. vl I Your earnest and early attention Is respectfully and urgently requested on the subjects embraced in this! circular. D. M. BARRINGER, Chair. Dem. Con. State Fx1. Com. W. S. MASON, v Chair. Lib. Rep. State Ex. Com. ' Raleigh, N. C, "August 10th, 1872. Dear Mr: From information derived from various sections of the State, there is good reason to believe that the appa- quarrel about position TJie Raleigh Sentinel, upon the same subject, says : , " We read with regretlan editorialin the last number of this paper, as we thought it would injure the very cause of which that paper is the special ex ponent We at one time meditated a f 1 A m. n i riXch Jr u renecuon ,xTe fn- f false registration, false returns and cbK eluded that less harm would oe done ,rTiv, ,;A. " "..Vr , form and good government in the gen eral election on thel 1st instant, was procured by the most illegal means : and that frauds, intimidation, bribery. ; .Toy to the Carpet-Bagger. No class of .cj tizens has beeri more traduced by the Conservatiye-lJcnio-cratic party than the "carpet-baggers." No matter how upright and deserving one of these gentlemen might be,' ho was charged with all the cn pies' ever committed by any person "who came here from the North, which; according to Democratic teachings,' Is the sourco 1 of all rascality. It seems thai it never entered their narrow minds that it was possible for God to make a respectable man, or gentleman, JNortn or Mason and Dixon's line. - So, as soon as a Northern man crassed the border, tho. air was uiiea witn poisonedj. arrows, shot from envenomed bows; at his de- . voted head. No good could come out of that Nazareth, and no effort; to mako him odious and render hi m hateful wat wanting. V ';' '" ' ' , ''. For long, weary '. years there seemed to le no remedy for tho terrible wick edness of" caret-bagism. AH adopted citizens werQ forced to place their hands on their mouths and turn aside, while a "gentleman" passed, crying 'un clean." t '''''.'' :v .. py But great Is the mystery of Greeley-' ism. In it is discovered even a panacea ' ' for carpet-bagism. In" the Greeley Jordan even carpet-bag lepers may dip ! themselves and be cleansed. ' J .! No matter if a man has been the ciir-pet-baggef of carpetbaggersTio mat ter if he has been handed, down as a . common thief no matter if the organ of the great Conservative party lias or-, dered that ippecac be administered ' to force him to "throw up" his pickings- even down to the "carpels," no matter1 v r "let, thnVled mst hnrv itt lwid"' : 9 . J tTw J. " . ') ww 1 rent majority against the friends of re-riiif,he 13 for Greeley, that covers all his by, passing it over without comment. The trouble ' in North Carolina will be to induce democrats to vote with the liberals." .;...,, " ' V In this fight woiake no part. We , . a m ' jlu uie inuoi liirfgriieeiui .manner in many portions of the State. It is due to honest peopliv to the elective fmn. i chise itself, and especially to the can- uiuaies on uie oiaie ucKet, Who but for are content to stand off at a respectable ! these gross frauds on the right' of suf- ardently ; wish that the i fraf would receive the. certificates of distance, and same fate may befall the combatants, that we are told Iefell the Kilkenny Cats, t election to the several offices to which they were nominated, that these frauds should be investigated, the law en forced, and the purity of tho ballot-lox past , sins and he is invited to a front seat-kxilled to preside,' 0VerJ;thevaith-'' ' ful is, made "respftablo"-f and?oveh'Y the good and great address him as "Mr.! ' President," and utter horrid oaths and curse all , who dtf not see in Horace Greeley an orthodox5 christian gen tlcV' manthe persorificatioh of all tho vir- '' tues the 'noblest work of, Goti," and 1 the only man fit to be Prosiclent of these United States.- 4 i . j I No matter hush, don'jsay carpets I" , ' Don't say "ippecac." Don't mention "Hester." Not a word about i'Twee-