Show THE NORTH HOSTS NA ELECTION today to day comes comei off the north X orth carolina election to the tea alt of which tile tho eyes ol of the entire community are turned with the most clout anxious expectation so far as aj the south is il concerned north carolina is is even evea on oa ordinary occasions a tt test state staff but io ia this thin in stanco it is in looked upon 1 at the key to our political situation not that it is ii expected the ibe tani of this th n election will by any meni decide dt ide the ibe balance l linca of the campaign Ampa ign either for araut or greeley but consid table of the morale fifo rale of tho the i i campaign will bo be lost or won today to day in ia north carolina olina it gives the first regular battle between the contending force war mar challed under orant grant and gre ley tor fori I 1 though the leading papers papera hats bars been tr cating this iha days daya action merely as a preliminary skirmish they evi evidently doty lp 4 not thus consi ilor it but rant rank it substantially as ai the first treat ig rest pitched battle between the rival political armies sold said the N Y IS il il I 1 in one batet latet issues on this ejection Jec tion 1 ii Y Conserva conservatives tivis lescot now would simply show that the radicals Ridi cali have berm been able to bold their own div JQ in a long subjugated state by emptying the treasury LT ry and letti letting oll footo the washington government upon the canvass can vasa is but B lit in connection with irith this cautious caution en drenching trenching tren trea ching chial of the position lot lost tie defeats defeat featt A en 1 should ooma come it immediately aado addit OO 00 bienati vc now would take 1 all I 1 eart and hope out of the Pai P lical fight echt in november from ono one end of tho the country to the other this rhia surely aurely could not bo be the lh ease were tho the election or of tody of no do more ito import Arice than ft a prelim pr clini inary skirmish sll wo we should rather I 1 consider it an initiatory battle though of cour C it is ia not dot to 6 he be clubbed all aa tile the bt be gioni ngor of tho the direct flann of the presidential election tho special apeci il importance sod and elg fidanc of the cointot going on in 10 north carolina tod today to day a y is il thit that though it il does doci not bring into tho the engagement the two com madders or of liia presidential war it does engage a part of the force which they are rc soon loon about to lead to in alo he gresto gene rat political conflict contti ct bud etch will rago rage throughout the entire country ITA fiercely 58 n it does docs on this first day of august in north corolina carolina since thil thi more inore convention find and tho the endorsement of greeley and the cincinnati platform a now paaso lioa ling been g S 0 to O I 1 the 11 0 ta stion IOD tile the now new election in march the connecticut election in in april nod and the wore more recent tot test of party strength in ia oregon was merely prell in 1 D datry r ry skirmishing jo in tho the extraordinary political of the present moment when parties ue are if not in ilk a state of di solution certainly in a beato or of reformation and transition heart previous elections indicated indic atod lut but ter very little whereon to predicate 11 a 0 of f the results of the presidential eon COD tt inyo ia the strife is ia bo bc grant and greeley with nol dot now the hero baro thought of any possible third naino dime and at this point of the action without such is a desire on t the 60 couii one I 1 hand band find and sumner are no longer silent or undecided on the other hand bond tho the NOW new york wod wol aj is no longer the denounce r or of greeley they recognize not only that the babil more convention is ia a fact sod and tact chrt irk in its unanimous unanimous doci ion it it has endorsed bredey and brown but they also recognize aai fully appreciate preci ate that thai for once tho the political caan managers have haro been influenced slay nay over by tho the will of tho the sovereign people greeley Gr celcy then to both tho the liberal Ilo publican and ana to the old boulind line democrat has Iceo become nl not a choice b but u t a fate it has yet to bj j ean seen whether though grant be nat a from C carl at I 1 co is B iiii n or of vicle he ife c tile greeley n ra fa and whether so C bior a r at bid point or of our political situation north nonh Caroli carolinas nalS election cl clion today on bomea me in in turo turn on either side it may see lacing anil their lire are 0 0 nearly equal cual and the majority COmer comestible tible to either pirty party almost by the merest accident the issue of this state election has a moral importance that will affect the spirit find action of the entire cal iro country virtually G grant cant and greeley meet meek today to day in 10 arcq arms on the soil boil or north Caroli carolina IL elter either onet ona may be victor and yet not much advantage be elined io in the tha more majority majori ty of Totes hub but the effect of tho the victory on either side bide will greatly affect the next presidential election the result may decide grants chances moro more than those of greeley Gre elcy inasmuch as tho the one in m coi centric and unpronounceable io in its tie dc the other nearly fixed and certain bo the political hand band how creel on what figure it may be tonight to nig night bt or its indication justly rated or overrated there can to be no DO question that tho the election 0 of f north carolina will 9 gite ive impulse to the political action or of every state slate in tho the union for the next presidential election WE havo have been wailing patiently for tho the cardinal s letter of acceptance odthe of the I 1 democratic platform which tie mr faust a friend of 12 years standing and who J knew sir mr cannons democratic tro divitiis divi tica ties intimately pledged lim him to on saturday last tho the cabe now loola looks IS as if cither tho the cardinal would have to go back on tho the democrats or faust on gen Q which is it to ile be will W one 0 of f these gentlemen r riso ise to explain cip laio or mut must tho the democrats cat call another cr eon con bool iou and how howingto inato anew a new candidate if the affair isn t slightly i mixed it at least looks go BO |