, 1866-09-08

Tonid. By merely aging the word, put step
doing all they can to encourage 1t, BY repos-
Ing In "masterly inactivity" While 1t Il
going on, instead Of rising and arrastl1E tho
them to the full extent Of the law.
So they are here aud there dropping of from
different plantations, and coming to the
towns, where they hope for safety.
Once In a while, in retaliation for all this,
Is Reu IS white5,l they mob Ind murder
white man. This Is paIaded In the neWspa-
pers, while the thousand cases Of cruelty, rob-
berry Of stock, provisions and atearms, and
even the butchery of negroes, seldom reach
The Public ear' sontherns5a cannot
Correspondent can prove every word Of
1t. live In this State, and have for years,
and ] know OF what nm writing. Such
gangs Of thieves and nnrdercrs as I hare de-
cr3bed, are now marauding through Lenoir,
Jones, Wayne, Dupliu, and other counties.
those counties Whp claims to be good clti-
gen have not Southernersa spark Of moral
courage or manhood, or humanity, or sense Of
justice and right or stamc for the rcputa-
ton thsfs set arf SPon
which they hare recently renewed their ALE.
glance, and which sadly needs the siren 9Th
ening proof Of greater respect for the laws
! might multiply indiv1dual instances Of
eat1sSss %oaiS npon a1s ahd black fhe But rte Tsat
mems Bureau Is fast becoming Cop
| perheadlzed, Sc that even that door for pro-
| lection Is being closed. There are q few Of
the old Roman patriots left, who do thef1
duty, and who speak out occasionally. But
who len tlcir independence and manhood
behind them when they came South. and
who. instead of administering the affairs oi
the Bureau for the good Of the nesro-that
is, 10 secure to HIM his ,Tights-are putting
| Its power into the hands Of the old MASTER
for The oppression Of the bls cks,
Colonel Wiegel, who came here hut shoF
| time ago to taEe charge Of the Bureau, ant
who was just, fearless and outspokcr
officer, is already rc1Ievcl-and solely becaus
he was not enough Of the indin.Fubbet
ID son 9nte5 eSa tSPf tst aest @
being insulted and threatened. The rebel
newspaper herc, the Commercial, treaueutl,
publishes the most seditious, insulting ant
outrageous articles: Loyal papers like th
Newborn Tints, Raleigh Standard, and
few more. have their Southern patrouag
greatly withdrawn from them, aud can hard
u keep the breath Of life within themselves
| while the editors nre made to endure al
manntr Of insults for their loyalty, and be
csuse they were not true to the Confederacy
| Inc common Counctl Vi lt!3 piACc, leu Q
By Lord Chief Justice, supported BY smootl
Billy Oliver, and TWO feeble lights named o!
good and Robeson, neTe7 let slip an opportu1
ity to snub and insult Northern men, throng
the person of the only Northerner there
In the Board, Ar. Meunfnger, while Souther
Unionfsts are equally pe1secated through ta
person Of Afr. Stnnty, a firm supporter Of tll
| right, under all circums'anccs. The insult
llsaped upon Yankee school.lnal-s,
through the rebel press and otherwise, arc
/ frequent that they, as we'll as the 1oyal po
. tion Of the community, have become tairl
hardened to them. Sol might continue f
. hours. Can you wonder tEat we becan
| | well-nigl disheartencd, notwithstanding II
, Philadelphia Convention wedding bctWee
} | the North and South often ask nlysc
/ | in sincerity, who;werc the victors in the In
] war? pray Heaven the North may sta,
. firm at The coming elections! It is our on
/. | hOpe.