Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-05-24
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NORTH CAROLINA. Nav, 1866.

NORTH CAROLINA, May, 1866
MEssRs ENG1EHARD 10:
Surs After looking for u reply from you for a
considerable time, I hav at last concluded that
you do not inten ritin; an l now seat myself tn
Civ you lectu1in for not dom SO.
AS it is characteristic good Union luver to
defen the laws an acshons Nv his 1untry from po-
Itikal SPECIFICATIONS, it alone will be the theam Nv
this letter. The Sivi rites bill, one Nv the late
laws passed by our able congressman in Washing
ton is glorious ipgGtutlOn we Ort tn be graf
full tn Mr. Stevens & Ko. for their disinterested
kindness in Glowing us to be on ekwality with the
niger wAo is superior in inteeck, energy and
every +11ng that is honorable and good. think
we ort tn offer up resolutions thanks tn the Ko
Tor doin:
And, Messers Editurs, when can we repay so
CRATE Diet Nv gratitude tn our Northern Trends as
ort, for suppressin the rebellion in which we hav
just benn ingaged We cannot in words say when
tho think at the rates Nv the eternal revenu and
other tacks there insashiable pockets ort
tn be filled in a short time. .....
And if the rebellion had not henn suppressed we
wud hav benn denide the exkwisite plesure NV
havin niger buros and they are sutch elegant
furniture, person shud be without them hav
never yet had. nor one tho suppose they will
hold any artikle clothin that can be menshl1ned
du hope the Northern kabinet makers will be so
konsderate as tn sell sum Nv them tn we ex-rebels
and If we cannot funds enuf on cotton tn pay
for them, we will ship cargo NV niggers unbe-
KNOWN tn them, down to Cuby, by our Northern
wiz Wall wv Ildll Tile
cash sekured.
And, Surs, If we were not in the Union, the mig
gers wud not hav horses tn copplane bein stolen
tn the agents Nv these buros, who are almost in
dlspenslble IN sutch cases. Again, Union is
strength" for Mr.. Clay sed so, and to prove it, I
will Civ an illustrashun If several horse theayes
unite and kombine there strength (which is Union)
they can lift and carry off stall with it's stead, and
perhaps the niger tn, if he is in the STALL who
they then deliver tn Pluto & Ko
This, MesSurS EditurS is not a. he1thv klmo for
returned nlgger soldiers, as they are often found
suspended IN some remote region NV the woods ;
and hay herd Nv two fitin ontil each killed the
other, which shows the demoralizine influences nv
kamp-life. The cause Nv this sooicide is supposed
tn be EMU fife, tho it seems tn me after facin
rebel batteries as they did, they wud king tn life
as man kings tn wife.
presume L would be considered by sum, as a
mlsloyal person, but as literary karacters speak
and rite whatever there opinion dicktates. no one
VIII trubble him or herself with such tLort an
as these are freedmen times the Habeus Corpus rt
wud be suspended with, were I one, which is
ironikle tn say.
Messers. Editurs, I ask with the universal voice
NV the ex-rebels: what will be dun with the kinkv
heds mex Only short time will reyele to ms the
kode Nv laws that are tn be passed consernin them
which are unknown by all excep the Radikles who
L suppose will konstruct RadikIe nv hin, ,yb;ch
| presume wud so amellorate his kondition thai
he wud becum congressman BED long IT. is the
supposed case by meny, that the agents NV these
buros are konnected to Mr. Stevens & Ko. thru
the ties Nv Relationship, as they are all pashun-
see them promenadin with the a4sed fenoails so
afecshunately, one wud suppose they were bride
and grume On the huny- mune ture.
AS Editurs du not approximate long letters,
will 4thwith cut this off; hopin tn receive q
speady response am as ever
Yous respectful friend,
| NED GRABS.
! p. S. Since ritin the above, hav heard Nv .
niger luseing his buro I hope will be SO suck
sessful as to find it; if so it will be onkonstitu
tional for him to cum after it, as sum catastrophe
might befau him. Yours.
"a.