Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-08

manding Officers of Posts within this De
partment are directed to use every mean
at their disposal to rid the country of thes,
banditti. Whenever reports of outrage
are received, parties will be sent in pursui
of these Regulators, and when resistance
to arrest is made they will be treated a
"Guerrillas" and summariiy punished. Al
prisoners SO arrested will be held in mill
tary confinement and the case reported tx
headquarters at Charleston
We regret to announce that Captain "
r. Williams, a well-known citizen Of Hall
fax, met with a serious and painful acci
dent on Saturday morning last. He wa
riding out with friend, when his horse
" banked" Captain Williams commenced
using the whip, whereupon the anima
went to kicking and struck the Captain or
the knee-cap, shattering it. large piece
of the bone was taken out Te2dO7s STATE.
Ex-Governor Brown, OF Georgia, Re
construction.
The Atlanta papers publish three col
umn letter from Ex-Governor Joseph E
Brown, in which he reviews the political
situation of the country, advising the peo
pie of Georgia to accept the terms imposed
by the bill recently passed by both Houses
of Congress. He says
1t only remains for me to add that I con.
slider it the duty of the Governor of Geor
gia to call the Legislature together without
delay, and to recommend the passage of an
Act calling a Convention of the people OF
this State to so change our State COnstitu-
ton as to provide for universal suffrage, in
conformity to the measure which has passed
| Congress, known as the Sherman amend
ment and to provide for the early election
of Legislature which will adopt the con-
stitutional amendment in accordance with
said requirement.
| We now have the assurance of Congress,
in the passage of this Bill, that this shall
settle the question of our admission. We
shall never set better terms Let us com
| ply with them, and be ready to be repre-
sented in the next Congress as soon as pos
sible. [ respectfully suggest that the peo-
pie of the several counties of this State
who favor the proposed action, hold public
meetings with as little delay as possible
and urge upon the Governor to convene
the Legislature, and recommend them to
Legislature were elected before the consti-
tutional amendment was proposed, and [
respectfully submit that it is their impera-
| tive duty in the present condition of the
country to take the necessary steps to re-
| fer this question to the people at the ballot
box The most appropriate mode Of doing
| this is to order an election for delegates to
a Convention to act upon the proposition
now submitted by Congress. This they
cannot with propriety refuse if the people
demand it. Let the people speak.
| If the State will adopt this line Of policy
aud the Convention will memorialize Con-
gress, asking that the judges, county Off
GERS and others necessary to the efficient
working of the State government, be re-
ieved from the provisions of the constitu-
| if presented in a proper spirit, will be
granted, and we shall be relieved of much
of the gloom which is now widespread over
the whole South. If we reject the terms
proposed in the Sherman Bill, I confess I
see no hope for the future Should we ac-
cept them [ trust the example of Georgia
may be followed by the other States, and
| that this vexed question may soon be per-
manently settled upon the best terms which
we may ever be able to get.
[ am aware of the rapidity Of the changes
which we are required to make, and of the
natural prejudices which our people enter
tain against negro suffrage, but we should
lot forget in yielding to an inevitable ne
us and naturally sympathiZe with U.s.
Their conduct during the war proved this
If then we treat them kindly, pay them
their wages promptly, and in all respects
deal fairly by them, we shall rarely have
cause to complain of their refusal to re-
spect our wishes or consult our interests at
the ballot box. As the questions which [
have discussed are of vital Importance to
the whole country, and as [ do not wish to
be misunderstood or misrepresented, [ re-
spectfuly request Of the editor of each
newspaper who comments upon my letter
to give il entire to his readers. This is due
alike to me and to the public.
From the Sentinel.
Remarks of MIR. McRae, of Robson.
The "bill to amend the charter of the
Fayetteville and Florence Railroad Com
pany" being under consideration, Mr.. Nc
Rae, Senator from Richmond and Robson,
said, that he did not wish to consume the
time of the Senate by making speech on
the bill, which had been made the special
order for this hour but sense of duty to
his constituents constrained him to observe
that the arguments on the other side all
pointed to the conclusion, that commerce
was obliged to run down stream as lnevita-
bly, as that water flowed in that direction
whereas, experience demonstrates that it is
generally directed and controlled by n
terest, and the habits of communities en-
gagged in trade.
Mr.. McRae professed to be perfectly fa-
miliar with the section of country through
which this road was to pass, and asserted
that it was finely timbered, well watered,
that the soil was excellent, and that, in
word, it was susceptible of sustaining a
dense and thrifty population, if the bene-
fits of the Internal Improvement sys-
tenn of North Carolina could be extend
ed to them. He alluded to the changed
and vastly improved condition of the
people along the line of the Whining
ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
in some of the poorest sections Of the
counties through which that road runs, as
triumphant vindication of his views, as
to the propriety of bringing every commu
nifty which it may be possible to reach
within the magic circle OF railroad commu
nication. For what county or what section
of the State, Mr.. McRae added, would for
any consideration surrender the inestima-
BILE advantages they now enjoy by their
proximity to Railroads, and lapse again in