Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-18
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From the Savannah Republlt

From the Savannah Repubhcan, Get l.
During the past eight or ten months We
have several times had occasion to call the
| earnest attention of the orderly and well
meaning citizens Of Savannah to the per
nicous Influences that we're being produced
among the ignorant class of colored people
| bv set of corrupt and unpriEclpled white
| office-seekers, who were using sach lncen-
diary wretchesas Bradley, the colored grad
nate of Sing Sing, as plant tools to further
| their diabolical schemes. In our local col
umns this morning will be found full
| account of the Onhscation-homestead
meeting which was held, and announced
! ostensibly by the untutored negro agltator,
Bradley, the chief colored consp1rator III
all the disturbances that have dlsgraced
our city and annoyed its peaceful inhabi
tants. It will be seen from our report that
nothing but the exercise of the greatest
discretion and vigilance on the part of his
! Honor Mayor Anderson and the entire
civil authorities, aided by the extra militia
~ force that had been summoned to our
CITY from Fort Pulaski. prevented one OF
! the bloodieet riots since the days of the
New Orleans and Memphis massacres, and
we are not sure that with the combustlble
| material on hand yesterday, had q collision
occurred, it would have exceeded both OF
these sanguinaTy dramas
|
narrow escape our city has had from dis
astrous riot, but rather to ask once more,
where will these turbulent and riotous as
semblages end, and who is responsible Tor
| their origin and continuance? We have
positive knowledge that this motley gath
ering of unsuspecting negroes, who came
'' to get their homasteads and mules, was
not only connived At, but morally and pc
cuniarily encouraged by INSCRIPTIONS white
office-seekers-sham Republicans; or, at
| least, those who profess to be the special
champions and custodians OF the honor OF
that great party. And these unprincipled
demagogues, we ale sorry to learn, have
the ear and confidence Of prominent men,
hers of Congress. In fact, the Southern
people are detiantly told by this class OF
| agitators and mischief-makers that they
| are but the chosen instruments and the
! anostles OF freedom sent out by Congress
! to work these so-called ''loyal" miracles
| .:amopc the unen!ightened and rebellious
of the South If we look to the party re-
! sponsible for disseminating this insane and
vindictive policy OF cOnhscatlon, we should
name with shame every Senator aud mem"
! Der of Congress, and every prominent pol
itician who has so far forgot the solemnity
of the hour and the sacred duties that de-
volve upon them as to lisp such doctrine
|
prolong the era of hatred, and foster the
spirit Of retaliation and revenge. 1t will
be wise for the statesmen and patriots OF
the Republican party, If they pause IN
their political career long enough to pom
der over the perilOus results that are sure
to befall our nation If these agrarlan Ideas
are not summariIy expunged, not only from
their party ,books, but forbidden to fall
from the lips of the vicious emlssarles who
clam to speak for the Republican party.
There never was, and never Will be, poll
teal organization formed under rcpuDIl-
can government which can expect to sur
vive, OF is worthy Of life, while its leaders
inculcate \ spirit of oppression and aggres-
sion upon a free peor.a. We may be met
with the assertion that the doctrine OF CON
fiscation and political prescription is moi
advocated by the representative men OF the
Republican party South. We are willing
and glad to admit that there are q Gr2a'
5 many honest men South who are anxious
t for peace, and who wisely believe that re
construction can never be accomplished by
any such cruel process.
These men sympathiZe with, il they do no
l actually belong to the Republican part
l but what Intelligent man who has carefull'
watched the progress Of political events II
the South fer the past year can deny tina
i whether clandestinely or publicly, an equa
: distribution of public Offices and persona
e property, invariably enjoy the greatest pop
S ularity and secure the largest amount Q
y confidence from the ignorant blacks LII
v tocsin of vengeance that Thad. Stevens
t Wendell Phillips, and their followers haV
8 sounded, is reverberating its reVolutlona'
Ii notes throughout the South, and the dar
e eerous troubles that threatened our cit
It Yesterday, and which will continue t
d menace al unarmed and tranquil peopl,
q who are pOWerlesS to prevent these eVll
), are but the faint echoes of what We Ma
G reasonably expect if a curb IS not Speedll
placed upOn the authors, alders, and abe
:, tors OF these schemes of bloodshed. Ii
would abate the evil, let the axe OF con
~ domination strike deep and sever the roo
st of the Upns tree. We are no alarm1st, bl
4 We solemnly believe the dangers OF the'
70 doctrines are much deeper than they al
:, near on the surface. The seeds have bee
n, sown widely, and they draw their nourlsl
~ ment from the utteranccs of the eXterm1n
IN tive policy men.
q We can detect the poison, but what sha
n be the antidote We can hope for no Gu
- save bv the united opposition of all trl
mon 1o these hellish doctrines of agrarla
ism. and the spbjugation of the white RAJ
r. to advance the black for partisan purpose
C. Only by the publication of public oplnlt
is can this desideratrm ever be attained %
:. in the meantime every well-Wlsher OF L
Ill country should strike out boldly for ECU
or rights to all men, and enter vigorous al
ny continual protest against the enfranch!s
ty ment of ignorance and the disfranchlS
nd ment of intelligence. Nothing can be lo
us and no harm can come, by pursuing sucl
OF course, while considerable good may be
eo complished.
> From the Savannah Republican, oct. l.
Of Early yesterday morning the vario
iot roads leading into our city were throng
l' with delnded and ragged negroes, W
IN were en- route to attend the confiscatlc
homestead meeting, announced to be ht
in Chippewa square. On Sunday night, t
OIL poor, ignorant, misguided people, who b
ho been led astray by the "Great Wauho'
no kept watch and ward over his house, r
rolling and picketing the neighborhood
re- two squares on every side.
Ir AS the hour for the meeting drew On.
49, colored people commenced to congreg
oh- in Chippewa square in large numbers.