Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-07-05
From, Bro..3IIcsy's DomfniOns.
MEMPHIS, June 26


MEMPHIS, June &c
Jeremiah Hall has been found hung, near
Raleigh, Tenn. \ paper on his person said that
NO was hing for horse stealing, by the outraged
people.
Any number of scoundrels in Worth's
dominions deserve equally to be hanged
for DEMONSTRATING. Until the military pc "
err made itself felt, poor white men and
coiored men could not keep horse IN
many localities east of this. They were
stolen by an organized band secretly united
on the principles OF the Knights of the
Golden Circle. These secession devils were
terror to the good people of Wayne, Pitt,
Lenoir, Greene, Onslow, and other coun-
ties. Troops have recently been sent down
to weed them ont and protect honest cit
liens.
So much for Worth's dominions.
Raleigh Standard.
When papers enter the lists as cMm-
pions for officials, regardless Of their con-
duct, they must necessarily expect to wash
dirty linen, but we confess we have never
seen any that seemed to relish the work as
does the Standard. However, if editors
confess they abuse men for "party purpo
ses," they will also praise them for similar
reasons.
We do not think in the above article the
desire was so much to defend Governor
Brownlow as to defame Governor WORTH.
The fact is that North Carolina has been
infested by gangs of horsc-thieves, who de
serve to be hanged. Many good and in
dustrious citizens have been much Grip
pied in their labors by the depredations of
those outlaws We are not advised as to
their politics, nor do we expect they let
such matters trouble them much. They
care not what may bo the politics of the
owner of good horse or mule, or the i'll
secure and iily-gaarded stable. Nor are
they particular who administers the law, or
whether military or civil law is supreme
they equally outrage and defy both. Such
silly nonsense as the limitations thrown
out by the Sxnot0.d may fool the ignorant,
! but must nauseate the honest and intelll-
gent, and evinces to what depths men will
go for ''party purposes.
We agree with that paper, and do SO with
all respect for General S1cKLEs, that ''any
number of scoundrels in Worth s. (Sickles p
"dominions deserve to be hanged for
horse-stealing." And in agreeing with
this Enthusiastically loyal" paper, we do
not desire to call the Distric. Commanders
attention to the implied dissatisfaction with
| his "codo" We were well pleased with
the North Carolina statutes, but the Stand
ard prefers the military code, and calls
upon Congress to fasten upon US the lille
gal orders. Now the fact is that the Legis-
lature, at it's last session, made hanging the
penalty for DEMONSTRATING. This Legisla-
| ture was "rebel" organization according
to this loyal paragon, and desired to stop
the terrible and increasing crime of horse
stealing by hanging the " secession devils >
who were engaged in it-evidently more
| interested in the welfare OF the State than
in legislating for party purposes" This
had tendency to check the evil, and by
the time one or two of them had expiated
their crime upon the gallows, we think G
remedy would have been accomplished
But General SICKLEs, who supposed he
knew better than the Legislature of the
State what was for the welfare of NORTH
Carolina, issued his order, and prevented
this summary manner of dealing with these
IS secessionists," and the Standard is thu
first orthodox Radical authority which ha!
condemned him for his disloyalty. W.
have, ourselves, two much regard for thu
growth of loyalism to approve an orde
protecting these '' secession DEVILS" ever
if we were satisfied that the order was legal
Besides, there are some ''devils," seces
sion and others, who have weakness TO
breaking in houses at night, and, at the ex
pense of being regarded as p little contu
macious, We must say we think they de
serve the halter, even if they are Radicals
In fact we are rather of the opinion tina
our old English ancestors, and their de
scendants and followers in this State for
century past, were wiser lawmakers thai
our District Commander or any other on
man, and our citizens, by long experience
and observation, are quito equal to an
stranger in correct opinion of the necessi
ties of our criminal code.
| In thus expressing our views OF the oe
serts of these horse thieves, we congratu
late ourselves in being able to find shelte
behind such a ''loyal' protection as tn
Standard, and not have that Influential shee
calling the attention of General SICKLEs
the disloyalty of the Journal. In fact, i
asking that SO large number of t'seces
sion devils should be executed, we may
also, win the ral,table applause of the Cler
of the House of Representatives. VIII
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