Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-10
OUR RALEIGH CORRESPONDENTS.

! Howard Amendment and Disabilities
Radicals Afraid to Admit Conserva'
tives-Mr Robbins, of Rowan-The g liza
. auguratfon',-JudgeR eade-The Guber-
Material Processfon-The Journal and
Judge ~ Jayb1rd Jones-The SenatOrin!
Contest-North Carolina Railroad, sc.
RALEIGH. July 6, 1868.
Dear Journal You and your readers
are advised, ere this, of everything that has
trsnspired of any importance in the ''Con-
gressional Legislature" since my last let
ter. The ratification, by both Houses, of the
Howard Amendment, and the further pro-
ceedings which have been had on the sub
iect of disabilities, constitute all of conse-
quenee that has taken place. The opinion
am ong all men, not biased by party malig-
nifty, is that the Howard Amendment be.
ing ratified, the Reconstruction Acts in
their application to North Carolina have
expired by their own Limitation and, con-
sequently, the Howard Amendment being
not yet part of the Constitution of the
United States, all the excluded members
are entitled to admission, until, at least, it
does become a part thereof. The ruling of
Lieut. Coz. Heaven save the mark } Tod
operative as TO North Carolina, whether it
shall become part of the Federal Consti-
tuition or not is laughed at even in Radi-
cal circles. It only shows into what absurd
paths very little mind, in search Of very
little objects, will travel.
The indications are, Judging from the
fact that six of tie banned Senators (three
Radicals and three Conservatives) were adj
mitted on Saturday, that no rigid rule of
exclusion will prevail, except a; to GER
tain men, Iquestion whether if it could
be made to appear as clear as sunbeam
that Judge Osborne, Hon. Bedford Brown,
and Hon. Josiah Turner were entitled to
their seats, they would be permitted to
occupy them. The dastards fear these
gentlemen and they have, especially, a
horror of 10. Turner, which is only
equalled by that which some of them evi-
IDENTIFY have for soap and water. It is a con-
ISOLATION to know that whether these gen
tlemen are ostracized or not, we still have
in the Senate gallant, able and fearless
champion, who, like Durham in the other
wing, is more than match for the COM
bined phalanx Of scallawags and carpet
baggers. allude to Mr.. Robbins, of
Rowan, who is rapidly making his mark as
one of the first men in the State.
OF the disgusting, humiliating and sad
dening spectacles of this degenerate era,
that which presented itself in this city on
Saturday is entitled to an infamous pre-
eminence. I will not attempt to describe
it. Holden was escorted by procession to
the Capitol grounds and delivered his I" In
augural." There, surrounded by from four
to five thousand ragged and filthy negroes,
dred whites, including such members Of
the two Houses of the Legislature as were
willing to be present, this bad man desc
Grated the day and disgraced the Executive
Office by the utterance Of sentiments,
clothed in plausible garniture, which, if
practically carried out, will organize
h-n in North Carolina. When he de.
clared that any attempt to interfere with
the political rights of the negro would
bring on bloodshed and be resisted by
them to the death, the excited Africans
yelled out, " 1t will it will % The whole
affair was niger Inauguration OF niger
Governor, and was such scene, in ali it's
accessories and incidents, as might have
taken place in Congo or Guinea, save that
there were few-thank God !only gerry
few-degraded white men who were willing
participants.
After Holden concluded, Judge Reade
volunteered a few remarks, which were,
perhaps, not offensive in themselves, but
| where was the occasion for any such ex-
hibition by Judge Reade ? It was eimply
superserviceable. You may tell your read
ers that it need excite no surprise. Judge
Reade is thought to be in full Radical COM
munion, and it was an unfortunate mistake
that he should have been supported by the
Conservatives of the State in the late cleo
! ton. AT some future time, Will tell you
more in this connection. 4.
The procession which escorted Holden
was rich affair-equal to quite anything
in its line that the most fertile and humor-
Gus imagination could conceive. He rode
in barouche, drawn by four sorry horses,
with one luugbrious individual holding an
umbrella over him. Not more than thirty
whites were in the long procession, and
they were mainly Freedmen's Bureau en-
ployes. Not a echite soldier joined in, and
all honor to our citizens mot a dozen
of our towns-p people. Such as did join of
the latter, they say, were a scurvy set. AS
Holden rode up the street, he looked like
a malefactor going to the place of 1execu-
ton, followed by the black rabble that
usually attend such pleasing entertain
ments. A wag remarked that but one thing
was needed to make the whole thing COM
plete, and that was that Jaybird Jones
should have brought up the rear, in the
remarkable attitude in which he was seen
on the streets day or two since ..r.
By the way, you will perceive that re-
solution was introduced in the House on
Saturday, looking to this immaculate
Judges (oh sorrow for North Carolina }
impeachment, based upon a recent article
in the Journal, exposing his conduct at
Weldon, and upon the further fact that
the Mayor OF this city had issued warrant
against him for an indecent exposure OF
his person while in state of into1ication
The following story is current on the
streets:
While Jaybird was in the cordition re-
ferred to in the Mayors warrant, le passed
two gentlemen -one former stlngulsh-
ed Judge Of North Carolina, ana the other
one of the Aigh-up Radical Judges elect
Said the latter to the former: "Judge,
doesn't that make you ashamed that you
ever were Judge?' The admirable re-
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