Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-10
The Militia.

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Paul sat at the feet of Gamaliel. We can
learn a lesson from him, and, having
learned, should practice it to the letter.
Here we have distinct declaration from
Gov Holden of the views he entertalns
and the principles he will carry out shonie
the negroes of the State, with the SCALA
wags and carpet-baggers, secure his eiec-
ton. and under his administrator we may
expect repetition in North Carolina OF
tho government of Tennessee under this
infamous prototype. We may expect, I'M
der his influence, two-thirds Of our best
citizens to be disfranchised. We may look
for the same system of bribery and corrup-
ton in all departments of the Government,
and the same insecurity of person and
property, and for all this anarchy, confu-
sion and corruption, those who have no
power to prevent it, not even the poor
privilege of entering a protest against these
iniquities, must I" foot the bill. "
As ambitious as Gov. Holden is, and to
attain his ignoble purposes ho has prostl-
tuted every element of his character which
ever gave him the least responsibility or
claimed for him the least consideration,
he is q most arrant coward, and the base
means he has used to secure political pro-
motion seems to have sunk every particle
of honest manhood he ever possessed. 10
feel secure in his ill-gotten position, should
our poor old State be SO sadly cursed, he
will begin at once to organize his loyal
militia for he has frequently referred to
Gov. Brownlow's militia in terms OF earnest
d, approval. Now, Brownlow's army OF or
ganized murderers and robbers cost the
DISTINGUISHED citizens Of that State three
Eun0red thousand dollars q gear. If this
man, then, should be elected Governor, he
will of course practice to the letter " the
lesson which this Tennessee Gamaliel
(Brownlow) has taught this political Paul
(Holden) to persecute the good christian
people OF this State. In fact, in late
editorial Holden said that when the " blue
coats " shall be Withdrawn from this State,
the State militia, organized on loyal basis:
l. e. black and white, shall take its place.
We desire to call this declaration to the
Of the impoverished people
of North Carolina. THREE HUNDRED THOU
SAND PER ANNUM to support loyal (mixed)
militia to act as body guard to ". W.
Holden and as whippers-in of tho Radical
party-an armed mob of prejudiced and
paid partizans to do the bidding Of bad
men-sustained by direct tax upon the
Conservative people of the State amount
ing, for this single item of State expenses, to
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE than the
whole tax levied under the present Revenue
laws of the State.
AS matter of dollars and cents, leaving
out of view the disgraceful association at
tempted to be forced upon the whites by
mixing them with blacks in the same COM
pany, and placing them under the command
of negro officers, can our people afford the
Without bringing into the cal
culation for expenses of the State for 1869,
the eight hundred aied tyJIy-one thousand dol
lars which the Legislature is COMMANDED
to pay for interest upon our public debt
during the next year ; leaving out the e2-
penses incurred by the murderers who ex-
pended more than eighty thousand dollars in
old North Carolina, and near
Iy u million dollars necessary to bury the
corpse and place in its stead the new North
Carolina, which adventures, renegades and
negroes have created-the very magnitude
Of these figures is enough to startle every
owner in the State-are our peo
pie in tho condition at this time to DOUBLE
their taxes, to furnish g cowardly Governor
with body guard and provide the Radical
party with an armed mob of desperadoes
for their base purposes Of prosecuting our
own people?
Adopt the proposed Constitution and
this will be one of the least of the expenses
to be provided for one of the least of the
evils to be endured. Yankee malice could
plot nothing more Ger tain to ruin our peo-
pie than the new Constitution. Many Of
them, such as Abbott and Ashley, and
French the Suffer, and French the Rowdy,
and French the Scallawag, and other Illus
trious political spectators from the North,
spit out their impotent rage at our people
but the polished knayery of Rodman and
Heaton devised more subtle aud as sure
a means OF degrading and despoiling the
citizens of North Carolina. And if the
people are deceived into the trap, VEN
geance of Yankee pedlars and the coward
ice of Confederate deserters, and the aims
and purposes Of Northern Radical hatred
will be appeased, and North Carolina will
be RUINED and DISHONORED.
Speaking Mt Warsaw.
Quite large crowd assembled at War
saw on the I'd, to listen to the addresses
of the Conservative speakers announced to
take place. They were addressed by Col.
Hall, candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
Col. Allen, candidate for Senator, Mr.. STAN
ford, of Duplin, and Maj. Engelhard, of
New Hanover. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed and we are prepared to SEQ 3