Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-18
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For the Journal.
A Voice from Chathan-Henr 1T and Heed
1.-THE People White Conserva-
tive and CoIored Conservative Clubs
Descrtion OF the Leagues. Sc. &C.. &c.
PIrrsBoRo', Chatham Co., Sept. Is.
Nay. Engelhard: Having learned Incl
dentally that you always kept a corner of
your paper open for your friends in this
section, [ hasten to 81 We you the latest po-
litical items. Last Saturday was a fast
day among the Holdenites in this section,
as on that day a lot OF second hand speech
making, a genuine barbecue, three or four
million water melons and regular brass
band were announced for the occasion.
The day of course came, but. and of course
again, the band and the melons and the
barbecue did not. The man that had pro-
missed these good things was not there.
So, as the next best thing, a carpet-bag-
ger from your section, ria New Hamp-
shire, and a misrepresentation of your peo-
pie in the National Senate, arose and said
much. He expended great deal of bad
breath, strongly impregnated with the
ottar of corn, upon the already odorous
auditory, but without, sincerely believe,
making one convert to the christianity of
the Radical faith. Joseph W. was present,
and as usual Joseph W. spoke, not reali-
zing the fact that his silence is sometimes
more eloquent than his bad English. But
Joseph W. was too much for the patience
of the hungry auditory it was the hour
when the barbecue didn't appear, and
fearful that he would fail to get his due
share of roast beef and water melon, each
one made rush for the door and the scene
ended.
Neither beef nor melon could, however,
be found, and hungry set commenced
wandering about the streets of Pittsboro' +,
seeking what they could devour. Such
was the inglorious end of the Radical pro-
ceedings.
But the day did not end thus, for, en-
couraged by the lukewarmness of the enc
my, the Conservatives of the village gath
cred together that night and held meet
ing. The crowd was brought together by
the inspiriting strains of the band of this
place, composed of young men of the vii
lage. A large number of colored men were
present and several colored speakers arose
and addressed the meeting, among whom
was one named Emanuel Lutterloh, the
President of the Loyal League of Pitts
boro', and the most influential colored man
in Chatham county. Emanuel, disguised
with Radical logic and chicanery, had that
evening left the league, and he therefore
arose and boldly proclaimed the fact. So,
as the matter stands now, the league itself
is sadly in need of Reconstruction, the Con-
servatives having made the acquaintance of
its leader.
After the speaking was over with, it was
announced that lists had been opened tor
the formation of a colored Democratic
Club, when 80 colored men, mostly
previous Radicals, came forward and join
ed it.
I have thus endeavored, Major, to give
you a plain, unvarnished tale of the doings
here, desiring to extenuate nothing, and to
set down naught in malice. Pittsboro' in
particular, and Chatham county in gener-
al, is vastly in need of the kind offices of
the Radical revivers. As it is, we boast that
there is but one white man within its linn
its so much of a dog as to lick the hand
that smites him; and we have, moreover,
| some sixty colored men in this little viii
lage, who not only believe, but who act
with the whites, as the records of the last