Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-08-28

do justice to the subject 4? I confess NJ.
absolute incapacity for the task.
Again The Senate on yesterday passed
on its second reading, bill entitled {" A.
act to prevent bribery and coercion -
elections. One of its provisions is to ~
effect that depreciation of PATRONAGE or d;aS
missal from employment, on poIt;oo1
grounds, shall be punishable with fine an1
imprisonment This contemplate and ~
ane bill is said, on good authority, 70 ha
the emanation of that sneaking little scoio
wag. John Pool, who is still loafing abont
the city, an object of universal scorn Ot
course 1t is mere brutum JfuLmen-a POM.
Bull against the comet; but the public mo-,
gather from the aninaus which prompted i
the malignity as well as the fea,. of a.,
mongrel horde of corrupt adventures on5 1
native sneaks, who constitute the nnronn;
cal majority in the bogus General a.
sembly." If it should become a law i =
to be hoped that prompt prosecution will
be instituted against Bill Holden and Rn
Smith, for what they are doing daily. ana
proclaim it their purpose still to dds
charging from Office and employment Dcm,
ocrats and Conservatives, wherever fonnd
And yet again The House tried hard a.
Wednesday, but failed (simply on accom-.
OF lack of time to get it through botb
Houses-lt being O new billy to pass .
measure looking to the punishment IS
Confederate officers and soldiers. and Stat
officials and employees, for acts committ"J
during the war, under the sanction of wba,
the bill designated as "pretended an
tbority." 10. Holden, who, I am informed
was himself Confederate officer until his
knees got weak, descended from the Speak.
er's chair and advocated this attractions
proposition in sort of speech of great
bitterness aud malignity. Most emphat.
cally he Is "a chip of the old block"
That is enough, in North Carolina. He is
said to be very fast youth, and. there.
fore, should not always be held strictly ac
countable for his extravaganzas.
1t is worthy of mention that while one
wing of the Capitol, on Sunday, is devoted
to ''loll ecclesiastical performances, a room
in the opposite wing is used for very profane
purposes--being nothing more nor less
than sort of amateur grog-shop, where
mean whiskey is dispensed to the faithful
Gd Hbituna. It is said that some rare pro.
ceedings take place in this refectory-the
" trimmings" in which are possibly paid
for out of the public treasury-and it is
here that bibulous Radicals resort to fortify
themselves up to the point of Dutch cour.
arge and utter shamelessness requisite to
enable them to defy public decency by
their exhibitions on the floor
believe that the bill fixing the time for
the Congressional elections on the same
day with the Presidential has passed both
Houses. Plato Durham, ] see, is an.
nounced as a candidate for Congress in the
Mountain District; Mr.. Argo is spoken of
as candidate in this (Metropolitan) Dis
tricS, and Mr.. Gatling, of Gates, for the
First District. Gov Worth, also, l have
heard, has been solicited to become can
didate in the Wake District. This distin-
guished gentleman would probably be will.
ling to make any sacrifice for the sake OF
the cause. but it would be obnoxious to his
feelings, or those of Mr.. Argo, Mr.. Viii
liarns, or any other gentleman, to have to
enter upon political tourney with such
wretched creature as Deweese. But he
mast have opposition, and can be beaten.
You have, doubtless, seen the published
programme for the Fetch orgies here next
month. It is understood, as ! predicted
would be the case in my last, that Holdens
Railroad President will transport delegates
for little or nothing, SO as to secure large
gathering of the sons of Africa. Judge
Reade has consented to preside Oh the
odorlferous occasion, with several niger
associates and Tourgee, sometimes called
Judge" is to be the Marshal Such
prostitution of the ermine, on the part OF
Judge Reade, nothing better could be ex.
pected of a man like Tourgee, who habi,
tates with negroes when at home), is equal,
ly as offensive to decency and proprety,
though not, of. course, to mere morality,
as Jaybird Jones' former exploits. He,
Jaybird, is far from being the worst man
on the Bench.
Poor old North Carolina
Dor.