Wilmington journal., 1869-02-05

OeSIlIsA conspiracy Oh InS paTt "a d low pO
litical prostitutes. prominent among WHOM
are the three Radical clerical saints in tn
! Senate Welker, Blythe and Smith-eithe
one Of whom is as far beneath Senate
Robbins in Christian purity and persona
integrity as a Radical niger worshipe
3 falls below the standard of gentleman. -
Mr.. r. s offence, if his thoughtless act wa
! an offence, is more veniai one than Tot
CaldwelPs acceptance of a gold sCatc15, as
bribe for the performance of what he wa
of oath-bound duty But Mr.. RS de
fence has been made, is before the public
and will be generally read. Let him stand
or fall by his own statements.
Bnt you have wondered, doubtless, why
it is that, after the vaunting threats o
Senator Sweet, after the emphatic accusa
tions of the public press. after hearing OF
corruption and venality on every breeze
the committee have tailed to give these
things "local habitation and name. -
The answer is two-fold: In the first place,
the material witnesses, male and female,
to proue the villainy which has been going
on, have vamosed and are beyond the reach
of any sort Of legal process other than the
requisition of The Governor. And does any
one suppose that Holden will make a re-
QUESTION on "Gov." Welles or Gov Cur.
tin for Littlefeld, or Mann, or Mrs Caver.
| ly, or Judge Alden-when either one OF
these fugitive, absconding, bought-off wit
nesses might make out the case and i'm
plicate persons as high in authority and es-
timotion aoih the Radical party as Holden
himself? AS soon as the committee is fully
and fairly discharged, all of these foul and
fair IL birds will come troching back, to
squat upon their silver-lined nests and
open their distended bills for more!
! In the second place, certain Radicals
this inquest-being moved thereto, origi-
nally, believe, by a sudden and novel
impulse of awakened conscience-have
become perturbed at their growing disfavor
with their own party. Much I fear that
Senator Sweet, even, has begun to succumb
| to that influence. Consequently, when Mr..
Robbins manly and voluntary avowal was
made, it presented a God-send, in the
shape of soft fe0the1'-bed upon which to
fall and save themselves from the impend-
ing wrath of the party leaders and threat
ened exclusion from the perquisites of
! 'loilty."
In the meantime, every one is entirely
conrinced that men and votes hare been
bought and sold, like sheep in the shaa-
bles, and that corruption, bribery and ras-
cality are still, as they have been, shame
less, wanton and abounding. Hitherto
impecunious men still spend money freely,
hitherto seedy men still wear fine linen,"
notorious insolvents still drive fast horses,
drink rare wines and bedeck brazen Cy-
prians-and laugh and chuckle because
hush-money has blocked all the avenues of
proof!
THE RAILROAD APPROPRIATIONS, &C.
In brief, the status is this
l. The original iniquitous proposition
to divide the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad will not prevail but
the substitute introduced by Mr.. French,
with some favorable notifications, will be
adopted. The final disposition of the
whole matter will not be entirely unaccept-
able to your people, think. The con-
temptible malignity towards Colonel
Cowan, coupled with the palpable greed
of such creatures as Logan, Blythe & Co.,
have been so apparent as to open the eyes
of even the most besotted, and thereby en-
abled them to see the worse than foolish
impotence of the scheme. will keep your
readers accurately posted as to the further
progress of the measure.
9. Consolidation of the Atlantic and
North Carolina and North Carolina Rail-
roads has been accomplished, so far as
Legislative action is necessary to that end.
OF course, there remains to be obtained
the consent of the individual stockholders
Bill Smith is more intensely disguste2 than
when he failed to catch deserter with his
dogs during the war. He curseth vehe-
meatly, and is fuller Of strange oaths than
was ''our army in Flanders" By the way,
the Post, of your city, had some reflections
on Billy the other day, calling him DR..
Hawkins agent" &c. A gentleman in
forms me that Billy read the aforesaid in
situations ut Blair's Hotel, and at once
made proclamation that the reason of the
attack was that the odd rascal who wrote
it had applied to him for dead head
ticket and been refused - When certain
class OF men fall out, you know, honest
men get their dues.
3. All of the other Railroad appropria-
tions will pass Most of them have already
done so--inclnding $40, 1000, 900 to the
Western Division of the Western North
Carolina Railroad. In less than ten days
from the date of these presents you may
set down the debt of North Carolina at
$40, 600, 900 and in less than two years
from this time you, and all of us, may set
down, as q stern, inexorable, inevitable
reality REPUTATION ! It is as cer-
tain as Fate, and the sooner the issue is
joined the better.
While thesesinful frauds are beingiperpe-
trated,
THE INJUNCTION CASE
against the Chatham Railroad and the
Public Treasurer is undecided. Promptly
| adjudicated by the Supreme Court, in
accordance with the law and the Constitu-
| tion, it might have had salutary effect in
| repressing this extravaganza, but no one
now expects the decision until it comes.
When that takes place now predict that
it will be an inIecisioe opinion Or series of
opinions. The Supreme Court, like every
other department of government in North
Carolina, stinhs. L crave pardon, dear
JOURNAL, of yourself and of the public, for
SO inelegant and Objectionable an express
sion but it expresses the idea which I
mean to convey, and trust that its truth
fulness will atone for its vulgarism.
NO FUNDS.
No money yet in the Treasury. Even
negroes are selling certificates on the Pub.
lie Treasurer, wherever the cash can be
"raised" on them, at a discount "To
what base uses we may return, Horatio I"