Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-06-04
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Radical rule in Texas has lately come.
light. Itappears that in Marshall. IN tl.'
State, it is a common occurrence for v
kee officers to arrest peaceable Cit
without license or law, and drag tbor, 40
to be incarcerated in close and filthy DIV
geons, provided with insufficient fool y
prived of fresh air, and kept in so,it"s.
confinement, except when visited Inv r,..
officers and their hirelings, who mol.
visits for the purpose of infictipo rnna
| their unfortunate victims those barbarou1
cruelties and fortunes which are be;n.
gradually abandoned by even the Ipaion'
of the plains. And after having been t,-
| tured sufficiently to suit even the sovoao
palates of their goalers, these Amer;cas'
treenaen, these unfortunate and wrctcbn3
victims of Radical despotism are tried Inv
Military Commission, expressly Convened
| to commit murder, and are sent out of fbo
court to meet instantaneous death.
And this is free America-this is tho
country of Jefferson and WASHINGTON
| these are the Coings of the party Of nro.
gress, the ''brains and morality party-tbo
party that has talked more philantbrony
| and humanity, yet committed the yilest'
| the corruptest, the n ost damnable Offences
against God and humanity, and nature
than any other organization of men Of
| whom we have any record. Talk of the
orgies of the French Revolution Marat
st. Just, Robespierre, Couthon-they were
saints to the leaders of this ineffably rotten
and hideously wicked organization known
as the Radical party.
1t IS high time, however, that some
steps should be resolutely and promptly
taken to arrest this highhanded system Of
outrage and violence, daily put in opera
ton in Texas and other parts OF the South.
the mere recital of which is appalling to
even the most callous human sensibilities.
An outraged community cannot forever be
treated in such manner. The strlined
and ove1wearied cords of patience ami
long sutfering will not endure everlastingly.
The cry for help in their direst need is
we had best heed it. From the Radicals
or at least their leaders, and those of the
rank and file of the party who live East OF
the Hudson no help is to be anticipated
Cruel by nature, and calculating even in
their cuelty, mercenary and precise in their
warmest passions, the Yankee has been ia
nous, since the first landing Mt Plymouth
Rock, for ill-treating even his neighbors
and cheating his kindred. Cursed 10y al
exuberance of that sentinaeniaLiy # H-
mind which produces Free Love, and HUI
manitarianism, and kindred stuff, yet total
ly devoid of that sentiment If tie Heart
which exhibits its spirit in the Sermon on
the Mount the Yankee is only too happy
to vent the coarseness and brutality Of his
puritan nature upon these helpless victims
of his despotism. From him, Therefore,
there is-there can be no hope. 70 the
Democratic masses OF the West and the
middle States, therefore, must the
appeal be made For their own saliva
ton let them come up to the eXigency
Let them demand of the administration
the reason these outrages are committed,
and if they be not stopped, then it is time
for men to think seriously of appealing to
the "mlinod ratio" for the defence of them
selves and dearest rights. To this Issue
shall we come at last, if this present des
potism be not otherwise put down. 1t il
a strange thing TO me that the Democratic
press, or at least the greater portion, ar
apathetic and Indifferent about this mat
ter. If we continue apatheti3, and give
no heed TO the signs of the times We shall
find upon our limbs the chains of Imperial
ism with the Radical leaders for emperor
and mobiles, and ourselves in condition Of
serfdom to which Mexican homage is PFC
ferable.
The National IateAigencey., 7 understand,
will be sold to-day or tomorrow under in
junction, to satisfy some obligations il
has contracted, unless pecuniary arrange
ments are made whereby the injunc-
ton shall be removed Some two
months ago well known and
wealthy Democrat endeavored to purchase
The LnteNigencer, but for the time being
could not effect his wishes. He intended
to place it at once upon the same footing
with the great New York dailies, and to
that end had perfected all the arrange
ments necessary, when he was disappoint
ed in his calculations. He still keeps sin
the market" One of its former editors,
Colonel l.. A. Whitley, brilliant and fer
tile writer, who, for over q year past, has
with so much ability, Ihe S,0t-
1av Herald, of this city, is lying at the
point of death. Overwork is the cause Of
MS sickness, as it is the usual cause of the
premature death of journalists.
A conference will take place in this city
this week with reference to the ameliora,
ton of the condition of the Indian tribes.
Prominent gentlemen from different parts
Of the country have been invited to attend
BY the President, through the Secretary OF
War. Colonel Robert Campbell, of ST.
Louis, is expected to-day. There is more
need of conference to ameliorate the con
lition of the Southern people. That, how
aver, is impossible SO long as the Puritan
element remains among them.
It is reported to-day that the Assistant
United States Treasurer at New York ten
1ered his resignation early last April, but
n consequence of the request of the Sec
'etary of the Treasury, temporarily retains
lis place until a successor can be appointed.
The Commissioner of Pensions has an
that he will not pay any attention
o inquiries by Attorneys in relation to
claims pending in his Office, unless they
re made through the Post Office.
The rush for clerkships by negroes is
;etting alarming. If their applications
hould be considered favorabIy with refer
nee to proportion, one half of the Depart
mental Offices will be in the hands OF the
'lacks.