Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-28
War upon the South.

The whole pack of Radical hounds ar
again yelping in full cry upon the track
Southern disorders and violence. The rae
is long one but the game most desirable
The Radical party at the North is falling
TO pieces, the victim of its own corruption
and prey to the imbecility of its admins
tratiye head and the covetousness OF the
rank and file. It's willy editors. apprehend
ing the approaching catastrophe art
casting about to see how it can best be
avoided. The safety of the party IS the
only consideration. The South, shorD Of
her strength and wnllowing in the filth
and mire OF political bastardy, offers the
best and easiest field for operations. NOT
a vestige OF opposition must remalh-ho
remnant OF tue power OF the vIrtuous anu
intelligent people must be permitted 10
find q Judgment in the State governments.
The political conquest must be as com
plete as the military Tyraunical and
harsh as has been the legislation towards
this section it he's not yet accomplished all
The hellish purposes for which it was IN
tended. Here and there the old settlers,
the owners of the soil, the payers OF taxes,
the true people of State, have been able
10 survive the political deluge which has
destroyed every vestige of the rights and
influence of so many of their brethren
The wrath of party leaders Is now to be
directed against them. Foundation for
further and more proscriptive legislation
must be laid before Congress assemblies,
and Virginia, Mississippi and Georgia
must bend their necks and be made to PASS
under the yoke of political nfamy.
Papers, whose columns are daily TEEN.
ing with child whipping in Boston, with
murders and suicides in Brooklyn, with
poisonings in Philadelphia, with lynch Jaw
punishments in IEdiana, and horrible out"
RACES throughout the whole North, SO
common as not to excite editorial COM
ment, and SO frequent as hardly to CLAIM
public attention, are denouncing the
South, in leading editorials, for the preVa-
lence of crime, and holding up the bleed
ing victims of drunken combats, OF high
way robberies, of bad association, which
occasionally shock the Southern people,
as martyrs to their political croeds, preten-
ded prosecutions of lCyalists add murders
Of Radicals are made the pretext for West
..buse Of Southern people. Prejudice Is
made to overcome reason, anal the cxcep'
ION is made the rule Even social eXclu-
sion of unknown and unheralded strangers
- tormented into criminal heresy to the
{ Government.
Ii the political bearing was the only one
which this warfare had, we wonid let it
snend its strength UNDECIDED. Political
matters are of secondary consideration
with our people. They did all they could
10 save their section from It's present de-
plorable political condition and failed
Having submitted i'll good faith to the
laws, they will abide the time when their
fate can be hettered by the assistance Of
good men who consented, through prelu"
lice and falsehoods, to their present hu-
initiation. IF business reconstruction could
progress Independent OF political recon-
struction this renewed venom of Radical
editors would amount to little. Al this time
the South is in The midst of the most impor-
tant crisis IN her efforts for recuperation.
Her system Of labor is becoming metho
died. The fertility of her soil is begin
ming TO bless the industry OF her farmers
with abundance. The peace and order of
her citizens, her vast resources, her genial
climate, her unoccupied lands, are begin
ming to attract the attention Of the immi-
grant. State and local societies are meet
ing with success in pressing her advantages
upon settlers, and steady and increasing
tide Of immigration has begun to flow into
the South from the Northern States and
from Europe. Some portions Of the South
have already been made to feel the benefits
of this immigration, and others 8oou will.
These ISLANDERS, revived BOW to accomplish
another purpose, will seriously interfere
with this migration to the South Its pro-
2ress will be retarded and checked in its
infancy. All the difficulties Of reinaugura
ton must DC again overcome.
TO Suhserve PARTY ends, III the vuiB
effort to save 1t from The fotiias aud weak
nesses OF the Administration, and from the
corrupticns OF its leaders. the immediate
welfare OF the South must be sacrificed and
the prosperity Of the whole country retar-
ded and the day Of reconciliation nnd good
feeling postponed. If the Republic sur
wives tie wickedncsa and paiignity of the
party in power it may become terror to
its foes aud blessing to its citizens.
New Cutlery Agatnss the SaHth.
Yesterday we took occasion to refer to