The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-17

: 49, : ~ VI Color,
The Wilmington Journal ofsaturd,,
in abiding to the recent troubles in ~ last
md Chatham, remarks: ''aAge
I "Allt the information We have b,a
that portion Of the State satisfies lion
the people there were not actuated h ~ That
political considerations or by anv =" y, any
pism to the negro race. They so1,s SItaggG
erty" Prop,
The information with which our co.,
porary has been furnished is not ye,r 4's s
BILE. tits evident that the wropps 81, .ea
hav'c, in most instances been inflicted W. SusA
colored people have been on aceona, "e
Stheircolor and their connection win I' Of
Republican party. Indeed SO palp,E' 'ae
this fact that to use argument to pror
would be offering insult to the intq,l
of the Conservative leaders, which S'uce
know is par excellence! That it w.. all
fear that these prosecutors of the o., Ao'
man entertained of the race, is too uo,,,: 'N
to even hint at, and it is veryn,u "'0u'
text, indeed, for the murders and ,, pc
which have been inflicted on them
say, in perpetrating these deeds the h, ~
traitors were only seeking " security and y.
lection for person and property viii ' =,
shield them from the law, when tbsr
brought to the bar of our Courts, VT
The Journal wounds its friends in II,
house, when it offers as an excuse to a
violators of law that they took the l,r;,
their own hands to redress wronrar
cause they had no confidence in the ;mn
tiality of Judge Tourgee, or In the in,p
tiality of Gov. Holden" This is truly =,
unfortunate position for the Journal To ,,L
it looks very much like an endors.mort y,
the acts of the Ku Klux-and if it ism, !,
will be extremely difficult for that paDcr :.
convince the people to the contrary,
In no case has Judge Tourgee acted Other
wise than impartially in the discharge of hi,
duties; nor, to our knowledge, can the i'm.
pied charge of corruption against GOV
Holden be sustained. On the contrary the
reverse is true: these two State officers VIII,
have been singled out as corrupt, and mar.
tial in the dispensation of the law, have
held up the scales of justice, blind to party
and to individuals-and this is the sum IN
fact, of their offence, and this has brougb,
down the hatred of the old aristocyts wEo
would rather die than to concede to the col
ored man the privilege of trial by jury and
equality before the law.
The old prejudice of master and Save
still fingers with them. They cannot forget
the power they once held to command and
to enforce obedience-neither can thev
yield to the condition of things with wiid
they find themselves surrounded-it re
quires more grace than they possess, dnr
hence they hate "the negro man," and sriz
upon the merest pretext to do him injury
These facts are potent. Would that "
could feel that they are not. 1t is not plea,
ant for us to even contemplate the feeling
which exist against the newly made freemr
no more than we delight in referring to
through the columns of our paper; still
under a sense of duty, which we can No
shirk, we are bound to speak out in bella
of an innocent people who are not respons
BILE for their condition, but who are misreE
resented, sought to be oppressed, abuse
and murdered, and for the offence 0
being free and of being true to that fla
which will protectthcm, since it has bee
unfurled over them as citizens of the Unitet
States!
Let US hear no more paltry excuses for tn
deeds of rapinc and murder which hav,
been visited on the colored people of thu
State The true cause is their color, and Mr
tenaeity Nth phieh they cling to thd party
which has placed them in the position Of free
men and citizens