Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-21
LAW and Or,irr in The SG.th.

For some cause Or other q new cutlery
ultra Radical press of the North. Il new
warfare seems about TO he waged. We
have referred 20 this matter ourselves aud
have shown how little oua people were
guilty Of the pretended offences against
law aud order with which they are being
charged The New Iurk I1DsoS contains
IN article much III Keeping with the
true condition OF affairs, aud sd much in
unison with what has Appeared in The
JOURNAL, that we give it all insertion in
our editorial columns. The Times is one
OF the leading Republican Papers in the
North, but unwilling to foster the preiu-
dices or give publicity to the falsehoods
aud SANDERS Which are keeping asunder
the people OF the two sections OF the Union.
Says the Times
" A strenuous effort WAS made in the
Anti-SIaYery Convention, on Wednesday,
to revive expiring prejudices concerning
the condition OF society in the South, with
especial reference To the rights and inter
ests of coiored citizens and Northern "loy-
alists." One of the expelled Georgia legis-
iators was asked whether he considered his
life safe in that State, and he responded
that no mans life, who stands on the loyal
side, is safe IN Georgia outside of the
large cities. The question was pressed in
other forms, and always with il somewhat
similar remit the evident aim being to
produce an imFress sion that ku kluX and
rebels still dominate III the South and that
the staunch Eepunican, white or black, is
all the time IN jeopardy. Mr.. Wendell
Phillips likencd the white Southerner to
&" the bull dog that, having been taught
for twenty yeaTs to spring ut every passeI
by, but not change his nature in a day. y
The ladies were equally ferocious a col
ored Mrs. Harper declaring that :" there is
no civilized country in the world where
there has been SO much numbering as has
been going Oh recently at the South" For
the object OF these representations we have
not far to seek. i case against Georgia
and the unreconstructed States is desired
rs an excuse for harsh action, and the story
of murder for political causes is the best
that can be concocted for the purpose.
We GRE more than skeptical OH this
subject We do not believe these tales OF
wholesale murder and Oppression, nor do
we give cYedence to The allegation that
"loyaiiSts are Systematically persecuted
and hunted down. There was time, IN
doubtedIy, when ia some localities hostile
spirit ran high, and when the assertion OF
Republican opinion involved more or less
peril but Trustworthy evidence seems to
show that this state of things no longer
exists. so far as We can Judge, life and
property are quite us secure at the South
as at tine North. Takipg population into
account, we are convinced that the per
centage OF crime is no greater anywhere in
the South, and certainly not in Georgia,
than III the North or West. For every
murder committed there We will undertake
10 ma murder here. For every outrage
that admits OF velification in Georois
will will trace parallel outrage in Ind;-
ana Or New York. Nay, We are persuaded
that, all things considered, there is less
crime in Virginia, i'll South Carolina, in
Alabama, and even in Georgia, than in
this State or IN other parts of the North.
This city could easily supply CHAPTER OF
horrors, of Recent date, which, bv a MARTY
of reasoning, Southern observers mich,
cite as proofs Of savagery aud demoraIiz.
ton. Such an application of facts wouli