Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-11-05
t pic at the Marlborough House last sa,.

editor, during bis visit here, has oivor
the world a full and graphic account Of oil
that transpired last week. SO far
good, and with no intention of trencbin
upon his peculiar province have I mil
taken to-day to address % few lines To -.
dear Jo"Jn0I There are things that mo-
must think of and write of now otLo.
than Fairs and Festivals, m which a..
people are vitality interested and which t tI,e
people must endorse or condemn '"e
[ presume that you have already soo.
and have perhaps published, the last d.
clamation of the Governor. It is n most ~.
piece of knayery, plausible to a great oo
tent, and we'll calculated to deceive "a.
unwary and the ignorant Of which Iatfs.
God knows, there are enough and to snor,
in this State. But Mister Holden's Ia
piece OF deception, as embodied in Hi.
proclamation, has been Shown M 70 a.
world, in its true coloEs, by an able plHn
rial III last Friday Sentinel Turner sLo,o.
there, very plainly, that Holden has DIV,
deavored to impose upon the crcdulity Of
tho people, and that III a proclamation IN.
pdre''1y lenient and conc.Iiatory, there !.
hid much OF the deep maliguitv tI,o.
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apostacy from truth and virtue. Ha :.
very careful in sthe said proclamation r.
enumerate every transaction that will tend
in any way to criminate the white peonIo
Of several portions of this State, but save
nothing Of the wrongs pcrpetrated pnIn
these whites by his negro friend and altes
For instance, he speaks ii tho Liberation
| of a white man, by white men, from
Chatham county Jail, but forget.
perhaps, that shortly previous TO Tim,
q party of negroes entered Pitts.
boro' i'll the open daylight, forced Che
Jail and liberated from there several ne
groes who had been confined 10y dn
process of law. And still moro recently.
within the past ten days, at Trades Nllis,
in Chatham county, Mr.. James Ulughton.
as he was leaving church, was set upon
by party Of negroes and, in the endolvur
to escape, his horse was killed and himscl!
severely wounded and lett for dead by the
negroes, who, it is said, went immediately
to Raleigh, and there upon the Fair
Grounds openly boosted that they had lust
killed one damned Ku-Klux, and it IS
further more asserted that the Governor
God save the 1nark-wGa OH the Grounds
at the time, and could have heard this
boast had he been so disposed. But the
said Governor, although chock full Of H.,
dignity and najesty OF the law when III.
ting III judgment upon the sins OF his 90.
emies, is yet the perfect embodiment Of "a
smiling Ieuiency when his friends have 80
far forgotten themselves as to 30 little
wrong in the way OF outra3ing female viz
tue or in thD little PLEASANTLY OF killinga
Ku-Klux.
But that proclamation, it is fnuny
thing, and III the language Of the little
boy, only slightly plagiarised, We can say
COME DOWN OFF THAT FENCE
GOVERNOR, WE KNOW YOU ARE
THERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN
THAT PROCLAMATION.
I have often heard the question asked
OF g. witness, when upon the stand,
Do you know ihe nature and value OF III
oath - / wish that Holden could be put
upon the stand and this question asked
him-and there are many others, too, that
would put there with him-mcn who
have perjured themselves for ollice--who
perjure themselves daily to retain that
office, and of whom the outraged honor Of
the people of this State will some day re-
Quire fearful amend
But it is not always that chicanery and
fraud will lead the day, and it is not in all
things that carpet baggers and scalawa8t
are triumphant. This was well illustrated
a few days since in tho attempt here to
form State Educational Association. A..
cording to previous notice q number Of
gentlemen and other persons met together,
and the meeting was organized by calling
Rev. Sol. Pool to the Chair and Col,
Bingham TO the Secretary's desk. This
was something that our friends who frs,
proposed educational organization did not
a. all fancy, and, as many OF those present
were strangers to each other, there WIS
much restraint felt, Col. Bingham in cs-
pecial, evidencing very little regard for his
close proximity to Pool. Our friends Sawa
propitious mOment and before the uneasy
feeling had time to wear away, motion
was made, seconded and carried to adjourn
until next morning. That night our friends
worked hard; the city was ransacked il
every direction, and the next morning
they mustered strong 1t was resolved then
that it was impracticabIe, at this time t.
form State Educational Association ant
the Convention thereupon adjourned $.m
lie. / did not hear it, but tho lips Of the
venerable "Capo Colder" who was present,
as he passed the door, puckered up into
something that looked to me very much
like Euchered." Well, to cut
long story short, the trne friends OF edu'
cation will meet again before long and,
under the auspices of the Chatham Educa-
tional Association, viii then form then
State body.
I hear much interest expressed in your
forthcoming Fair and, from present lndl-
cations, think that it will prove very sue,
cessful. l am led to believe that You Will
receive many articles from the middle por-
ton of the State, as we'll as from the east
ern counties, and that the attendance will
be very large. find your posters and cir
culars almost everywhere and must say
that your Executive Committee are the
most perfectly indefatigable set of men
that L ever saw. They seem determined to
leave no stone unturned to make this,
their First Annual Fair, q complete sue
cess.
And, by the way, let me ask of that
Committee one thing, in connection with
this subject, which. seems to have been
somewhat ignored at the late State Fair.
Do be careful to give preference, as far
as you can, to articles of North Carolina
manufacture, thus encouraging home skill
and labor. If necessary, let there be two
prizes to the class, but do not let there be
a competition between foreign and DO
nestle skill. Some day we may he able