, 1870-07-27


II the half be true OF all that is alleged in
accusation and defence by thetwo contend
ing parties in North Carolina, that State is
reduced again to the unhappy condition Of
civil war. It is wal, however, among
themselves, and not against the Federal
Government, and is, therefore, the more
difficult to deal with. Hitherto. all the local
instructions in the States have been dis
tinctly against the United States, or re-
belion Of some portion Of tho people
against the established State Government
In either case, tho course is clear enough.
as the insu1rection may be dealt with by the
Government Of the United States, or by the
State Government, aided by the General
Government, if its aid is invoked.
But tho condition of things
in Moth Carolina raises. according
to one theory, a totally new question. Are
| faction of the people in iusuzrectioa
against the State Government Or is Gov
ernor Holden in insurrection against the
fundamental law mud people Of the State,
and attempting, by military coercion and
terrorism, to establish temporn1! despot-
ism to carry ont some political purpose of
his own? This last, Governor Holden's
opponents declare to be the true statement
Of the case. But if the first ba true, then,
unquestionably, be is the best judge as to
what measures he must resort to to quell
the rebellion. II the assertions made on
his behalf be true that ku.klux bands are
nightly 1,rowling about in twenty counties
Of the State Ike wolves seeking for prey :;
that men and women, both white and
black, are frequently cruelty scourged
and shot for their political opinions !;
that eighty ontrages Of this kind have oc-
Cured in q single county, and that they oc
cur by hundreds all over the State: thai
| everywhere there il resistance to law, AMI
TINT life and property are nowhere safs
then It is caear that large latitude OF actor
must be granted TO the Governor to dea
with 50 dangerous a condition Of affairs a
| this, and that, unquestionably, it is his dat.
to put IN end to it as speedily as possible
l But, on the other hand. we cannot he'll re
callinR tho fact that North Carolina, eve'
in tho hey-lay Of the late war, WIS ncve
more than half rebel; that her people hay
alvnys been distinguished by their sobriet
and industry, their slowness to politica
eAc''s'''en' a'a ,Aet A''s'n. ~ -,
uAeaa o' oooas s''''u a"" :,
question inevitably arises, How is it thi
I 10 radical c1,ango has occurred ic the
: cnafacter' md what moi'se can lucy IN'ss
ny nave 'of tesa''ne' q. tn's 'a'e aay'
rebelnon to which, whea there was a poss
"'li'y OF 'ts succeeding, eoes e'se ohis
han-hearfed SUPPORT! 1helf own answ'
Is, that It IL no, thes' put Governor -. :,
aen' VINO Is IN ansofsec''on; .no', nn"i'
'ns 10 'f"'' us cl'aueeS u p','''ea4 p,e'.
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y tnoSe "no .ia'e 'en'"A -. ~ ias,
IN prop1aety OF aacn l'toeeeoi ~ na' s''
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or has appointed soft u eoat'Anoet'
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70 served upon htm' ano a1fes's @os o'Aso's : :
the civil courts 1oftneif Pfesonpt'on'
er of two things seems eertalniy IT
as either there is an insurrection in North I
sh olina 80 formidable and dAngeEous-wh'
i. in view Of The past OF that State, seems
ln- credible. to threaten, through the &c
1t Of example, the grarest consequen
ip- throughout the South or else Cover
Dol Holden has set himself up as An 'ntoler'
,ey despot, determined by the power which
, Office gives him 10 carry out his polis