The weekly standard., 1870-08-03

be put down--trampled under fpot-and it
was just as easy to get rid of this militia,
ordered by the Governor, as it was for a tor
toise to fall off log into pond of water"
He thus plainly and Significantly winked
at and encouraged the midnight Kuklux
assassinations and murders, and uttered one
OF the most palpable falsehoods that was ever
lisped by man, when he said "the military
was intended to control the election.n Every
patriot and liberty loving citizen in the State
OF North Carolina sustains the call of Gov
ernor Holden, and every unprejudiced man
in the State is compelled to confess implicit
iy that Gov. Holden has, from the beginning
OF his administration, used his best endeav-
ors to promote the greatest interests of the
whole people-to advance the integrity,
prosperity and renown of the good old
STATE, to restore law and order, preserve
peace and tranquility, and establish ths
great principles of universal justice and
right throughout the State. Governor
Holden has ever had an eye IF in
terest turned to the general welfare Of the
common people His object in orderingrhe
militia, (though he never did it until all
mild measures had failed and proved inef-
fectual.) was to protect the powerless and
the innocent-was to put down Kuklux VIC.
lence, ferret out crime. and bring to punish
ment those niggardly demons who have
stained their hands with the blood of the in.
nocent, and blackened their souls with the
deepest sin. Gov. Holden was actuated by
the purest incentives in thus extending pro-
lection to the defenceless; and he that de-
nounces the Governor as tyrant is himself
a traitor to justice, demon to liberty, an
enemy to the good of his STATE, and lover
of strife, confusion and blood. Gen. Leach,
you evidently meant something when you
said "it was just as easy to get rid of the
military as for a tortoise 10 fall off
log;;n and, sir. that meaning was nothing
but to elect Conservative Kuklux Legisla-
ture that would deprive the Governor of tue
power to call out the militia to suppress in.
surrections, and protect the people of the
State from domestic violence, and give the
Kuklux general sway over the State and
allow them to outrage, intimidate, frighten,
whip, ,shoot and hang peaceable and law
- :,'.s ,.ss. ssasi--s sl~els.
deees q ylng inaugurate
lelgn OF terror ana Dlooosheu IN our MIDST.
Ihe Government OF tennessee is a brilliant
moaei ior our otate uoVernmeht, uen.
Leacns designs were carried out. Inc iives
and npertles OF tne people would De staked
at the point OF the sword and the mouth OF
tue pistol; the llfe-oiood would pour freely
from the veins OF tine innocent ana the de-
fenceless. and Gen. Leach would sit In silence
and never speak the flrst word against the
ACTOClCleS
committed by those fendish villains; and if
he did say anything, it would be in the form
of an apology Tor their deeds, just ike 1t
was in Mt. Airy. after apologizlng Ter their
damnable commissions and abominable cru,
elties-the most intolerable of all wicked
ness, he said: II there be such an organ
ization as the Kuklux, in existence" doubt
ing, questioning the existence OF such
class, lit grew out oil the Union Leagues"
The first part OF this sentence is the avowed
language of a maniac, an asylum fool; and
the last part of it is as base IL falsehood as
Jimmy Leach ever told. Out of good evil
seldom comes, and it is an utter impossibil-
ty for such mean, wicked and intolerable
principles as characterize Kukluxism to have
sprung from as noble thing as the Union
League into the rottenness and blackness OF
Kuklux diabollsm, is beyond the power of
human means. And, Gen. Leach, your
equivocal and ambiguous expression about
the existence of such a class as the Kuklux,U
is so idiotic, and exhibits such a little de-
gree of general information and knowledge,
that it is astounding, and startles me almost
into commissions, to think that great Con-
servative lawyer would come round on an
electioneering tour for seat in the Congress
of the United States and manifest such igno-
rance, and show to the people that he has such
small amount of brains, as to call in ques-
ton the existence of band OF williams,
that the greatest fool in North Carolina,
would readily tell you did exist, were you
to ask him. We say, that the man who ap.
peals to the people in laundering tones of
feeling eloquence, and pledges himself to
promote the general interest, and common
good of the whole people, morally, phlsi-
cially and civilly, and then turn round In
the next strain, and wink at Kuklux depre'
datons, and apologize for their detestable
and horrid denominations to the government,
is no better than Kuklux. 81 the concealer
is as mean as the thief" The stain OF
blood is upon his head, and the blotch OF
sin is written against him, his heart, his
soul, and his purposes are full of rotten du-
plicity and corruption, and his arguments
fraught with the worst paraloglsm. Vir-
tuous Jimmy, you are one OF the dema-
goes 70 whom nave reference. How do
you like 1t, Gen. Leach Gen. Leach your
Conservative sophlstry Is TOO transparane
not to be penetrated by the eye OF hepuDh-
can scrutiny. You must modiIy your argu-
mentatlVe ramihcations ana navor tnem
with little more oil your SOUND reason
before you come round through ola
Surry on another canvasslng tour. And
you talk about politicians changing their
politics every other OLD woman's wash
day." You must iecollect that zen; Leach
ffuctuates on the waves OF pohticai tiae
and you Will certainiy not 1orseS tne anE tame
when you spoke NJ mount airy, III 1000,
and told the Secesslonlsts they never would
ges forgive ess until tney look ieather en-
your knees anu prayer IN repentance lor par
don." L was little BOY then, put l recoi-
lect that much OF your speech. When you
go In quest OF man that Is misn'y ory
ior ONCE you can stop az the residence OF
MN whose name is known as 0enerai D. MI.
LEACH. -,
Aio ~ouiu nNe " NJ" "n"s WV
nePuo,ican party nao upne. OH, IL nas
"roush! mls4ty aeeos, potn IN 'ne o'a.e
ana nation IL mas saved tne ota!e OF Nol.n
Carohna from the grave OF poiitlcai rum,
not n,, tar from which you Will De on tne hrst
5nursday III August "fen ocn' oco'' ge's
Done with you.
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