Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-08-19
More About the Villains Governing Nor,
Carolina.

We took occasion, d day or two ago, to
make q dispatch to the Gazette, annOunc-
ing that Grant had sent additional troops
to North Carolina, and that he sustained
Holden, tho Governor of that State, the
subject of 6omG sharp comments. The
Gazette did not like our mixing it up in
the disgracefui business, and takes us to
task for our alleged injustice to itself. We
assure our contemporary that We had no
idea Of making it point Of attack or cen
sure, except SO far as it seemed to justify
Grant and Holden. It's article Of yester-
day satisfies u8 that we did it no injustice
whatever. IT gives its full sanction to the
scoUndrclism Of Holden, and su5taips the
President in sending troops to be used by
Holden as he sees proper. It also abuses
the Democratic prees for denouncing
| Holden end HE Batraps a9 unmitigated
villains.
What did tho Enquirer 90 in The prem
isoa 1t did not quote word Of testi-
mOny from p Democratic source II wa9
all from Ii Republican source. We gave
prominence to an extract from n letter
published in the Gazette, and written to
it ny it's we'll known correspondent, FIR.
BOynsOn. We again reproduce the OK
tract, ard invite especial attention to what
Mr. Boynton says
1T seems strange that SO little should
be known here concerning tho real condi-
ton of affairs in North Carolina. There
is more than q suspicion that but little
causo exists for the extraordinary course
taken by Governor Holden. One fact,
known here to most of the press, has done
moro than any of the stories from either
side on the field Of action TO throw guani-
cion upon Ioiden's movements amt create
the belief that he has acted only to further
the interests Of local political factions.-
And that fact is this A few weeks before
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pOrters' gallery and called out g gentleman
he supposed TO bo connected with tho
! Washington Chronicle He then showed
him n North Carolina newspaper in which
there was q collection of Ku-Kluy out
RACES, murders and robbings drawn out at
greath length Tho Senator went on to
say quito confidently that it was desirable
the Chronicle should at once begin the
publication of this collection. and keep it
up until the statements made should be
well disseminated In the North. He fur
| ther explained the need of this by saying
that to carry the State next fall it would
be necessary to use the militia extensively,
and II this collection of outrages could be
well circulated before hand it would Justify
the step In the eyes of Northern Republi-
cans. Mr.. Pool made the mistake of COM
| municating all this to the wrong man.
However, he must have ascertained his
! uI1bldK0 HIISEWaEu anu Ien0OlGQ III, hS bn0
accounts of dire outrage in North Carolina
| began to appear the second day after this
conversation, and in due time the State
militia has appeared upon the scene."
That letter was dated July %, 1870, not
so long ago, we are sure, that the Gazette
| should not remember it. It appears from
this statement Of Mr.. Boynton that the
publication, at the North, of the collection
of Ku-Klux outrages, murders and rob-
l. l. Al, L. IL
was to justify Holden in the eyes of North
ern Republicans for the outrages they in
tended to perpetrate to carry the State
election. Two days after Holden's ennis
sary, Pool, made his request to the person
he supposed was an aHachs of the Wash
ington Chronicle, and disclosed the base
faisehoods on the public. that paper com
menced the publication of the manafac-