Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-28

| reward in the following manner, as we learn
from the organ of Radicalism in Newbern,
the Times:
'sJudge Thomas discharged the jury drawn for
attendance on the present term OF the superior
Court because they did hd;D not ~isa to Tbe
Judge ordered jury from the city who can serve
and board at home"
How rapidly and how we'll is Radicalism
doing its damning work of destruction.
Like the poisonous Upas. nothing fom-
| ishes under the influence of its deleterious
| shade.
| Northern Democrats and Southern Radi-
| Upon the same day there were presented
similar scenes in Albany, New York, and
Atlanta, Georgia, the Capitals respectively
of those two States. Similar and yet how
different In Albany the members OF the
General Assembly, elected by the free peo-
pie of the Empire State, under laws and
regulations adopted by themselves, met
| together as the representatives of free
people. No federal soldier was present
unless as a spectator. The sword was
powerless in the presence of the represen-
is the Judge of the qualifications of its own
members and sits upon its own adjourn
ment.
In Atlanta also the members of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Empire State of the
South met on the same day. Whites and
blacks, honest men and convicted rogues,
citizens and Migrants came together by the
~ n k1o
| Hall in which they sat foated the alag of
the Country" not as the emblem of the
." land of the free and the home Of the
brave" but the esignia of the military
power of the government. The city re-
sounded with the tramp of Federal SOL
diery, and bright bayonets bristled threat
ningly before the eyes of these fettered
| legislators. Military Commissions sit in
| Judgment upon the qualifications of men,
| bers of both Houses, and they assemble
and adjourn by order of the Military Com
| mander.
Such is Republican government under
Democratic control, and such is Republi
can government under Radical control
One embraces the embodiment of o gov
ernment resting on the consent of the
governed the other is the shadow of Ty-
ranny and Military Despotism.
The opinions which emanate from these
two representatives of Republican govern
ment are as different as was their manner
of assembling and organization. From
one we have the bugle-sound of freedom,
which thrills and inspires the patriot /;
| from the other the mutterings of tyrants
bent upon the destruction of the rights OF
the people, One proclaims that the Uni
ted States is and shall continue to be a
government of the people the other an
nounces the death knell of Representative
Democracy. One speaks as the fearless
representative of free and honorable
people should speak the other busters
and brags as the ignorant and guilty tools
of revolutionists and factionists are wont
to do to hide their ignominy and crime.
One announces its position with the truth.
fulness, force and intelligence which Right
and Justice and Law give their devotees
the other shouts with the ignorance and
rage which Wrong and Injustice and Law.
lessness torture their victims.
J In Georgia Military Radicalism places
over the Senate for its presiding officer as
the exponent of the party and power tC
which he owes his official position Benja
min COnley, who under the political pupil
age of Governor Bullock, the Radica
) Congress and President GRANT, announces
by authority that 1.-the GOVERNMENT HAT
: s. DETERMINED that in this Republic, which
els not, never was, and never can be
l Democraey-that is, this Republic, Re
IS PUBLICANs SHALL RULE We do no
know which most to wonder at, the sublime
e literary excellence of the extract, its i'm
D perial impudence or it's political signif
K canoe. It means, if it means anything
o that President GRANT and Congress. TO
9 they constitute 1.-the Government" in thu
y vocabulary of Radicalism, have determ
ined that the people shall no longer con
j. troll the Government that elections, i
r permitted in order to go through the form
l. prescribed by the Constitution, shall b
n controlled by the Ames' and Reynolds @
10 the United States army. It means tina
70 Republicans shall rule, peacefully if pos
B. sible, but forcibly if they must
y In New York Representative Democ
a. racy elects as the speaker OF the Hous
le Mr.. HIToHMAN. who, as if by intuition
/. replies to the imperial threat of this min
y ion of tyranny, and every true heart in til
e country echoes response to his words c
II patriotism and warning 1t might be we
IS for the political freebooters and highway
d men, who now rule the country and threa
d. en- the very life of liberty to heed til
1T words. Says Mr.. Speaker H1roHMAN:
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