Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-21
ku-l&lux Ingram Is HOOted--A ''FRIthfa1''
Servant Receives his Reward. -

Dear J01e27eCI Il know your numerous
readers will be gratifed to hear of justice
being administered in any case. and par
tlcularly SO In the circumstance am going
to relate, and do think that they, as we'll
as the JOURNAL and the writer, viii
heartily endorse it. We sometimes, in
moments of despair, exclaim, So Justice
and right is passed from men," but occa-
sionally she assumes her sceptre and reigus
if it is only momentarily ; and that which
[ am going to relate / h7aOU to be facts,
and can vouch for.
AS all your readers know, ut this time
there is a general rush by the respective
Representatives to get to Raleigh SO as
to have their pay begin, and each is anx-
ious to meet his august brother and part
ner in crime, not in order to try to amend
and improve their wicked and unwhole-
some legislation, but to sink deeper into
duplicity and make themselves still more
OdiOus under the supervision of few di-
lapidated New England plunderers, 'floiP'
men who can conscientiously leave their
native NdrLh, where plenty and comfort
abounds, to come down South to enact good
laws, set examples of good morals and
common sense, all, too, with such disinter-
ested motives, eif-aggrandizement not
even so much as entering into their ven
erable and patriotic craniums.
But, passing t. our subject, We had
legislative visitor in our quiet little town
of Rockingham. The gentleman in ques-
ton was the Radical Representative from
Anson county, en- route for the general
rendezvous, the two first letters of whose
name is Dixon Ingram, but generally
known in these parts as Ku-Klux Ingram.
But coming directly to the point, let us
imagine ourselves seated by cozy fire in
the Office OF village hotel, conversation
general and good feeling prevailing, and
you have our group on the evening of tho
tragedy. or farce, as you may see proper
to call it. BY the way, question was
propounded to the said Representative
concerning certain point of law, by the
County Probate Judge, which he, of
course, could not answer. 1t was then
politely but pungently suggested to him
by this gentleman, whose name is John A.
Long, to use his influence to try to correct
that error, but told him the whole
code was imperfect. Upon which this
naughty and e-dignifed gentleman
became enraged and complained to the
| landlord that he was not treated with re-
spect, which elected, of course, the SYM
pathies of the proprietor, who, by the way,
is the father of the offender. He proceed
ed directly to give his son sharp repri-
mand, which he with all present thought
to be uncalled for and undeserved. Tho
next morning the representative WAS
promptly met at tho Railway station and
| received some kicks we'll imprinted, il can
be safely conjectured where. Yes, and
done by d Republican who, notwithstand-
| ing, like all other sensible men feeling
al interest in the States welfare, disap-
proves Of the laws, III great measure,
adopted by the bogus Legislature at Ral-
| eigh.
| The writer thinks it probable that the
| honorable gentleman will move in the
House to make it hanging matter to
treat folks III high life in such an ignomi-
NOUS way, and he thinks further that the
good people of the State are only sorry, In
gram, with the rest, were not kicked en-
| tirely out of North Carolina.
| The writer begs leave to return his thanks
to Mr.. John ID. Shaw, Attorney at Law,
LincOlnton, N. e., for presenting the
boots to his friend j. A. L.. which execu-
| ted the service above alluded to.
| A CONSERVATIVE.