The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-09-21
outrage-state Troops fred into.

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The Sentinel of this morning reports that
portion of the State troops sohils on their
soay home, were in the vicinity of Salisbury
fired into by unknown parties from the side
of the Railroad, wounding slightly two or
three of them.
The Conservatives commit no outrages;
Oh no they are law abiding long suffer-
ing people They don't ambuscade State
troops and fire into them-not they--un-
offending lambs are they all. The Sentinel
surely is bearing false witness.
Just here we receive the facts from gen.
tleman of Salisbury, viz: That the train
was fired into and two soldiers were wound
ed. The Engineer "a Conservative states
that just after he ran the train under the
hedge near E. S. shober's residence near
the corporate line, he heard the report
and saw the flash of firearms coming from
high embankment on the left of the Rail
Road track. He thinks there were eight or
ten guns rapidly fired from the embank-
ment-he ran the train about one mile be-
fore stopping. This statement corroborates
that of the troops
One soldier is shot through The leg below
the knee, apparently by cartridge pistol.
By request, the officers did not permit the
troops to enter the town, and no disorder
was committed by them, as our informant
fully believes.
Why were these men packed on con-
struction train ,plktform carS and sent out
on the road 1t nights How did the
Kukfux ~ b the train would pass the
place of attack az the time it did, Con-
struction trains are, mot regular trains.
Was this attempted assassination con-
cocted after the arrival of the train at Sails
bury!
1t is said that some of the soldiers object
ed to going on in that manner, and so late
at night, but were told by the railroad au-
thorities that they must go. How is this !?
Somebody must explain. The Sentinel "
charges that we will make an outcry with
regard to this attempted murder, and so we
shall. Furthermore, we shall demonstrate
against, and denounce all outrages upon life
and person, and property, by sohoms0erer
committed. 1t is charged by the " Sentinel y
that soldier at Salisbury ruthlessly wound
ed boy if this was done, it was an act
inexcusable and criminal, and the offender
should be punished. But Colgrove was
murdered on the highway, Outlaw was hung
by an Order sworn to secrecy and murder,
Stephens was assassinated in the most public
place in Caswell, houses of peaceable and
unoffending citizens have been broken into
and the inhabitants shot, and scourged, and
killed and the Sentinel has never remon-
strated against, denounced, or condemned
their infamous crimes, but in many words
and forms, has endeavored to palliate them /;
and by so doing we believe has encouraged
them.
This Sentinel is the organ of the Conser-
vative party, its advocate and spokesman ;
therefore we hold the Conservative party re-
sponsible for these deeds of terror and hell.
We speak now of the party and not of indi-
viduals. But We say to certain individuals
of the Conservative party that the time is
near when they must declare themselves the
friends of law and order, and demand that
their party shall no l01ger either by silence,
apology or dsszaGa "a sup
port to the bloody 81 hite Brotherhood" or
stand before their feflow-citizens as impli-
Gated in these great crimes.