The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-01

The Radicals spent half million dol
lars to reconstruct Arkansas and Missis-
sippi, and now both States will go Demo
cratic.
The regular Territorial election in
Montana vas held on the LIST OF August,
and was nearly al one way. At every
place heard from up to the 9th, the Dem
ocrats had elected their tickets by large
maiorities, and there was scarcely a doubt
that they had carried every county in the
Territory.
"A letter from Raleigh, N. c., says that
the Conservatives contemplate proceed
ings, on the Inauguration otthe new Leg
i~slature, for the Impeachment OF Governor
Holden. They state that they have
abundant testimony to secure his removal
from office by that means.
-WAsHINGTor, August o5-The
Democratic Congre ssional Committee met
to day with a full attendance of members.
They express great confidence of success
to the extent of securing a majority IN
the next House of Representatives. The
distribution of documents by the commit
tee is larger than by any similar commit
tee Of the party in the same time.
The Charleston Neps says that,
"When General Scott, now Carpet-bag
Governor of South Carolina, left Ohio to
come TO South Carolina to take charge of
the Freedmen's Bureau, he paid tax on a
blind mare valued at $11.75 and q dilapi-
dated chaise valued at So. For three
years he reigned in the Freedmen's
Bureau, and for the last two has been
Governor OF South Carolina, at g salary
of So, 800 q yeari Now he claims TO be
worth $4,000.
- We are getting a little wholesome
knowledge Of recent occurrences in North
Carolina from a quarter whence we have
least expected il. The following para-
graph, from the New York Tribune, ex-
| plains our meaning:
I'VE II I'VE a word for Gov. Holden ard Senator
Abbott. Jast before the North Carol ma election
| We printed a letter rom Judge Tourgee concern
ing the ku-hlux ou1rsges in that State. Certain
very Startling statements were inside in il which,
but for the respectable signature. would have
been u Giversally secuted. Judge Tourgee prompt.
ly Wrote US, complaining that the fgDr,s he had
given, II enumerating cases or outrage, had beer
increased tenfGld by the addition of a cipher to
eecb- converting ten into a hundred, &c. Now
We printed the letter preci sely 81 Gov. Holden IL
person delivered il TO our correspondent, and a:
the correspondent understood that Gov. Holder
had received il from Senator ADhOtt, to whom i
was addressed. We submit 10 there gentlemen
that they have allowed too long q time to elapst
w thouJ EXPLAINING 70 Us how the disgraceful gar
bling occurred. We shouli have expected then
10 be as indignant as we were ourselves at The
Land prsc iced upon us, and TO he prompt in ex
posing the forger who abused their trust lin copy
Ing the letter. by putting into Judge Tourgee's
month mOnstrous assertions which he nevel
dreamed Of utterile. Coy. Holdenl Who sarblcC
the letter which you gave our correspondence
Here we have il that the alleged "out
RACES" by The "Ku Klux" in North Caro-
lima, which were matters of so mscl
prominence in the Republican newspa
pe1s all over the country prior to til,
election there, were multiplied by ten il
the Gubernatorial office in that State
Further investigation would undoubtedly
show that there was net the slightes'
ground for the original allegations. Mur
der viii out. When the New Yorl
1Tibane turns states evidence, we may
reaSonaoly nope mat a political mllIen
mum is not farther away than eternity