The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-08-25

History of the Conspiracy Against the People
OF the Old North State--kirk's Lambs and
Holden's Notwithstanding Voters A
Democratic Triumph.
RALEIGH, n. c., Aug

RALEIGH, \. G., Aug. H.
No state OF the Mon has passed through sud-
an ordeal as that through which North Carolina \,
now passing. There has not been 4 day within In
last two weeks that the least imprudence or hnstl
action on the part Of the people, OF The least re- i-t
ahce 10 the most cruel expressions, outrages anu
insults would not have prcrpated Il most blOodt
and disastrous collision, involving the lives ol
thousands of our citizens. The more thoughtful
and influential Of them have been fully alive to tn.
critical condition of affairs, and have, by their cou
sells and examples, thus far warled OH the threa,
| eneu calamity.
A CONSPIRACY.
This state of things has been the result of u cGh
Spirdcy. l weigh well the words use, of Il con.
| splracy between Il few men who have accidentally
attained to high position in the State. for the utli
pose Of OveraWiug and ntimitatig the people III
The election that has just passed, in order to hecp
themselves IN power another term. The eVldenrt
of the conspiracy Is 50 fun and forcible that il womb
convict the parties To it before any intelligent urS
III the land But these things have been so often
alluded to in the journals in this state and ou OF it
that shall not enter into particular explanation
OF them now. but speak OF the results they arr
now exhibiting themselves.
PROVOKING \ REVOLT.
| The fact that Aamance and Caswell counte,
We're, some three weeks ago, declared contrary g.
law and fact, to he in state of Instructions amt
| picked companies of mrrcrnary troops, mostly
nom other States, under the command OF the blood
thirsty desperate, Kirk, sent into these counties
thanks to the telegraph wires and IN Independent
press, fully known throughout The country. TIL,
| object OF this movement was twofold; first, e..
create general panic throughout the State, ntim-
| date the more nervous and thus weaken the 0ppG
| Ston to the Radical candidates and to EIolcn's AL
ministration; and, secondly, to provoke Il collision
between these troops and what We're known TO j,
| the high-spiritcd and interviewing people of lit.
part of the state INTO which they were sent ans
thus afford excuse for setting aside the election
altogether, in the first part of the plan fiiEfl
AMI thp election should N thpt1
| the game was understood, and as before limited
and. by the wise and prudent rounses of influential
men, was blocked most si@nay, AS the result
| .buudantiy shows.
Bul the ,ufrrine>, expressions, and insults thai
have been hor}ic by the people in the neighbor-
hood OF the troops will never he adequately depict
Ell nor understood outside of the immediate ycinIty
of their occurrence. 7" enable the readers of m
World to form some i.l"e Of tl!a'n ! wiIl give
FEW INSTANCES.
William Patton, whose name has already figured
in Geographic dispatches young man, a plaIu
coumtryman, tmid of disposition. and easily iml,o-
ed upon. lie arrested and taken lo the camp
where fellow by the name of Bergin, acting "A,
Lieutenant Colonel told him lac must confess ali he
knew about the ku-kiuA. lie replied that he
knew nothing of them. 4 rope was then ptIt round
his neck and the end thrown over the limb of a tree
and he was told that he had hut three minutes [,
live unless he disclosed all about the ku-kluX
Under the threat and immediate prospect of death
he tainted. ON being recovered, the rope WA
again drawn up, and he again tainted. ON hcue
recovered the second time, pistol was placed
against his head, and he wa, asked if he did not be
long to the ku-NluN; at the same time .iSsurc.s
that if he denied it h. was TO die. Under these
threats he acknowledged he belonged tu the on
ganizttion. Then under the same threats he wn.
ordered to give the names of All he knew to he
members Of il, aud DC promi~ruousy mentioned
number Of names OF gentlemen nj the county who
were thereafter arrested.
Colonel William Bingham, ot Orange, Il county
not declared in inSurrpcon The priutipal of ON. Gf
the best MGh schools for bows in the hut I,i
house entered by squad of Kinks men about ,lay-
break, and he was arrested and dragged from his
family 10 the camp At Company Shops, but for
some reason was paroed and allowed to return 10
his home the same day.
The editor of the Daily sentinel was arrested II,
he wa, passing from hi house TO the railroad sta
ton ut llilIsborongh, and taken to the camp Of
Kirk at Gareyvilic, where he is still kept in close
confinement.
Numbers of the bust citizens in Alumunco and
CasWell have been arrested without warrant or civ
il process Of any KIND and without knowing the
charges against them; some of whom have been re-
leased Internationally without examination nt ANY
kind, some I'0roied, and other Sont To- the camp
prison at IancoS vile. Several have been hrnuohf
To Raleigh and examined hy the Governor priyaft-
~, under threats and promises; some Of whom
have been released, and oIcr7 told not tn leave the.
city, and are yet here.
Divers persons have had ropes pul around then.
nerks or pistols presented to their head, and order
cd to "ronc->" on pain of instant death and a.
course many have made confession Of some SORT or
plltIt -it tH' st tttHVS fHft or IHNy DFbtFU.
uYEEAwING VOTERS.
Tie night before the election squads Of these so,
dicrs were throughout the county, making many
arrests and threatening others who should dare IT,
vote the Democratic ticket the next ,lay. | hay.
this to-day from gentleman of undoubtcl vrrucity
who saw and heard them
KIRk'S ARRESTS.
The fate of the wrts ofhadeas c5rpaS issued Nv
Judge Pearson to have The prisoners arrested hy
Kirk brought before him is well known Tho re-
sistance Of the Governor, and the Failure Of the
fudge to enforce the writ embroidered Iha rons,,,r
ators to further acts of violence. until the tone nf
the public press at home and in the North eaIt.rd
them to paltSc. They did not retreat, however
nor sucrumh To the law and the constitution bur
put Il bold front continued to make arrests f..
hold their inqlSitorial courts in secret, and sin
threatened other counties and other persons with
the same treatment Us that visited upon the prol,.
of Aamauce and CasWell.
APPEAL. To THE UNITED STATES COIRL
The prisoners having failed of all rcdres, from
our State Courts, through the incompetency, i'm
becility, or partisan completely of the Judges, or
rather of the Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
determined by their counsel to try the power of the
United states Courts. Accordingly, ON Saturday
last wrts were sued ont before Judge Brooks nf
the United States District Court, for al the prisou
ers and placed in the hands of the United States
Marshal for service.
THREATS or CiyrL WAR.
Whether the Governor, under thr od,i,o Of ,i
coadjutors, will siill resist remains 70 he Soon
His organ, the standard, of this morning intimntns
that he will, declaring that ''if Judge Brooks ucr
sists in having the writs executed and civil War
thereby ensues, the blood will he on his own head
He has virtually suspended the writ of hdbeay cor
Pus in the state, and seems determined to resist its
execution either by State or United States authority
We shall know the result in day or two, and as
certain whether the President really backs him in
setting hll law and constitution at defiance
TRIUMPH UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
But, Notwithstanding the efforts of thc consnira-
tors, the old North State has achieved glorious
victory. The more Holden attempted to brighten
the limid and keep them away from the polls the
more they We're determined to go there and vote
down the corrupt, dishonest, incompetent admins
tration that has for two wears been the curse of the
State and the people. We have elected large ma
jority in both branches Of the Legislature perhaps
an impedching majority, an equal proportion of
all the local, county, and township officers the At