Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-03
The Necessity of Ceneral Amnes,x.

The Radicals of the country are making
strenuous efforts to leave the impression
that the want of loyalty upon the part of
the Southern people is the cause Of their
present disaf1ection towards the general
government And with equal vehemence
the attempt is made to fasten upon South
ern disorders and the prejudices to, and
prosecutions by, the whites of the blacks as
the active cause of a want of prosperity in
| this section. These, it is contended, keep
away capital and immigration. AS a reply
to these false charges, we were struck with
the following article extracted from the |
editorial columns of the New York Nation. !
Radical journal of great respectabiIity |
and influence. It is worthy of attentive |
perUeal as curiosity, and entitled to mnch |
consideration, coming from such q source.
and is very remarkable sign of the times.
The people of the North may we'll take
warning from the moral it teaches, as well
IS from the dangers it points out :
''The Government of the United States has
something to think of besides either Furnishing
the whites for their treason or rewardlng the
blacks for their fidelity The interests OF civil
cation and of good government at the Hcnth sre ,
in it's Keeping and theirs is no question wha ever
that both are suffering deeply-not by the &C
cesslon OF ignorant people to power-and may
suffer lrretreVably If the present regime be pro-
tracted much longer. 1t is not possible anv
longer to contine any political social evil to |
particular State With orr present habits and ;
means OF accommodation. everything spreads !!
all over the country, the good as well as the bad
No State can keep its corruption or it's bad Char S
acter any more than its virtue to itself; AID the =
seeds of the vices and disorders we suffer to l
flourish in South Carolina and Louisiana we NAV }
be sure will be waited before long further NortL
and n / | q
atures We have accessible to tenptation The | r.
larger the class of johbers who live by ten oting ~
legislators grows and the wider the belief that ~
III legislators Sre corrupt, and may be expected u
20 be corrupt, spreads. W
" We have spoken several Times in these col! s:
INNS OF the groesness OF the disorders in which II
he government OF several States is plugged IN
he hands CT the negroes and carpet baggers -.
our opinions simply from newsDanor D
rtlcles and correspondence and occasional nrI- | a
ate adVlces Very recently, business men of the in
H6 hest character, both FROM this city and from =
session. have been examining the state of thiprs III
here with reference to investments both for
themselves and their friends, and of course one
the very first things to which their attention
'as turned was the government, for government
leans taxation, and on the manner and amount
nd application OF faxation depend the rate Of ,
ro1its, the prospects OF Immigration and the -"
reliability OF internal improvements No man
i'll willingly invest much spital in State who's,
evenues he has reason TO believe will ba srna,n
ered or credit destroyed, or whose lepjsIatiOn ~
anDot be depended on for reasonable leoree H.
uniformity and honesty Now the reports of
N ny1r
7e have been ardent Repubicane and supporters ms
the reconstruction policy OF Congress. and au
} not be!eVe any other policy was possible o''
Observation-Disclosures things Gs being nearly ITO
bad as bad can be- The effect ON tJta fred roc
an OF the spectacle OF large bodies OF his iel- On
VS. III state or the SrOssest ignorance Dut on
Iodeuly IN possession Of the government of w
'eat, civilized and wealthy communities IL of no
uFbe as denorailzlD8 as the sudden discovery wa
ID eel ,71 % ulanonos and just as likely to ipe
stroy his faith i'll the political value OF know, lac
1go. But this Is not the worst Of it. Their ny,
ana cement CT thc State funds has been srch rem
Il Is suCh, a. 10 cndangGr American or. dit am
eryWnere, 10 brighten away capital and make fon
no means imrr0bab MnrooVa ",no@ilt gay Jus
3 long subjected TO such 1,0iye >xithcTt the
htEIlS IN It's very Vlais, without finding the our
Which, it. Ts ,utn, oecency and patriotism. haC
rry il through exctjn, tinc 10" ini men 20 wit
ps fatally diminished. - cOu
inc remedy for ali this is to pags An act Of ed
leTaI amnesty, and leave every community tn ! Of
ence in it resume ts na1n an"te 10 o. lntel he
oh the interest Of the negro ss Of The wbiIe war
-lhueed' Tar moro the interest Of the II egro roo
., aIo mnI3o han-that the states should who
experience IL IN the hands Of white men who "A
eltnef dlstranchlsed themselves or so dis non
tea by the dlsfranc !isenent of their friend. ND
they VIII take no part at present in political tive.
4rs. NO closing of the reconstruction process ,,,
% saIe or real which does not give them ILL.,
r natural influence on the Governmeo+ gu gene
Ia! influence they have lcat forever: bnt of him
~ - ah offence against civilization to HOu
- early