Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-08

state. he does not wait the uA5CAAOA he
intends to miscarry. To make sure of his
diabolical plans he has employed the muir
derer, incendiary and thief, Colonel Kirk,
to carry them ;nto operation.
From such cowardly crimes the better
portion of the Radical party dissent
Throughout the State Governor Holden is
being bitterly denounced by members Of
his party. Regularly nominated and in
dependent candidates are calling him tc
account for his corruptions and cowardice
On all hands he is held up By Republicans
for making war upon his own people.
Harmony prevails in the Republican
ranks" Let us see.
We are told that at the opening Of Bun
combe Superior Court, Judge Horny, a
most violent Radical and heretofore the
strong political friend of Governor Hol
den, in his charge to the Grand Jury,
gave ON emphatic denial to the necessity
of troops in that part of the State, and
censured Governor Holden in strong terms
for sending the murderer Kirk there.
So much for Republican harmony among
the Judges.
In this Congressional District, Colonel
Dockery, the regular Republican candl-
date for Congress, is very outspoken in
his denunciations of Holden's militia bill,
and his railitary plans to carry the cleo
tions. His party will sustain him by an
almost unanimous vote. 4 few discomfort
ed and disappointed oftice-seekers in Now
| Hanover and Robson are making very
weak and insignificant efforts TO cause is
defeat.
In the First Congressional District, Tim
othy Morgan, of Perquimons county, a
! leading Republican, and ono of Governor
Holden's most trusted friends in the Sen
ate of 16G5-'GG, announces himself as an
Independent Republican candidate for
Congress against Hon. G. l.. Cobb, the
regular nominee. "Ue assails the extrav>
agance and profigacy of tho Republican
party generally, and of the State govern
ment in particular"
In the Sixth Congressional District, Ii.
II. Helper, a lifelong Republican, an
nounces himself as a Conservative Repub-
lican candidate for Congress. In pub
lished address he says : q need not say
to you that | am the foe of the system of
reckless expenditure and fraud which has
existed in the State during the last two
years, and which has destroyed its credit,
and brought disgrace upon its good name
Oh, the taxes the taxes
the taxes The people must be relieved
from the heavy taxation, both State and
fering."
In tho Fifth Congressional District,
General William l.. Scott, the regular Re.
publican candidate for Congress, respect
fully declines to accept the position of Ma
ior General rendered to him by the Cover
nor.
So much for Republican harmony among
the can dilates for Congress.
In Richmond county, in which Holden
received Il majority of five hundred and
thirty three in total of eighteen hundred
and fifty seven votes, in the Radical omi-
mating Convention, resolution endorsing
Holden's efforts at peace was twice defeat
ed. and General Dockery, the most popu-
lar and influential Republican in North
Carolina, denounced the Governor as the
cause Of nearly oil the mischief in the
State, alleging that his cowardice made
him imagine evils when mono existed; that
he published infamatory proclamations
based on his fears that he was in the ring
of thieves of which Swepson and Little
field were types, which had plundered the
people and ruined the public credit.
Tho Ropnbl; can candidate for the House
i'll the same county, on the honest side of
the party, in proclaiming himself candi-
date, denounced Holden as corrupt and
cowardly.
In one-third of the counties of Eastern
discussions in the Radical party. 1t seems
divided between throe factions the ne
groes, arpet-baggers and scalawags, and
in many there are two tickets actually in
the field or organizations looking to such |
a state of things.
SO much for Republican harmony in the |
counties.
Governor Holden in organizing his mi
ltia confessed that there was no prospect
for his party in q peaceful election. How
desperate he regarded its chances even with
the aid of the militia, is evidenced by the
of the desperate Kirk. He
has counted without his host, and his last
resort, desperate as it is, will fail him. For
all the good the militia will do the Radical
party, they may as we'll ground arms. Re-
publican harmony has gone to pieces
amidst the sound of drums and the tread |
of armed men. The people aciA hare peace.
North CaroIintans mt the University of
Virginia. i
We publish below the names OF the
North Carolinians who received collegiate |
honors at the last commencement of the |
University of Virginia We are pleased to |