Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-14

impeachment Ashley and President Grant
Tax ON Farmers-Texas Election Mat
Observation-Disclosures on the Wane-Cu-
ban AHafrs--The Presidents Spiritual
WeIfare-The Negro i'm Washing toI,-So-
ciaI Equality-JudEe HOar's Confirma-
| tIon-Tennesse~, &c, &c.
WASHINGTON CITY, D. c., Jan. 5, 10.
Dear Jousnal:-Within the past few days
the President has been strongly urged to
withdraw the name of General Potts as
Governor of Montana Territory in place
of Governor Ashley, until the latter has
chance to vindicate himself. This is but
fair, and am sure he will come out tri-
umphant, for there are few Radicals who
have blacker or more infamous record,
which he will easily be able to prove to
the entire satisfaction of General Grant.
Complaint has been made against Assistant
Assessor Smith, of the third Ohio district,
that he has oppressed the farmers by IN
Just assessments. General Schenck, Rad
ical M. G. from that district, has fled his
objections to the continuance of this sys
tenn of taxation. The order of Commits
sioner Delano, issued some time since, to
tax farmers when they sell their own pro-
ducts as produce dealers, is harsh, tyran-
nical and unjust, but is one of the banefnl
results of Radical legislation; and the pro-
test Of General Schenck, Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means and a
leader in the House, is just SO much Bun
combe. He and his party are responsible,
and he wishes to clear his skirts in his own
district-thats ALL
A dispatch has been received from Gen
eral Reynolds. in which he gives Davis
| (Radical) majority of IT'S in Texas. The
Conservatives, indignant at the bare-faced
frauds enacted. have protested against it
and also threaten to return Jack Hamilton
to the United States Senate. The election
in Texas, as we'll as in all the reconstructed
States, was farce-it was on the princi-
pie of Heads I win tails you IOse." If
the Radicals won, ell right if they lost,
Congress steps in and makes it all right,
j. g. Radical. If a majority of the Legis-
lature of Texas can take the oath under
the Reconstruction laws, they will be re-
quired TO take the Iron Clad test oath, and
if that is not enough there will be other
tests apn&ed SO mat the State will come in
Radical So as to swell the number of U. s.
Senators, besides the State is to be carved
up 1uLO III Iil1SO psi 10 ANA CAO 0oAhO
purpose. It is rather amusing to
hear the people, particularly OF
the reconstructed States, demonstrate,
protest and threaten what they will do in
certain events. They really believe that
the people are power and that they and
the States have rights whereof Congress Is
bound to respect If TO hug to their breasts
possibly it is we'll, but how any one can
be so blind as not to know that we are
breathing only at the will of the worst by
} ranny that to- day curses the earth am at
, q loss to understand. Would to Heaven
: that we to-day were enjoying as liberal,
tiust and free Government as that OF our
mother and ancient foe England. We
{ know what is, what will come is hard to
/ tell; Yankee domination, pure and simple,
is the aim and l fear Will it be realized
The Cuban Junta have dared Secretary
Fish to proceed with the investigation he
= has SO often threatened to show up the
/ workings of the Junta in gaining the SYM
patty of the people and press of this coun-
try. Such an investigation, they allege,
will show how q united circulation of Span
ish gold has had a remarkable effect. l
2 don't think the Administration afford
an investigation into the juggle that has
been enacted in the Cuban question.
At the Evangelical Alliance Prayer meet
= ing yesterday, gentleman remarked on
the wondrous and painful fact, that
4 none of our Presidents had ever been
b religious men," Another speaker stated,
a ''that prayers we're never offered for the
personal conversion of the President,
which might account for it. 1t could not
i be Gods fault, for He always answered
y prayer" Ofcourse il is not Gods fault, it
: is the fault of the Radical party for not
b nominating a representative man; puri-
tanical, canting psalm singer, with slight
l. 10 oo6f oil
3 prayers were offered up for the regenera-
4 ton of General Grant.
), If that includes his political regenera-
Grafton, say, amen with all my heart.
y The City Councils, last night, passed
= almost unanimously an ordinance 'that il
}. shall not be lawful for the keeper of any
hotel, tavern or restaurant, ordinary
> dining room, saloon, sample room, tip
ping or eating-house. to refuse to receive,
4 admit, entertain, and supply, or to ex'
9 clude any. person or persons on &C
9 count of race or color, under
3 penalty of $50 for each and every
offense." This bill is to be enforced to the
= letter. Are we not q model people and is
/ not Washington model city Negroes
make our laws. Negroes sit beside MS in
cars, theatres, and all places of public
amusement. Sit beside our children il
Ipublic schools, that the mingling of the
races may be more readily brought about
q Now, in short time, wa will have Sambc
,, and Dinah our Uis q Uis at the hotel table
:, We shall be cheek by jowl with them in thu
u eating house and drinking saloon. TIL,
same parlor in the hotel will be at thu
d service of both black and white to receive
1 their friends, and think of it, ye fastidiou
=" ones. the hotel bed on which Pompey anc
. Chloe reposed their dusky bodies las
night, will be the one on which you vii
f rest tonight.
"You may shake. you may air, the bed if you
will,
j The scent Of sweet Africa will cling to it STILL
Well, such is fate, at least it is in Wash.
: ington. Guess we will have a World.
Fair here now. Visitors could see the
: sights and at the same time see the prac
tical workings of what all the States may