Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-08-12
Waddell's Majority. 339.
From the Raleigh Sentinel.

PILLOW CITIZENS: We congratulate you upon |
tho complete and noble victory which you have |
Just won at the ballot box. victory OF truth, |
Justice, liberty and law, over corruption and |
high handed usurpation and tyranny. Let US en-
Joy our triumph with the Same dignity and mod
GRAFTON which characterized us as people, before |
and during the excitement OF the election.
It was the policy OF some of the leaders OF our |
opponents, to drive into violent resistance, |
and efforts were made to do SO by repeated in |
STANCES Of lawlessness and oppression But |
thanks to tho good sense of our people. they |
failed signally failed, in their wicked purposes,
Snd ne 20 beq mse In the te he
tary movement set on foot here, was Cotton Up |
upon false protences by desperate mon, for the |
purpose OF carrying the election ana Keeping |
themselves in power.
Seeing the rising Indignation OF the honest
people OF the State, suffering they were from
all the ills arising from wasteful and corrupt
administration of the State government, and that
all was lost to them, unless something could be
done to avert popular condemnation, they DENT
erately planned and attempted 10 execute the
desperate scheme of military violence ~hloh the
country has enacted in the hope and with the
| expectation that the people, alarMFd, OveraWed
allow the election to go by doTaaft lie result
Character of the people OF North Carolina.
We very we'll know, fellow citizens, that this Is
not mere party triumph-true 1t ls' i;the victory
has been won in the name OF our party. But let
us not forget that it is victory due'in great
degree to the uprising of honest and. ConserVa-
| show that thousands, who in tho former cleo
tions voted with the Radical party, have come TO
our aid and helped us to win the signal triumph
| which now gladdens our hearts. kven the color
cd race controlled it hitherto has been by eVn
counsels and RrOsS misrepresentation OF Our
motives and purposes as to them, IN many poT-
| broke away from the trammels in which they
were bound and materially aided in swelling our
majoritles.
| 10 the colored people we say, fear nothing
We pledged ourselves in the last Legislative ad-
dress issued in March last, that all their rights
undor the constitution and laws OF the country,
in case Of our success, would be alike respected
and protected with those of white cltlzons. limo
will show that these pledges will be faithfully re-
deemed, We know that efforts will still be made
to alarm, delude and mislead them, for without
their aid the faction that has just been uCtcated,
will hereafter DO powerless. The interests Of the
white and cOOred races in North Carolina are
the same and what Injuries ono will surely and
inevitably result in injury to the other. Let
there then be no strife between them. Let oacn
respect the rights of the other and peace ana
, harmony will prevail.
has assumed to himself the right. at his will, TIC
have arrested any citizen OF The state. ana 10 ue
. tain him at his pleasure, although the highest
judicial officer of the State has decided that the
privilege of the writ OF hGbeGS corpus secured
by the Constitution Of the state, cannot, be anu
: ia not suspended. Nevertheless, the Governor
has refused obedience to such wits Wheh lssueC
by the Chief Justice. The guilt or Innocence o
! the parties held in arrest has nothing to DO VIII
this matter. A Kroat question of OWL liberty is
involved, and no free people or people ut 10 OF
free will ever consent to yield it. Let the partle
seized and held in custody be turned over to tn
civil authorities. If innocent, let them be dis
charged ; if guilty of any violation OF law ie
, them be lawfully tried and punished.
Fortunately, while the Chief Justice OF tn
State has declared himself powerloss to have the
B. law practically enforced there is full protector
given to every citizen by the constitution an
laws of the United States, IN such cases, ana W
J. are gratifed to inform youEthat Judge Brooks'
the United States District Court has issue
wrfts of hdOedS corpus in the name OF the Unite
States, ordering the parties held in custody to b
brought before him in order thst the cause g
their seizure and Diet nuon may be enqulred Int
and relief be granted If they should be enttIe
to it. :,
We hope 80. But there are rumors abroad tht
he will not. A few days at the utmost Will dete
or mine. This, however, We can safely say, that
he refuses obedience TO the writs he will on
plunge deeper into difficulties. 49,
ia The law of the land, in every well regulate
system of government, must be obeyed
d, who contemns its commands may, FOR a time
evade tho consequences, but in the end ne WI
surely be held to strict account, whether ne 81
in high places or is found In the humplest wal ~
| of life. None Is high as to be above the La
lis and none so low that it cannot reach him.
Our earnest wish is, and we arc sure that IL
We the wish of the great mass OF our people III
at peace. good order and obedience to the laws
the land NAV prevail in every part Of the Stat
We have just elected a Legislature, q lar
majority of which is composed OF men or chara
ter and intelligence. We can now look forWa
"a with confident hope that the State goVernme
hereafter entrusted t. honest and capat
hands will prove o blessing and not curse
IL. our people, as it has been during the prese
State administration. ~
To- Chairman
-" A. 8. MERRIMoN,
NJ A. BLEDsOE,
r. J. Q. DEOARTERET,
A@ JAS. Fl. MOORE,
CHAs. M. BUsBEE,
JAS. J. LITOHFORD,
AoO Democratic Conservative Central Elk CoH