Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
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j. z. Seal.
Sec. 4. That the Judge Of Probate shall
be entitled to fee of one dollar for iBsu-
ing the commission and recording the re-
turn, and tho Magistrate to q fee of fifty
cents in addition to the other fees allowed
By law.
Sec 5. That any Clerk before whom
such deed, power or instrument is &C.
knowledged or proved, or the private ex-
animation taken or returned in relation
thereto, shall The fact upon said deed, pow
er of attorney or instrument or some Pa
per annexed thereto; and the Clerk of the
Superior Court of the county wherein the
land lies upon the exhibition of such GER
tifcate to have, shall adjudge the said deed
OF other instrument to be duly acknow-
lodged and proved in the same manner as
if taken or returned before him.
Sec. 6. This act shall be in force from
and after its ratification.
sIander An.wered-True Condition of
North CaroI1na-The Designs OF Radical
Observation-Disclosures ExpOsed-Reply OF
Senator Bean TO the Statements of Gov.
ernOr Holden.
RALEIGH, March %.
Hons. S. S. Coo and James Brooks:
DEAR SIRs Governor Holden has pro-
claimed one of our counties, Alamance, to
u
called upon the President for troops. He
now demands the suspension of the ac''H Of
habeaS corpus. The telegraph informs Us
that Senators Abbott and Pool support
these measures OF Governor Holden, and
we hear no remOnstrance from our repre-
sentatives. If troops are necessary to en-
force the laws, we do not object to Federal
troops-we prefer them to the Governor s
insubordinate militia.
But every intelligent citizen of North
Carolina, who is unwarped by party pre1u-
dice, believes that this action of the Gov
ernor is based upon misrepresentation
of facts and the exaggerated statements OF
excited partisans. Every one knows that
it does injustice to Alamance county-that
it does injury to the whole State.
We deny that lawlessress is so general
and formidable that it cannot be sup
pressed by the civil authorities ; we deny
that the citizens ''are overawed or in
undated" from assisting the civil officers
in arresting criminals we deny that any
one has ever been whipped, shot,
scourged, and threatened with further
visitations of violence on account of his
race or color we deny that the rate of
crime is greater in our State than in many
of the States of the North.
| We admit that there is probable in
crease of crime in the past few years, but
the cause OF this increase Is not due to
hostility between political parties-much
less to hostility between the races.
1t is traceable rather to the demoraliza-
ton Of protracted war, and the ignor-
ance and depravity of individuals. When
we consider that rude race, without any
preparation for the change, was suddenly
| invested with all the privileges of citizen
ship, with but faint idea of it's duties
and restraints; and when we consider how
all wars unsettIe the foundations of society
and stir up evil passions, it is certainly
creditable to Southern civilization that
under so much provocation we have had
SO few instances of crime and disorder
Andiwe sincerely believe that notwith-
standing the above mentioned causes o.
crime and the efforts of Inscriptions ad
venturers to foment disorder for politica
purposes. there is less violation OF law IL
North Carolina than in New York or Mas
sachusetts. We believe there is more