Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-08-19
NORTH CAROLINA.
From the Dan7iIe, tYa.) Register.
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n.
The Torture OF Prisoners fn North Caro-
lima.
However much the Radical press of
North Carolina may attempt to cover the
viilainy of their leaders and palliate the
outrages of their hired militia, the fact re-
| mains beyond all question, that the most
unwarranted and unprovoked cruelties
have been practiced by Kinks men in
several notable instances. 1t is vain that
they assert that their prisoners are hu-|
namely dealt with, when the public know
that some of them have been wickodly
and wantonly maltreated. The Raleigh
STANDARD denies that Mr.. Patton, OF Ala
nance, was hung mp by those militia, but
we have the best testimony that lie was
SC punished, and we have it from u reliable
Isource that Kirk himself publicly asserted
| in Yanceyville last week that Patton WAS
hung up by the thumbs three times, TO OK
tort confession from him in reGnrd to the
murder of Outlaw.
There can be no doubt either abont the
crneltics which were inflicted upon Mr..
T. A Wiley, former Sheriff Of Caswoli, by
| some of Kinks irresponsible aoldicry.
Wiley was seized while 1T work on lis
farm he was denied thc privilege of going
to his house for chDnge Of apparel he
was placed on jarn back l,Orsa lis feet
tied nndor The horse, end III :his predica-
| mcIb ne &H3 GHttcit Oh To AHftccSNIiIe,
some ten miles distant. Arrived at XaI.-
ceyqiIIe, he was I'D into Il room IN tho
court house, sufronndc1 by armed men
with fixed hayOneta and locks cooked, aud
there, bound ut the mercy Of tncso WretcnCe,
he was ordered to confess - thc murder
Of Stephens, on penalty of instant doa Il !!
His vile accusers t the SAM, time declared
they had evidence OF hia guilt 5.'i,} t0ls
him he had az we'll own mp At once, Mir
replied to these fellows boldly that they
were set Of liars and thieves, and that if
they chose they might fire away. lie was
! too brave man to be intimidatod by their
menaces or humbled by ihair ccwarliy
persecutions.
After awhile when the scene shall
| change, when law and order shall DO re
stored and when an outraged community
and State shall seek to visit nipple Justice
upon the authors Of these crimes. Holden
and his colleagues viii cry out fer mercy
and swear they never did these things,
| But the fhctS will remain all the same, q
| blot and stigma upon tho Radical party
and an everlasting (lamnati0n 10 Holden's
administration.
| From the Augusta Chrodiclo and Sentinel
/ HoI.DEN's CRY CT DISTRESS
| Holden, the fighting Radical Governor
of North Carolina, has become alarmed
since the election. Through his organ he
utters doletul, lngUbrious cry Of distress.
He says Eve walk daily here on the brink
of a volcano" Truly, Holden is a bad
walkst. His paths have not been the
paths OF peace, nor his ways tie ways of
| pleasantness. He walked into tho State
credit and FquaudelCd tho bonds Of the
State to the amount OF many millions, lie
walked into the school fund and into the
lands OF the S ate az I'D owner IN fee sim
pie. He and his conductors walked in
AlanGnce county, raised "a rebellion" iii
which all the fighting was on Holden's
side lie arrested some Of tho best Cit
zans-grey haired ,ld moII--put some in
jail and baiied some. He las violated the
| Consti tuition, suspended 10y force the h.
dc0s corpus net, intinii,3ated tho State
Judges, and ro-rsinbinlled tho inQnisltiOn,
10y hanging by The thumbs old and fUui;lo
men to max, them Confess 10 secret com
plots against Holden and Hold4na govern
mont Holden, therefore, is in fear and
trembling bee tus,s of the peaceful triumph
of good men st tho bnl!ot-boX. Che best
walking that Holden has done, Is that he
has walked into the Republican party, nd
srna he'd it to pieces. RaIicaIlam, ut the
point Of the bayoncnt and under the lead
etship IF Holden and Kirk, was a little
more thtn our Rip Van Wrinkle friends Ct
North Carolina could stand and, now,
~ here on the brink of n volcano The
question is, why should such man select
''the brink of volcanoes to walk on. And
again, why does he continue to walk daily
npon it's brink ? In the time OF war Hol-
den Wake 4 away from all dangerous places.
1t was then he sought the peaceful retreat
of quiet shades III timo Of peace, how
ever, he is d valiant soldier, with bis men
ut arms under Kirk, and cries Rob me
the txchcquer, Litt!efcld, an thou lowest
me an thou art loyal Republican, rob
me the cxchs qnar The next walking we
expect OF Holden, Will he 10 walk away
from the bunk, leaving the 50 old Tar
| heels the rattle Of an empty cash box as
Il SOurcne1' Of reconstructed midlothian.
THE PLAIN TRUTH. CARPET BAG GOVERN
MENTs BREAKISG UP.
From the New York Sun (aad
The overwhelming defeat of Gcncrai
| Grants administration in North Carolina
forshudows It's downfall il all the former
slav"hol1ing States. For q time after tlic
| war the rule of the c~fpet-baggers in the
South was n matter Of necessity. The old
dominant class dill not take kindly to the
new order of things which sprang from the
success of the Union arms. The inroGd of
"a governing clement from the North was
the natural result; and that it should bring
| in its train body Of Gdventurer3 was al.
most thing of course. The folly Of the
late insurgents in listening to the advice
of Andrew Johnson, and arraying them
selves in political hostility to tho Repub-
lican party and its plan of reconstruction,
gave these adventurers the vantage ground
from the very start, and soon opened the
door for the moro unscrupulous among
them to become plunderers and robbers.
The fruits of the carpet-hag reign Of the
last five years are what might have been
expected. The world may be searched in
vain for governments SO immoral, so shame
lessly corrupt, so hopelessly rotten, as
those now prevailing in the South Polit-
icalIy they may be changed, but this can
not cure one of the sorest of the evils al
ready inflicted. These scamps have run
the States they rule runonsly into debt
1.-The Legislatures controlled by them have