Wilmington journal., 1870-05-06

acts had taken away every pretext for the
open use of military force, resort was hal
to system of intimidation and threats OF
punishment through the forms of the civil
law.
The law which makes the act of going
masked crime, and which, as at first
framed, practically allowed men to be shot
down on the road with impunity; the Law
authorizing The Governor to appoint and
pay an Unlimited number of spies in every
community; the attempt to pass law
making SANDER, so-called, an indictable
offense; the war bill, by which it was un'
lawfully attempted to clothe the Governor
with most extraordinary and dangerous
powers; the Governors various prociama-
tions and threatenings; the threats of the
| Standard, the acknowledged organ of the
party-all go to show to what desperate
measures the Radical leaders have resorted,
when open force could no longer be used,
in order to coerce our people into silence.
They knew that their purpose and their
conduct would not bear investigation, and
that if allowed to speak an outraged peo-
pie would with indignant voice declare
them unfit to remain in power.
Our people have shown plainly that, IN
spite of all these desperate measures, they
intend to assert their rights as freemen.-
This stubbornness on our part necessita-
ted new measures on the part of our enc
mics, the Radicals. They have not been
slow to inaugurate them.
It is we'll known that President Grant
intended to issue a general amnesty proc
lamation the effect of this would have
been to restore to our Legislative councils
a large amount of the best talent of the
South. To prevent this insurrections are
proclaimed, calls made for troops, and
Ku-Klux outrages without number and
without foundation are reported. The in
dications now are that there is deliberate
design to return to the use of actual force.
Gen. YOUNG, of Georgia, publicly declares,
through the telegrsphic columns # tie
press of the whole country, that in his
opinion the delay in passing the bill for
the admission of Georgia is an advertise
ment for more Ku-Klux outrageS. Governor
Holden, of North Carolina, has called for
troops, has asked for the suspension of the
writ of habe0S corpus. A demand for troops
for Tennessee has also been made fla-
nance county has been declared to be in
Il state OF instruction, and others have
been threatened in certain contingencies.
Judge Tourgee refuses to hold court there,
and "tiles away" all papers sent to him
from that county. The Namdar1, the or
gan of the party, demands that military
bo appointed to try offenders,
so called, in that county, without civil
Judge or jury. The Georgia bill, which,
though an infamous outrage upon sover
eign State, is yet not stringent enough to
meet the approval Of the leading ultra
Radicals, practically attempts to make
President Grant dictator under the guise
of empowering him to suppress domestic
A NVIth Amendment. making
it constitutional to commit this act of in
iquity, has been gravely proposed. Oar
Senators, Messrs Pool and ABBOT, are en-
TO establish q National Police,
so called, in order to have willing and
pu urposes. The proposed successor to the
Freedmen's Bureau, under the pretence of
its being Bureau of Education is also part
of the machinery.
Tor some time past United States troops
have been used in North Carolina, but
they have not proved eager or efficient par
tizan tools. They have simply performed
their whole duty as soldiers, and have lef t
partizans TO do their own dirty partizan
work. The troops sent to Chapel Hill to
overawe "rebelIious people," publicly,
through their commanding officer, declared
upon their departure that they had passed
a most agreeable time there, and that they
all regretted the necessity that compelled
them to leave. It is understood that the
company recently sent to Graham, in Ala
nance county, to suppress iusurrectioD,
have had an equally quiet time. They have
been in the last few days suddenly recall
ed, because it is said iley are needed in
the north west to fight Indians. We sin
cerely trust that this is no pretext to get
the Federal soldiers ont OF the State so as
to give Gov. Holden an excuse for sending
Capt Bosher and his vagabond militia to
Alamance. We very much suspect. how
ever, that the desire 10 afford Gov. Hol-
den this excuse has more to DO with the
sudden recall OF these troops than any
necessity for them to be carried from so
distant q point to confront the Indians
We shall see what we shall see.
Meanwhile we conjure our people to sub
NIT to every thing, to yield to no provoca-
ton that may be given to them in the hope
that hot blood will bring about e state of
things to give pretext for resort to mil
itafy force, especially when Capt. 3oshets
vagabonds constitute that force. The cleo
ton in August is so near, the certainty OF
hurling from power the men who SO griev-
ously oppress us is so great, that it is the
duty Of every good citizen to keep perfect
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