Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-17
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WAsHNGToN, juno 10, 1870
There Is Il wonderful stir jnst ut this I,,,
ment, hereabont, in respect 10 the rcipc-
ton OF negro appointoo to West Point
on the ground Of his having weak ewes. .
and another, whose optics wern arknnvl-
edged to be sharp enough, but whose
mental faculties ana acquired accomplish
ments were found TO be rather deficient
Tho ''organs" Of tho extremists rniycr-
sally regard such trivial objections az more
Isubterfuges, anu HcY ART The negroes.
as mass, must havo ''woalt eyes, " indeed,
If they cannot sec that equality" ~ n
snare, that their deIu,!era only design t.
rednce the poorer class Of whites to
Their level, and not to elevate Them to tho
higher walks of life. The thine ia
utterly prepOateroua.
Referring to tho negro boy appointed
by the carpet-baggor logo (roninany
his treatment at West Point was .'ar1lc!'
in the extreme. IIo was family noblcl
by his fellow students, who chased him
about the grounds, crying ont. "Niercr,
niger, niger J" it SO happens that
there is not Il rebel, nor the son
Of rebel, now ut that Institution.
1t would also be sheer folly 10 charge
the ''Ku klux" with this Outrage" Tic
whole matter is very plain. TIC partisan
IA
en- general lie can be called th30ry-is
based solely upon the idea that the negro
is naturally fool, can DO induced to be
hcve any extravaganza, and led on to vote
accordingly. In q word, the future ;li-
ministration of the Government is sought
to be secured 10y the present ueurpcrs upon
an already exposed and exploded falaeh0o1.
Not to be misunderstood, IL may be added
that the Democratic opinion here is that,
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justifablc line Of conduct, but that the
very concOctors of the current scheme of
deception calculated upon such course as
their only means Of escape from au nc
knOwledgcd dilemma. And such il Yankee
It's result was manifest
and already an accomplished fact. Shoais
of deserters from the Radical ranks arc
lowering just outside Of the outer guards
OF the Democratic army. There is danger
from that source alono ! Admit the slbor
dinatcs, but exclude the leading officers
Political amnesty for all except the pri1ln
culprits
1t is difficult to keep the run OF the MI
merous committees having III charge sin
vestigatiOns" into the current spccnlations
upon the Government, or, in other words,
the people. find / mado q mistake ycs
terday in stating that ut least hro of tllosa
institutions had been ordered to pry into
LIIC VI bue EOLu domingo tfCtlby
by the Senate. / find that Mr.. ScIurz'a
committee has not yet been appointed.
That matter is 50 delic4lc that IL was taken
into 'secret session." l learn that the
debate among the gentlemen" congrc-
gated resemblcd moro Of a quarrel AMONG
a troop of bandits. engaged IN the distrib-
uting Of the plumber of highway robbery,
than grave tSen0i4s COuSuitil17. 1T is vet,
at this writing. wholly dependent upon
the liberal or parsimOniOus instincts Of the
San Domingo spectators whether the
not. There is said to be five millions Of
dollars involved in this one speculation"
We are at this moment without single
Government official, as high rs ii Cabinet
officer, remaining n the city. Eoutwcli
(the LAST left this morning for "hum. -
His excellency and lady, with divers
others, have gone to Lancaster to paftake
of the inequalities of Senator Cameron.
1t is added that Fishing excursion" con
stitutes part of tho programme. l. never
heard before that the locality selected was
celebrated for bOua Gtl@ diversions OF That
sort. A former resident OF that region
tells me that nothing but cats and GELS ARE
to be caught there, and he added, signiG-
cantly, that they wero slippery fish Sum
ner must be on tho alert. lie is not sc
cure even Of his ''dear friend Geary.
The great Indian warrior and orator,
Red Cloud" (who is immensely popular
here) will leave in few days. lie Las re
fused all demonstrations in his honor, and
pertinaciously give a deaf ear to all inv
tations to private dinner parties. lie also
peremptorily declined the offer Of sore
made, couched in such terms as would
have entirely captivatcd our Eicc-Prcsi-
dent It seems lie is little apprchensivn
of being detained, or worse, as he emphnf
ically declared in his great speech that Iic
had prayed to the Great Spirit that he
might safely get back TO his own country,
and leave none of his blood upon our grass.
He may possibly visit tho theatre tEia
evening, however, as he expressed desire
to see the white squawa gathered here ia
a lump.