Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-22
TIM WILMINGTON JOURNAL
WILMINGTON. N. c..
SATURDAY, JULY &c. 40
echoes of Bad Government

Iyo desire to call the attention C1 our
readers 70 the communications TO, and the
editorial from, the Raleiz Sentinel WHICH
VIZ nnblish this morning. These are mere
10 the BEGINNINGS Of the end. we nave
NV IN tbese statements tie initial move
,,,opts If two of Governor Holden's vicious
hirelings, Bosher and Kirk.
We ask every honest christian man, into
whose hands falls this number of the JOUR
NAL, to read The letter OF Mr.. NoRRlS'-
How it appeals to the heart OF every parent
IN thc land. His simple statement VIII
aink deep into the soul Of every freeman
in North Carolina.
Then Iead the card Of Major AVERY ana
learn something OF the operations and
threats Of the infamous Kirk IN the West
Major AVERY and his family are no stran'
gers to the people Of North Carolina
From the signing Of the Declaration OF In
dependence at Mecklenburg until the
present day the AVERY are Identified with
the proudest history of the State. Kirk
has already murdered one Of the family, O
noble and brilliant son Of North Carolina,
and now seeks the death of another
Armed with Holden's commission, and
protected by his band Of cut-throats and
thieves, he feels warranted in placing pre-
MUM upon the head of one Of the most
gallant and meritorious gentlemen OF the
State.
We have said it, and We repeat, Holden
means mischief He intends to force our
people into resistance by the atrocious
character of his outrages. He selects his VIC
tins among those N ost calculated to excite
the feelings of the people. Members OF the
church, students of theology, invalids sick
in bed, against whom there is not one iota
of proof nor the least shadow Of suspicion,
are dragged from their homes by the mill
tary bail is refused them ; and they are
cast in q felon's cell, after being paraded
through the streets Of Raleigh, followed
by O yelling troupe of negroes, and there
imprisoned until the following day. The
United States Marshal Carrow, who has as
little use for Sunday as a hog has for hoi-
day, refused bail, because it was not Gus
tomary to take bail on the Sabbath 1t
sqited Holden to imprison these christian
gentlemen, and Carrow was glad to do his
bidding. Boshcr says he could have
brought all these young men to Raleigh
by a simple summons, but it suited Hol-
denis purpose TO drag them there by mill
tary force, and Bosher was hut too proud
TO conform to Holdcn's wishes. Lieuten-
ant Cobb, OF the L. s. Army, was willing
to keep these young men as prisoners at
the Barracks, but Holden wanted them
cast into foIon's cell, and his servile tools
were too willing to carry out his fiendish
will.
Again We ask every parent. and every
young man, and every honest man, white
and black, in North Carolina, to read the
simple statement Of Mr. NORRIS and see to
what condition North Carolina has been
brought.
Fellow citizens, we must defeat Holden
and Phillips and their parti8ans, or Meth
er our property, our liberties, nor our lives
will be safe This is only the beginning.
Give your endorsement to those outrages
at the polls and woe betido the people
OF North Carolina. Read the letters Of
Gr NoRRI8 and Major AVERY and answer
them at tho ballot box.