Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-08
ITgfrr Ehe military


F|Ihe manner in which partisan kilograms from
the South have been manufactured and publish
cd in the North, to further the personal designs
OF unscrupulOus and ambitious men, was wei
shown uD in the developments brought out IN
reference to tho Washington Chronicle during
the progress OF the recent Georgia investigation
The same game IS now gong on III connection
with tho internal affairs Of other Southern States.
1t ia believed that the ensuing elections i'll the
South will result, III instances, not per-
haps in tho defeat Cf tho Republican party, but
in the defeat Of certain individuals who are and
have been using that party az means to their
own selfish advancement. tOreseelng this, the
effort il to get mp excuse to declare martial
law, and local newspapers in the interest OF the
men alluded to arc tceming With accounts of
outrages. This Is particularly tho case in North
Carolina, and no surprise need be felt at daily
dish OF horrors from that State, served up in the
Chronicle, TOr,' said one of tho North Carolina
Senators, I'VE intend to use the military, and, IN
justification, we must get these statements dis
seminatod through tho North ~ Washington
Cor. Of ". /. Tribune.
Tho "ccrtain individuals" who are
charged with using the Republican party
at the South says the Baltimore Gazette,
to advance their own selfish ends, are Bull
lock, of Georgia, and Holden, of North
Carolina, and their followers. The allu
sion to the Washington Chronicle relates TO
The articles published by Bullock IN that
mercenary sheet, and for which he paid
ing terms. Bullock's account of the con-
dition of Georgia is we'll known to be a
tissue Of falsehoods, gotten up for the
purpose OF operating on Congress. Hol-
denis recent manifesto concerning Ku-
Klax outrages in North Carolina is Of the
same stamp. Both of these men, as we'll
as those who act with them, arc work
ing desperately to bring about the very
state Of things they now mendaciously
alIege TO exist, and the ultra Radicals in
Congress are aiding and abetting them to
Inc best Of their ability. Kirk, @ man Of
Infamous notoriety IN Tennessee and who
was ct ono time in command of Brown
lows miIitia-which consisted Of the most
infamous gang Of desperadoes in all that
region-ia to bo put by Holden at the
head Of q similar militia organization in
North Carolina. On Thursday last the
Georgia bill Was reported back to the
House by General Butler, who had at
tempted to surreptitiouaiy strike out the
Bingham amendment in tho absence of
some of the committee; but who was cx-
posed and foilod by Farnsworth. The bill
reported is the samo IS passed the House
origihally-th6 amendments in the Senate,
allowing the militia of Georgia, Missis-
sippi, Texas and Louisiana to be reorgan-
lied, having been rejected in committee.
No sooner had Butler reported back the
bill than Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, moved
to amend 1t by allowing tho States of
Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia
to call their militia into service. The pas
sage Of this amendment yesterday is all
that Bullock needs to pcrpetuate his
power. A similar privilege is already eX-
ercised by Holden, and 20 permission is
also given to organize the negroes as a
Slate militia in Louisiana and Texas-for
it is the evident intention that mono but
negroes shall be called into service-what
wonder would there be if anarchy of the
worst kind were to be the inevitable result.
An excuse is thus had for Federal inter
ference and If the United States troops
are summoned to the assistance of the
State authorities, martial law may be pro-
claimed, and the whole game of disorgani-
cation, under the plausible name of recon
struction, may lie played over again.
The mendacity and corruption of these
Southern carpet-bag Governors and their
allies have been repeatedly exposed. But
what aVails exposure with men who have
no sense OF shame, no sentiment of honor,
and who are determined to hold on, at all
hazards, to the Offices they have usurpod,
for the sake of the opportunities which
are thus offered them to plumber and OPP
press an indignant and down trodden peo-
pie? And there are Radicals in Congress
who use these men as seryile tools, and
are shamelessly upholding them not only
by reason of ther servihty, but because
the exigenciea Of the party-nQR threaten.