Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-05-13
Senator Pools speech,

Senator Pools speech.
We publish this morning extended ex-
tracts from the speech recently delivered
in the United States Senate by our Sena-
tor, John Pool. It is known that in the
recent discussion upon the Georgia bill re-
ference was made to the condition Of af-
fairs in North Carolina, and indeed that
the pretended insurrectionary and rebel
lious spirit of the people of various other
Southern States was alleged to be good
reason why the people of Georgia should
be refused complete representation in Con-
gress. During this discussion Senator
Pool took occasion to ventilate his views.
We know not whether this be his maiden
Senatorial effort Or Motive do know, how
ever, that it ought to damn him to ever
lasting infamy.
Processing thorough acquaintance with
the men and country whereof he speaks,
he has given official deliberate utterance to
more slanderous misrepresentation con-
corning his State and his constituents than
ever before fell from the lips OF any man
born upon the soil of North Carolina. It
is not, however, q matter of much surprise
that such speech should have been de-
livered by such man.
The man who could apply for commits
sion as Brigadier General in the Confeder-
ate army who could serve as Elector for
President of the Confederate States who
could take Office and the oaths of office to
support the Confederate Government, and
who could then authorize the statement to
be made in the Senate Of the United States
that all this had been done solely with view
to embarrass the Confederate cause,
can do nothing that ought to occasion sTr-
prise.
Notwithstanding the character of the
! apeanh hnwavnr- tSHAt 4A"t "a ill lie
carefully read, and for several reasons.
It is worthy of especial note to mark the
difference of opinion between Senator
Pool and Governor Holden in reference to
the instruction in Alamance. Senator
Pool says there is no instruction there
and that Governor Holden declared one to
exist there through Ga misunderstanding
of terms" Senator Pool also takes issue
ration Of insurrection suspends all civil
law as it was suspended in 1865. and con-
tends that without q suspension of the
writ Of hdbeds corpus and without martial
law, which cannot occur through State
authority, "the militia is but posse for
the Sheriff" This position of the Senator
puts him necessarily also at variance with
His Honor, Judge IOurgee, who refuses
TO hold Courts in Alamance. 1t is not for
us to attempt to reconcile these radical diff
ferences.
There is one point upon which the
Senator, the Governor, and doubtless His
Honor, the Judge, are all fully agreed, and
that is the purpose to maintain the ascen
dancy of the Radical party at all hazards.
The people of North Carolina will not soon
forget that John Pool advocates the sus-
pension of the writ of Aa6eas corpus and
that he advocates the declaration of martial
law, in order that when North Oarolinians
are arrested for offenses, no matter whether
real or imaginary, they may not be
" turned over to the civil authority" but
judge or jury, in other words, by "Drum
Head Court Martial"
It is possible, if not probable, that the
reason why Senator Pool stated the law
SO clearly and so correctly in reference to
the power of the State authorities to or
ganize Drum-Head Courts Martial was
that his speech was not intended for cir
culation OF home, but was intended to ''fire
the Radical heart" by showing the North
ern people that unless further friendly
legislation was had in the premises every
Southern State would inevitably become
and hence the necessity for
the intervention of National authority to
Drum-Head Courts Martial in
order to perpetuate the ascendancy of the
Radical party. Our readers can now IN
derstand why it was that General YOUNG,
of Georgia, one OF HAMPToN's gallant cav
airy officers, should desire to give such
wide publicity to his belief that the delay
in the passage of the Georgia Bill was an
for more "Ku-Klux out
RACES" As representative OF Georgia in
Washington he doubtless well knows that
the Radicals desire nothing so much as the
of these 'outrages" in order
that they may ''get up a fight and then
the Government may go in."
We trust that all our people will take
warning in time and be constantly watch
ful and scrupulously careful to avoid Civ
ing the slightest shadow of a pretezt for
getting up fight" .or for the use of any
authority save that of the civil power of
he State.