The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-08-17
THE NORTH CAROLINA IrFAwY

The New York Times. whice generally
goes the whole figure on kadicalisrn, cannot
stand Holdens operations. These extracts
are from leading editorial in the Times, OF
tuesday. Its censure Of Grants and and
comfort TO Holden is especially noteworthy,
although 1t IL OF a very ElIid character
Gov. Holden has chosen another course,
and one SO iiagrantly wrong that 1t is iInpos
siOie to respect his motives, and at the same
time credit him with Judgement betting
his position. v e must conclude either that
he Is playing the part OF q rerkless partisan,
and without regard to decency right is
preparing to control the State election Oh
Thursday or that, yielding to bad advisers,
he torgeta his dnty TO the people, whose
servant he is: to the State whose interest
and honor he mas sworn to protect, and to
The law, whose majesty Is superior to even
his pretensIons. One or the other OF these
conclusions seems inevitable. How else
shall we prehend tho hssty proclamation
Gi MARTA lag, the orgahIzatioa OF motley
tr0op3-n0t the lawful miiitiR-uuder the
command Of Teuuessee Colonel, the
refusal to obey orders Of regular courts, the
arrest OF cllIzsns without warrant and their
detens'un without tral-and, finally, the
declared purpose to try these prisoners ny
miiitery court, with man not very far
removed from al outlaw a. its head
at is not possible to watch without indig
nation the progress Of the record which
Governor Holden is making for his owl.
condemnation. The method ne has alop,ea
for organizing troops-ths neg.ec; Of the
constitutional provisions in this respect, and
the departure from the non partisan E-tiylae
becoming matter NJ once so delicate aud
80 rnomentous-may recount FOR the aver
sion with which these troops are viewed u7
the people generally, They IA partissn
force, under the direction OF Coi0Dal hire,
whose atecedents are ordious, and whose
character aud temper display the license,
recklessness, and cruelty of All unbrided
craftsmanship. This msn Kirk Governor
Holden has invested with many OF the
po~eTa OF a military dictator in the counties
1,Ia' are unhappily subject to his sway.
-t'o wa "a warrant enough for the arrest OF
'e'peStabie CITIZENS he keeps them prison
=, "t'hon' Informing them of the cause of
"''eS' ne threatens to shoot officers of
WI" may enter his camp with writs
"o' ooFPas and on at least one we'll
attested occasion, he inflicted torture r,or
prisoner. For these infsrn;ss coua upol
Holden is responsible. He a.ser,s r.a.;nsT
ly that the ha6eda corpus act is snsnandaS
though the Chief Justice decides That il !,
not and he has so overawed another Of ,bo
Judges that his cour. shrinks from a. co,taa,
in whch4as material power of the Govsr,''
ment is arrayed against the officers of ;ust;co
and the moral power ofthe law. The whole
spectacle is disgrac eful to the Governor
aud humilia.ing to the country. For it
sho"s that the Executive of O reconstructed
state may usurp the functions not contem.
plated by the Constitution under which he
was elected, and may become the despotic
n master OF people whom he is supposed to
AZ" unfortunate that the Governor, who