Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-10-07
MISREPRESENTATION.

The fruit Of the misrepresentation OF
tho Raleigh iS'undd1d and other Republi-
cln papers published in this State, reia-
tive to the condition Of affairs IN North
Carolina, las been more than once brought
to our notice and tho disagroeable duty is
made 10 deyolve upon US Of assuring the
people Of the North that We are noG ma
ton of cutthroats and robbers and that we
do not loose the dogs on every stranger
| who may happen to pass the threshold OF
orr lands.
4 gentleman friend, whose wife IS now
on 4 visit to some relatives in Ohio, in
| formed us a day or two since that, IN a
letter recently received from his lady, she
had spoken of the suspicion and distrust
with which many III the North now habitu~
ally regard rs. She assured him that she
had met with several parties who have
been attracted by the reports of our genial
climate and who had expressed desire 10
emigrate to North Carolina, being deferred
only bv the statements of the outrages
committed there and the consequent fear
that their lives and property would MOI be
safe with rs.
In reply 10 the asrersions so Industrious
" circulated abroad against our people,
we assert that there is now no more peace
ful State in the entire Union than is North
Carolina; that size has been misrepresant=
ed and maligned 10y unprincipled men,
and for party purposes, and by those who
have used their high official positions 10
give ganctity to base falsehoods, knowing
how utterly devoid of ruth they were.
The majority of these Misrepresentation
were made by the Governor Of North
Carolina, in official prociamations and in
sensational articles published III his organ,
the Standard while others cmanated from
such mon us Pool and Tourgee, the former
a United States Senator and the latter a
Judge of the Superior Court, over
whom still hangs the not yet Rented
charge that he was once con
Wet in a Northern penitentiary. In
vain have he most eminent North Caro-
linians in the State-such as Ex-Governor
} Bragg, Ex-Governor Graham, Ex-Governor
Vance, Judge Battle and others sent forth
their indignant denials; il vain have the
press of tho State taken individual in
stances and resolved many of the terrible
Ku- KIux cases into some simple brawl be-
| tween two neighbors;-Our enemies have
not only refused to correct their false as
: sertions, but have gone on manufacturing
new malignities and in an increased ratio.
) There has scarcely been murder or q
house burning or personal affray occur
3 ring in this State during Eho pest two
} years but has been exaggerated and ascrib-
ed to the agency of the mythical Ku-Klux.
And their deviltry has not stopped here.
: Difficulties occurring in other States have
more than once been located in North
, Carolina, and few days since q CORES
pondent of the New York Herald gives al
, extended account Of the recent difficulties
in Newberrv district, South Carolina, and
, locates them in this State. This was done,
of course, for the purpose of further preju-
|dicing the State in the eyes of the people
? of the North.
To those who may have given too
ready credence to the falsehoods of Gov
ernor Holden and his organ and ready
tools. we refer to letter relative to alleged
, Ku-Klux outrages. written by Judge Tour,
, gee and furnished for publication In the
New York Tribune by Governor Holden,
in which Tourgee's originally false
: figures had been altered and null
? tiplied just ten fold. The Tribune
, ldenounces the fraud that has been