Wilmington journal., 1870-03-25
WASHINGTON CITY. March 16. 1870,

clamation declaring the ratification of the
18th amendment has been prepared, bu
will not be signed until Texas and Geor
gia are bound in the iron manacles of con
gressional re admission into the Union
What the final result on the Georgia bill
will be, there is no telling at present. -
There has been all kinds of stories manu-
factured and sent over the wires, and dele.
cations of black and white have been sent
here to get up a furore so ss to impress the
weak and shaky Senators with the idea
that the Ku-Klux are rampaging the State
of Georgia from one end to the other
Foster Blodgett and Bullock, whose inter
ests are SO much at stake in this game OF
defeating the Bingham amendment. that
Bullock and his sharks may have their
terms of Office extended beyond the terms
of the Constitution, in violation of every
principle of right, law or justice. The car
pet-baggers are said to have been bought
up in body by Bullock, and am we'll
aware how potent a power is Welcker's
culinary efforts when allied to the spark
ling efervescence of the widow cliquot.-
There is class of our law makers who are
best reached thrn-ol. "HoIr stUmHcus, and
bullock has terrapined and wined these
epicures to their hearts content, and in re-
turn for the rare and savory dishes and
wines Of rarest vintages and exceedingly
fine boquet with which he has regaled
them, he only asks the small favor of either
eyes " or 'no," as the case may be in a
vote on the Georgia bill, " besides it is in
the interest of our party, aud Bullock is
such devilish good fellow. if he was call
ed thief, you know, you know"
During the debate on the bill, the blacks
of this burg" occupied nearly all the
seats to the exclusion of the white man and
their champion, who has assumed to speak
for his race to the exclusion of Sumner,
who must now play second f idle Tor bass)
to the genuine negro Senator Revels. Mr.
Sumner has lost prestige by the advent of
Reves in the Senate. Cuffee can't see Sum-
ner when Revels is about. Their base in
gratitude in this is very cutting to Mr..
Sumner, who now in the agony of despair
and wounded pride, is ready to exc!aim
with the dusky Moor, " Othello's occupa-
tiOn is gone"
The Georgia bill if passed as desired by
that noble soldier and liberal statesman
from Massachusetts, DIR. Gen. Benjamin
Butler, better known among the people
who love him as ''Honest" Ben, will form
a precedent upon which Tennessee will be
subjected to the interference Of the power
of Congress. The noble Benjamin does
not propose to put Tennessee out of the
Union. Oh, no! Only to declare that
Gov. Senter was elected by fraud, and that
there must be newregistration and new
election, and as Gov. Senter will not call
for troops they are to be sent into the
State under the pretext Of assisting the
revenue officers in collecting revenue. This
thing has been cOncocted some time since,
and step by step has been carried out. AS
Mr.. Farnsworth, of Illinois, Radical, sta
ted the other day, that when the party of
which Honest" Ben Butler was the head
demon, wished to do some act of didblerie
they first started the dogs yelping in the
locality to be affected. and a few letters
written by journeyman soul savers who
have been bummiDg off the Freedmen's
Bureau for the past nine years, and the
hounds of the Radical press gladly give
publicity to the horrid stories of Ku Klux,
&c. Then the Washington Cub" For
ney, cide0am "Dead Duck" under Mr..
Johnson's administration, comes out in
glowing account of the matter and propo-
ses that for the benefit of the human race,
especially the black portion of it, SO and
Ben, sometimes called ''Spoons" by the
enviuus, frames a bill and subservient,
corrupt and Infamous Congress passes it.
That the people submit to such villainy.
with all the evidence TO prove the truth of
what L alege, is past comprehension.
In corroboration Of my statements
Messrs. Hehic of Alabama, Mr.. Rogers of
Arkansas, and Mr.. Buckley, all Radicals
from the South, made earnest and elo-
quent appeals for the removal of all disa-
biities and were very severe upon the
Radicals from the North who cry Ku-Klux
for party purposes. Mr.. Rogers said: ST
do not intend to let myself be dragged off
by the mad dog cry of rebel or traitor. It
ia, sir, in my Judgment, beneath the digni
ty of a man Of intellect and manhood to
attempt thus to scare the timid and un-
wary by these frightful tales of Ku-Klux.
hobgoblins, rebels or traitors. No sir, /
have seen and heard too much of these
ghostly stories and have read too much of
the partiEan newspapers and speeches to
be led away by men who have no interest
in their country. and no faith in God.
christianity or in humanity itself. He
then read an editorial from the Chicago
Tribune, Radical paper, on the subject
of "Georgia in bonds," and endorsed its
liberal sentiments, as did also Mr.. Eldridge,
Democratic member from Wisconsin.
With such testimony in and out of Con-
gress in favor OF leniepcy, how can men
pretend to believe the Infamous lies that
are trumped up for base party purposes
and assist monstrosities like Ben Butler in
the exercise of their beastly propensities
by crushing further into the dust the peo-
pie of the South
The report of the Military Committee
of the House unanimously agreed upon to
report resolution of censure (but not of
expulsion) in the case of Hon. r. r. But
ler. of Tennessee, charged with selling O.
cadetship, is the beginning of the let-up
of the cadetship sellers. The white-wash- |
ing now begins. The Democrats of the |
House owe it to themselves and to the |
country to force the Radicals to go on
with the Investigations, and nothing but |
minority reports, embody1ing the facts OF
each case, from Generals Slocum and |
Morgan, will convince the Democracy that |
justice has been done. If Radicals fear in |
vestigation do Democrats also ? If not |