Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-04-28
| ingham, ''all tho county officers were
members of tho Republican party !"

members OF tho kepublIcan party
| There sre Some muskets 30 con.1iTe 1T,
AS oft to miss the mark they drive at.
| And. whether aimed ct duck plover,
| Bear wide-Gnd kick the Oaoner Orer %
| So saith Hudibras-and we know few
satires that contain more pungent thrnsts
or better directed darts at the weaknesses
and follies of our humanity.
| Settle concludes his story before The
| Committee by utterng a solemn conVic-
| tion-doubtless in tone of injured
Pecksrifian virtue-''I believe society is
degenerating. I am compelled to believe
! it has become very corrupt" And he
drew
| From the deep Charybdis of ais pockets
What seemed handkerchief, and
Forthwith blew his vocal noae -
shook the unholy dust from off his feet
and left for the land of Guano and JeSuits'
| bark. Yale, Tommy!
Tho next witness in order Is Mr.. g. r.
Thomas, who represents the Ne"bern
District in the present Congress, and of
whose testimony we may say that it is,
upon the whole, the faire5t given by any
man of his political stripe before tue Com
mittee.
| But " sound the fpzz, guzzy and Dsat
the LeW-gag." Lo a conquering hero
comes Albert II. Dowell, Gently editor
of the Asheville Pioneer, now struts upC IL
the stage. and magnifss bis little self
forthwith into ali especial object Of - Ku
KIux and Democratic wrath, but che
paid very little attention to their threats J;
did not give them a thought hardly" 1t
is somewhat unfortunate for this hero Of
the quill that, when the investigation be
came somewhat minute and particular. he
was forced 10 beg kulc,ase. Il am rather
unwell to day, and l hope that he Com
mittee viii excuse my manner VI giving
my testimony" Fri Albert !
Boy ond all comparison. The nI...t iufa-
nous appearance put III before tins Com
mittee was that e ore Virgil S. Lusk, So
licitor Of the EleS enth Judicial District.
We will do some Of the Radical Incmbers
of the Committee the justice to believe
that DO h the temper and declarations OF
this mau must have disgust, Il ihem He
voluntet ra, among other thing the rs
mark that {" about the best thing the gov
eminent could have done, 1T the close of
the war, would have been to hang about
five hundred men in North Carolina )"
and, when Intercepted as to the best
remedy for the SUPP ession Of existing
outsages, blutally and briefly replies - the
ad administration Of hemp ! We care not 10
waste word, s. de- wed nature. |
Butler, the " Is ,aat," would have enjoy ed |
his cpngenial u:terauccs We hope that
Gov. Caldwell would ro', although it. is
said that, ut OF time, son:l after the ,loie
IF the var, he wa IN inVnr OF hanging
sc jeff Davis and Vance" If Be' gen was
given q Consulate for hanging (uot unto
ieath) t,rp Or Nltee MT Il tnly, what IL thti
90 1Guch for Grant to do for Lusk, who
Ldvises such wholesale SIS. PEI, COLI?
AS we close the book, We can but agree
with OK Judge Settle that the age is vitiatci
md emoralized, but it is when we see
native North Caroliniaua slanderIng aid
'illifl ing their mother, hehping calnmny
lpOn her honolC1 head. and poisoning the
lager with which her enemies would {
trike at her warm and noble heart