Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-02-17
e.1bertng OF the VuItures.


men.
aathertng or the Vuitures.
But move rather wrong Dlro WIZ
has somewhat of majesty mingled Win l's
fltbv anpetites, in comparing IT, Us We
-rere abont to do, to the horde Of seedy
and greedy political prostitutes, who are
daily flocking TO Washington. to "lestly
before the Southern Outrage Commlt'ee'
.o.calTed. A filter ornithological deslgna
tion would assign them to the genus buZ-
gard"
There can be no doubt that desperate
effort is to be made. if not to reconstruct
4ba Democratic Southern States, ct least 10
leaislate tyrannically towards them' IN tne
interests of a Radical Presidential success
.;on That is the animus and aim OF the
,.Lolo Infamous movement, SO lar as
f.ro,t Morton e. Co. are concerned, aided
and promoted by set of mlscreants ana
Pariahs, in our own midst, who are actu-
ated by the double motives OF nate anu
n1under,-conspirato compared Will
whom Catalina was a model OF puDilc anu
r,rivate virtue, and leVeling dlstofoels "a
the peace, by the side OF whom JOCK OA"o
was saint.
Accompanying the mass OF documents
recently transmitted by Grant to Congress
in response to the Senate's resolntion OF
enquiry, there appears, we have neen III
formed. a letter from Gov. Holden, IN
which the positive affirmation Is MADE
that there exists in nearly all, II not III
every one, of the counties OF North caro-
lima. an organized and deliberate conspl-
racv to overthrow the State and Federal
governments It is an aggravatlon OF the
wicked mendaeity of this allegation, that
IL was made but few days after its author
protested the religion of Him who is
Truth and Love
This gives the cue to the agents OF 1alse-
hood and evil, who have heretofore exc
cuted the behests of Governor Holden.
and, acknowledgement, especially, in view
of the appropriation made by Congress- 10
nav willing witnesses, if not to buy con-
venient testinony-they are focklng to
Washington with their ready Inventions
and tales of horror. Judge Settle has gone,
and the apparition of Conc e1>tion, which
NAV despoil him of his judicial perquls-
ties, will be paraded before the committee
as the work of the HI Klur. Joe Holden
has testified, and the impeachment OF his
Daddy, and his own defeat for Congress
were certainly held up as terrible evil
dences of Ku Klur. Squatty Douglass is
on hand, and the subsistence of the mill
tary fuss and feathers, fnery and f"nds,
with which the doughty little warrior was
inflated in those famous days when Clarke
"girded on his sword for the third time
al the call of his native State" (albeit 'tsuf-
feriuR excruciatingly from wounds re-
peived in two wars,'0 will, we may we'll
imagine, be attributed exclusively to the
naughty Ku Klun. Bosher has been sum-
mend, and, undoubtedly, it must have
been Ku K7Mr that put an end to his per
tiuisites as Detective-that modern OH
cial, by the way, introduced into our sys-
tenn, to show what brilliant success Re
publican government has been. Kirk and
Bergen will go, to swear that their alleged
hanging and torture of respectable gentle
men was fabrication, and that they were,
themselves, compelled to leave the State
by the Ku KlGc
Now, it is not too much to assert, that
ayen q committee of Radical congressman
mast appreciate the character of such wit
nesses on are crowding before them, isl
see through their motives, must be dis
0usted with their evident baseness, -nauSt
In secret, be ashamed of the dirty tools
&hey are compelled to use to subserve the
interests of party. That this as the case,
and that, at the same time, the work OF
persecution and of lawless interference is
persisted in, is one Of the most alarming
and melanch oily Indications of these de-
generate times.
We know not what may be the result
II is said, and it is, doubtless, true. tha
each successive aggression of the sort il
another nail in the coffin OF the party, a
tho North. But this is poor consolation tC
us for being made the victim OF vengeful
passion and the foot ball of party schemers
This we do know, that each fresh outrage
upon our liberties is an additional stab al
the form of government under which We
live, and gives q backward push to oui
efforts to rise from the depression and
suffering of our condition. But while we
know this, We know, also, that there are
higher considerations by which to be gov
erned, and that neither our Legislators MOI
people will be. as they ought not to be,
swegTsd from their convictions of right.
or from the requirements of honor, and
duty. and Justice. by apprehensions OF
what Congress may. or may not. do. II
Wa are State and people of the American
Union. we are entitled to the protection o.
the government, and not to vindictive on
slaughts upon our liberties and peace.
impeachment
The tenth day of the trial Was consumed