The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-14

ton. Every judge and every solicitt
in the State was a Radical. TheiI
were localities in the State in which th
RADICALS pred Dominated overwhelming,
ly, and If the crime was committe
where the influence of the Ku-Klui
prevented a conviction, it was onlt
necessary for the solicitor to make
motion, and the Judge would order thu
removal Of the case from county, u
county, until a satisfactory venue wal
reached. > a"-l .-
1T is perfectly evident from the evil
dence that the process Of the courts
could be executed without military
force; that no resistance was offered to
its execution. 1t is clear, also, that the
causes could have been removed from
any place To- some county in which
fair trial might have been had. Why,
then, did the Governor prefer to resort
to the extreme measure ofproclaiming
the counties of Alamance and Caswell
in insurrection, rather than use the rem
edies ready to his hand of removing the
causes to the counties in which the
convictions might have been obtained?
Why did he call on the President for
troops, set on foot his negro militia, led
by ruffians imported into the State on
account Of their extraordinary brutality,
and proceed to seize, imprison, insult
and torture his prisoners? There is
but one explanation. His object was
to strike terror to the people, and drive
them from the polls, and thus carry the
district and maintain himself and his
acknowledgements in power, and thus be
enabled to continue to plumber and
tyranize over the unhappy people who
had been subjected to bis sway by the
direct action of the Congress of the
United States
The minority proceeds at leagth to
review the state of affairs in North Car
DINA under Holden's administration,
and conclude by saying;
This is the truth in q nutshell, that
Holden and his official supporters have
failed to maintain themselves by any
means-foul as well as fair-in their
State. They have appealed to popular
elections, and have been rejected with
something near to unanimity by every
taxpayer in the State, and now Con-
gress is asked to step in and force
North Carolina down again under the
feet of her radical masters, and we fear
that Congress will attempt 10 do this
unwise and wicked thing.
will the people of the North (free
as YETI see this thing done and sustain
its promoters? We hope not We
pray not When will the men now in
power learn the truth of what the great
statesman Of our country said so wisely
and well when similar attempts were
made to govern British India?
ut is the nature of tyranny and rapac-
ity never to learn moderation from the
i'll success Of first expressions; on the
contrary, all men thinking highly Of the
method dictated by their nature attrib-
ute the Illustration Of their desires TO the
want of sufficient vigor. Then they re-
double the efforts Of their impotent cruel
ty, which producing, as they must pro-
duce, new disappointment, they are now
irritated against the objects Of their ra-
pacity, and their vague fury and malice
(implacable because unprovoked) re-
cruiting and reinforcing their ava,ice
-their vices are no longer human.
From cruel men they are transformed
into savage beasts, with no other yes
tiges OF reason left but what serve to
furnish the incentives and refnements
Of ferocious subtlety for purposes OF
which beasts are incapable, and at
which fiends would blush.
[Signed, FRANK 2. BLAIR.
"r. F. BAYARD'