Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-05-26


no dlIlgent or reasonable efforts to brine
the offenders to justice although thew and
their friends for the most part, contrO, the
whole machinery Of government wherehv
to bring offenders to merIted punishment
Indeed, there is much reason 10 believe
that III many instances, they have directly
or indirectly, procured the porpetration Of
such outrages il order to stir up civil strife
to serve political purposes. Iurepsated
instances it has been made to appear by
positive proof, that their political sssoci
att s, black and white, have perpetrafed
such Offences. Aud facts and circumstan-
ces within our knowledge leave no doubt
on cur minds, that the So deaperate polti.
Cal adventurous have, by pre- concert, ar
ranged to bring uTon the people the cal
amlty OF Federal military rule aud "a SUE
pension or the privilege of the writ9of
ha6edS corpus, on purpose TO produce
terror among the people, and Thus
deter them from supYresslng through
she ballot box IN August next
the Radical msrue, cxtravag 4uce, oppre,.
sion aud intolerable tax ,tion which have
blighted the remaining prospects Of their
future prosperity. he inuiItory s,ers
have been taken. They need pretext for
such military Interference, and hone tn
create sufficient one by stimulating crime
and outrage. and then publishing through
out the country, tho most alarming, ex-
travagant and exciting accounts OF the
same, and asserting the presented inabii-
ty of tbs courts o bring offenders to ms
tice. This work has been begun already,
and every radical official, both State aud
Federal, who will consent to lend himself
to SO base purpose, will contribute his
effort in that respect. Already we find
officers in the Internal Revenue service aa
we'll as state officers, making reports OF
the mt st extravagant character, of crimes
aud Outrdges and their inability to execute
their offices without the aid Of military
force. The manifest purpose of all this is
to prepare the pretext for inaugurating
reign of military rule and terror, and by
such means thwlrt and stiae the popular
will They must have a pretext-they can
in no other way craate one. The irp puta-
tons made By the r ldic Al leaders above
referred 20. against the white people,
that they are hostile TO the colored race
and the Federal Government, and that
they, or considerable numbers Of them.
endorse or connive at crime and Outrage.
we know to be shame folly and wicke0ly
false and ground!ess-nevcrhe less they
are made and for the sinister purro 90 al
ready indicated.
We sincerely trust that TIE people Of all
| classes and parties everywhere will disap-
point their hopes-that peace and good
order will prevail In every 81 ction Of the
State. Crime of all kin dis is wTong-to h
deprecated and denounced, and its authors
punished according to the laws of the land.
but crime perpetrated under circumstances
OF terror and by Persons i'll disgni t. il
doubly to be condemned, and it ID the i'm
perative duty of every good man to be
specially active in Bringing such Offenders
to justice aud puuishm Mt --pnd partIcu-
larry at this time, let every one feel called
| upon to be careful to see that such Offend
ers are brought before the Courts to the
end they may b8 punished, aud fur her.
that the county may see who they ore.
If the COuts and their officers will no, do
their duty vigllaDtly, let every citizen
trouble himself to expose every such re-
fusal or neglect Of duty. We are conf lent
that the Courts and prosecuting officers
have not made any active or reas Unable
effort TO ascertain secret offenders Let
them double their diligence, and where
they are Incompetent, let tpccial ouea be
employed. Notwithstanding the camor
raise d just before the last election, and Tie
pretended military effort to brig alleged
Offenders to justice, Lot one, s. > far AS w
have lc4rntd, has been b ought before the
Courts. The Governor took AMI bas taken
no. steps to order Courts OF Over aud Ter
miner, aud the pretended zeal Of cxocu-
tive and judicial officers lii behalf II law
and order and the weak aud helpless,
passed off with the excitement of The cleo
ton.
We trust the people will carefully alb
stain from all violence and make extraor-
binary efforts to preserve perfect peace,
order and harmony, while they make
mighty effort to remove the ours aud blast
that now darken their hopes and d. stroy
their substance.
THOMAS BRAGG, Oh mn,
A. S. MEBKIMON,
nj. A. BLEDsoE,
J, q. DECAhIERET,
J. Ii. MOORE,
G. NJ. BUsBEE,
j. J. LITCHFoRD,
r. II BATTLE.