Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-04-14
From Tie Raleigh kent:neI.
SECRi.g HISTORY OF TIE H0LDs1X-
kIn!s VAR.
INTE,SIIGA TON COHWIIIHEE
TESTIMONY OF A. BADGER E2q
SENATOR POOLS PROGRAMME.

We are GRABBED to lay before our read
ers this morning portion of the evidence
taken before tho special committee of the
General Assembly, appointed to investi-
gate the conduct of Senator Pool in re-
gard to the late outrageous conduct of Gov.
Holden in his arbitrary arrests and i'm
prisonment We give Mr.. r. g. Badgers
testimony in full, and will follow it by that
of other witnesses
Richard G. Badger being duly sworn,
depofcs and says:
Question Do on remember being pre-
sent at meeting or consultation in the
Executive office in the city of Raleigh,
between Gov. Holden, John, Pool and
other members of the Republican arty,
on or about the 8th of June, 1870: If go,
state what occurred, and particularly what
was said and done by MIR. Pool
Answer-Some time during the la> t
summer term of the Supreme Court, and l
think during the first week, Pool was here
in Raleigh. As l heard from him and
know from seeing him in the room and
hearing him argue causes, he was at that
time i'll attendance upon the Court Some
time during that week l think, and if not,
then cett4inly early in the next week, l
was dShCI ~ } 10 IOV. IIOIueu OI1cG 10
consult III regard to the ouirages in Ala
nance, Casweil and other portions of the
State. 1t was stated 10 me by the person
who invited me, that Mr.. Pool and several
other leading Republicans would be pres
ent. / cannot say positively at what tim
of the day the meeting began, but my i'm
preston is. about d o'clock. 1t was very
protracted During the continuance OF
the meeting, several persons who were not
several who were there at the beginning,
went out. My recollection is not perfect
as regards all the persons who were pres
ent, but the following, at least, were some
of them, to wit : the Governor, John Pool
JAS. FL. Harris. (col.,) Isaac J. Young,
| Gen. Willie D. Jones. / do not recollect
distinctly about Col. Clarke, but think he
was, but my impression is not very de-
cided. My impression as regards the
presence of Mr.: Treasurer jenkins is the
same as that / have concerning Clarke,
only more decided. I am not certain as
to United States Marshal Carrow, or Au-
ditor Adams. 1 think the latter was pres
ent and L think the same as to Hood,
fcol.,l Assistant Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and W. +. Henderson.
When came in, it was stated to me that
the object OF the meeting was to take into
consideration what advice should be given
OoVeFnor holoen IS 10 the course ne should
pursue to suppress the outrages in Ala
nance, Caswell and several other counties
in the State. There was long discussion
as to the condition of the State and the ne
cessity of destroying what We called the
kukluX organization. It was conceded by
all present that the ordinary civil tribunals
had failed to accomplish that object, and
| that unless some other force was brought
to bear, Republicans, white and colored.
could not live in certain parts OF North
| Carolina. There was, also, considerable
discussion as to the remedy. Ia these dis
cussions great many of those presen,
took no part-some were silent. I, myself,
took an active part. II was very generally