Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-05-12
rest from partisan strife and political fur

rest from partisan strife and political 'ur-
moil.
IF even for few brief summers peace
shall be allowed to spread her white wings
over orr opprt ssed country, prosperity VIII
well nigh have healed over every scar that
now disGgures il.
We have been siandcred aod oppressed
and outraged IN every possible way "o'
We have borr G irsult and wrong and con-
timely With patience and foltitnde. For
six wears and more We have submitted, as
best we might to, every indignity that it
pleased our enemies to heap upon u7. Aud
at last it SEEMS there is hope we are about
to receive the reward of cur wel!-do1ng'
In ep;ts OF all the misrepres entatlons OF
the character and deeds of our people, the
o3canfaoas OF soil ard climate have in
dnced strangers to come among us. With
the rurpo.c 9, if it werO pCssib!s, to make
their tc:res in . go .dIy lani, and by
| honest industry nu,i honorable depoftn1t a.
to e.ra: 6 yio!tnca aud diSErn La'rcd.
| Such men have for uouih3 aud mouths
! b zen among us, they lave .tisfied tie N
| selves that cue people ars kindly -dizposs d,
! nf aceab!r, law -GbiJibg AM Lo*pltable !;
have sold their ol1 hone3tt ads, have
! Eoaeht lands here, and are now openly,
over their own signatures, III the ppDlc
prints Cf the North, deno0nc'ng as vie
| ISLANDERS the statements that interested
! partisens have so constantly made con-
cerning US. Scarcely day passes that we
Il, 10
peaceful policy We have pursued. That
such evidence will produce good effect
cannot be doabtad. The bubble OF
"Southern outrages has burst.
| Supe added to all this testimony from
private sources, there is that of General
| Sherman, who, as Commander in-Cbltf OF
the U. S. Army may we'll declare that he
probably La3 as good means OF informa
| ton as most persons in regard 10 what Is
called Ku- Klux." He srys: 4 tm per
feet'y satisfied that the theory is greatly
over-e stimatG q, and # the Ku-KluX Bills
were kept out OF Congress and the army
| kept at their legitimate duties, there are
enough good and true mon in all Southern
States to put down all Ku-Kinx or other
bands Of marauders." With all this testi.
raony before the MOI them people, ttsi,
nony from Witnesses Of such upimpeech-
| able charact r, We feel sure that ire long
we shall begin to see cur way to cons'l,
| tutionQl government, alGllnlbteI ed III a
constitutional mauucr. and this IS all we
of the South demand. So sure are we
that better days are upon Us that cur Il ell
! iDqs &C hate AID disgust for those short
sighted, hungry wretches. who, at the
eleventh hour, have joined in the cry
against tx it nati7c land al fast merging
| into those Of contempt, II net pity. Des-
| piecd aud disgrGced at hone and abroad,
| they viii evoc wander political outcasts,
ca,sng the hour when. in their inpatient
greed for place and power, they raised their
voices 10 dishcnor the land that gave them
birth.
| If anything were lacking 10 induce us
to extend d ffi~t dy greeting to good men
who coma AmUpg rs with honest Intent, 1t
would be found III the singular spectacle
! Of foreign born citizens defending the fair
name and fame of North Carolina agaiEtt
the sanders and fG!aehoods Of her native
born sons Indeed, We know Of nothing
akin to It, unless it b the timely inter fer
encc last Summer Of a Federal Judge in
behalf Of personal liberty of North Caro-
linians. when State judges had placed it
in such deadly peril Out people are not
quick TO forget bindnesses,