Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-22

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plicaiion Of Governor Holden, ar,
unanimously In contradiction ofih,
existence Of any organized body o.
disloyal and evil disposed persons ia
the state Of North Carolina, which
have in view or threaten resistance "a
tho action Of the laws Of the United
states, or tho denial TO the citizens OF
the United States OF equal protection
OF the cause, etc, The minority SAYS
the concurrent testimony from tho
United States officers ought alone,
and OF its own force, 70 be sufficient
to satisfy tho Senate and the country
how little foundation thero is for tho
charge Of organized resistance TO tho
government or its laws in the State of
North Carolina; and how the Presi.
dent Of the United States could have
considered it as tending TO prove the
existence OF disloyally in North Caro-
lima, tho undersigned are unable TO
conceive. An examination Of the
depositions taken before the commit.
tee, and their comparison with the
document appended TO the messages
of the President on these subjects,
will exhibit a more repetition Of the
same facts by the same witnesses,
thus making each case of outrage do
frequent service in the way of exciting
new horrors and arousing additional
animositles. Again, il is observed
that different witnesses recount the
same cause of outrage, with such va
'iativns as their Imagination may
create. An examination Of tbis mass
Of testimony will disclose the fact that
no outrages are proven to have occur
red in more than six or eight counties,
all Of which arc named, and of those
counties Alamance and Caswel were
chiefly alleged TO be the scenes ofsuch
lawlessness. These were the counties
selected by Holden as the peculiar
objects of bis vengeance, and
which were committed TO the mer-
cies Of Kirk and Bergen; and yet
the sufferer, whose case had been re.
cited by every witness called from
that region, one Caswell Holt, color
ed man, who had been most cruelty
beaten by a band of disguised men,
and subsequently wounded severely,
was brought boiore the committee to
recount bis sufferings. His personal
knowledge Of all the cases in that
county was limited to six, and four Of
these outrages had been committed by
a band of fdignised colored men, whose
leader confessed it TO Caswel. The
number Of these outrages, detestable
and wicked as they are, is neverthe-
less grossly and widely exaggerated
and this no one can doubt who will
examine the testimony, and who has
any knowledge Of the eredulity and
of statements oharacteris-
tic Of our well-mcauing colored peo-
pie North Carolina is one of the
argest States tcrritorially in the
Union, and is divided into eighiy-sev.
en- counties and contains nearly ono
and half millions of people. No
act of lawlcssness is actually proven
10 have been committed, excepting in
)ne or the other of six, perhaps eight,
Df these counties; and vet il is pro.
posed 10 employ violent and stringent
Of coercion and repression to
the remaining nine tonths of the state
against which no breath of evidence
)r proof Of lawlcssness has ever been
Induced, but which, on the contrary,
exhibits condition Of quiet almost
the inscnsibilily Of despair.
What eau be alleged, what iustifica.
ion 10 the American people can be
lscd, for this renewed and wanton in
7asion of peaceful community The
statement that anarchy there exists
5 absurdly untrue, and testimony
now laid before the Senate overwbelm-
ngly establishes its untruth Ifag.
,ressive laws are TO be enacted, let
III disguise be cast of and the true
'eason avowed. 1t will not be less
'iolent or wrong, but il will be less
and more manly. To
NY fair,minded man we confidently
ommit the proofs contained in tho
estimony now presented by the com.
nittcc, aud aver that such wrongs as
ave been Inflicted upon our unfortu.
ate and crushed people by the rulers
laced over them, not by their own
onsent, bat by the exercise of domes-
ic powers by the Congress of the
United States, no example of equal
ubmissiyencss and patient endurance
an be found IN history as is now pre-
cnted by the people of the state Of
North Carolina. This is the trnth in
nut shell, that Holden and bis OH
ial supporters have failed TO maintain
themselves by any means, foul, as well
5 fair, in their State. They have ap.
,ealed 10 popular elections and have
zen rejected with something near to
nanimity by every taxpayer in the
tate, aud now Congress is asked to
sep in and force North Carolina
own again under the feet Of her Rad
cal masters and we fear that Congress
viii attempt 10 do this unwise and
wicked thing. viii the people of the
Nortb, free as yet, see this thing done
nd sustain its promoters We hope
ot, we pray not When will .he
len now in power learn the trnth of
,hat the great statesman ofour coun-
ny said so wisely and well, when sim
ar attempts were made to govern
british India? 1t is the nature Of
granny and rapacity never to learn
from the III success Of first
ppressions on the contrary all men
re thinking highly Of the methods
ictated by their nature, attribute the
rnst ration nffhnir desiras so tho ,cant
1 sufficient vigor, and then thoy re-
ouble the efforts of their impatient
ruclty, which are producing, as they
nust produce, new disappointments
hey grow irate against tho objects of
heir rapacity, and then vague fury
nd malice implacable, because IN
revoked, recruiting and reinforcing
heir avarico, their vices arc no longer
uman. From cruel men they are
transformed into savage beasts, with
o other vestiges Of reason left but
that serves TO furnish the incentives
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