Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-08


sumed the guilt Of the man, and it was
onl. conclude 81 that he shopli be proceeded
against in the proper and laNful way. I'm
lawful conduct should not be corrected by
unlawful means. He, Nh. r.. was opposed
to all violations OF the law, whether by
privat, citizens or those low or high in |
power.
Mr.. BrOelen defended the course of the |
Governor, and that of the military authori- !
ties, and also just flied the arrest, and then |
launched into long speech against tie |
Kuklux. He contended that the military !
were justified in going into one State to ar |
rest person charged with an offerce in |
anOther-that they would be sustained b ),
| the law in doing SO.
Mr.. Edwards said lie felt mortified and
| hlJmiia ed beyond expression to think we
/ had Governor capable OF sending to a leg
islative body such a message as that now on
! the clerks desk, on such subject. A citi-
| zen of the State had been arrested by mil
| itary officer, without warrant and taken off
| and cast into Jail in another State. Here
! Mr.. Edwards read from the message The
! Governor admits he had information Of this
| illegal arrest, and yet he sits quietly down,
| not raising his voice or opening his mouth
to vindicate the rights Of the people and the
dignity of the State. II was true, Il CEilni-
| nal should be punished in tho State in
| which he commits the offence, bat the CON-
ty Of States as we'll as nations should have
prompted a IeqIisitiOn by the Governor of
South Carolina upon the Governor of this
! State. Governor Caldwell invites the at
tention of the President to the complaint,
but has not word Of protest against the
insolence of the subordinate causing the
complaint, or even a hint at his being
brought to punishment. The Governor
seems to think the President was conniving
at this conduct of his understTappers. He
did 1t believe this, and he thought that if
the after had been properly represented,
the ffic3r would have been promptly ar
rested. Mr.. Edwards drew attention to the
subserviency of Caldwell in this message,
and contraStcd it with the tone Ct his an
nual message to the General Assembly. He
read from the annual message wherein the
Governor reflects upon tie present and late
! Legislatures" in regard to tie length Of
time consumed by them in passing laws
! to their ''eXtravagant appropriations, to
their being ''faithless' to the trust cOnfded
!, to them. Did any one ever hear OF such
. insolence as is displayed by this man !!
exclaimed Mr.. Edwards. He tells this
body, and that OF the last Legislature, that
the people will hold us responsible for the
: betrayal OF our trust, this man down stairs,
and speaks of us as ''unfaithful stewards"
: and with amazing insolencc orders US to go
| at once to work and yet he bows with sla-
} wish submission to a subordinate Off. II in
; the u. ). army, who OutrageS the manhood
} of our State !; and Senators and Reprcsen
/, tatives bow, too, in silent submission to the
! insolence Of such person as this Cove. nor.
Language, continued Mr.. Edwards, cannot
express my deteStatiOn Of such man. 1t
} was rcprOaCh to the people that such a
5 man should hold any office in our govern
} ment. Mr.. Edwards then addressed him
l self t. the case Of the outrage on Mr.. Bet
I It's, and he concluded by expressing the be-
of 0f.,fiO
l to the PRESIDENT would result in the govern
! meit repudiating the act and in the punish
ment of the impudent subordinate.
? Mr.. Robbins, Of Rowan, again addressed
| the Senate. The Governor was in duty
2 bound to enquire into the matter of this ar
{ rest and to make requisitiOn Cn the Gov
l ernOr of South Carolina to deliver to this
state those who thus invaded il, for trial.
2 THESE men were known only to us as per-
2 sons from South Carolina. The fear that
/ the Governor Of South Carolina would re-
2 fuse to respond to the requiSitiOn, was no
} reason the attempt should not be made.
The indications were that there is a grand
r conspiracy throughout the United States
1 and by means of the federal courts CT the
l South, headed by the President, to have
Grant reelected Every effort was made to
create the idea of a new rebellion, and I'M
= der pretence Of Furnishing the bad to in
1 timdate the good and to keep up strife and
= excitement. To make party capital, the
KukluX were regarded as a godsend, and
=, these men would be sorry to see it stopped,
for their stock in trade would then be gone.
He incidentally mentioned the case eff Judge
Bond in this city, disregarding the challenge
to the array of jurors in the kukluX trials,
for good cause, when it came from the &c
fence, and that Of the same Judge in sIlS-
; tanning the challenge on tcChnicaty
2 coming trCm the prosecution, i'll Columbia,
l and adjOurninG court for two days TO give
: time fer sIrmmOnIlg new jury to suit his
l purposes.
: Mr.. Odds opposed the passage Of the res
OlutiOn.
Mr.. Lehman discussed the law of thc case
at some length. If it were true this arrest
; was made without warrant, it was breach
: of law. He, Mr. l.. would never give a
! vote to abridge the rights OF a citizen but
: he understood deputy marshal made the
arrest, accompanied by troops. He regard
ed the President as the superior officer and
, the Governor OF State as subordinate, and
the latter could be commanded to assist in
executing the las.
, Mr.. Jones discussed the law relating to
this matter. He then continued it was all
r well to talk Of the rights of the people when
, the President had power to take the Cover
! nor from his chair and the members Of the
|, Legislature from their seats With a scratch
> of his pen he could put our State into any
! position he chose. Governor Caldwell
perhaps stood in wholesome dread,
knowing that Governor of this State had
l once been deposed and that another might
! be. With stroke of his pen, the President
T could silence all our laws. The army of
the L. 5, was the law of the land and
would continue to ba till returning sense
. would awake the north to the dangers that
q bcset tie nation. The law is now n beau
= tiful, barren theory.
1 Mr.. Worth thought the Senate should
J, await the answer of the president, and ia
S vOred pcstponemenf.
: Dir. Graham, Of Orange thought it the
= duty Of the Senate to pass the resolution
: The question should be dealt with as it APP
peared in the Senate. 1t would seem that
= no response was expected from the presi-
= dent
: Mr.. Odds moved postponement of the
D resolution till Monday week. Not agreed
8 to.
2 On motion of Mr.. Graham, tie resolution
was made concurrent and the resolution
went over under the rules.
;, ! This is the last of Catacazy.
! Catacazy did not "shake hands with the
President on Introducing Alexis, as it has