Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-26

huCuONcL pCLSOu OF property WAS rs
sailed, it was invariably the person ol
property Of a Republican. Comment
ing upon the state of affairs which pre-.
vailed in the counties of Allemance
and Caswell last summer, he said
most, if not all of the Outrsges, were
committed upon Conservatives, and
that the flames which every night for
weeks lighted up the horizon, arose
rom the burning property Of COnser.
vatlves. 1t has been represented that
thesmiuOrity of the select committee
in their recent report, had palliated OF
excused the Outrages which were real.
ly committed. Far from it; there was
not line in the report Of the minority
to justify any such assumption. No
one condemned these
SECRET MIDNIGHT ASSAULTS
more than he. But he cOu0lded that
these disorders were not to any extent
due to political influences. The testi-
mOny showed that cases had occurred
where the perpetrators of the Outrages
had been identified and found to be
negroes, aud wherever the rights of
property have been invaded, it is
generally the property OF COnserva-
tive men. All the witnesses Of Dem
OCratiC or Conservative tendencies be-
fore the committee were unanimous
in cOndemning these Outrages, and it
was indisputably proved that the
Democratic party was, as q party;
and had opposed to the utmost of its
ability the commission of these out
RACES. But the same Outrages which
in North Carolina excite so much at
tentiOn, pass unheeded when they, or
worse, occur in other States.
EU-KLUX OUTRAGEs IN THE NORTH.
Look at the express robbers in In
diana taken out and hanged by a law
less band, not one of whom has been
punished; look at the outrage and
rape recently committed in the city OF
Lowell, Massachusetts, by men with
blackened faces; look at the outrage
on the telegraph operator near Pitts
burg, by disguised men; look at the
recent exhibition Of mob violence in
Virginia city, Nevada; and the out
rage committed in OnOndaga county,
New York, upon a New England
schOOlmistTeSs, tarred and featheTed
and ridden on a rail by those who call
themselves men. But there is no at
tempt on the part Of the Federal Gov
eminent to exercise police power in
those communities. He (Mr. B. de-
plOred these acts of personal outrage,
whether committed 10 North Carolina
or elsewhere. He honestly believed, ,
now, that there y as more security for
life and property in the State Of North
Carolina than there was in the city of
Washington.
Mr.. B. then further quoted from the
testimony to prove the organization of
a vast system of Union Leagues In
North Carolina, as he said, under the
direction of Governor Holden, the
members Of which, according to Gov
ernOr Holden, numbered over O,OO0,
and over whom he had supreme CON
troll, and who were secretly banded
together for political purposes.
GRANTS THREAT.
One of the witnesses testified thatin
conversation with Governor Holden,
the latter said that he had 40 doubt
that General Grant would, at all
hazards, continue himself in the Presi-
dental chair after 1872.
Mr.. B. understood that Governor
Holden had been in Washington for
some time. Hedid not know whether
this resolution was inspired by Gov
ernOr Holden, but this declaration of
his ought to be put to the resolution
as an amendment. The people of the
country ought to know that the object
of this new movement is to continue
in power the party which now holds
the reins of government, or the indi-
vidual who now occupies the EXecu-
tive Mansion.
Let it be known that, under the
lead of Gov. Holden, 50, 600 negroes in
North Carolina were
BOUND EY SECRET OATHs
all to vote and act in one way. He
verify believed that the Ku-KluX or
gauiZatiOns, IS they We're absurdly
called, were inspired by the fact Of
this opposing organization, and that
Gov. Holden appointed men to Office
for whom the people had no respect or
confidence, and men of property for
their own protection, banded together,
and the consequences fell alike upon
the innocent and guilty. Whatever
violence or disorder has or does pre-
vail in North Carolina, can any one
say that it is not primarily due TO the
action of Gov. Holden and his Radi-
cal associates.
Mr.. B. touched at some length upon
the financial condition of the State OF
North Carolina, and the increase OF
her debt from thirteen to fOrty-fOur
millions under the sway of Gov. HOl-
den, and charged fraud and cOrrUp-
tiOn Ia his administration, and asked
whether 1t Was to be wondered at that
the people of the State were anxious
TO get rid Of the corrupt aud uuscrupu
lOus combination which had charge Oi
their destinies. The question now be-
fore Congress is, whether it is to so act
as TO
KEEP NORTH CAROLINA IN THE
HANDS OF THE RADICAL PARTY,
or to allow the people of North Caro-
lima TO have a constitutional form o.
government, and to allow a majority
of the people to select their own Off
GERS. The cry now comes from the
minority in the South to Congress
that if something is not done, the
whole South will ere long send up to
Congress a united Democratic delega.
tiOn, and cast in 1872 a united Demo
cratic electoral vote. But suppose
this to be SO, does that warrant the
overthrow Of what is left of cOnstitu.
tiOn8l liberty? You cannot always
repress the will OF that people, there
will come a day when they can eX.
press it. Believing that the control OI
the Government was soon to pass
from the party that had had it for ten
years, he appealed 10 that party to
leave the Constitution In no more
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