Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
John Fool and his Address.

state 10 De deIeatoQ. we Te3aIu tHe tI01-
ton as a foregone conclusion.
John Fool and his Address.
This man publishes in the CdrO!insu Era,
the new Radical paper in Raleigh. an
Address to the People OF North Caro-
lima" It is a ft sequel to the recent
address " Of Mr.. 8. F. Phillips, Holden's
successor as Chairman of the Republican
State Executive Committe e-the only diff
ference being that POOLS ef1rontery l.
more marked and his sneaking and Shiny
nalignity less adrcitly concealed. The
whole tenor OF the document is to frighten
the people of the STATE from their pro-
priety and duty in the matter of The ap-
proachiEg Conventional election, and at
the same time to brand them, in the eyes
of the country, with spirit of insubordi-
nation and disloyaIty. And yet, in the
face of such undis guised and pate Mt pur-
poses, the miserable bypccrlte has the i'm
pudenoe to prate of has gratitude to the
people for the honors that they have be-
| slowed upon him, and Of his high estimate
Of the position Of an Americaa Senator
''An American Senator - 1t is, indeed,
one OF the most wonderful evidences of
the degeneracy of the times, that the
American Senate should embrace such
ma erial as John Poo!, VINO has no aim
either to popular or private consideration,
| oy virtue Of either public IL persoLal
qualifications who perjursd himself ia
| the declaration that he accepted oGicc
under the Southern Confederacy 'fur tie
purpose of embarrassing u,"-and whose
whole political career hes been q series of
unworthy tricks and sinister and sc fish
plots for his c~n aggrandisement, at whit
ever sacrifice Of the pubIc good IF
honest aspiration
| We do not propose to follow - Steahiuc
John through tho various serpan;ine
| tWistings OF his letter II wouI4 te to
travel over q dirty track.
We are surprIsed thnt 60 cuu1iug
sohemer should have allowed bimse TO be
entrapped in the unwilling ccnfes sion, in
the OUTSET Of his 3dress that The conftr
ring of the rights 10 vote upon his allies
| and friends, the negroes, s. Was brought
about by the conviction ION the part Of
the Radical leaders az tie Nortb) that '' q
new element in Southern politics was re-
CURED This is what, Of course, ICE have
along known. aud what we, i'll common
with all fair aud observing men, have en-
deavored to impress nFo1 the negroes.
They were allowed TO vote--Dot because
the Radical "Eowers thai be = thought
them entitled to the ballot or fl for its in
IL -
elsewhere admits, Ignorant and poor.
subject to the prejudice Of race,
they would exercise the right in The inter-
est Of tho PARTY which conferred it %
Gould nything be SO infamous and un-
blushing, aud at the samo time so charac-
teristio When the colorel vote shall
cease to be cast in the interests of Jno.
Pool, we are warranted by all We know OF
the man in saying that he would be the
6rst to wish to abrogate it, we're such
consummation possible.
The pretentious little man, who 50 pom
pously writes himself American Eens-
tor" places himself in tragic attitude, and
declares that "the danger thus 10y "the
renewed hostility to the government of its
conquered enemies y threatened to the
Southern States has deeply impressed me
for the last two years." Yes, most i'm
maculate patriot, to that extent that, 'for
the past two years" and more, you have
omitted no opportunity, on the floor of
the United States Senate, in Star Cham
Der Inquisition rooms, and elsewhere, to
fabricate hostility where none existed, and
to exaggerate it ten-fold where it did
You have libelled your State day by day
you have slandered her best citizens-you
have opposed amnesty for those who were |
not half so complicated with the " rebel |
lion" (so-called) as yourself-and yon
have sought to embroil the community in |
strife by advising the negroes in public
address to slay, burn and steal, and by |
counseling o res 1T TO military violence
to put down imaginary lawlessness
Thai you did the latter you now
admit, although. quite recently.
you authorized a denial of Mr.. Badgers
den's Office, last summer, with regard to
the Kirk war upon the liberties of the
people. MIR. Badger may well return ''the
lie" you are said to have given him, in
view OF your declaration, in this address,
that sit wonld have been more pruden,
and just to have founded the impeach-
ment of Gov Holden upon his having 60
long permitted Wholesale scourging, mur-
der and assassination TO continue, without
. much earlier resort TO erery measure TO,
th cir suppfessio On 20 An implied, If not |
positive endorsement Of al that Holden
lid, and proof sufficient that John Pool
vas fully capable Of advising, and did ad-
rise, the arrest and '9osiDg in the Hoods"' sc