Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-04-28

and, we fear, must fan under the 6haKs'
perian auatLcma ii being 8 TT Tor trea-
son, strategem and sp1iL> "-c5peclaliy the
latter. At ell events, turning deaf ear
to the carnations Of the juvenile multitude
Tommy is oil 20 Peru. It may be, after
all, that he is influenced by the most pat
giotic considerations. Wewiit not gain
say i.
IN true patriot he who, lie it understood.
Has left his cJuutTy-f0a has co1t's7'y'S 9ood!
nhe Outrage" Co,hn.ittss.
1t has grown TO be an axiom, that Mill
tary tribunals are craanized to convict
Upon tie same theory, and no possible
other, can The action of the so called
Outrage Committee, which led to the pas
sage Of the .Ku-Klux law" be accounted
Tor. When the opposing character OF the
Hitnes s examined before that inquisition
is considered, to say nothing of tic actual
merits Of the testimony cicited, one IS
lost in amazemen5 that even SO pee udiced
and bigoted q moiority should not have
been sAonzed into something ii fairness
and propriety, Their bearing upon the
stand, the intelligent ana high toned ron-
dition Of their vlcLcu, then very appear
ance, leaving ont Of question their exalted
social position ana their pu1l.c and private
antecedenta. ul5.t have imprc$sa" even
the packed committee, Wien cUcA hisn a
3. 7. Moore. Join r. l~, Vim. II. Battle,
Jos. Il. Wilson. and other we've brought
before J.; While th- iaitoII.e t1Gdd!o and
vulgar vehemancc of the crea Erel who
were produced to agcar away thu good
name OF our people, c0UId net fail 10 Offend
and disgust any Got Ct mon Il ordinary
moral fast;dloas2css.
The evidence is before the country, III
q durable form, and we are glad OF il. The
whole volume is eloquent, SO to speak, OF
the d,aina~s Of the inquisitore, and the ia
ton will yet appreciate the madness and
the blind party hate which, IN the teeth
of such q record, -eould seek fresh occasion
for insulting and depressing an already
grossly abused and outraged people, and
which, in doing tbs, overleaped all the
barriers of Constitutional freedom.
The book, embodying the mass of evil
dence, contains some five hundred very
closely printed pages. and, as it may not
be accessible to tho most Of our readers,
we propose, from time TO time, as we may
feel SO disposed, to make few extracts
therefrom, that they may put the finger OF
qcorn upon the miacreants who have IL
belled tho character OF the State and 6ur
people.
rr4 ,I0SpDh
". Holden, the 'sson Of his daddy" the
same sober and hopeful youth who, upon
q memorable occasion, IN the City OF Raj
eigh, when addressing mob OF several
thousand negroes, invoked the " God Of
Turpentine upon the homes Of the white
people of the State. This examination
was had on the oath day Of January, 1871,
but few weeks after The late Governor
Holden, in his nc essage to the gi-lature,
had declared that peace and good order
reigned in this Stat. He tcstiies that he
had Just received - letter from his fa,h-
err" stating that =" The ku-klux were
again riding" and tLa1 innumerable fresh
outrages were being committed. Was
there man upon The Committee. who,
comparing these two statements of the
late Governor, did Do5 kindlc with feel
ing akin to contempt. whcn he sew, rs see
he must have done, that the Impeachment
of guilty cuIpTit was tho proyocation of
this new aspersion $40" also asserted
his belief that, were he to be tried in Ger
tain counties Of the State. re could Lot
expect anything like Justlce. We agree
that justice is about the last thing he onGht
to desire
Next in order comes the valiant Kirk,
whose evidence, OF coPfse., without cum
bering our space With details, is precisely
what might have been expected from a
braggart and rufian. But. there is one
item of his testimony which. discloses the
proof of completely, on the part of Carrow,
the U. s. Marshal, in the general plot'of
the conspitators against tbs. Peace Of the
State, which, under an honestesgo~ernZ
raent, would soon cause his. official head
to roll in the eaw-dust. We allUae to that
portion which discleses the sfacb not be-
fore confirmed. that thonghs he KRIS was
sued in the y. 8, District Court,s in leRor1-
nous damages, for arrest and false i'm
prisonment, he was allowed to go at large
An impecunious vagabond. on oec,s
recognizancs, andsfinalIy to leave the State
unmolested There is. this other signifi!e
can't point in Tia G. rascal's story In reply
to theInterrogatorys whether, during his
career, astHolden' ssgatrap, hes had been
cogmisaa,at Of any acts OF outrage, on the
part of the people, he was forced into the
confession, that the onlya Disturbances Of
which he knew, were. heswork of negroes
or, -as he caTIed tEsn;ftte the disgust,