Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-10-18
What Have We 10 Exnect .


If any people have cause for earnest,
unceasing work during the next three
weeks ii is tho people Of North Carolina.
1t is possible, nay, it is even probable, that
the result Of the Presidential campaign win
turn upon the vote Of this State. 1t is not
only possible, we say, but it is probable, that
the vote of North Carolina will determine
whether Horace Greeley OF Ulysses Grant
shall he the next President al the United
States.
What have we 20 expect from tile cce-
ton Of General Grant?
For near four years President Grant has
administered the Government Of the United
States with systematic, c0ntemptuouS dis
regard of the laws OF the country. Almost
his very first act was to disregard a law
that had been upon the Statute Book from
the foundation Of the Government almost.
AS he began, SO has be continued. Under
his rule fraud, corruption and violence have
become the almost inSerarablG incidents OF
the administration Of justice, soCalled.
Arbitrary, military law has become thing
Of common occurrence. Blank warrants,
in palpable, express violation CT the Con-
stitution, are constantly issued and exc
cuted, to the great oppression O.! the citi-
zen. These acts are Of constant occur
renee. President Grant neither knows nor
cares how grossly he violates the law Of the
land. An avowed candidate foT re-clec-
ton, lie comes before the people and asks
their sufrages under Constitution that
lie daily violates.
There is TO need to go back to The I'M
settled tunes that followed the surrender
at AppomaltoX Court House for proof Of
our Statements. There is no need TO go
back more than Thirty days to make up a
record sufficient to subject Graut and his
Administration to the oditlm Of all good
men for ages TO come.
QLet us recall few facts that have
coRne to our knowledge within the last
of President Grant is directly responsible.
In Cleaveland county, III this State, one
Of Gnnt's United States Deputy MaTsba!s.
with a file Of United States soldiers, broke
up meeting Of the Kings Mountain Bap-
list Association, dispersed the people, and
arrested women and children at the point
of the bayOuet.
In CASTOR county the outrageS by Fed
eral Office have been Of so gross a chara ter
that David A. Jenkins, the Radical Treas
urer of the state, has publicly preferred
himself as a witness to testify against
them.
In Pitt county fifty of the best citizens
were arrested and carried to GOldsboIo'
upon charges that were officially declared
to be frivolous and contemplate.
: In Savannah, Georgia, on the day of
election, fifty or sixty Deputy United
States Marshals were secretly appointed,
and their pockets filled with blank war
rants, whereby they might arrest whomsO-
ever they might wish.
In Atlanta, Georgia, a Federal officer
marched into a Court room with file Of
soldiers, and there remained while the
Court WAS in session!
What n record for less than Thirty days
an these violations of law have one OBJ
iect, and one only in view, and that is to
overawe and intimidate the people SO that
they may be prevented from expressing
their hostility and hatred to General Grant
and his administration.
When such acts as these are committed
i'll the broad light Of day, without any pre-
fence of cOncealment or denial, is it strange
that in the night time the peaceful inhab
tants Of a sleeping city should be awakened
by terrible explosions, aud learn that
another act of lavlessness lad been COM
mitted that under cover OF darkness an
effort had been made to accomplish in an
other way what neither Imprisonment nor
attempts at assassination had been able to
do-the destruction of the freedom Of the
press in North Carolina :.
That the attempts to asSassinate Mr..
Turner, the attempts to assassinate his
wife, and the destruction Of the Sentinel
printing Office were the legitimate fruits Of
the teaching and practice Of the State and
Federal administrations during the last four
years, we honestly believe. Holden,
Caldwell and Grant are response
bic for the existence Of a state of society
and Of government, that permits such
crimes as this and thousands Of others
equally hein0us, to be committed with i'm
punity.
A continuance of this state Of things is
all We have right to expect if President
Grant be re. elected. Under the presidency
of Mr.. Greeley we have right to expect,
and will doubtless enjoy, the blessings Of
an honest, constitutional Government.
Remember that the vote of North
Carolina may decide the question. Let no
man, then, fail in his duty.