Wilmington journal., 1872-07-19
MARSHAL CARROw!!!

Read the following letter from Hon.
James Il. Beck, Il distinguished Congress
man from Kentucky, and member Of the
Southern Outrage Committee.
North Carolina is now the battle ground
for Constitutional Government in America.
The Importance of victory i'll this State
to the cause Of personal liberty and honest
government cannot be over estimated.
We repeat that to-day We arc fighting
the great battle of freedom in America.
Conservatives who do not join with us are
unworthy Of the namc-are towards and
traitors, deserving of everlasting infamy.
If we DO our duty, victory is certain. Let
every man work increasingly and leave
nothing to chance.
4.e, our p:opie remember that the cleo
t on Of Mcrrimon ana Greeley will ut once
put an end To all the infamous prosecutions
i'll the Federal Courts that have been so
plentifully instituted for political partisan
purposes by Grant and Caldwell and their
miHions.
When Horace Greeley shall have taken
his seat as President Of the United States,
such men as District Attorneys Starbuck,
aud Phillips, and LIlsl>c, and Marshal Car
-ow and Deputy Marshal and spy Hester,
viii no longer disgrace Not:h arolina, or
Wantonly Cypress her people.
God speed the happy day!
WASHINGTON, July S, 1872.
I'm. T. L. CitRJu4n.
DEAR SII As North Carolina viii be the
first State after the Baltimore Convention in
which an election will be held, tho Administra-
ton will use every means possible to carry IL.
Gangs OF spies and intormcrs will flood your
State negroes viii be imported from other
States false registrations will be rcsortcj to-.
In short, all the machinery which a corrupt and
INSCRIPTIONS Administration devise, will
be put III motion TO carry the State. Secreta-
rics Boutwell, and Delano viii leave their De
IrrtmcptS, to add to the pressure by their
speeches and other influences. Already large
sui4s OF money have been raised tor corrupt
purposes. / knew the ,so-callcu) Department
of Justice would contribute largely to the means
of corruption. Therefore L went to the Treas
ury this morning TO sec what was being done,
and found that one 5. I. CarrOw, marshal OF
Your State, had drawn within the last year
IN the last sixty days, Si0 $50 OF it within the
last lew weeks. OF course this will be used cor
supuy.
The enormous graft on the Treasury for pre-
tended judicial penses--a quarter OF Il million
al dollars III [ I~cIve mOnths-is made stil more
nlgrant from the fact That, until within few
ytars past 40 former United States marshal
ever drew more than 5000 70 cover the eXpen-
incident to his Office for whole year. My
experience on the Ku-kluX committee enables
mc To understand how. But you are familiar
.ilh their modes OF operation, therefore detail
- unnecessary. Tits is only one instance.
write this to put you on your guard and TO show
YOU what enemies you have TO contend with
may mention another fact learned this morn
ny, TO show how hollow all their pretences OF
civil service reform are. a fellow by the namC
N w. A. Britton was marshal OF the Western
District of Arkansas; and became defauiteI
the amount of S121 900. The Government
had proof ample to convict him, but failed t.
;roSecgtc and simply dismissed him from OH zee
toots WAS appointed in his place: For solae
reason he was dismissed lately and Britton wal
'"appointed marshal, in spite OF the facts
which the Departments had i'll their possession
But need not bore you further. hope Ou
friends will, by earnest and constant endeavOrs
neutrAIize the efforts of Grant and his miHiOns
1t seems to me impossible that any North Caro-,
man, who has not lost his self-respect, can sup
port an Administration which has sought to de
grade and disgrace the State by upholuin.
Holden, Kirk, Bergen, and th3 like, ant
through judges like Logan, backed by White,
and Akerman, blackening the character of al