Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-05

for the following editorial in the same issue
Of that paper: E
THE PERIIs THAT THREATENED THE CAP
TURED CORRESPONDENT.
The intelligence we have printed from
time TO time relative to the Lowery gang
and their naod1ts operandi in Robson coun-
tv. North Carolina, has given a tolerabiy
clear idea of the scourge they have been to
the people within the county limits. In
anv other part of the United States, we are
inclined to believe, the citizens would long
since have exterminated the outlaws, or
been at least grateful for any effort made
by others having that object in view. But
we publish dispatch to-day which proves
that, instead of desiring to be nd OF these
pests. they actually wish to prevent any IN
reference with them. During the time
the Herald representative was making MS
escape from the swamps hu hlux COM
mittee, armed with full powers and lnstruc-
lions. was searching for him with view
Of taking him under their scare, when,
we are informed, meant great persecution
and perhaps death. If this is the result OF
the boosted high breeding and chivalrous
sentiments of the South, the sooner we
hear the last of it the better. Civilized peo-
pie will regard it as ignorance Of the gross
est kind, supported by mean and cowardly
vindictivenesS. ~ a. ...
So long rs the Herald and its agents in
dulged in harmless sensations to feed the
perverted appetites of its voracious readers,
we could laugh at the ''hair-breadth escapes"
Of its daring" correspondent, and read
without concern its columns OF nonsense
about the ''SWamp Angels" But when
the excitement it has created over the sut-
feringS, rather than tho crimes Of the out
laws, is cunningly coined into SANDERS OF
our people, then We must enter our protest.
We believe the above telegram and cdi-
tor;al arc rs false in fact, as they arc mali
cious in spirit. We do not believe that
there was any great excitement against the
Herald correspondent, much less any de-
sire to take lis life. The only feeling he
created among the good people of Robson
was that Of inetfablo contempt. We know
that the statement is false that there exists
anv committee Of ''ku-kluX" III that
county, and we believe that it's equally
false that the death or punishment Of the
| contemptible correspondent was deter
mined upon i'll any meeting Of citizens.
We propose to the Richmond cores
pondcnt Of the Herald, who heretofore
/ has seemed to be a fam man and not hostile
4 TO our people, that if he will give us the
| name of the Trustworthy gentleman" we
will establish The fact that he has mis-
/ remeSented his ''reliable acquaintance -
or tina. his reliable acquaintance has
/ misrenrcsented the true condition Of affairs
/ in Robson. Let us have the names OF
! these men, and if We cannot prove that the
. whole thing is vile SANDER, we will pub
/ lisIl O.Ir failure to the world. Until this is
I done, we deuOunco the statements as false.
/ 1t is most singular to us that any trust
! worthy gentleman, who is = Conservative
! in politics and las 10 sympathy with Rad
icalism,' can find anything i'll the conduct
Of the people Of RobeSon in regard to their
efforts 10 rid themselves Of the outlaws, by
which he can Justify the abuse and con
/ tuneIy which have bccu Leaped upon their
heads through the columns Of the Herald.
! Entering as VIC are upon Il Presidential
/ campaign il which the ku KluX ISLANDERS
against the Southern people is the Radical
stock in trade by which the preiudices OF
! the Northern masses arc to be Kept IN
| famed against this section, We lind, Won
dertul to relate perfectly reliable men
and "trustV orthy gentlemen" g Conserva,
tive in politics. and Southern men too, We
suppose, who retail III the most widely cir
culated paper in the United States, the vi
lest SANDERS against the people of Robe
son, instigatel, too, by desire to throw {
| halo of romance around the bloody deed!
Of the bandits Of that county. Nay, these
citizens are denounced as " vindictive HI
Klux," and upon these ISLANDERS, the pape
eagerly saizes the opportunity to strike a
the (. boosted high breeding and chival
rous sentiment Of the South
Those persons who are paudering TO th'
Northern demands for a sensation, surel,
cannot be aware Of the injury they are do
ing not only to Robson county and thi
section of the State, but to North Carolini
and the South. From hundreds Of paper
and thousands Of speakers throughout tn
North, VIII these miserable charges ne re
peated and magnifed. Lowery and hi
band Of robbers and murderers will becom
- loi " citizens, (not i very great metamor
phosis, who have been driven to the swan
bv " vindictive ku kijlX . for their devo
ton to " the flag"
BY al means give us the names Of Ties
:. common inforners,' that we may trac
up the sources of information, and we wi
prove them false.
The LOwreJS.