Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-01-26
Radical Persecution.

We request the attention of our readers
10 the card and accompanying athdavltS OF
Hon. Jas NJ. Leach, of North Carolina,
pnblished in this issue.
II would seem that there is 10 end TO theI
.a:Igu;tY d!cu'aye1 Ia ti1 radical party mi
The; pursuit of It's victims: and tina; 1t So
factsthose victims not so much from ahlOnoI
those who haye been guilty OF crimes del
n6unced by statute, as from those who have|
committed the greatest OF all crimeS-that
=, kaith4ul and persistent opposition to the
remnant party. From the reading Ot the
.,,3i.erS referred to, it vii! be seen that Mr.
! each not only refused to join the ku-kluXI
organization when urged ~ do 50 by al
lra,ling North Carolina radical, bat abso-
n,;Aiv succeeded in breaking up and diS-
solving the asselnblage of mis2uidcd men.
twenty per cent. ci whom were radicals f.
most approved loyalty, before 1t had ar
rived AT a perfected organization u aP
.. ar. lur,hcr, ,ht.t ais VS. done t.: az
ru1rr tHCtut0TcthtFjH "ct al Congress
and that no man was ever moleStcd, OF,
even made afraid. for person or property in
his county. and that i'll all things iii tins re
cord Mr. Leach actet! tI!- part q! 500
,:ti.entand 4 -. i1l2 t4an. - much so
.1Iqt the di1tricf ATTORNEY WHO prosecuted
i,r the government openly Proclaimed ms
Irinuenco, ami declared HIM entitled T." the
;nankS OF tine Hnnr coitntAtnitt
Get at,rr all shi., We are iniurmcd thai
t!,cy are still pul-uinS him with fierce bit
ta9ness, and endeayotin9 10 haEe Iiim III
,iicted by the Federal Court III l'niFISh, on
the testimony of bribcd Radical witnesses,
aud Uv Il grand Jury, every member OF
j. htcn J., ,atd - D. a .,.dica. tnI .1crct
u dis most nllamntr; couspiltey r, 80
t,,ubf, Il, be .onmd IN tho fact thai TIN, dis.
!snguislcd gentleman is vastly III thn Wy
II tha marty in \uWh tprolinai HAT
,nwer which euahled hinl III i l;lir aud
,I,.an ijnnl a. carry ny / ,:hln majority, die
trfct r tdica,l heretofore hy nearly 4,ott
majority, Is IL dangerous clement II allowed
To oct at LARGE in the old North State. The
.slns which he could bring 10 bei on the
sn#sccd columns cf the Administrator next
,tlIi,s.ieI - lGdat i'e slienet*t -. pos
ti:fe4. For thiS pur!'hse the courts
Al the coulillr Must h2 'roEVcite'
,I.Ia political macliine5, and WaGG Il suoor
lipat,t departmental ol the 0oFcrllitlc'l
l,i,l nj tho Radical parIy--and fh6 T~iSn at
the hired intormcr, the taVorite ana lillcr
nal tool OF despotiSn, is to he lndcG'late'
among the hapiesS people OF the SOUTH
AurrlV there is 10 more despicab!e or Gan
.,,rO,rs Iorm ottvranny, amid al! It's Iroteal
,,a1lerns. than that OF radical adhIlhlstrd
lion striking at its victims through r1dlca
court. a radical prosecuting "lncer,
radical marshal a radical jury an" ra"lca
witnesses
We trust to time and the Sood sense {,
The good people OF North Cnf"I,n"' o; w
nom. they will quietly obey al laws Isl:>
,htl nern;cjous example OF their adversarie
in forming secret societies, and hoard the
indignation, as they did in 1870, agalns
The day Of election, literally the day
wrath for outraged American freenieh'-
Washington Patriot.