Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-07
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The dirty work has begun again. Tie
political hyenas. who were nuturcd un-
der tho auspices OF Holden, arc again
at their unballowed labors. Men who
have put money in their purses by ti.o
hatred and the strifes Of the past, are
determined that such valuable aIilnc1s
shal. no, be buried. Now that Coz
gross has shown disposition - po-.
don q traitora," and President Ca
has orened the doors Of tto AI5any
penitentiary 10 a few convicted III
Klux, tie 1niserab;a Creatures III t-l:s
State who have grown great and o,7r-
lent upon the blood dan1 lIooT',- Of their
fellow -citizeE6, beg n 10 ra;so 4 great
hna and cry against G poiicv ca'.;l:ata@
10 restore pe.c, aue1 quiet st l,",na
and harmony and recon".! a,tion 3, the
country at large.
And unfortunately thess creatures
are not OF loss to find ready tools n
the North to aid in sho;r disreputabic
undertaking. The columns o. tbs New
York Tiuaes once controlled by the la-
mented Raymond, is the receptacle ior
any and every slandnr Nga;.at h
Southern people.
The introduction Of the Amnesty Bill
into the Legislature of our State,
Is tie moving cause Of this i.sw
manufacture OF Southern c;,tragls,
and :ho rehearsal, with horrible
variations, OF old ones. For days
past the Raleigh Era, the Radical State
organ, under columns OF sensationa;
headings. has retailed new chapters OF
imaginary outrages IN 4A'amance,
which the Senator aud Represea:atir"
from that county have, from their sel;s..
branded as false. And during tha .c-
cent debate upon the Amnesty BIZ,
Mr.. Bowman. of Mitchell. movc.l
the Radical negro portion Of LIS
auditory to tears by recit;ng tne
sickening details O: Stephens Inuy-
der, as portrayed IL a sworn cou-
fession by prominent Democrat q
CaswelE, which one Hester. q Radical
| detective, professed to have obtained.
Mr.. Bowman's pathos and the tears OF
the negro members were somewhat
checked when Mr.. McGehee read let
terfrom the alleged confessor, q gentle
man nofirreproachabl BILE character, stating
! that the confession was manufactured !;
| that he know nothing of Hester aud
had never made any statement to him,
and had no confession to make TO him
or to any one else.
We would like to believe and II u=t
| Mr.. Bowman was sincere in reading
this miserable forgery. But at least he
has let his political zeal run away with
his judgment. Hester j. q swind CT
and scoundrel, and his appointment IS
| a Federal detective was an outrage
upon North Carolina, as his more ,3-
cent appointment to Foreign Consul
ship is scandal and disgrace upon
the whole country. As q sensible man
Mr.. Bowman should not have been de-
ceived by such a questionable chorac-
ter, and we are forced to believe that
| had he desired to servo tho cause cf
truth with half the zeal he has shown
to serve the ends Of party, he would
not have been thus imposed upon.
But denials go for nothing. The
Infamous character of Hester, the il
former, and the spotless character OF
Mr.. Wiley, the accused, does not stand
in the way of the sooundrois who IT,
tend to carry forward their political
ends, although North Carolina's pros,
perity and good name are sacrificed.
Nearly o full column OF these bass
falsehoods are teiegraphed to the New
York Times, and in the scaDdalon;
columns of that paper. life in Norti
Carolina is depicted as beset viii
attacks from midnight assassins, enc
the whole land as teeming with n1ur
derers.
Giving an extractfrona Mr. Bowman
speech, depicting Hester's graph5'
description OF the murder OF Stephene
under a flaming head of 'L1rE Il
NORTH CARoLIsA," tha telegraph