Wilmington journal., 1874-07-17
LET EVERYBODY READ
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We sincerely trust that our readers
will give their serious attention to the
following utterances of prominent
Radicals, in order that out of its own
mouth the negro party may be con-
demncd. No where do We know of a
more complete Or a more truthful his
tory of that party, than is to be found
in the utterances Of ita promise It men
since its formation.
For the first three years of its exist
cnce brute force Was relied upon to &C
| complish its ends, coupled with insult
OF the grOssest character. It was IL
| 1868 that the women Of the State were
insulted hy the advice to Radical can
vassers TO throw their ANS around
them when their husbands were not
about. It was in 1SGS that the white
people were threatened openly with
starvation and destruction of their
homes from the vengeance of negroes.
It was in 1869 that the Radical Gov
ernor claimed the power to suspend
all laws at his own pleasure. It was
in 1869 the bill was passed under
which the State was filled with spies
and in which the Shofner bill was con-
cocted, and it was in 1870 that it pass
el, thereby empowering the Governor
to declare every county in North Car
olina in state of insurrection. 1t
was under this BIZ and il this year
that the Hollen-kirk war was carried
on and the Radical Governor asked
the Radical Congress to authorize the
Radical President to suspend the writ
Of h0JCaS cO,7)Us, SO that men might
be arrested and tried before military
tribunals and shot, and it was in this
same Year that the Radical Governor
declared that if lie was personally
menaced, certain leading Democrats
and Conservatives, who might be
named. viii be instantly put to death"
But thanks to the manhood ard
courage of the white people Of North
Carolina, that Governor came to great
GRIFFIN fact was driven from Office IN
shame and disgrace. With Holden's
downfall, the open use Of the bayonet
came speedily to an end.
The age of Force passed away, but
only to be followed by the age of
Fraud. Violence is now discouraged
and partizan ends instead of being
accomplished at the point Of the bay
onet, are reached at the end of the
law, so-called. 1t was in thorough ac-
cord with the present spirit of the age
therefore that Judge Russell, in his
Opera House o6itcr dictu317, told the
negroes not to resort to violence but to
the machinery of the law to enforce
their rights to go wherever white men
may go.
Till four years ago the military sus-
tanned the Radical party. Since then
the judiciary have sought to do the
wicked work. People of the Fourth
Judicial District, are you willing for
this thing to go on any longer? If
not then vote against Mr.. Russell.
Do not fail to read single one of
the following extracts:
1865.
"But wherever else you work don't
forget to work among the women. ***
Go after the women then. And
don't hesitate to throw your arms
around their necks now and then when
their husbands are not around, and
give them a good. They all like
it. Our experience with fe-
male rebs is, that with all their sins
they have a vast amount of human ma
ture, and only want to have it appre-
ciated to be the most loving creatures
Scalawags and carpet
baggers don't fail, Z therefore, as you