Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-06-19

hordes Of Ku.klur that hare been be-
| fore tie Courts ? Haze they forgot
ten ho'O many Of the gang hare been
sent to the Al6any 2oenitentaly from
! North Carolina ?" We rather think
they have not forgotten these things,
and that they never will forget them so
long as life shall last. Can hundreds
and hundreds of citizens be arrested
hundreds CT miles from their HON es
for trial before such tribunals as those
presided over by Bond; can other
hundreds be driven into hiding and
exile for fear of like treatment can
men, with Chains and irons on them,
be confined, in the heat of summer, i'll
cages SO small that they could scarce
move in them can men, "all Demo
Gratis in good standing in their several
localities" be convicted and sent to a
Jail in New York in irons from Judge
Bonds courts, courts that Federal
Senator declared publicly from his
seat in Congress it was moro danger
Gus to an innocent man to e tried III
than to run the gauntlet of the bullets
Of a squadron Of Federal cavalry !;
can these things be done, we say, and
Democrats forget them? People of
Sampson have you forgotten these
things? Verify this generation will
have to pass away before the
crimes committed by Radicals upon
Democrats, through the officials
OF both Federal and State government
will be forgotten. A Radical Judge,
a Radical government attorney, a
Radical marshal or sheriff, and a Rad
ical grand jury had the power to put
democrats, although they were Sin
good standing in their several local
ities, in the prisoners box and the
felon's cell. How they exercised that
power Democrats will by their votes
remember.
5 "UIe rotlI not bc3iecc hu
hkGr on his Oath," says the RCop6H-
can. If all Ku Klu1 are liars, and if
Tommy was a Ku Klux, then we ask,
not what is Tommy, but how much is
denial worth ? 1t all comes
back to the question was Tommy real
ly a Ku Klux? Mr.. Mathes of the
Winston .StntiRcl and others, say
Tommy was a Ku klux, and Tommy
with his finger raised and looking the
whole Klan steadily in the face, says
in the language of Horace Greeley,
lyon lie you Williams, you lic,' or
words to that effect.
But Tommy is not exactly consistent
in this matter of giving the lie. At
Winston, Tommys former home,
where Mr.. Mathes still lives and
where it is charged Tommy lived and
moved and had his being as Ku
Klux, when he was asked whether or
not he belonged to the order, Tommy
was as dumb as an oyster. And it was
not until he got to Newbern, at least
one hundred and eighty miles distant,
as the crow flies, that he raised his
finger, steadied his gaze and gave the
lie. Had he forgotten all that time
that he was not a Ku Klux, or was i.
that caused his failure
TO answer Col. Pool at Winston, where
Mr.. Mathes and others could return
his gaze?
"JIc do E12OtU that Mr.. PoOI 1c0s not
q hu-h-lua', nor do ace dcliere
he tOas in sy1npathy 7cith them. ,Srch
is not his character, and 7cc hope for
his Oarn gOOd TeputatiOn lie aciU not
alioa0 MnaseT to be led OF by the
oicious ofhis party into any position
qChich can IN the leust detr0ct from,
the good name Of Stephen ID. Pool, dc. "
Was there ever a more piteous ap-
peal for mercy and for silence ?
Colonel Pool we know is a kind
hearted man, but he was q school
master too long not to know that there
are somo boys upon whom mercy is
thrown away, and who must be
and we rather think Tommy
will find himself in that class.
Poor Tommy! Is anybody hurt ?