Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16
VOL. so.
.EFIsES AE.AIBi0IA.

oorve ard they doubtless receive, the
sincerest sympathy Of all true men In
ovary section of the country. They |
arc rot suffering greater wrongs or
oroseer outrages. however, than those !
tha;r brethren in North Carolina have
heen compelled to undergo. We had
+obear the bruut OF the storm while
hack and now it is their turn. We
fae' SIRE we need not remind them
that a brave heart IS the s! thing
with which to fight the minions of Mr..
Attorney General Williams, the man
to whom the President has virtually
abandoned his yoTerS.
or course the purpose Of the Aiaba-
ma octrages is to influence the ap-
nroaching election, but that 1t Will
s;o,nalIv fail there can be little reason
70 doubt. if all are as bold and fearless
as Colonel Forsythe, the editor Of the
Mobile Register. His utterances are
indeed worthy of commerdation.
Tie RcgjSter says
rn71nced that the three citizens of
sumter county have been brought to
tbI. city In irons by L. s. Marshal
HeaIv. OF warrant sworn out by
ccnc unknown person. to answer to
Tho charge Of the murder of Billings
him Il rietr to the intillljdQtiOn of ne
GRO voters. The last suggestion is to
Eve color Of jurisdiction to the United
States authorities and bring the pris-
orers within the reach of the enforce
ment acts. The prisoners are to have
4 hearing eeore a United States Con-
missioner il this city to-day. The Reg
.,t,. will contain full and careful re-
,,ort Of the examination as fast as it
taL4s rI2ce. Ia the meanwhile the cit
izans Of Sumter county have but one
rniuion of the cause and meaning of
th.,-.r arrests. These citizens are, as
taev believe, the pa!pabIe victims of
aq eiectiuneering plan to save the
county. which was already lost to the
Radical party. Ih? ,,; infamous m ms
h, author Of the whole scheme.
def the county had determined to
vote the Conservative ticket, and
If became necessary to put out of the
Il
der whose advice the negroes were act
mo. Hence the arrests and handouts
were brought into play by the Attor-
urv-Grneral at Washington city, and
Gen. Healey, who was in the West,
was ordered home by the Attorney
General to perform the dirty work that
Hays had cut ont. These men IN
irons. Mr.. Chas Hays will proceed to
canvass the county OF Sumter, and by
the AID Of United States cavalry forces
riding and aiding through the county,
the brute Hays thinks he is safe to
count on Sumter for his rascally cause.
We give this as the public opinion OF
the county where these devils schemes
are being executed. We await the
examination for further comment.
The events are of startling charac-
ter. and show that high-handed tyran-
ny Is rampant among peaceful COM
munites IN this State. They should
occupy the calm and careful thoughts
Of our whole citizenship. If we have
wolves among us, 1t is necessary to
know it, and be prepared to unite in
measures for mutual defence. There
il 4 responsibility &Uu3elChey'c for these
helish Cutrag+s. Attorney-General
Williams, the willing tool of these Ja-
c,lin devils, Is safe IN his distant
"Department of Justice" and it Will
require Il great deal more OF persecC-
ton 10 bring about what Attorney
General Williams and his allies in vii
lainy seem to ba aiming at; to-wit, re-
si-taucc to the United States Govern
laent We look to surer and more
.paacaab!e methods to get rid t the
tyranny cf Ire 'Departmeut of Jus
tee" and every act If malignity like