Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-07-02
VOL. 81.

! A STRANGER to the families cannot
read of the sad accident which occur
red near Tarboro yesterday afternoon,
by which two lovely young ladies,
| daughters of prominent citizens of
E igecombe. were drowned, without
the most heartfelt sympathies for the
bereaved parents. 1t comes upon
their frieLds with crushing force SO
sudden, 50 terrible is the blow that
W fe:t as ii death had entered our own
family circle. We extend to our
fri ndS our most earnest and heartfelt
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EfIE MONKEY WgEO BsD SEEN
EsaE WORLD.
The poet Gay gave to las the fable Of
the monkey who, being bent on turn
ing his captivity to the good Of his
race, treasured up the knowledge
which he had gained III his travels and
experience among men, W tn the deter
mlnation Of again impartlng it for the
civilization Of all monkeydom and,
ke Orpheus, burnt with public zeal
to C mmeHce his task.
Escaping from his cap ors, he felt
himself fully equal to his self-imposed
labors, and
PROUD with applause, he thought bis
mind''
In ev'ry art relined''
His hairy sylvans pressed around
HIM and were astOnlshed at his strut
and dress. Some praised l,is sleeve
and others chatte, ed in ecstucy at his
richly y embroidered coat
''His dapprr periWi. commending,"
"NiIh the black tail behind, dcpending,'
He exhibited to the assembled
monkeys, the manners and customs,
and described the arts and wiles of
men, as he tulItrSt0OG them finish
ing his first lesson of instruction as
follows
Il knew tie great. Observe me right
SO shall you gtow, like man, polite
THUS the Southern negro, through
the chance results of an armed revo-
luton which leVellcd to the dust well
nigh all that was good, and raised in
to prominence all that was evil in a
republican form of government, es-
capped from his captivity, and like
Gays monkey, has put on the strut
and 'futtering houIder-knot' Of
those he would initiate, and has sought
the high places of teacher and ruler.
There is this difference, however,
Gays monkey taught and ruled
only mOnkey-the negro seeks 10 gov
ern those whom he once served, with
no other qualification than the insignia
of his Office. This difference would
only have the effect of making bis
owlish wisdom appear the more luii-
crous in the light of civilization, ex-
cept it be to those who are COM
PEELED to sit under the dropings of
his sanctuary. They fail to see where
the joke comes in.
The sections Of North Carolina that
are under the rule of the negro and
carpet Dagger, have, for ten weary
years, groaned under the oppressive
weight of their burdens. They have
been robbed and plundered; and what
We're once known as the peoples courts
of justice are now but caricatures of
the name, filled ~ persons vino are
''powerful for evil and powcrIes5 fol-
good"
The good people OF these sections
have borne up under these burdens
with courageous manhood, knowing
there was no relief to be expected from
any quarter. They have struggled, rs
best they might, against corruption,
against oppressive taxation, against in
solent and costly ignorance. But these
struggles have been the struggles of
impotence, and have generally resulted
in defeat and disaster
At length, however, q star of hope
and promise has risen. and when this
hope and this promise shall in Sep
tenn er next, become a glorious reali-
ty-the reality that the people of
North Carolina have III Convention
assembled for the purpose of redress
ing grievances, and shaping Cousti-
tutional government for themselves,
the day of our deIiverance will be
nigh at h. nd