Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-13
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Governor Holden has published
card boldly and brazcnly endorsing
end commencing his course during
the Kirk war and defantly attackin,
the Justice of the sentence of tn
Court of impeachment that drove hin
in disgrace from his high office. 1t j
not surprising that man who has th
lardihoOd to do this should deny tn
truth of the statements contained il
the card of the Rev. Mr.. BAILEY, a
published in the JoURNAD of las
week The fact is we would not be
lieTe Holden on bis oath i'll any matter
In which be lis interested, unless hi'
testimony was corroborated by othel
testimony
Bnt Mr.. Holden does not stand alone
il his ardent support and thorough
endorsement Of the Kirk war Il
that matter he and his whole party
are tarred with the same stick. Ir
every crowd Of ten Radicals there
VIII be found at least niue endors
ers Of the Kirk war Nor do We speak
a. random when we say this, as the
record of that party plainly shows. In
1872, the year immediately following
Hodcn's Impeachment, the Radical
Stat. Convention formally and in the
face i uroad daylight passed the fol
lowing resolutions:
El@Dhld, That ". W. Holden de-
ser vts from the Republican party Of
North Carolina the kindest affection
and deepest gratitude for his manful
and hard defense OF them IN 1869 TO,
from the assaults of the Ku- TX De-
mrc~acv; for universal and consistent
urG.usu IF the poor and hum bic when
he VAS Governor, and his faithful and
cease!os5 advocacy of Republican prin-
ciples when be was with us, and now
thaa he Is 81 martyr II exile ut Wash
}uEt1u-
HespIaad. That we endorse him in
the past, and shall ever cherish our
love for him in the future. and We have
confident hope and trust that the time
Is not far distant when he shall return
10 his native Staee again to battle for
the Union, for equality before the law,
aE;i TOT The progressive principles OF
Repubiica4ism.
Il was Oh the 18th day Of April, 1872,
that the above resolutions were passed,
and from that day to this the actors IN
ths Ho:deu-Kjrk var have been honored
and esteemed in the Radical ranks il
proportion TO their prominence in that |
WGr, Holden was made editor of the
National organ at Washington City, |
was offered q mission to a foreign |
court, and upon his return to North |
Carolina was given one of the most |
lucrative Federal Offices in the State. |
and all this Id the face of the fact that |
by the laws OF North Carolina he was
unfit to hold even the meanest Office !
in the Ia nd But it is no new thing |
for the Radical party to defy the laws
of North Carolina. Thomas Settle |
was made Minister to Peru, was again
made Supreme Court Judge, and is
now the Radical candidate for Gov
e"nOr. Clarke was made Judge. |
Mac Lindsay is the Radical candidate
for Congress. Kirk had lucrative
office at Washington City until the
Democratic House of Representatives
turned him out. Bergen, the man
referred to in the testimony below,
was offered Consulship at a foreign
port. John Pool is now Superinten
IF Dr,j |
list is interminahle
In view of the state thin gs it may
not be amss to call attention to some
of the testimony given in on the
impeachment trial
WILLIAM PATTON, being duly sworn,
testified as follows:
q: State your name, age, residence
and place of business. A. William
Patton ; [ reside in Melville township,
Alamance county, and am farmer.
.. How old are you? A. 40.
=. State whether at any time during
the year 1870 you saw any armed men
IN the county of Alamance, and if you
did, state II they did anything to you.
and II so what-give us an account of
the whole matter as far as you can ? :
A. | was arrested by armed men,
Lieut.. Hunnicutt, Aieck Kuffin and .
others, about three miles from home, =
vas out with q thrashing machine. :
G. State the county? A Alamance.
L was carried to the camps at Com
Dany Shops.
q At whose house were you? A. T
vas IA no house, I was on the big
,o2G going down to James Bratche's :
'5rul. !.
=. Under what circumstances how
aany was there AIMED? A. Eight
neH arrested rae and one black man .
named Aieck Rntfin. u
q. State what they said to you? =,
\. They told me that [ must consider :,
nyseif under arrest, they wanted to =
make witness ont Of ne and thew 4
arricd me up to the camp. 4
g, What did they do to you? A.
It night, at q late hour, Col. Burger v
allied me out and told me to come to
is cent. l went in. H. told me that
Was a kukinx, that [ was along ~
hen Wyatt Outlaw was hung and
nat L would have to come out and tell ;
that l knew. / told him | didn't
now who was along, and he said that q q
was Il God id liar, and he intended I L
, shoot me, and lie got his pistol ana I,
resented 1t to my breast, aud told me u u
had anything to say to come out ~ ~
18th it. he then called for a rope and 7 u
Ell 1t around my neck and swore that Il
Z was going to hang me. He took al
,e ont to the woods, about $50 yards
ON the cent, and threw it over IA Ia
mo and drew it up and stretched my ~
cad up. Before he did this he told at
e II | had any confession to make to oo
'me out with 1t. l told him I had
one; he kept me for some time, and Ill
.en he let the rope down. told him
had nothing to say, and he started th
1ck to the tent. [ tainted on the way -