Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-20

will give their serious attention I'd the
following acts and ut!erances of prom1-
nent Radicals, in order that out OF its
own mouth the negro party may be con
demned. No where do we know OF a
more complete or q more truthful his
tory of that party or one more perfect
ly consistent with itself, during 80
many years, than 10 to be found in the
u.terances of its prominent men from
its formation to the present day.
In 1868 the women of the State were
insulted by advice from the Central
State organ and chosen mouth-piece
of the party 10 Radical canvassers to
throw their arms around them when
their husbands were not about. In
1868 the white people were threatened
openly with starvation and destruction
of their homes from the vengeance Of
negroes. In 1869 the Radical Gov
ernor claimed the power to sus-
pend all laws at his own pleasure,
and in 1870 he did so suspend all la VS.
at his own viii and pleasure. In 1889
the bill was passed under which the
State was filled with spies, who logged
mems footsteps on the streets of Will
mington and elsewhere in the State.
In 1870 the infamous Shoffner bill was
passed, empowering the Governor to
declare every county in North Caro-
lima in state of i2surrection. It was
under this bill and in this year that
the HClden-Kirk war was carried on
and the Radical Governor asked the
Radical Congress to authorize the
Radical President to suspend the witt
OF h06e0s corpus so that men might
be arrested and tried before military
tribunals and shot, and it was in this
year that Holden the Radical Governor
declared that if any bodily harm came
to him, a." certain leading Democrats
and Conservatives, who might be
named, will be instantly put to death. "
During all this time judge Settle
sustained Holden and supported his
administration when his name to a
'littIe piece of paper" as he con-
temptuously calls the great writ of
Habeas Corpus, would in an instant
have restored law and order. In 1871
Judge Settle and the other members
of the Supreme Court so!emnly de-
clared from the bench that the action
they took in those times, the action
that sustained Holden and euabled
him to carry on the Kirk war, was right
and proper. In 1872 the Radical Con
vention of the State, of which Judge
Settle was a member, formally en-
dorsed and sustained Holden and his
administration and the Kirk war, even
after he had been driven in shame and
disgrace from his high office for those
very crimes. And to-day we find,
that same Thomas Settle, the candidate
of that party for Governor, John Pool,
the instigator Ct the war, it's Superin-
tendent of Public instruction, Mc~
Lindsay, the pirate, its candidate for
Congress and Holden it's chief coun>
sellor and official adviser.
since the world began, no party has
ever thought, spoken or acted SO
much villoiny and infamy as the Radi-
cal party. Don't fail to read single
one of the following utterances if you
wish to know the true inwardness OF
Radicalism and of Radicals:
s'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 good. They ali like
it. Our experience with fe.
male rebs is, that with all their sins
they have a vast amount of human ma
sure, and only want to have it appre
rated to be the most loving creatures
imaginable. Scallawags and carpet
baggers don't fail, therefore, as you
canvass the State, to look after the
women. "--Raleigh Standard.
s'Did it ever occur to you, ye
fynntlornnFr nf prnnnrtv nd
character, to you, ye men and especi
ally We women, who never received
anything from these colored people
but services; kindness and protection,
did it never occur to you that these
same people who are SO very bad, will
not be willing to sleep in the cold
when your houses are denied them,
merely because they will not vote as
you do e? That they may not be willing
10 starve, while they are willing tc
work for bread ? Did it never occur
10 you that revenge, which is sc
sweet to you, may be as sweet tn them
Hear US, if nothing else you will hear
kill their children with hunger they
will kill your children with fear Did
it never occur to you, that if you good
people maliciously determine that they
shall have no shelter, they may deter
Tod. R. CaldaOcW.
1.-The Governor Las power to sus-
pend all civil law as il was suspended
in 1865. y W. w. Holden.
The Spy Bill was passed in this
year.
The Shofner Bill was introduced
into the Legislature. In advocating
this bill Radical Senator Cook, from
Johnston county, said it ought to pass,
because if it became law men accused
"could be tried by drum-head court
martial and shot"
The painting or disguise act was
passed this year.
eff Congress would authorize the
suspension, by the President, of the
writ of Habeas Corpas in certain To-
calities, and if criminals could be ar
rested and tried before military tri-
bunals aud shot we would soon have
peace and order throughout all this
country W. W. Holden.
John Pool proposed put into the
service a desperate named McLind-
sey, who would raise company that
would give Governor Holden no
trouble, for that if any of the men ar
rested by him undertook any resist
ance he would kill them or they would
he lost and never be heard of again."
and suggested that the Governor Hol-
den) should follow the example of
Governor Clayton of Arkansas, "who
had taken military possession of dis
affected counties and tried and exc
cuted large numbers of men by mill
tary court."-R. g. Badgers saOor7a
testimony.
elf he Governor Holden lis ever
personally menaced his friends will re-
sent it and punish the man or men
who may do tiff he is slain Or even
wounded. it is already determined
that leading Democrats and Conserva
tiyeS who might ha named will in