Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-09-01

!. the Democratic party there is L
onestion. The man who carrier Ill
Tnnire State against Grant when a
the very height of his power ana pop
MARTY, need not fear the result Vi 81,
~ test with any other opponent I'M
nsws ;s simply glorious and victor.
certain.
E ar Ro-HE BE
COsEs FURIOUS AID
THE CROWD.
II gives rs no pleasure t" lay be ore
oaa,s the facts in regard &c
Judpe Settles outrageous cohdnel al
1onasboro last week. We venture to
that eucb III exhibition was never
hofore made by any candidate for the
biob Office of Governor IN North Car
linn and we trust will never be again.
T. &c no excuse that Judge Settle lost
h;s temper and spoke and acted on the
:o,nnlse of the moment and III the heat
:, ,aaeion. If he is liable to snch sud
Ian and nngovelnable bursts of pass
,i,n he certainly is not the
man for the people of North Car
alma to choose for Their ruler.
especially Is this true when it is re-
Numbered how large share of uncon
,rolsble rover he claims even in his
cooler moments to belong to the Cow
amor. No mans liberty will be safe
N the hands of Governor claiming
such vast powers and subject to fits
Of such ungovernable rage as Judge
sattle has shown himself to be liza
BILE to.
The following graphic account OF
Indpe Settles maniacal conduct at
opesboro we print by permission
from private letter to a gentleman in
this city.
There are bounds of propriety be-
yond which no man Occupying the po~
sition Judge Settle occupies before the
paopIe of North Carolina can pass
with impunity. Judge Settle has pasaed
far beyond those bounds and must now
prepare to pay the penalty that the
people will not be slow to infiict
The gentlemen whose letter we
print can be implicitly relied on for
accuracy of his statements. Writing
from Fayetteville under date of 2Sth
August he says:
thinking you would like to hear
something from the Vance speaking at
Jonesboro, will write you my i'm
pressions, of that occasion.
We left here in the morning, arriv-
ing at Jonesboro with about 500 or
more aboard our train. The whole
face of the earth was alive with aUhitc
men! We formed into procession and
marched to Vance's headquarters. I
suppose there were not less than $500
or 5000 of us. Our flags were flying
and our band was playing, and the
shouts of the multitude was empha-
sized by the booming of our two cam
non. When we had passed on to the
stand Judge Settles crowd came up.
His procession was headed by
on horseback, then came a carriage
containing and wife; also Settle
and Douglas. This was followed by
sixteen men mounted, and they by
about 200 negroes (men, women and
children.) Settle opened tho debate
with an hour and half speech. He
went over the war and all the dead
past. There was nothing special in
his speech except the entire avoidance
of mention of present issues. Vance
followed, AMI / think used up Settle.
His speech was a fine effort. The
crowd was quiet and respectful to Set
tie, listening with attention, but they
Vance got up. Before Vance con-
Guided terrible rain scattered the
crowd. thought this ended the dis
cussion, but Settle demanded a reply.
[ went up to George Coles house
and was seated there, about an hour
after the rain had ceased, talking with
General Cox. We heard some cheering
and he proposed to walk down into the
village and see if the speaking had
been resumed. I agreed and we walk
ed down together. When we got in
sight of Settle we were struck by the
change in the man. He seemed to be
iivid with rage. He was shouting at
the top of his voice and was gesticu~
iating most vehemently. The first
words understood were ''You Demo>
Gratis make a terrible howl over the
of the aO7'it of Habe0s Cor
pus: but do you know what ''cOTl1us"
means ? It means body. And there
is one suspension of the corpus that
does not offend yon. You will take
rope and tie a negro to one end and
suspend has corpus to limb OF tree,
and you will not howl over that y
Then pointing to Vance HE will say
nothing to condemn that y This was
said in great excitement and with the
most infiammatory manner. twas ut
terly amazed and was not surprised
when the crowd generally gave loud
evidence of their Misrepresentation. This
changed him into a demon incarnate,
and he commenced to pour upon the
crowd the most indecent imprecations.
He called US ''fiends of hell, "hounds
Of hell" "iackasses," "hired mob, y
'.ku klux," &c. At this point boiled
over. I hadn't been there five min
utes, but I got so excited that I
the steps right under him
and said as loud as I could, "Any
man who will speak of this assemb-
lage, composed of the best people in
six counties of North Carolina. as
Hounds of HE'LL does not deserve to
be listened to-" Settle retorted very
violently "if we were ku~klux we
were hounds of helll" A great shout
was raised aud several of Settles
friends rushed TO him and drew him
out of the sight of the crowd. He was
informed by them that he must apollo
eize. Vance got up and stilled the
tumult. He said he could not exoner-
ate the crowd from blame, but said
the language of his competitor was
very violent and uncalIed for, and he
knew he would regret it. Settle then
got up and said he had been provoked
by Interruptions. and had said some
harsh things which he would withdraw
as to the general crowd ; but he
made no apology a. to the ku-klux
present. | can give but a faint idea