Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-09-27

SauI, sits there conscnting.
Correspondence of the Obseryer.l
AsHEyILLE, Sept. 8, 1877.
A detailed report of the conduct
of Federal officials in the Western
District of North Carolina will not
prove uninteresting to the public
and this letter will deal with and
present the report of Special Agent
Hester, made from Greensboro. to
the Attorney General, April 14th,
1877.
THE REPORT.
The report of the special agent
is clear and pointed paper, leav
ing little uncovered ground for
comment, and it will be observed
that it very fully substantiates all
that has hitherto been published
i'll these letters, and the proof is
not wanting to sustain the special
agent in every allegation he has
made. He says he finds the depu-
/ ~ marshals In the Western Dis
trict to be disgrace to the gov.
ernment. General John G. Cor,
man, himself government officer,
is introduced as to tue state of
things in the Cherokee country,
and In the Piedmont region Ex
! District Attorney Starbuck comes
forward TO testify as to the lntamy
of the Douglas crew. 1t was M
Starbuck who, last spring, felt him
self called upon to protest in a
public manner against the outra-
geous conduct of Federal officials
in his locality. The state of things
thus officially detailed and estab-
lished beyond all question is what
has been known to exist all over
this district for the past four years,
a state of. things peculiar to, aud
let us hope only possible under
the Grant regime.
, A SPECTACLE FOR NORTH CAROLINIANs
To CONTEMPLATE.
) It is spectacle for North
Carolinian for a creature such as
Clark to arrest thirteen ci'izens ot
the State without warrant, hand
cuff and parade them about the
, country. These things are done
by that Infamous villain, and 9th
ers elsewhere, and too under the
benefciert administration of Ruth,
erfond B. Hayes. aud the fac
| brought to the attention of that
5 enlightened statesman, lawyer anC
] christian, Attorney General De
> vers, from the pailarthropic anc
! scholarly State OF Massachusetts
e produces no effect whatever. The
people of this District have directly
!, to thank Robert P. Dick, Rober
. NJ. Douglas and Virgil s. Lusk 70
the chains of malefactors which 81
many of their innocent fellow
. citizens have wo~p, aud although
hey have reveled in the luxury O
official lie, prodted by preying up
D on the people, and piled up for
+ tunes by plundeling the Govern
i ment, day of reckoning is com
: ing for each aud every one of them
and should they escape the conse
quences of their crime before th
legal tribunals cf the land, the
" cannot escape the consequences c
= peoples Indignation and scorr
II THE slow unmoving finger {
y scorn" will point to them, thei
q chi dren, and their children's chill
e dren, all the days to come.
e TIE LEADING OFFICIALS CORRUPT AN
: DISHONEST.
e TIE evidence is plain that tn
y leading officials of the District ar
y dishonest, mean and corrupt, ava
= racious and malignant. One ha
J. but 10 glance at the cost of th
!; Courts, the character OF the ac
% counts approved and passed, an
J. the manner in which business ha
IS been conducted to swell the fees {
+. the Marshal and the District A
,e torney. The Deputies ale q
V, worse than the chief. Like mas
9. er, like man. in this instance
i, Carrow warned Douglas against
r certain class OF Deputies that ha
1r wrought his ruin. yet Douglas &c
20 Jected these very men to be h
~ confidential clerks and assis ant
. as the most convenient tools f,
n his operations.
81 Fraud, fraud, fraud is stampe
=, H. inde!ibly upon every page Of jud
y ~ cial record in this District, and Q
u cry act of infamy by Douglas al
his gang has been readily wlnke
~ at by the weak and imbecilc, if n
<e corrupt and criminal occupant
to he Federal bench But the in
Mt maculate Department of Justi'
- sustains The Iilliputian, who lor'
nc it over the people of this free cou
ke try, and inds'him guilty of nothir
IS worse than having neglected Il
duties to participate i'll polite