the
bloodshed recently in Wilmington:"

"BE IT ENACTED, That there shall be elected by the qualified voters
of each ward one Alderman only, and there shall be appointed by the
Governor one Alderman for each ward, and the Board of Aldermen thus
constituted shall elect a Mayor according to the laws declared to
be in force by this act."

"It will be readily seen that, combining with those elected from the
Negro wards, it was easy for the appointees of the Governor to elect the
Mayor and appoint the other city officers."

"When the new Board took possession there were found to be three
Aldermen, fourteen policemen, seventeen officers in the fire department,
four deputy sheriffs, and forty Negro magistrates besides. It is
probable that _not one of these_ was qualified to fill his office. The
new government soon found itself incapable of governing. It could not
control its own. The homes of the people were at the mercy of thieves,
burglars and incendiaries, and the police were either absolutely
incapable of preventing crime, or connived at it. White women were
insulted on the streets in broad daylight by Negro men, and on more than
one occasion slapped in the face by Negro women on no provocation. * * *
* White people began to arm themselves for the protection of their lives
and property. * * * * In the city of Wilmington it has been found upon
investigation, that the Negroes own 5 per cent. of the property, and pay
5 per cent. of the taxes. * * *

"The Negro editor publicly charged to the white women of the South equal
blame for the unspeakable crime, etc."

The Rev. Mr. McKelway has worded his defense well; but in giving a
plausible excuse for the crime of Nov. 10th, he makes a dismal failure.
A mob headed by a minister of the gospel, and a hoary-headed deacon,
after cutting off every avenue of escape and defense, and after the
government had been surrendered to them as a peace offering, wantonly
kills and butchers their brethren, is without parallel in a Christian
community, and the more Mr. McKelway seeks to excuse such a deed, the
blacker it appears.

The Hon. Judson Lyon, Register of the United States Treasury, in his
reply to Senator McLaurin in the _New York Herald_, says truthfully: "In
Wilmington, N. C., albeit the Executive as a leader of his party had
backed down and surrendered everything as a peace offering, and the
democracy, if that is what they call themselves, had carried the