Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-05-16
For the Journal.
TO THE HON. JAMES >. M,kAY.

Through thecolumns Of the Journal,
permit me TO address You and the democrats
ic party Of the 9th District, few marks
bearing on the approaching election. First,
| shall speak 10 you, and that plainly
The Democratic party in this district, as
well as throughout the whole State. have
long watched your course in public lie,
with feelings OF gratitude and respect
Your talents they have admired; your IN
duslry has been the theme Of their highest
Communications; and your long and STEAD
fast devotion to the principles which they
cherish so dearly, has won for you their
unbounded confidence. The man who
now addresses you participates in all these
feelings, and therefore he has taken the
liberty of speaking to you thus publicly.
As an evidence that the people Of this dis
trict look up to you as their standard-bear-
er, and that their confidence and esteem
is as great rs any man can possibly enjoy
at the hands of his constituents, need on
ly allude to the fact that you have been
nominated by aCclsmalion in every county
in the district. This confidence of the
people is, the writer is well aware, duly
appreciated by you; for he. as well as ma
ny other Of your friends. know how much
more german to your private feelings and
interests would have been your retirement
from public life just now. But you have
accepted the nomination, and you are now
our candidate. Under these circumstan-
ces, | think that it is due to our glorious
cause, as we'll as to yourself, that you
should enter into the contest with spirit
thai you SHOULD mix among the people
that you should address them at fitting pia-
ces, and on fitting occasions. Your oppo-
nent, Thos. D. Meares, is strainlng every
nerve, BY resorting to those modes Of cleo
pioneering, which alone, he well knows
can have any effect amongst the lndepen-
dent voters of The district. He tells the
people that he is no party man; that the
great patty strugg lie is over, and that 1t is
not worth while to keep up party prejudl-
ces now that the thing is all settled. Now,
although the most foolishly sanguine whig
in the whole State has not even the faint
est hope of Mr.. Meares' election, still it
would give them ground for exultation,
should he get even dozen more votes
than Clay received in November last
They would never cease to shout their
hallelujahs over such an event. !, is just
at such moment as this when the demo
cratic party are resting upon their victori-
Gus arms, that the crafty enemy is most
likely to be most on the alert. Thos. D.
Meares made a speech, | understand,
at Onslow Court, in which, as am inlor-
med, he told the people that you had fail
ed to obtain for them such appropriations
as their interests required, and promised
them that fthey would elect him, he would
have New River cleared out for them in
little or no time. Now every intelligent de.
mocrat knows that all this is mere CANNON
mere electioneering stuff. But think
that you, if possible, should meet Mr.
Meares, and disabuse the minds of the
people Of any false impressions which
such WING promises may possibly create.
Shall your friends hear from you?
would now address few words thro'
you to the people of this district. The
first thing | would say is, be on your
guard. Permit not the cunning device Of
the enemy TO lull you to sleep. The fed.
eralists in this part Of this State are few in
number; but they are bitter, malignant, and
untiring in their warfare upon those prin-
ciples which you hold so dear. Thei,
candidate for Congress, Thomas D.
Meares of Wilmington has taken a new
tack i'll electioneering. Well knowing
that Federalism is repudiated by YOU
that you loath it as an unclean thing,
am informed that he has taken anothe,
tack-that his practice is to tell the demo.
Gratis that he is no party man-that he is
the independent candidate-ha: he goes
for the immediate benefit Of his constitu
ents-that it's not worth while TO stick tc
party all the time. Friends. permit one
of yourselves-one who takes deep and
! heartfelt interest IN the glorious cause Of
democracy. to warn you against this insi.
dious-this deceptive course of Thos. D.
Mea:es. He is as bitter and uncompro
missing 4 federalist as there is in n. Carolina
| tell you further, that you had better vote
tor the most open mouthed and rantancor
Gus of the whole federal crew than for r
ID. Meares. He comes out as a no part,
anan-as an independent candidate, in
deed. | call upon you TO rise up in your
strength and rebuke this insidious de-
ceP'ion-this gross and fagitious in
suit upon your understandings.
call upon you then, fellow democrats
once more. 10 rally around the 1Iemocrat;1