Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-03-26
A CONVERT.

The readers attention is directed to the fol-
lowing extract of letter to the Editor of the
New Hampshire Patriot, from one James
Cochran, who has heretofore been acting with
the ''whig" party. We copythe extract from
amongst many others of similar nature and
we would particularly invite the attention of
the &C wings" of North Carolina to the whole.
some truths it contains
"But, Messrs. Elitors, find l am going
too much into particulars of the opposition Of
The federal party to their country, and / only
ask little space now in which wish to re-
fer to their opposing their country in the last
war; Our commerce had been attacked by
British subjects, and over twelve hundred A
merican seamen had been impressed from our
vessels, and taken aboard British men of-war,
and compelled to do service in their vessels, &
in some cases to fight in their wars or if they
refused, they were tied to the mast and shot
at like dogs The national honor and inter-
est demanded reparation, and war was declar
ed. Never was war more just or necessary,
and never did war meet with more factious,
damning opposition, than did the last war from
the federal party. Those who went for their
country were denounced as injfdels and Jaoo-
bins. The members of Congress who supper
ted the country were sttgmatized as a host of
ru6ians,' the war was called Jim Madiso,r's
,car,' and they even went SO far as to threaten
him with a halter and to send him to the
| island of Elba.' They declared it to be the
most acicked 1car euer acaged.' They declared
Great Britain to be the innocent party that
she 1Oas the bulaCark Of our holy religion that
she was struggling for her salUation,' and
in that war was fighting the battles Of Chris
tendon against US who are anti-Christ and his
hosts But all their opposition to their coun.
try avails them naught, save to disgrace the
party and the party name, to escape which
they changed the name of federal to that OF
,0htg; and a similar fate atcdits that name
The friends of the government rallied in pro.
portion TO their opposition and closed up the
war at New Orleans by one of the most splen-
did victories over the British and federalist,
ever recorded on the page of history
"THEY HAVE TAKEN THE SAME IDENTICAL
COURSE WHICH THE OLD FEDERAL PARTY TOOK
DURING THE LAST WAR! They have travelled
on the same broad road TO infamy. They
have denounced the war as Jim Folks var
the members of Congress who support it as
eringing, servile tools Of the SOUTH and
dough faces, and the war itself as 'unparal.
leled in the annals of infamy;' and, of course
all of us who support it, as infamous withou
parallel!
:" CANNOT, | Will NOT, SUPPORT SUCH ]
PARTY ANY LONGER! shall vote for JARE1
w. WILLIAMS at the coming election, and
will vote for no man who is engaged in THU
Infamous opposition to his country. | SHOULD
as quick think of standing still and see tn.
midnight incendiary apply the torch to my
dwelling, or the midnight assassin plunge tn,
dagger into the bosom of friend, as to think
of standing still and see the honor of my
country furnished, or her flag disgraced, in thi'
her hour of peril and trouble
1" TAKE MY STAND ON THE SIDE OF NJ,
CoUNTRY-PATR1oTIsM ORDERS IT-DUTY d.
RECTs IT. The PARTY THAT SUPPORTS Nj
OWN GOVERNMENT, RECEIVES MY SUPPORT.
GAMES COCHRAN"