Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-06-15
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Holmes,
VIM. HILL, Sec
For the Journal.
{" thank :hee for this story from my soul"-WAIGs
He has done it up BrGpn.-OLD SAVING.
We have been amazingly edited and aston
ishingly amused, by the keen perception OF
the Editor of the Chronicle, in his editorial
headed ga Gross Imposition" Who here
after will doubt the doctrines of Gall and
Spurzheim, or deny that for finding mares
nests. the Editor OF the Chronicle is, practical
" and phrenologically, the first man in the
nation The Ferret was found to be some in
the way of burrowing and destroying rabbits
AMI hence the saying, " ferret it out" But
hereafter, when mares nest shall be discov-
cred, lei it be said, in honor Of the Chronicle,
d" 1t was Bro1cn'd OUT
During election campaigns, we knew that
the perceptive bumps of the Chronicle grew
amazingly active We recolected how in
1910 he detected and exposed the design of
the Locofocos TO raise the hue and cry of in
surrection, in order TO keep the courageous
Wings from the polls. How quick he was
last fall to expose that other scheme of this
same abandoned party, to impose upon the
people by representations of detection among
prominent Wings. What, now, in these quiet
piping times of peace, has sharpened his Wis
ual organs. we are at a loss 10 divine. Has
ne any particular dislike to the nominee for
any particular reason, irrespective OF the
wound which his pride has received in the
failure OF his remarkable prophecy with regard
to the nomination ? The public will Judge of
this thing
And now for the merits of the article. 1t
says, on the first ballot Strange received a ma
iority of votes According to a mistake in the
account of the proceedings OF the Convention,
it does appear so. But if the Chronicle man
had been as eager for truth as for fault-flnding.
he would have discovered that there was ID
votes in Convention. and that is not a majo-
rity. Ashe received votes, Strange 7, Ave
rift / and H. L. Holmes /.
AS TO the Conventions "stultifying" itself,
we would remark to the Editor of the Chroni-
Gle that stultus means FOOL and that persons
who live in glass houses should never throw
stones. MIR. Ashe received nine votes on the
first ballot, second day. 1t was then recon-
mended that the Convention should adopt the
sense of the last vote, and declare Mr.. AShe
the candidate This, in itself, amounted to
nothing more than the recommendation of the
committee, and had no official force, moth
ing binding Or obligatory. When, then, up
on the next ballot, II of the IA deci-
del in favor of this recommendation, how
can the Editor of the Chronicle, without '' s:ul-
tifyng' himself and perverting the truth, max e
such reckless statements about the conduct of
his political opponents
With regard to violations of Republican
rules, we have only to say that Wings and
Democrats entertain very different views as to
what is Republican. We did not of course
expect to please our political! opponents, and
would as soon go TO the blind man who desert
bed red by the sound of trumpet, for his
judgment of co!ors, as TO permit their ideas of
Republicanism 10 be affected by the Brown
tint Of Chronicled Federalism.
But what can be expected of an Editor who
was the first to nominate Gen. Taylor who
has made himself notorious by urging before
the public his forwardness before all others to
adopt an auailahe candidate instead of pri1e
cip{ed one who gloried in the proceedings
OF the "slaughter-house in Philadelphia 5
who is now uphoIding the greatest of all i'm
position, Gen. Taylor and his "green shoes, -
and his hybrid Cabinet, and yet has the te-
merty to print in large type, at the head of
his editorial column, " A Gross Imposition ?''
Verify he handles the phrase and mouths it as
freely as ii his conscience was entirely at ease
ana none but plotting Locofocos should be
startled at the sound. Well he is not the
| first person who has whsted as he crossed a
graveyard, nor will he probably be the last
one who will excite ridcue by the perform
ance A DELEGATE.