Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-10-22
80. So Is.rettasiIfe Obserrer.

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sAgessrs. r il Hale & Son :--Gentlemcn Clrcum-
stances having given an undue importance 80 what
said on d single point, in discussion win 1oi
Person in Wilmington, am induced IN Justice 70
all concerned, to state what did say on that occa-
sion p:..ao
with having said at New Boston. $ He loathed the
Fugitive slave act because believed his object was
10 Get the New Boston people to submit to the exc
cution of the law, and could not CONCEIVE now ne
conld consistently ask them to submit to law. ana
/ in the same breath tell them he loathed It. Upon
| the testimony on this point, was aware that the
Wings generally contended that MI Pierce ana say
he loathed the fugitive slave law. But as dd MOI
/ 60 bel;eye therefore / would not charge; but
would bring Mr. Pierce upon the stand and let him
speak for himself And what says be Wny even
in this same New Boston speech published IN me
Washington Union and an has authorised LJe ne
saws & No man Ionthes aaUe1y more han az.
Even YOU New Boston men who loathe the law, who
are opposed to it's execution, who are abotionIsts,
EVEN you the very men whom now address-the
men who desire dissolution Of the Union. do not
loathe Slavery more than do" then proceeded IN
an argument to prove that he free soiler, and
held ::slauergn in detestation though did give
him credit for speaking ont in behalf OF the Union
aud the law, at time when, as conceive, the I'm
ion was in peril
From this statement it will appear plainly where
in had reason to complain that the report In the
Journal was unfair. The Journals report only gave
the concession and omitted the point made, as well
the the argument, which neutralized the effect OF
as concession.
In the second place, the Journal represented me
as saying knew Franklin Pierce did not say he
loathed the fugitive slaue law" This in effect was
making ritness of me, upon a subject ON which
knew nothing, except from the evidence ofothers.-
On that evidence had expressed an opinion, be-
lief favorable to Mr.. Pierce, but had not borne
testimony to my knowledge of the disputed fact.
believe have stated truly the substance of what
did say, and can only regret that it has been a
source of misunderstanding with any one-for can
assure You would rather make twenty speeches
than explain one Yours truly,
), Oct. IL, 1852. JAMES BANKS.
,, This card of Mr.. Banks, appears in the Fayette-
Vile Observer of the 14th and notice is due to
it. coming as it does from Mr.. Banks. although we
might very we'll be excused from noticing anything
in the Observer after its uncaled for and ungentle
manly rudeness however it too is excusable since
unquestonably it acts in obedience to its instincts.
Fit treated contemporary properly, i, would cease
to be the Fayetteville Observer
Mr. Banks card is simply unnecessary and unne-
cessarily simple, in much it comes out for the
ostensible purpose of setting himself and his position
properly before the people, and yet claims no more
than we had given him over three weeks ago, as
follows:
In glancing over the editorial columns of the OBJ
server of Thursday last, find long article char
actersticaIIy headed, Locofoco FalsehoOds," in
which the Observer charges the Journal with hav-
I ing msrepresented James Banks Esq, in an allu-
sion made by us to his speech, delivered here during
Court week. Were we willing to adopt the elegant
phraseology of the Observer, we might denominate
the whole of its article tissue of false represen-
atons. if not Of direct fsehoods The fact is, that
we said not one word about Mr.. Banks speech that
, was not strictly true, stated by Mr.. Banks
did emphatcally repudiate the New Boston SANDER.
of which the Observer has been such Jealous en-
dorser and propagation He did not believe it, and
hoped that he should be led to stoop to the
of such weapons against Gen. Pierce. This is the
import of what Mr.. Banks said pretended to
give than the import Mr. Banks further
said that he did not charge Gen. Pierce with being
an Aboliticnst; but commended that he could pro-
duce as strong evidence against him that as
could be produced against Gen Scott This is about
the amount of the whole affair. We have made no
" grossly false statements as charged by the Obser
yer and Herald. We have simply told the truth.
Daily Journal, 25M Sept.
Mr. Banks must certainly be mistaken about the
New Boston Speech which he says was reported in
the Washington Union, and in the authorized life OF
Gen. Pierce. He, doubt, refers to his Manches-
ter speech of 1850, in which the following pas.
sage occurs:
The men that would dissolve the Union, did not
hate deplore slavery more than he did but even
with it we have lived in peace, prosperity and
present time. The constitution provided for the
turn OF tug1tlre StdUeS, 1T SHOULD DONE. That
e was what he WANTED DO that was what our IA
theirs AGREED should do; and that was what the
S FRIENDS OF THE UNION established by them wanted
!, to do. Kisses These, said Gen. p, are the ar
gumens of the higher law suppose.
The New Boston speech was not reported in the
Union, and if capital be made out of the above
or any opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law infer
red from it, Mr. B. is welcome to the capital and tb.
inference. The public will hardly agree with him
= however. We published it ourselves nearly two
n months ago.
f Mass Meeting a EmfcId-Tvvemty-fve Hundred
# Present.
! We find an account of the Enfield, Halifax Coun
ty, Democratic Mass Meeting of the 10th, in tn,
. Goldsboro' Patriot of the 18th. The Editor of tn,
Patriot, who of the Secretaries, puts dowr
1t the number present at $500. Hon. James c. Dob
bin made of his most eloquent and effective
il speeches. At the conclusion of his Speech the crowt
invited to partake of fine barbecue prepared
for the occasion. After the entertainments Col Ruff
fin was called upon, and made short speech, after
J. which the meeting broke up in the best spirits
J A SPECIMEN CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION OF
81 PIERCE.-Mr. Christmas, one of the Democrat,
IL Commoners in our State Legislature from the Dem
ocratic county OF Warren has bet largely on tn,
e election OF Scott and Graham. and is ready to be
+" more on the same side if any Of his brother Demo
8 Gratis are inclined to stake their money on Pierce
- Wilmington Herald.
We don't know much about Mr. Christmas bu