Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-03-26

favored brethren of Gotham.
GA Mr. Leahey, who processes have been Monk of
La Trappe proposes lecture here tonight upon certain
doctrines practices the Romsh Church Of the
of his private lectures om which ladies excuded
know nothing personally and indeed have only been
kept apprsed of the of the lecturer through the
country by meeting occasionally in exchange papers
with accounts of riots attendant upon his exhibitions We
publish political and commercial newspaper, and
tartan Journal and therefore, have nothing to do with the
differences betwixt Leahey and his opponents and wish
press opinion beyond that contained in decided
apprehension of all violence and disturbance. But know
that these disturbances haze occurred and merely
exercise discretion journalists and good citizens in
using to make advertising columns tAe medium of Civ
ing publicity to anything which has frequently tended
might again tend breach of the public peace-espe
cially when of that fact similar
pursued by all the daily papers in Charleston, with but
single exception 1t has been endeayor in the
discharge Of laboous duties preserve the
of our wayturnng neither to the right hand to the
left and atter ourselves that and character
conductors of public press too well known to admit
of any msappehenson of motives any msrepresen
aton of conduct in refusing to publish the advertise
ment of these lectures
The above remarks were penned yesterday fore
noon after the lecturer had called upon us, but deem
ing it unnecessary to make any allusion all to the
by the usual curiosity in such cases, we went up
the Masonic Hall to hear what should hear About
the lecture as general thing we have not word to
say-as we have already remarked, such things are
not in our line but we could not help admiring the
attitude la Tom Hyer assumed by the preacher,
when he most heroicaly assured the whole world
| and the rest of mankind that he not afraid of
an editor. We honor him for his pluck, and have
been endeavoring since the enunciaion of that
important and startling truth to work up our ina
nation to proper conception of the length and
breadth, thickness and density of that pluck. We
must however, confess that we would have had a
still higher appreciation of that quality had there
been any occasion for its display But inasmuch as
the Daily paper and the editors thereof had simply
exercised their undoubted right to conduct their own
business in their way, the whole thing was mere
y little talk to Bunkum, and such breach Of
propriety as does not often characterize either a
Christian gentleman.
Born and educated in the bosom of the Presbyte-
rian church. the of minister of that denomina-
tion and early embued with its doctrines, the editor
of this paper has felt that necessity fol
ultra zeal which generally marks the renegade in
religion politics, and has adopted and
will adopt ultra in anything, believing tha
extremes are seldom right.
We have time and again refused to publish medi
cal advertisements of peculiar character although
offered almost any price for so doing. We have ii
like manner refused other advertisements and com
munications even at the risk of offending persona
, friends, when we supposed their tendency might b.
to stir up hard feelings, eopardize the peace of
community The good sense and good feeling of
b; ,;n1o nj hos, .
course, and we are confident that it always will AM
We therefore, little for the threat of persecu
ton by which this person endeavored to enforce hi
arrogant attempt at dictation to us in the manage
meDt of our business-Doiy Journal, 23d inst.
nag~We deeply regret to learn that some dis
+ turbance occurred at Leahey's lecture at the Ma
f sonic Hall, on Tuesday night last. Some bushes
occupied our attention until about eleven o'clock
on coming round to the Carolina Hotel at that hour
we found several gentlemen of high standing in tn
O community, and all Professionals we believe, yer
much excited at the lectures, which they consdere
E a disgrace to the town. We would beg them an
all good citizens to remember that, whatever the
may think of these lectures itinerant is capa
BILE of rejecting disgrace upon community like this
but that it would be deplorable indeed if on such
account the name of our town should be connecte
with tales of violence any good and true men be
!, come involved participators in such scenes.
Il On Wednesday morning, the official proceeding
of a special meeting of the Board of Commissioner
upon this subject handed in, and will b
: found in another column. state IF public feelin
is revealed, which is painful in the extreme. Blu
again and again, would beg all our citizens to re
collect that all this will pass away with the caus
which has producedit; but that any collisions betwee
:. our citizens, between any of them and the au
thories, must rise TO feelings and impression
s. which cannot be efaced forgotten. TIL
e peace and dignity of our town is above all price.
We are pleased to learn that the notorious Leahe