Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-11-05
That CircaIar Again.


We promised in our last TO allude briefly to the
FIRST number of Dr. Hills address to the people of
Brunswick. Rather from wish to redeem this pro-
mise than from any great interest we take in the
affair recur to this matter at all. One part of
promise shall redeem to the letter. We shall
be very brief.
The Doctor finds fault with the FIRST resolution of
the Democratic platform, because it expresses conf
dence in the intelligence and virtue of the people :;
with the End, because it asserts that the party Of
cooDs og.cabins and hard-cder, conceive no impos-
ture too monslrous for public credulity with the
3d. because it denounces the spirit of the alien and
Sedi,ion laws--decares this country the asylum of
the oppressed-and is opposed 10 every attempt to
bridge the present privilege of becoming citizens and
the owners of land among because it does this,
the Dr. contends that m goes back to the Declaration
of Independence to shew that the outpourings of The
jals Of the old world, Foreign paupers. without
principle without knowledge. without patriotism
destitute of everything which attaches them to the
government or identifies them with our people
should, their very landing here be entitled to all
the rights of citizenship and in e, cry election exer
else much influence home born citizens
men who understand and love the goyernment."-
Certainly the Doctor cannot have read carefully the
had done So he would have that it contemplates
no such thing admitting foreigners to vote their
very landing here but in place of that goes for The
present naturalization laws which require proba-
tionary period of five years. AS for the "outpour-
ings Of the ails of the old world, foreign paupers,
without principles" etc. of which the Doctor talks,
they found nowhere in the Democratic platform,
and we can only account for his of them by sup
posing that before writing the circular, he had been
reading of Gen. SCOTS Native American letters.
and like the General, got " fred with Indignation"
and came to tho conclusion that all foreigners at
least all foreign emf grants, must necessarily be
scoundrels. He don't seem to like " that rich
brogue" much as the great Captain but guess
he's more sincere. Every to his taste and opin-
ion.
How far the last River and Harbor Bill is in ac-
cordance with the resolution of the Baltimore plat
form which denies the power of the General Govern
ment to carry on general system of internal i'm
provements, could not be shown without review of
all its items, which would take paper after paper
Suffice it to say that Cass, Douglass etc. voted for
it under the belief that its objects strictly
tional, the most of them We could not have sup
ported it, One thing, however, is certain--in the
House the Bill passed by the whole whig party
and very few Democrats, and the same in the Sen
ate.
The 4th section of the Sd resolution is attacked be-
it does not believe in the expcdiency of foster
ing branch of industry at the expense of another
the interests of one section at the expense of the
interests of other sections. We do not pretend tosay
word in defence of the principle avowed. lis enun-
citation is its own best eulogy.
The 5th section is in favor of economy in conduct
ing our public affairs. In order to attack the De-
mocrats the circular goes back 10 the days of Swart
woutng under Martin Van Buren,, when, be it re-
membered the securities of the defaulters were the
chief losers and eventually most, if not ALL
covered. whereas. under the Galphin and Gardner
administrations, it is the high officers Of the Govern
ment-the Presidents constitutional adyisers-who
are implicated in polluting justice and fair admins
tration at its source, and there sureties
sponsible And be it also remembered that Mr..
Van Buren,, the second time he was candidate. was
defeated by greater maturity than any candidate
in the memory of man, almost. A similar fate awaits
the Wing party ut the coming election. But we
have done with this ungrateful task, and with the
review of production evidently the result of
strong and blending prejudice rather than of any
deliberate desire to do wrong misreprcsent.
Discussion ut SnnIthvIllc. ~
We learn that Monday evening last political
discussion took place the Court House in Smhvile
between Gen. Winslow, the Scott elector, and M. B.