Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-10-29
and his friends Hard

against any misplaced and mistaken apathy arising
from over confidence founded on the belief that all
is decided and nothing remains for US now to do Dut
to reap the rewards of victory 1t is always safe
ALWAYS right to count nothing done while anything
still remains to be done. The second day of November
is vet to be passed. The overwhelming strength OF
our party and of the country is yet to be shown on
that day. and We may depend upon it that Seward
and his coadiutors will heaven and earth to OBJ
tain triumph over the Democratic party and over
the South Ii is only by estimating justly the pow
er of the elements opposed to US, and by bringing
forth all the just and conservative forces OF the coun
try on our side that can obtain such victory as
is due to our principles and our candidates
Driven to desperation by their late defeats, Sew
ard, Johnson, aye and John P Hale, too. are using
every means that recklessness prompt, or total
lack Of principle suggest, to carry the North Tor
Scott. Charges the basest are trumped up-moilveS
the most unworthy are appealed to-sectlonallsm
the unblushng is reused against General Pierce,
now that tho briefneSs Of the interval between this
and the day of election can allow little or time
for their refutaton exposure.
v 18th an overwhelming majority in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana everywhere, how can the Northern
Wing papers endeayor to excite even the feeblest
hope Of defeating the Democratic party! Can it be
by fair means by the usual weapons of party war
fare? Such supposition would be preposterous-
the political history of the country affords grounds
for no such hope No party yet trumphed at
the Presidential election with such uniform maj orr
ties against them at all the preceding State contests
Some secret coalition is looked forward to. We were
told some time since that Seward was going to Eu-
rope and this was paraded in the Scott papers as
sign that he and Scott had nothing to do with each
other Instead of his going to Europe, we find him
in council with Gen. Scott last week at Auburn
Foss-the redoubted Foss-was coming South to
prove that he had not stolen horse instead of that,
hear Of him at the last accounts in the Western
Reserve (Ohio eectioneering for Scott, and against
Pierce, among the Abotionists and Free Sellers
Of that Abolition region. Hale, while nominally
eectioneering for himself is in fact charging
down upon Pierce as pro-savery man: and
the New York Herald proves beyond doubt
that the Hale and Seward leaders understand
each other and that a coalition has been per.
fected for the defeat of one who often defeated
and finally crushed the notedJ p Iale that all these
influences to be brought forward, we certain
that they will be defeated equally certain
but is folly to suppose that all this fabric will fall
without a sruggle,-and that the November election
will be childs playa bare formality. We
must be up and doing-eyery man must come to the
polls. There is everything to excite to action
our party are sound to the core,-unitcd enthusias
tic and victorious our opponents defeated, DIES
perate and dangerous. Let US. then. press forward
shoulder to shoulder, until the final victory be won
and can then rest quietly with the assurance tina
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tous coalition in electng the noble patriots-Frar
kiln Pierce and VIM. r. King.
External Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty"
A friend remarked to us the other day, that thu
contest between Pierce and Scott was virtually de-
cided, and the struggle was between the States
in the effort to see which one should bear off thu
banner by giving the largest proporionate ma ority
, for the Democratic candidate. Such firmly be
eve to be the fact The State elections by indica
tons which have never yet failed in the poitica
history of the country have gone to prove this Will
all the certainty of demonstration But yet the war
. ming of the immortal Jackson, with which we hav
headed these few remarks should be lost 81 oh
of by those who feel the Importance of the issues in
volved. Eternal vigilance IS the price of lib
crty." No muscle should be relaxed-no hon
. orable effort should be spared-no vigilance shout
be slackened until the final victory is won-th
final triumph secured-the earnestly sought f.
end accomplished. And in the proud rivalry
Democratic States, why should not North Care
lima enter the lists and become competitor fo
the banner? Has she less interest in the result tina
others ?-are her sons more cold or more apatheti
in the Icause than others? No. Then warn tn
=, committees bring out the voters and let her dc
tI,o ~, ~ IL
l. rights of the South-to her rights be atteste
by majority of at least ten thousand for TIERC
AND KING.