Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-12-22
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
n. G.. MONDAY, DEC. IS. 1854.
Strange Inconsistency.

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Most of our readers, presume recollect Inc |
Guhernatorial canvass of last August-they cannot
have forgotten with what energy every Democrat
was stgmatised with aristocracy who ventured to |
suggest that the candidate OF great part for the
honorable position of Governor of Sovereign State
ought at least to possess sufficient culture or edi-
cation" to avoid fragrant violations OF grammar and
msapplications OF language in his stated addresses
before the people; neither they have forgotten
that General Dockery, half OF whose appeals for
popularity had no better basis than his deficiency in
this respect, received the nomination of the Wing
Convention which assembled in Raleigh last spring
and the ardent support of those very wing editors
and politicians who are foremost In their at
temps belttle the Democratic Senators for imagl
mary deficiency in comparison with their Wing COM
petitors The Wing party last spring had the op-
portunity OF selection and they used it to put up
General Dockery their candidate and standard
bearer the heads of the really able and educated
men Of their party, and having done so, they now
come forward, with, certainly very bad grace, to
reflect upon the Senatorial selections made by the
Democrats 1t might be though that party that
chose General Dockery, Ga very respectable man in
his own wayD for its exponent, could hardly afford
to be choice afterwards or, if inclined to throw
stones, would be constantly reminded of the proverb
about the danger of ndulging in such amusements on
the part Of those living in glass houses.
But circumstances alter very much-very
much indeed, and with few people rapidly as the
leaders of the Wing party In the canvas of 1882
who so exceedingly fond of the adopted Citizens
oil the country-the German accent was "sweet,"
and the " Irish brogue" was rich y but, how,
ha 0knd a
two loo brown-afer ALL the proprieors of the afore
said "accents" and "brogues" were not as great
fools as had been supposed and they voted pretty
much in the old way-just as their views of affairs
led them, as their neighbors are apt to do. The
Wing candidates were defeaed-SomewhGt, fnot more;
and now, in about two years, things have so changed
that the German accent" has lost all its "sweet
ness" and as for the "brogue, if not felony, it is
not far from misdemeanor, punishable with exclu.
sion from every Office of trust or profit, unworthy
to DO shot at at the extravagant rate of ten
dollars nth,so Mr.. Taylor of Tennessee says in
the House of Representatives, since he would not
even admit it 10 the honors and emouments of full
private in the Regular Army Can any hes.
itae to pronounce this progressive AEGEAN age in
which the immortazed in the spirits tirring
melodies of the ilusrious James Crow is carried TO
full perfection, and men wheel about and turn
about" with Iooseness surprising as it is refresh
ing. The great advantage, not TO say consolation,
in the rootory movement, is that it generally brings
things hack 10 very nearly the point from which they
started, and the would keeps it's position in the solar
system by the force Of gravty-gravity is the thing,
after ALL therefore let be grave-grave as an oys-
ter-grave 1" sam 3" or a swapping turtle, or any
Other grave thing.