Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-18
nz- The WILMINGTON Herald improves upon itself

Dz- The Wilmington Herald improves upon itself
it gilds refined gold and paints the lilly Its arti-
Gle of Tuesday in reply 10 ours OF Saturday last
is step in advance of it's article of Friday last. in
which it denounced the Democratic Convention at
Clinton as ignorant, impudent and arrogant, and
demanded of free citizens of North Carolina how
they dare do this and that say what they thought
openly in the face of day, with the doors VIDE apart
and afterwards publish their doings to the world
Just look at the thing-it speaks for ltsel-ln Its
own naked absurdity and ridiculous arrogance it
stands beyond the pale alike of defence.
But for the amusement of our readers propose
making few more extracts from our delectabe CO.
temporary Conscious no doubt, of the folly OF its
course and smarting under the exposure of that folly
by it's quotation in the columns OF the Journal after
elaborate preparation, much cogltation and serious
deIiberaon, to say nothing of furious Indignation, it
comes out, three days after, in an article commencing
as follows:
Tbat pink of candor and fair dealng-that self const
tuted Judge the ridiculous absurd and FOOLISH "a position
fairly its from its natural gifts Tor the atlon
thai impartial correct and truth loving sneet the WI
article of Saturday last can make for the
spawned windblOwn party of which it is the appropriate
mouth piece"
Sorry we cannot, even in irony, return the compi-
ment contained in the first clause. We think
a pretty good judge of the ridiculous. absurd and
foolish We love to shoot folly as it flies, and with
the Herald for neighbor, we need never be out Of
practice for want of appropriate mark. The Her.
aid further exhibits its respect tQr lis fellow citizens
who openly differ from its opinion, by the of the
epithets 'spavned and wind blown all of which is
respectfully submitted
"sAnd it furthermore informed shall speak of
Is ArtV md tn in
This we presume, is matter of the most perfect
Indifference to the party, provided it never says
word in favor of it. That would lead to the suppo-
stion that the party must have done something that
it ought not to have done, to incur the misfortune of
praise from the Herald.
The attempt to get over the charge of antagonist
in principle to the provisions of the Constitution,
which has been brought against the KnowNothings,
lame as it is, we presume, the best that could De
made after long trying. The principle of the Con-
stituton in prohibiting Congress from making any
laws respecting the establishment of religion, or pro.
hbitng the free exercise thereof is evidently the
disconnsxion of religion from politics civil govern
ment, and every effort of any party combination
to introduce this test directly or indirectly is as evil
IDENTIFY antagonistic TO this principle 1t amounts
to an effort to effect by secret combination what
the Constitution plainly prohibits beirg done by
legal means. The attempt to explain away the
proscriptive character of the order in other res
poets, is equally futile, because the premises upon
which it's argument is based, are equally false. Par
ty exclusion is based upon political differences and is
not in the nature of personal exclusion. The pro-
scripton of Know Nothingism is aimed 1T the mum
the individual, and is based upon religious or other
I
ing to do. The political exclusion amounts to the
fact that the party electng or appointing says that
it wants certain views of public policy carried out,
and for the purpose of carrying such views, it
selects its agents from among those citizens who are
most likely to do so. Know Nothing'sm does not
leave it to public opinion in this way to select its
agents 1t at once, in fact and in practice declares
certain persons ineligible, matter what their pot,
ical views opinions may be.
The Herald parades long list of free.soil papers
at the North which, it says, are opposed to Know
Nothingism. Even at the risk of being again charged
with ignorance, must confess to limited &C
quaintance with that species of literature than the
Herald seems to possess Whatever the regulars may
say, opposed as they are TO having the wind taken
out of their own sails, we know that all the party
presses the North opposed to the administration
free-soiI and ant-Nebraska. Against that we may
as Governor of Pennsylvania. The election of Seward
by Legislature in which the New York Herald the
Scotch organ of KnoY- Nothingsm. admits the Know
Nothings held the control To the election in Con-
necticut, where the Know Nothings beat the Demo
Gratis on the anti Nebraska issue, and their Governor
Miner, has come out unequivocally-to New Hamp-
SHIRE with the same result-to Massachusetts, with
the same resut-to Maine, with the same result-to
Michigan, where K. N. Legislature instructed Gen
Cass to 20 for the repeal of the Nebraska Bill and the
Fugitive Slave Law.
We do not know that the Know -Nothings at the
recent election in New York, elected eighteen Ne
braska men to Congress. Among those whose names
are given by The Herald, or two Democrats
! who MAY vote for Nebraska. The others will not
We see among these names "King," Preston King, WI
presume, dyed-in- the wool abotionist Not only
do IRE not know what the Herald asserts, but nobod,
else knows for the simple reason that the fact is tn
other way.
! We do not know that Senator Wilson made am
such speech at Boston, the Herald attributes t.
him, but we do know that he is delegate to the K
n. National Convention.
o. The following, purportng to be from the Bos
) ton Telegraph, has been going the rounds of tn
Southern K. N. press for some time past:
SENATOR WILSON DENoUNcEs THE AMERICAN PARTY.
"Gen. Wilson gave the closing lecture of the anti
slavery course, last evening, at the Temple. H
explained for himself the position with regard to sa
} very that he had occupied for twenty years, an
called upon all to oppose any party that should try
smother the anti-slavery sentiment. He assume
that this course had been the death of the grea
parties and must be Of the other partu noar forming