Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-24


proceed from great laxity of morals the part
of Wilmington Journal to attempt the justification of
~der the plea idle and insufficient it has the hard
hood to put FORTH
The above is taken from an article in the Whining
ton Herald of Saturday, purporting to be in reply TO
one in the Journal of the day before. We will not
charge the Herald with gross and papable misepre-
sentaton of us and our language, we will content
ourselves with proving it by few quotations-the
first being taken from the article upon which the
Herald nominaIly comments. The Herald charges us
with attempting the justification of MURDER ETC.
The article in the Journal Of Friday says: we
wish it to be distinctly understood that we do not
speak of these nvectives [Prenticesl as stirring up
the passions of those denounced by him, afford
ing any justification of their wrong doings."
Again, look at the following taken from our very
first article after the receipt of the telegraphc
count of the riot:
ssWe would not defend a single guilty of violation
epn birth as nav have been guilty many no doubt,
and certainly those who would dprecate unjust
Should be the first invoke the very scverest punish
upon those who by their aWlesnes give just cause
If offence We trust that when the facts shall have been
fully investigated, and the blame fixed upon those who
really that condign will be meted out
birth who have not simply broken the laws but have
haps, inflicted injury upon their teowclt
no other way"
Again, from our paper of the Wednesday OF last
week, speaking of the naturalized citizens, we say
mo doubt they did very many things deserving of
punishment, and for which we trust they will be
punished. Let the culpable individuals be punished"
Is there any necessity for saying another word
Could any language make stronger the condemnation
which plain reference to the record fasens upon
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ask the fobearance of the public for noticing such
things at all.
AS for all the iummery about our being foreigner
and all that, need only remark, that we hardly
expect better from paper that classes the large ma
oy of the native-born voters Of North Carolina as
" anti-American five out of eight OF her chosen
representatives as e antAmerican the dominant
party in the Old North State as the Foreign and
Catholic party for such is tie slang OF The K. n
organs, the Herald among the rest.
Let us say another word or two about the man
Prentice upon whose account the Herald and kim
dred organs specially exercised. While Henry
Clay lived, and mis- INT say reigned in kentucky,
and in the Wing party generally, this man was his
fuIsome adulaor-his boot-licker, as 1t were Hen
ny Clay died, and Webster died, and the party OF
which they were the main pillars followed soon after
Prentice deserted it in obedience to the instinct
which teaches rats to leave sinking ship, and joined
a new secret organization in opposition to Democracy
J. B. Clay, the of Henry Clay, chose not 10 90
| but to lift up his voice against this new sln and
| Immediately, without other provocatlon, he
is attacked ferociously, brutay, by the serve adu-
lator of his father-hs private afairs-the DISPOSE
ton he makes of his own property is dragged for
ward for the purpose of placing him in contemplate
light before the public, and all because he had the
hardhood to speak his mind openly freeman.
Nobly did Clay rebuke this arrogant and brutal
attack
There seems to be very considerable dearth OF
news of topics of any freshness interest. Our
neighbour of the Herald, or Monday last found
very pretty little mares nest about the eligibility of
Mr. Winsow to a seat in Congress, and the same
day we published from exchange pretty fairly
gotten up hoax in the way of big snake, said to
have been captured in Silver Lake Of course there
was nothing in the mares nest the Snake Story
only little something to talk about in the absence
of anything better.
On some subjects no news is good news, and in
this sense, the fact that we have not yet had TO
chronicle single case of yellow fever in North Caro-
lina is among the most pleasing items of the day.
Our Southern sisters Charleston, Augusta ard Sa-
vannah, last year sckly, this year in the en-
joyment of unusually good health.