Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-07-27
messrs. w,nslow and Reid ~ tf S the Journal
SMITHVILLE, N, {

you from Ibis piace' .ne general impression eu 10
ed that Mr.. Reid, the Know Nothing cand;Sn. Prevail
not speak here, but fortunately for the Ha, Would
it was announced yesterday that Mr. Pe HiOcracy
speak, and at o'clock in the evening n tI rOuH
were called together by the ringing of fbo Le people
Mr.. Reid led off in his old dray-horse s Sel'
deed he was sluggish 1t looked as tbonob ye' 10,
defender, Mr. Davis had taken all the wind u grsa
sails, and he must incontinently fop down oto bis
subside and cease. But he ddn't-be lUOiape,
on with the old story about the Romish b;onOered
making most desperate and reckless assar;ofchy,
the face of statistics which are easy of acoonS in
He even went far in his paroxysm of desno;.O all
assert that the Editor of the Wilmington Jop~aIas
Romsh proclvities because he was born IN iI mad
Why will Mr. Reid try to make capital ont az afeald
after he must know that not only it is witbon, IaS
daton, but that it has been distinctly and un. tG
ably confradicted. But some allowance must Ls
for the feelings of the desperate and Mr. Reid
parate and catches at anything.
There was marked difference in one tbn.
tween the speeches we heard from Mr.. Reid S.se
the Philadelphia Convention took the ban of oe fe
off, and the one he made at Smithville. At Sm.F
vile he had little to say about being d real Sua
pure, dyed in the-wool, twisted and doubIe;on.,
Democrat the fact being that he had, no ' donS'
heard of Mr.. Davis having given himself IN u,
day before, as the special advocate Of the misrsn.S
American party, he afraid that if he cIamsi
Democracy, while his voluntary deputy was knoUss
to look upon it as the determination of desolai0r
the contrast between sc the brethring would be to
strong, and that precious, A. No. l person, DavJ
Reid, come down with a big run the Democrats
being scared off by Davis, and both Democrats and
Wings by Reid. There he stood proudlg(as he ssiN
upon the American platform but evidently "betwpa1
hawk and buzzard '-bound to be slayel, at anr
rate. Verify, the way of the transgressor is hard,
Poor David Even if you could get elected-and yor
cGnt-you are to be pitied-poor feow-to be O.
dru nd Dncho cd onHn of 70,
about.
Mr.. Reid talked about an hour, making his uSps
asseveration that he had never been an ofce,hunts
Do you know the subterfuge by which he tried fl
get over the facts Of the record-the facts which
meet him at every turn and prove his whole life IA
have been but one continued hunt for Office H.
didn't think that running for the Legislature, and
Congress, and Juigeships, and Scholarships, We
suppose, meant ofice-hunting. Oh no, nothing d
the ki~, Something else, though God knows what
was M. Reds idea of ofhce-hunting-at any rate
something so cunningly mixed up that plain hon
est man could understand it, or hear the talk with
out coming to the conclusion that the that made
it altogether too smart at qulrks and turns be
| trusted with the interests of plain honest men in
Congress.
Another piece of consistency, or mldrtnegs Or
what You WILL was Mr. Red's stating that he had
been beaten for the Legislature in Dupn, for his ad
vocacy of Internal Improvements, and then charging
upon Mr.. Winslow account of the tax bill Of the
last Legi-lature-a tax bill rendered absolutely ne.
cessary by those very Internal improvements whose
behalf Mr. Reid asserts that he himself fell fighting
in DupIin! What do you think of such a course?
| Mr.. Winsow took the stand amid burst Of ap
plause from his Democratic friends who felt that he
had been badly treated by the K. N breaking up
the meeting of the evening before, without giving
him chance to rejon. 1t was expected that be
would rebuke the temerity of the volunteer knight
sc ~ -, orl h. q hoy IL
skinned Mr.. Davis as genteelly as any Know Moth
ing gentleman could desire to be skinned. 1t took
but a short time to demolish Reid. After having
quietly slain and laid out his regular antagonist Mr.
Reid he turned to the volunteer gladiator Nh Davis
| He decked him off like victim for sacrifice. He
twned the flowers of eloquence around him, as the
ancients did garlands round the horns of the sacrh
cial bull or ram, and when he had got all ready b
turned and offered him up, limb by limb, as it were.
he dssected him. He poured upon him torrent 0
eloquence sarcasm and close logic. He took up HI
loose statements made without authority, his I'D cap
tandum arguments, and showed up in a ridiculous
light the theatrical style of the special orator Whit
he recited that nov address of Drake to the national
flag Forever floats that standard sheet" What
right had the Know NothIngs to claim an exclusive
right to that standard sheet. 1t is the flag of th
country, the whole country and not of faction anc
Americans should never forget that the flag of The
colonies and subsequently of the States first hos
ted TO the masthead of an American vessel by for.
eign- born hands That standard sheet was the pro.
perty of the people, to float to the free breeze in the
face of heaven and in the light of day, and not 10 be
hidden away in some little secret K N council room
at midnight
! Mr.. Winslow then proceeded to draw striking
yet ludicrous picture illustrative of the strange
inconsistent elements composing the Know Nothing
or self-styled American party. BY way Of illustTa
ton, he imagined state of things which can neV8
nY ISt hut1r ariO ton tho Of In \
in this district, and the triumph of Davis and Reid
Messrs. Davis and Reid standing side by side, "Wel
Mr.. Reid saith Davis, {" we ought to regulate the
currency-a National Bank is nv desile How is il
with you, brother?' ''Oh Mr.. Davis, that is ian OBJ
solete idea with your old party reoneth Mr. Reid
swell, Mr.. Reid" continueth Mr.. Davis, something
must be done TO protect manufacturing friends II
massachusetts,, who have given so noble vindicato
and exposition of our principles" "Ah Mr.. DAVIS
am Free Trade man, and for Sailors Rights, AM
| you must not expect me 10 desert the Tag" lhu
did MIR. Wlnslow proceed to contrast the ncOngruou
elements gathered together in this miserable assOca
ton Finally he pictured Reid getting somewhat eS
cited when Davis tells him that the principles OF lne
Old wing party are contained in the organization
by virtue of the Stars and Stripes, and excaImIns
with renewed energy" d--mn the foreigners
| d-mn thu Catholics'
We would fain wish that our humble fancy could
portray TO youhe vivid picture drawn by the speak
er, which brought down shouts of applause and laugh
ter from all present. One point more we must ouch
ON and we are done, the charge made by Reid agaln'
the Governor for favoring the tax bill, aroused Ds
I ire OF the orator. and showed in Mr.. Winslow the
North Carolina heart, which preferred poverty win
| honor, rather than furnished reputation. MI
Wlnslow asked if in that assembly there was one
North Caroilnian so ignoble, groVelling, anu :.
avarcious, that he would prefer to see blotuPon s
escutcheon of the old North State, rather than pa
the pitul increase of taxation, which had been e's
by the last Legislature? AS to himself though oppose
to onerous taxes, yet he felt that proudE feeng s
up IN his breast, whenever he contemplated the ~
lame OF his native land, that would make him glau!
accept twenty times the burthen he bore in taXaOn
rather than permit cloud of suspicion TO gam.
on the time honored old commonwealth. He at'emPs