Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-04-20
The Meeting Next Week.

Tuesday evening, and full attendance Is earnestly
requested. All true Democrats no matter with what
wing or section of the party they may have acted
matter what local divisions or heart-burnlngs may
have existed among them-should meet together on
the broad platform of Democratic principle and work
for The maintenance of Democratic measures 1t Is
time now to throw all the talks and animosties of
clques or sections that may have divided our front
and weakened our strength.
In every State North of u.s. the Wing organization
has disappeared, or become merged In that OF the
"Know- Nothing" or so-called American party 81
the contest is finally narrowed down to Know Moth
ingism or Democracy. There can be but two great
parties at time, and these now the partes.-
The new organization is the last form assumed by
the Proteous of opposition TO Democratic progress
This being the plain and undeniable fact it is full
time that the line should be drawn-a plain issue OF
strength should be made between the party OF Jener
son and Jackson and that of Ned Buntline and Sena
tor Wilson. A man cannot serve two masters-he
cannot obey the oath-bound behests of secret pro-
scrptive order in opposition to the Democratic party
and pretend to membership in that party, or claim
right to participate in its deliberations. We take it
for granted that no honorable man, who has joined
the KnowNothing order, and intends to participate IN
its movements will assume to himself any right of in
j.
cratic meeting. TO take any other view of the mat
ter would be to suppose an amount of duplicy we
cannot believe to exist in North Carolina. It must
be evident to those Wing gentlemen who cannot
bring themselves to submit to the trammels of Sc
cret political party whose Northern afintes dis
tasteful to them, that they have but the choice be-
tween neutrality and frank action with the Demo-
cratic party
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next House of Representatives there can be but
little doubt In Maine the K. N. fusion has chosen
out of the members and all ant-Southern; New
Hampshire all 3 K N. and anti-Southern Vermont
do Massachusetts / K. Ms and furious abolition
lists Rhode Island of the stripe; Connecticut
Ado New York 20 10 a. the 20 being chosen under
K N. and Fnsionist auspices, and all bitterly anti
Southern New Jersey to l, under the same aus
pieces and of the same character; Pennsylvania 81
TO a. chosen directly on the K N aud Anti Nebraska
and Anti.Fugitive Slave Law issues Ohio 81 K. N.
Fusonists. all bitterly Anti. Nebraska and An-F ugi-
tive Slave Law Indiana to of the same COM |
plexion Illinois to a, being drawn. battle between
Nebraska and Savery-the K. Ms claim the election
of the A anti-Southern and anti Democratic members
as among their triumphs"; Michigan K N. Fu-
sioniss to l Democrat-this is the State that in.
ka Bill and the Fugitive Slave Law, which the
venerable Senator qCoud not do the demand of the
K N. party of his State in temporary control of the
Legislature; Wisconsin anti-Slavery Fusionists TO
l administration California, State strongly South
ern in its afinities, administration Democrats
Iowa ! anti-Slavery Fusionist; Delaware l K. N.
Florida l Democrat; South Carolina Democrats
Arkansas Democrats; Missouri anti-admininis-
to I has fofoo oh
elections have already been held and they have
elected 129 opposition TO 81 administration, whereas
there were from these States in the last Congress 1O4
administration to At opposition. In the last Congress
these States gave the Democrats At majority in the
next Congress they will give the Fusionists SO
joity.
Now from this exhibit two things are apparent
one is that the L" triumphs obtained over the Demo
cratic party have been mainly if not wholly at the
North, and in those States in which Freesoilism has
assumed its most rampant attitude Missouri is no fair
exception to this rule the democrats in that State
being still largely in the ascendant their failure to
elect their Congressman being due divisions in their
own ranks, produced by the Vaccinations of Col
Benton and his friends; Delaware is no longer
Southern State The other is that the growth of op-
position strength has borne exact proportion to
that of the K N. ORDER and both have exactly kept
pace with the development of opposition to the Ne
braska Bill and the Fugitive Slave Law. If, as as
serted, the administration has been condemned at
the North it has been mainly this issue, and that
the astonishing growth of the new organization in
that section has been owing, Theodore Parker we
think, says to its concentrating every form of this
ant.Slavery sentiment, grasping them with one big
fist and shaking them in the face of the Adminstra-
ton and the South.
1t is for the people of the South - the people
of North Carona-of the Cape Fear section-of
the county of New Hanover, to say whether they
will! ratify this Northern condemnation of the
Democratic party, and the Democratic administra-
ton, whether the reasons which have operated
to bring about that condemnation at the North
are not the most convincing ones for verdict Of
approval at the South. We believe that even at the
North this unhappy state Of things cannot continue
It's fall will be materially accelerated by the firm
attitude of the South.
The practical operations of this order now
seen and known. 1t remains for Democrats who
have heen drawn into its folds under any msappre.
tensions 10 say whether they,wil longer continue tc
work with it, or will give to the Democratic States
Rights party an open and frank support.
QUEER AMBITIoN.--We read and hear eyerv day
OF some man who has been remarkably successful
as to die worth million, and SO on. We don't see
the beauty of the thing. We don't think it makes
much difference to dying man whether he is worth
million or not. We should like 10 HUe worth con