Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-07-27

ey When people get into position that dspleases
hem the best thing they do is to get out OF it
soon as possible. When Inadvertently or other
wise, they have been drawn into connection with
order whose character and objects they no longer
after full examna alton and reflection approve OF, they
owe to themselves and to their country TO come out
of it and that not 10 please this man or that man,
or to avoid displeasing this that man, but
simply in the discharge of their duty honest, high
minded freemen Now, We sincerely believe, because
we have reason to believe, that there very many
persons precisely situated with reference to the
K N order-they are not pleased with their position
in that order. They feel that they have business
there, and if they had the last few months 20 over
again. would certainly not 60 into the secret party
is most assuredly the duty of such citizens to come
out from the organization.
These remarks will meet the eyes of great many
citizens in Wilmington and throughout this and the
adjoining districts, who are placed precisely in the
position we have described We ask of them to take
this matter home to their own minds and hearts,
and think over it, and act accordingly; discarding
all outside considerations and having regard only to
what is due to themselves to their own independence
as freemen and to the interests of their country and
their section, as the same may be affected by the
result of the coming contest in this State. We would
address ourselves especially to our Democratic
brethren, who have in any way gone in without con-
siteration who now see the tendency of the order
who still retain their Democratic feelings, and are
unwilling to be made the instruments in the hands
of interested leaders, bring about that ruin of the old
national Jeersonan party by which the secret order
vauntingly proclaims its rise. To them we
;o1l, hair O1A
party still stands up erect, with the will and the
power to embrace the Union and to spread abroad
its proud old flag over the rights and interests of all
sections under the constitution. To them we would
say-come forh-come forth free men-aS Demo-
crats-as States Rights men-be no longer under
the dictaon of secret order hatched by those hos
tile to the interests of the South hostile the great
principles of government in which you have always
beleved-those principles, under the operation of
which, the American name, power and prosperity
have gone forward with strength and an impetus
paralleled in the annals of the world. Those
principles still survive. Will you desert them and
their representatives at the call Of those who have
always batted against them? We cannot believe it.
Men are known by the company they keep. Who
are Mr.. Reds deputies who do his talking in his
George Davis, Esq, formerly Wing EIector in this
District. gentleman who never had political
thought or aspiration, of which the main ingredient
was not hostility to the Democratic party Cato
cuded every harangue with his emphatic Cartilage
delenda est! Carthage must be destroyed Democracy
must be put down. is equally the essential AMI ever
present motive power of Mr.. Davis political thoughts
movements, and harangues, matter what instrument
tally he may select for the purpose OF accomplishing
this. The X. N. organization is simply to him one
of the means TO this end Is this the political COM
pany for Democrats? Mr.. Reid would have the Demo
Gratis to believe that he is Democrat while he Lro-
claims himself the Candidate of party that seeks
to rise the ruins of Democracy, and has for his CO.
workers in the attempt TO ruin the Democratic party
the bitter and never ceasing antagonists of Democra-
These are very plain facts and considerations, very
plainly stated. We speak to plain, honest men, whom
only wish 10 look things rs they are