Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-16
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
wILmrNeToN, N. O., FRIDAY, MARCH 10. 1855.
RIll Poole.


wood Cemetery on Sunday last, with pomp and GER
emony almost unexampled in New York or in the
country. This was wholly due to the political and
sectarian feeling ELECTED upon the OCCASION Poole
was essentially political bully, and had attached
himself to the Kpow-Nothing side of the question:
It NAV have been that his murder had some connec'
lion with this factthat of the low characters
runninp with 'tother machine" killed him, or had
hand in it, At any rate, Poole was taken up as a
"martyr, and carried TO his grave with demonstra'
ton at least equal to that witnessed at the obsequeS
of Jackson, Clay or Webster.
It was certainly strange affair. The DULLES on
the other side-foreign DULLES. perhaps-deserve ev-
ery punishment the law inaict. The class ought
to be hunted down ike nest of rattesnakes. But,
native or foreign, it makes little difference bully
is a bully and rowdy is rowdy all the world over,
and the attempt to make a martyr" out OF a pro-
iessed prizefghter and pugst, no matter where bon
who killed by others of the same class, is
certainly far from being credable 1t may do TO Stir
up the passions of the b'hoys, " Nose " and "Jake
included, but can do no good They do strange
things at the North, and this is one of them. Not
such should be the martyrs" of great cause, and
surely it cannot be that Bill Poole is 10 be enschrned
as a representative of Americansm" 1t is hard to
tell what will next be done, if this is to be So
The Journal of Commerce heads It's account " row.
dysm inaugurated," and says:
The mortal remains of Bill Fool" victim to the
late brutal ARRAY at Stanwix Hail. were inferred yes
terday in Greenwood Cemetery, and the event was
made the occasion OF a tremendous public demonstra-
ton, that could hardly have been viewed by good cl-
tzens with other emotions than those of mortlhca-
tion pain and apprehension From his late residence
in Christopher street to Broadway, and thence to the
Battery, presented one moving mass OF humanity
windows and balconies were crowded. as were many
house-tops. Without danger of exaggeratlon 1t may
be said that larger concourse OF citizens has rarely
assembled, in honor of any Individual, however emil
nen for intellectual or moral requirements, dstin
guished for public services.
To our mind, the spectacle was darkly portentous,
not only toreshadowng the subVerslon of Sabbath IN
stitutions but evils it would be unwse TO predict 1t
formed of the series of rapidly occurring circum
stances serving to indicate the existence of deep feel
ngs of seCtaran animosity among large classes. The
street preaching excitement, the GavazZl riots, the
attacks of civic and religious PROFESSIONS and existing
relgiOpoico organizations are manifestations OF the
same character.
Poole was prominent man among certain class of
American " (Anti-C atholic) DULLES, pugilsts, &C.,
confederated in antagonsm with Irish" (Catho-
lC) party of much the description, and between
whom there has existed deadly feud. He is now
victim to the he unwisely espoused The
materials for sympathy,-he is martyr to American
liberty, and goes to the grave enshrouded IN the ma
tional flag These facts serve to explain the extra
ordinary spectacle referred TO- which, appears them
was not manifestation of regard for any personal
qualities the deceased may have possessed, so much
expression of so called popular sentiment in ia
vor of Amercanism The peculiartes of the case
demand the more loudly that the law as concerning
the accessories to the death of POOLE should be stern
lY indicated and all realiatory measures forestaled
The spectacle of a great organization which claims
for itself an exemption from the corrupons of the
day. and the right 10 prescribe men for their birth
place or their reg ion, eeVatng as its first martyr,
with honors seldom given 10 the puest patriot the
greatest statesman, notorious rowdy and professed
pugilist, whose character stood far below sus-
con, is certainly humiliating in the extreme. Not
such were the " martyrs, whom the sires of TO-"
delighted 10 hOnOr-no such the martyrs whose blood
has hallowed every great cause The American peo-
pie generally sensitive to the opinion Of the world.
What opinion can the worldl form of the people of
New York after this demonstration? Everybody
knows that Poole was murdered by some antagonist
rowdies-a bully and fighter, he fell by the hands
of DULLES and fighters. 1t was pretty much his
of livelihood It turned out to be the road to
his death.
This was Pooles character while living, and these
the facts of his DEATH He is dead now and it is sin
cerey to be hoped that the interval between the time
of his wound and that of his death was vouchsafed
to him for preparation But Poole, for good evil ii
gone, and humanity speaking, the loss to society ii
not very great. The benefit will certainly thar
over balance the loss, if it only leads to the adoption
of measures calculated to procure the punishment
suppression of such gangs as that engaged in his muir
der. But the great strength of the rowly elemen
exhibited in his funeral, at which Tom Hyer oficiate
as leader, is highly portentous 1t certainly shows
strange taste in religion and politics, which leads pa
trios p" and christians . to worship at the tomb O
Bill Poole.
THE New JAIL.-This edfce will, we presume, b
taken possession of this week for county purposes.
1t is ready for the reception of its inmates althoug
some of its external details not quite finished sue