Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-11-09

Among those gentlemen who sent Ia.
recent National Democratic demonstrot;'E9rs to the
city OF New York was the Hon Hon.s' 'ioh IN the
virginia His letter is quite long, be;nc a. Wise, of
tay upon the politics OF the day but wa Sommen
h 'n; pot f ~nen treats OF Shes IRON
while it instructs also. Mr.. Wise save ."il 10 amuse
/" You must not wonder that vnn. r
friends in Virginia are often confused br democratic
Things IN New York. We wish to So nalhes aud
Democracy there on the old grounds Of JeHss R1ed
Jackson We hear of Hard and Soft n anS and
Shes' and the ideas we form Of them can 'I = half
illustrated by subject of natural bist @n De best
have in our waters, gentlemen, crustac cs.y We
called a crab-a sea fsh-with fins and ,anmaI
both ends, but it can either end forpmo.tt d%s at
at him this way and he runs that; that woV, foke
runs this. He Is remarkable, gentiemen ana he
transformation. AT one time catch him ~ Iof his
his claw, and his shell is hard, verv borg crack
will not separate be detached from ~ ana it
cuticle In that state he is the Hard Cr,h n1 inner
At another time, catch him and crack his proper
when he is hard be sure to crack his claw edW-
men-and you will find that though his w. gentle
is still very hard, yet ii will separate and oo smell
tached from the inner cutcle film ovar ~ Oe de.
Giles. He is then called the 'Peeer . his a ,g mus
peel Oft from him without breaking the nna ab Will
Later catch him and you need not crack h.; SueH
what he is for his outer shell is then caw 10
every suture and the crab is swelling ont ffGnlng at
and taking upon itself lis Soft shell In Ill., !" Hard
is called Buster bursting his shell Ss he
" Peeler" or ''Busler" he is very fa and i i as
to catch the very "monarchs of the deem ' ,' nj
Later STILL he has slipped out of his hard sba WIN
sort of rerstalic notion and left it alono tbo "
and has become wholly Soft crab In that s 3anQ
is good bait too, and is prayed upon by hard he
and other hes and he is inert and can barH s'"o,
out of harms way Then, again, this Son oldWI
gentlemen, begins TO harden from soft to har5 c1ao
as he had before softened from hard 10 soft ITsdln,
in this his second intermediate state he has ba~
poor but more active, is not good for bait S
is called Buckram,' fer that he is 50 like tbo m
brio of that name, and his shell is then feviho ia
veum SO that you see we have an idea If sa l.A'
Iiards who ale Peters, tending TO Soft o" m5
OF some Softs who are Buckrams, tendna "4 ~
Hards And there is such Hardening 10 Soflo on "
such Soening to Hard that we cannot distingU;I'
the politicians of New York as we do the crehs
sometimes by sight, sometimes by touch, and some
times by cracking their claws. But this do saw
that think can see you Democrats; that c:n
distinguish you, Enthusiastically, by the platform ot
principles you have put forth; and am anxious and
ready to stand by and with and for any portion of
the Democracy of New York who will unite on the
platform of civil and religious liberty as defined b
the Constitution and bills of rights Of our Stale and
Federal Governments, and defended by our State
sovereignties and our Federal Union. | cannot and
will not unite with any Wimot proviso, with anv
dark lantern. or with any sumptuary law party