Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-07


that he has made no enemies and awoke no opposi.
tion, is about equivalent to positive censuFe We
want no such epitaph. The true praise is due to
faithful discharge of duty Such course of action,
on the part of the friends of the LIBERAL antiKnow'
Nothing ticket, will certainly secure success. Amy
failure or want of energy will be severely felt. for we
need not speak, this late day, of the efforts the
organization of " the Order" A long pull, strong
pull and pull altogether and the thing is ght,
perfectly straight.
o. It is certainly new feature in popular cleo
tons, when the element of wealth is brought in to
throw its weight in the scales and decide the sufra-
ges of the people Yet we find such actually intro
duced apparently as an argument and we are grave
ly assured that the K N order owns .twothirds of
the real estate in town. and this evidently assigned
as reason why the exclusive control of town mat
tiers should be vested in the ORDER else why the
IRENE irritation manifested at the movement of those
outside of its bounds to assume position of active
opposition rather than tame acquiescence What
ever way the majority of the citizens of town d..
cide the minority party, whatsoever that may prove
to be, will be bound to submit chesrfully to the de-
cison so made but not to the assumed supremacy of
wealth as indicated by 81 two-hrds of the real es-
tate" The last thing in the world that we should
like to see would be an issue of any kind between
the property holder and the non.property holder,
and we should be the first TO deprscate the usually
senseless cry of the poor against the rich, for the in
terests and obligations of both mutual but why
is this strange thing brought forward now? Why
is the doubtful question of comparative wealth
brought into the canvass.
Al not know oYactv the numhar Of citizanR
formerly acting with the Democratic party who may
have gone into the order in this place, but we DO
know several who have don e so, and come out. We
pry into mans secrets, into the secrets of ny
body of men. Certain it is, however, that the uni
versal expression of every withdrawing member is,
and has been, that - it is no place for Democrat"
This without exception.
Somebody in Ten Thousand Year." we think.
talks about the great Bill for Giving Everybody Every
thing Had the Democratic party been able to carry
out the objects of that bill, and G ven everybody
everything we should have heard much less talk Of
opposition and dissatisfaction. Mary extremely dis
interested patriots who hated Office and the wild
hunt after it, enormously, since their hunt had re-
suited in failure, became suddenly convinced that
their old party friends devoid of discrimination,
all over the country. With these disappointed men,
others were carried over doubt, with all honesty
of purpose on their part; many have already found
their mistake and returned TO the ranks of those
they had left others will follow. But it would he
the very extreme of folly for any number of dscon-
tented individuals to fancy themselves the Democratic
party or think that, because they have chosen to
desert the standard of their party that standard
longer waves From the Pacific to the Atlantic from
Maine to Texas, the Democratic party is unit upon
this issue. 1t was unit upon this issue in North
Carolina in August last and it triumphed by larger
majority than the party had ever obtained in the
State. A child may stand on the bow of steamer
moving down the river and fancy that the banks
moving that child would not be more mistaken
than those few disappointed disaffected Democrats
who fancy that because their cockle-shell is adrft,
the whole solid continent of Democracy is moving.
Let any one take look around-a look embracing
the Democracy of the country-and he will be con-
WINGED that it stands whore it always Stood and that
the Democratic party of Wilmington stands with it,,
where it always stood, as an integral part of the
States Rights Democracy of the country. Every
Democrat has been panied to part with old and val
ued political friends whom they believed to be hon.
esy mistaken, but still cheered by The reflection that
the mistake would be discovered and everything
become straight again, and such, indeed is the pro-
gress of events and this progress, have doubt,
will be greatly accelerated as time rolls on
But although the Democratic party may be the
only political organization which is unit in this
matter, Is nevertheless fact that many
ep wings, who find themselves deserted by their par
ty, which strangely enough TO have surrender
ed bag and baggage TO the new order, are with the
Democracy in this mattel, and although their num-
bers may be few their honesty and weight of char
acter cannot be doubted or called in question.
The able and venerable Longstreet of Mississippi
Stevens, Toombs, and others of Georgia, Kerr of
North Carolina. numbers in Virginia, Reverdy John
son and Senator Pratt of Maryland, are but speci.
mems of the high order of in the old whig ranks
who have taken this ground.
What folly then is it 10 talk about the opposition
to Know Nothingsm foreign party, since, obvious
y on the face of ii, it is such thing. On the con
rary it is the great conservative element of American
politics. The great national party of the country
which is destined to certain success during the CON
tests of the coming year.
So much then for the considerations of gen eral
politics. which may not be, and we confess, are not
strictly relevant or altogether applicable to the Cir
cumstances of the contested municipal election in Will
mington but which have been forced into the discus
sion by the opposite party. So far the real matter
in hand goes it is not attempt the part of the
opponents of Know Nothing rule, to establish any
party government of town, but the reverse The
Order the first to initiate such rule and to get rid
it, if possible those outside of the order have beer
forced into the adoption of the they are pur