Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-03
TgF WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
.-----,,.o-ov ~ G. FRIDAY. AUG. 3. 1885.
From the Daily Journal of July slst.
rYeatfnG last Evening.

- .S.;o1 campaign and must have numbered at |
80. Sc hundred persons. good many of these |
bova been members of the K. N. party, but all
1tened with that respectful attention to the speakers
which forms so striking characteristic of Whining
ton audiences drunken youth, on the outskirts
of the crowd, kept making fool of himself but he |
was not citizen of Wilmington nor of this District.
Mr.. Winslow, although sick and laboring under
the effects of laborious canvass in the most trying
season of the year, led off in able and effective
address of nearly hour in length reviewing the
canvass, detailing the history of the contending par
ties speaking of the inevitable tendency of the Know
Nothing power to run to excess The speaker turned
10 the whole North for illustration Of thisto Massa
chusetts, 10 New Hampshire, Connecticut and every
where else He spoke of the monument to Washing
ton to which States and Nations sent their conrbu-
tons. North Carolina her block OF marble from the
West California, hers of gold bearing quartz Mi
chgan hers of copperore. France sent hers despot
c Austria hers, and republican Switzerland hers, and
even England, whose power he humbled. vent not
unrepresented. Lastly, that terrible beast, the Pope
that terribly powerful potentae, whose power can
not sustain itself in It's own little territory not as
large this dstrict-even the Pope sent his contrl-
bution-a block of beautiful Italian marble-in to-
ken of his respect and for the noble char
acier of Washington That the States composing the
Union should testify their respect for to whom
they owed much of gratitude, natural and to
be expected. That Republican Switzerland should
send her quota was also natural but that the Pope
an absolute monarch in his territory, and
the supreme head of powerful hierarchy, should
come forward to bear his testimony, was The proudest
tribute of aI-the most glorious victory of republic
can principle that the world could produce. THAI
the Pope, European monarch, and the head OF Ro-
man Catholicism, should voluntarily place on record,
on tablets of enduring marble, his tribute 10 the char
acter of Washington The Republican and the Proes-
lant, was indeed something beyond all common place
acknowledgements. That beautiful block arrived in
Washington city, and was hauled by five horses to
the monument. Next morning that precious tribute
was found broken into fragments and even the poor
unofending horses were found dead. Did he attribute
it to any Know Nothing Council? Did he suppose
shat any member of the order there within the sound
OF his voice, would sanction such an outrage? No
but he did attribute it the spirit which had been en-
gendered blythe order. Good in the order might
repudiate and condemn such things, but they could
not doubt that hey were the natural offspring of the
spirit abroad.
There are said Mr. Winslow, tvo Catholics in or
fee in North Carolina Jimmy MCGOWAN a very
clever fellow at that Mail Agent, and Matthias E.
Manly a Judge-who recommended the Mail Agent
Kenneth Rayner-thc sreat apostle of Know Moth
ingism Who pu, Judge Manly in ofce-the Wing
party of North Carolina.
Mr.. Winslow would reply to one enquiry of the
Wilmington Herald about the anne dment TO the char
ter of the Fayetteville and Western Road, which the
Herald seemed 10 suppose put in there for the
purpose of getting the Metropolitan Road in oppos-
ton to the interest of Wilmington He could answer
that very plainly. That amendment or provision
giving the said road the right 10 connect with the
Wilmington & Charlotte Road, the Manchester
Road, put in there at the express request of the
leading friend of the Charlotte road, Walter L. Steele,
Esq, of Richmond County, who insisted that 1t
would strengthen the Charlotte project, which Will
mington has so much at heart.
Considerable talk mado about expression
he used at Smithvile. Mark them an spot them. .
He would repeat now what he said at Smithvile and
reiterate it, To those Democrats who had gone into
the order with interested motives, and still re-
tanned their feelings as Democrats-he would say
come forth and act with your party-he would not
say that the party would forgive them-the party
had nothing to forg Ve-he would not even say
come back 10 us-for in heart such Democrats had
left But regards those who, for little
filthy lucre-to get some appointment-to get made
Constable, or TO receive other appointment had
turned their backs on their old friends and acted
with their old political enemies, he did say mark them
and spot them. To all honest and sincere men, who
in honesty and sincerity had gone in, and in equal
honesty and sincerity came olt, who had aught to
say but that they did right, even If, for time they
were deceived
Mr.. Wnsow spoke of the charges that had been
brought against hm-ridculous- foolish or malicious
let them pass.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Winslow's remarks a
call made upon Eli w. Hall, Esq, and well,
ably, eoquently did he sustain himself, making a
speech which won involuntary plaudits from
his political opponents. lie argued the question of
the effects OF secret, oath bound, political organza-
ton upon the public morals and intelligence-the
only safe foundations of Commonwealth Outside
of the sacred precincts of the council room the
pie must take everything upon trust-inside, what
was the use of any member exercising his own iudg-
men or intelligence, since that judgment availed him
nothing sworn as he to yield it up at the call of
IN irresponsible majority of the council and that
majority controlled by some astute hand holding
the relns. What was the use of having Legs-
latuTe, and that Legislature simply the organ TO
register the DEGREES of secret State Council? How
long could people retain the power of selfgoyerp
meht alter they had lost the habit of forming onin
IONS for themselves, by their surrender of such unc
tons 10 sett OF aIl-powerfui secret clubs How
could puDllc morals escape deterioration bv svstem
which separated man from lnan-wb;ob ,1oood ho