Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-10-17

o. Really the Fayetteville Observer becomes anus
ing not 10 say face,ious in its attempts to keep up
the Jolly little farce of making believe the meeting
held sometime since in Baltimore, was something else
than preconcerted Know Nothing pow WOW. 1t
quotes in its yesterdays ISSUE charming piece OF
bullyism from those Immaculate old line Wings,
John M. Morehead and Ralph Gorrell. We quote
the whole affair specimen of all the deceDcy :"
MORE TEsTIMoNY-At the Fillmore Club at Salem,
last week, speeches were delivered by Mr.. Gilmer,
Hon. j. NJ. Morehead, and R. Gorrell. The Press
says
Is Mr. Morehead an old line Wing, alluded to the
proceedings of the late Wing National Convention,
of which he was member, and declared The reports
which the Democrats are circulating that the Con-
vention was " Know Nothing affair."" base and
unqualified falsehood, any thing that might be said
to The contrary. notwithstanding. Ii was nothing
else but National Wing Convention and the nom
ination of Mr.. Fillmore endorsed, because he
stood upon The broad platform of the Constitution ana
the Union"
Mr. Gorrel another member of the Baltimore Con-
vention, fully endorsed these remarks.
We would call the attention of the wilmington
Journal 10 Mr.. Morehead's statement
And Mr. Ralph Gorrel endorsed these remarks,
too! Mr. Ralph GorrelI, elected a Know Moth
ing member of the Legislature of North Carolina
nothing else. Really such clustering assumptions
backed by such endorsements can hurt nobody but
the uttere~s and endorsers
Was not Mr.. Carmichael one of the Know'Noth-
ing electors for the State at large also one OF those
oId-lne uncommued Wings ? Really we thank the
Observer for calling attention TO this 1t shows up
the clustering humbug of this so-called Convention
in fine coors. Give such people rope enough and
they'll be sure to hang themselves. And Governor
Graham, the Observers pet an and big gun at the
Balti more meeting, lie was unconnected with any
other than the Wing pary-Gov. Graham the lead
ing speaker at a Fillmore and Gilmer American
Mass Meetings at which he took upon himself TO
neJge the State of Moth Carolina to Mr.. Fillmore,
then the nominee of the Know Nothing order and of
that order only.
Oh, but says the Observer, there were two men
from this dstrct-Fayetteve men, who had not
Joined the order Nh Banks and the Senior Editor OF
the Observer. Good reason why Mr. Banks had
not-he could not We don't pretend to say what
he would have done under other circumstances
But if gentlemen of foreign birth chose to attach
themselves as camp followers TO an army in whose
ranks they are forbidden to enlist or seek prefer
ment it is hardly worth while for them to put for
ward claims for immunity because of such non en-
listment They have gone as far as they can
Neither do we pretend to say that the Senior Editor
of the Observer ever was in Know Nothing Council
Room for we feel assured that he was, but that
does not alter the case Mr. Meares stated here the
stump that he belonged to the secret order but
will it be said that Mr. Meares the "American" cleo
tor for this district, is not a member of the party
whose elector he is The Senior Editor of the o.
verver was fully committed to the support of the
nominee of the Philadelphia Know Nothing Conven-
ton before the meeting of the socaled Convention at
Baltimore as he was after it. So was every man in
that gathering which affected the real position of nc
man in it and none out of it.
The power of self-decepion is very considerable
The ostrich is said to hide it's head and fancy itself
concealed, and there is bird in Mexico, which 1he5
sag, sticks its bill in the ground and whistles through
it's spurs but we have never yet learned that any
body Use has been taken in by these adroit maneu
vres