Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-04-11
Good Adylce to Old Line wings.

Hon. Mordecai Oliver, OF Missouri eiectea 10 the
House of Representatives wing. on being ar
raigned by the Liberty Tribune as deserier from the
wbig party has replied in long and scathlng letter.
He says that when The house met three parties I'M
fured their banners, the democratic the know
ing and the black republican. but the wing banner
was not there. Of the know nothings Mr.. Oliver
/ writes:
The know nothing party exul:s in the ruin Of the
wbs party boasts of having destroyed it, ISLANDERS it
in its grave, and then demands Gf Understand your
article arght) the allegiance and support OF the few
surviving whigs The powerless patriot mi ht be as
Justly accused of treason for refusing TO swear allie
eiance to the conquering invader Of his country,
who had exerminacd his race, as wing, for refus-
ing feay to the usurping organization which boasts
of having the blood of the wing patty on its head
And here lei me observe that the know nothing plat
form has not even one single plank-the know -noth-
ing creed not one single artcleOf the stern stuff OF
which the platform and wing principles were compos'
ed. Though know nohingism has arisen on the ru-
ms of the whig party, it has not made use OF the
stalwart timbers which bore it and its varying for
tunes for many eVentful years. At present these
treasures lie neglected, awaiting the hand OF some
mghtier architect than even Sam, who built the
fabric of know nothingism in one night Elected
| as whig, emphaticaIy reject the test IF know
nothingism and even if the majority OF those whose
sufrages gave a seat in Congress have suhse
quenlly joined the order, and adhere to it, deny
their right to try me by An er post tacto law"
Mr.. Oliver comes down on The doctrines OF know
| nohings in plain talk He says:
| GO should be wanting in candor if | withheld
my convictions regarding the peculiar doctrines OF
the know nothing party. These doctrines are quail
fed or unqualified hostility TO naturalized foreigners
and catholics, native and foreign, residing in the Uni
ted States Speaking simply as American citi
zen. deem these doctrines absurd and Perncious.
and. if incorporated into laws, (Which cannot
be, however,) fruitful of great evils If Catholics
be traitors, the proof OF their guilt is not to be found
on the pages of our history, and no vote of mine
shall 60 to make them traitors by branding them with
that opprobriouS epthet | shrink from pronouncing
three millions of men perjurers and traitors, without
being able to allege one overt act IN support of the
appalling aCcusatlon.'
! Mr.. Oliver urges the Clay and Webster wings to
join the democrats in the following way
" Do they want encouragement! If they do, let
them hear the words of their own loved, venerated
Clay, at Lexington in 1850, anticipating the ruin of
the wing party as a national organization In SUBJ
stance he sad-Whenever the whig party shall be-
come merged INTO miserable, sectional, abolition
party, will renounce ii forever, and in the future
act with that party, regardless of its name. which
stands by the constitution and the Union! Now,
there be doubt of the fact that the democrat
lc party is NATIONAL and assert my conviction to be,
that it is the only party in America that
| throw abolItonism, uphold the constitution and the
Union and that ii will do so if all truly national pa
trios will unsheath their swords and rally under its
ample banner, with the high resolve to CO nquer,
TO fall all gloriously on the field of srfe'
Inc STATISTICS OF the Eng1sn iron MANUFACTURE
show that in 1854, the production had reached
3,585,9O6 tons, of the value of one hundred and
twenty five millions Of dollars This amount was
made by 500 furnaces, employing 5000 men and
2l2O steam engines. The annual production of Iron
in the world is estimated at only millions TONS
SO that England makes considerably than one
half of The whole
The iron raised for the production of this guam
tity of Iron in England, is 12,S46,OO0 tons; the
limestone used for fux, is 2,45O,000 ions and the
coal used in the making of the Iron, is 20,146 900
tons.
1t will be seen by this what army of men are
required in the manufacture of Iron, and that we
must expect greater supply of labor well skill
and capital before we successfully rival England
In this manufacture. Divide the val1e of the whole
product of Iron in England, among the men employ
ed, and it only leaves 1921 to each man. but out of
this amount. there is to be paid, besides the labor,
the maintenance and wear and tear of 2l2O steam
engines, of all the machinery and buildings con-
nected with the 500 furnaces the cost of the land
| an d mines required, and the interest on the large
capital invested in the business We have no data
for estimating this amount, hut it is obvious that it
must be very large, and leaves but small wages for
the great army of nearly quarter of million Of
men employed.