Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-06-20

we believe, to the spirit OF justice
Recent events have drawn out the old Vigilance
Committee once more. About the 18th OF last month,
James P Casey, notorious character, former IN
mate of the Sing Sing Penitentary, in the State OF
New York, and one of the leading DULLES and gam
ble1s in San Francisco shot down. in the public street
in that city, James King, of William editor of the
San Francisco Bulletin, gentleman very much be-
loved and respected. The people were under The be-
lief that by some of the legal chicanery. too common
there, be would escape. They organized TO the num-
Der of $500 men, armed with guns, bayonets and re-
volvers and having several pieces of artillery, took
Casey from Jail for trial by popular tribunal, ana
he, with Cora, the murderer of General Richardson
have been tried and executed.
The Vigilance Committee express their determine
ton to rid the city and the State OF corrupt otclas
and dangerous characters generally and the press,
the pulpit and the theatres, even sanction the move
ment
The PROGRESS OF THE CoALITIoN.-To.day the
Republican Convention assemblies at Philadelphia 1t
will nominate Fremont for the Presidency, If the ar
rival of certain Western men, who know Fremont as
he is not as he himself and his father.in-law, Ben
ton, have represented him, does not knock his NOM
nation in the head Judge Mclean stands no chance
Banks never trampoosed over The mountains IN COM
pany with Kit Calson, as Fremont has done' with 'ne
advantage of telling his own story Ia julius Ce''r'
Now, the game in regard to the nomination ol Tue
Black Republicans and the Know Nothing RepuoH-
cans requires a considerable amount OF dexterouS
rascaliy to play it out with any showing at all for
success and it is still harder TO arrange properly
since both parties know, and knowing, distruS each
other, as they have just right
The thing operates a little in this way Some
time ago-that is, before the meeting OF the Clncln-
natl Conyention-the Black Republicans, including
Greedy and his crowd felt quite saucy and conhdent
thinking or appearing to think, that they were bound
to sweep the whole North on their own hook so
thinking or affecting to think, they despsed, or al
fected to despise, the organization known IS the
| =, MI, Aoou:.o-- I:I1.-o~~ D~1tors who
Their side affected 10 return the compliment while
they kept up big Dragging of their own strength.
Buta change has the spirit of their dreams.
The harmony of the Democratic party, its spirit and
enthusiasm, as we'll the great strength of the tick
ct presented, has shown the leaders of the various
factions at the North the necessity of coming togeh-
er to prevent total demolition, even in their own
strongholds.
But the fun of the thing is that Greedy and Sew
ard had ostensibly pitched INTO the Know Nothngs
and the Know-Nothings had osensibly pitched into
Greedy and Seward, although, 10 be sure men cleo
ted by the order to the New York legislature were
he means of sending Seward back to the United
States Senate. In the proposed open coalition, the
thing is how 10 do it TO take in the largest num-
| Der Of people. Lass week the 4" North Americans
met in New York, and this week the Republicans
| -, i1aHo 1rbi ftorh how; ill
of each other the allies could neither of them con-
sent TO take from the other candidate at second
hand, so the Greelyites proposed to The Know-Noth
ings to suspend a nomination until the Republicans
could get together, and then they could nominate ST.
simultaneously, neither apparently yielding to the 9TH
er, as doubt will be the actual result, for the
Know Nothing boilers hGue suspended making any
nomination until the present time, and the Republic
can Convention is now in session.
This thing being arranged, the cards being shut
fled to the satisfaction of the Players then will COM
the business of playing the game of deception.
The whole force of the order will be brought to bear
to bling up mon to the support OF Fremont, Banks,
or whatsoever the candidate may be, while the other
wing of the coalition will! put every engine to work
10 rope in the outside opposition TO the South. By
aectation of respect and sympathy for foreigners,
/ It is hoped that Greedy get some por-
| ton of the foreign vote 10 60 for a man supported
by their bitter revilers, and this is mainly the
why Greedy has got postponement of the nomina.
ton by the Northern Know Nothing Convention, so
that the republicans, whatever they might do in fact
might avoid the appearance of taking up Know
Nothing Candidate. Upon the whole this is d pro-
! gramme worthy Of lis trainers, and one which can
hardly fail TO attract the attention of the South
Heterogeneous, dscordant AMI unprnciped, it has
no bond of union but common opposition to the
South, and q common desire TO defeat the nominees
. of the Cincinnati Convention.
Among the strange conf functions which these
strange times and events have conspied to produce,
is the alliance, for the lime being OF two great ras-
Gals, Bennett and Greedy, both of whom 90 bodily
for Fremont, upon the score of availability. What
Fremont has done, statesman, no man can tell
What qualities he has exhibited, evincng any capa.
city for the Presidency, it would be difficult imagine
That he is of courage and great endurance, is
beyond question: for he had the recklessness to take
Tom. Benton for father law and has neither
has traversed the Rocky Mountains with more reck
lessness of danger than regard for the interests o.
science, having got his parties enangled repeatedly
and lost than any other explorer, by start
ing out on his expeditions at improper seasons
Gentlemen who know, assure that his Mraposa
grant Of land u.s. like most other things connected
with him, humbug. Fabulous as are the estimates
placed upon it, he could not raise fifty thousand dol
lars by the pledge of the whole of in San Francisco
In all these calculations poor Fillmore never seem: