Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-09-26
Political Affairs.

We feel little disposition 10 prlnS 4n'o 'H1 NO"o
contest for the Presidency the spirit OF heated par
tizans Deeply impressed with the conviction tnat
the time is not far distant when the hn~l issue musC
come-when the issue of dsunon or abJect suDmls'
sion must be decided by the South our first desire
is and ought to be the promotion of the union OF the
people of the South, or at least of all those who
really mean 10 stand by her and cast their lot with
her in the hour of trial Whatever may be the re-
suit of the pending contest for the Presidency the
duty of the South 10 act unitedly and with prop
er understanding and cooperation, cannot be affected
by that result, for although one wave may be beaten
back that will afford evidence that the fury OF
the storm is exhausted. We know that some OF the
ablest and ruest men at the North express privately
Aber fears that the days of the Union are numbered
and these too, men who appreciate 1t most highly
and who feel how essential it is to the safety of the
North, not simply in commercial point of view,
although chat is not to be lightly regarded, but main-
" for the protection of the North from its own un'
regulated impulses. Southern conservatism mas, SO
far been the balance wheel which has kept the ac'
ton of the whole system from destructive irregu-
larites or runous alterations. In Northern society
there is 30 conservative element, fixed point upon
which to build permanent government. There is
neither the primitive virtue of remote rural commu'
mites nor the force of mmemoral usage, nor feudal
attachments even general acquan:anceships, nor
any permanent relations between labor and capital,
unless we regard state of mutual warfare as per-
manent relation and that is permanent enough, for
we know it to be the normal state of things in the
large cities and manufacturing districts. The white
employee of the South feels always and at all times
his dignity as nhite equally with his employer,
l.. Al
position, and the employer feels it too, and go where
you will, upon any public occasion at the South,
every man is not only supposed 10 know every man,
but he actually does know him, and all meet alike,
as they ought to meet, upon the common platform
of citizenship and neighborhood. There is fxty
and mutually of relations wholly unknown at the
North, and TO this fxity and mutualty the
Institution of slavery mainly contributes, by
first fixing the relation between the white and the
black race, and secondly by securing for the hum
blest white man, matter how narrow his circum
stances may be, position a 1clate man, which nc
other system could secure, and which is totally un
known in non-sl aveholding communities. Among
the different classes at the North, there Isl compare
lively no intercourse The hirer of labor knows the
hired only as a hand, commodity bought at such
rate per diem, in the same way the services of
steam engine or any other piece of machinery
without any ndividuality-to be cast aside when
worn out, less efficient or no longer needed.
1t is from this point of view that many of the mos
thoughtful and conservative patriots of the North re
gard the issue of disunion issue which they would
gladly avoid, but which they approaching nearer
and nearer and becoming daily more imminent 1t is
not simply for the physical prosperity of their section
that they rembe, it is for government and society
itself that their fears excited and with reason
The conservative power of the country, they vel
know, has always been found at the South. De-
prved of that to lean upon-left to wreste unaidet
with all the fanatcisms, rife in the half Round
Head, half infdel communities of the North, they
feel that the cause of regulated liberty there doom
ed
Mere physical advancement is no guarantee fol
social or governmental security if it were, France
would be the best and most stable political organza
ton in Europe, instead of the most unstable and rev
dictionary There is inspired by the spectacle o
constant changes and advances in manufacturing AM
other processes, itching desire for change an,
what is called progress in politics and religion
the Bible and the Constitution are alike falling int
dsuse or becoming "obsoleen in the opinion of thos
who regard no landmarks, and dignity all change
What, then all to do. under existing Gil
oumstances? We here at the South, especially in n
Carolina, can do comparatively nothing directly A
that lies in our power is 10 aid by our countenanc
and encouragement those at the North who are ther
fighting for their own salvation, from anarchy an
Red Repubicanism, and ours from civil war and il
attendant evils. No man doubts for moment no,
the majority the overwhelming MAJ ority of the South
ern States will go. The South ought to present n
divided front. and we think she will not She ough
10 poll her full strength to know herself and
assured OF how and where she stands If there be
single Democrats single Wing, who processes t
feel Tor the peril in which the country placed an
yet Will not go to the polls he is not in earnest in hi
feelings or professions No apathy ought to be allow
ed to creep into the ranks of those who are sruggn
tor Southern unty-eVery man ought to be at b
post working quietly but effectively, and above al
vote on the first Tuesday in November. and stir y
all who are not stirred I'D
The Herald of Wednesday says that We have bee
deceived about the identity the Fillmore and Fremo
electoral ticket in Indiana. If so, we will chez
FULLY admit it, simply remarking that the stat
ment 10 this effect went the rounds of the mess f.
weeks without contradiction. From the showing
the Herald 1t would appear to be erroneous. Tb,
matters stand with the lights now before rs y
What will be the next " Developments we are un.b
10 say. Without wishing to deny that the stateme,
In the Herald conradicts the reported identity in Il
ucNe's fetered TO- we sul remain under the impress