Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-05-07
THE WILMINGTON HERALD.

The WILMINGTON HERALD.
We thought proper to express our opinion, id the
Standard of the 26th April, with reference to Mr.
Fllmores visit to the Pope and to the Infamous King
of Naples. We had right to do this and we made
no a'lusion to the Editor of the Wilmington Herald
But the Editor in his issue of Tuesday last, quotes
part of the article referred to, and ADDS the.fol
lowing:
If nature had stutfed the Standard we would sup
pose that its editor had been sptten with judicial blind
wrath had visited him he did of DID, and left him
as an example t" his creatures that the way of the trans
gressor is hard.
And now, who is this Editor of the Herald, who
thus arrogantly and malicouSly assails a cotempo-
rary?-a contemporary, too, who had no thought of
him when he wrote the article referred to, and did
not, in any manner allude to him. lie is an Editor
who pretends to stand in mortal fear of Papa pow.
er and aggression-who could see something very
terrible last summer in the alleged bargain between
President Pierce and the Catholics as exhibited, as
he said, in the famous Nuncio statement to Mr.
Barringer; and who now coolly justifies Mr.. Fill
more in his personal attentions to the Pope, who
ults in the fact that he hoaored with seat by
his side, and who is ready, as his article shows,
to get Catholic votes for Mr.. Fillmore because
he has thus been honored, to use his own words,
by Pope priest, prince, and people," He is an
Editor who went down into dark places, and
took solemn oaths to prescribe and persccute
all Catholics; q ID who now recognizes as his poti-
cal equals and associates the Gallican Catholics and
the Catholics of Louisiana and Maryland He is an
Editor who delivered himself over, ou and body, to
obey the DEGREES and commands Of his supcr, rs in
the Know Nothing society,-who abandoned his
fOFf
consented to plunge forward in the dark in politics.
SD that he might put in his party and put out
and crush down his opponents; and yet he talks
fppantly of others being "smtten with judicial
blindness for manifold transgressons" He is an
Editor who declares he is true the institutions of
North Carolina, sav chold'ng State; and vet he
untes with feesoilers and abolitionsts in denounc-
ing President Pierce, Judge Douglas, and the ma
tional Democratic party for r,pealing the Missouri
restriction, by which the shareholders of the South
were let in with their property to the Territory Of
Kansas. He is an Editor who admits that his can.
didate for Governor Mr.. Gilmer, is in favor of
change in the basis of representation, on,-who kno,cs
that Mr. Gilmer Lods the present basis to be 'down
right tyranny in ITS most odious Jorm who hnous
also that Mr.. Gilmer thus characterized the basis,
sluueAolaers and tur payers,-who knoaos also that
Mr. Gilmer has attempted to alter and is now in ia
vor of altering the federal population basis accord
ing to which the School Fund is at present distrbu-
ted,-who knous also that Mr.. Gilmer is in favor OF
calling Convention to change the State Constu-
ton, by bare majority of the voters. in aLpable
riolation Of M"t instrument itself;; and yet he
| this Edtor-professing to be conservative in his
views and the friend and advocate of the rights OF
his section, is nevertheless resortng to every expe-
dent fair and unfair, to induce his readers to sup
port Mr.. Gilmer to elect to the highest office in tie
| State gentleman thus sectional-thus revout@na-
ry in his opinions hostile to the compromises of
the State Constitution-thus determined, if he should
ever get the power, to deprive slave property Of a
just representation in the public councils and to
bring the larger taxpayers under the control of the
smaller. He is an Editor who profesSes to be law
ahiding,-who stands forward as champion of the
Protestant religon,--who thus seeks to inculcate
the mild Gospel precepts of peace and love- and yet
in the very issue of his paper from which we have
quoted We find the following. Speaking of the ap
preaching municipal election in Wilmington, he
| says
"Our opponents are conident-thev anticipate an cas-,
victory. They have refused all propositions locking
compromise and for the suppression of excitement The,
for They intend To crush if they cau-to pu
end to American interference in municipal affairs
for MS to decide whether shall calmly submit,
meet force by force"
Now, we have heard nothing-we have seen moth
ing in the other papers Of Wilmington, indicating
that the Democrats and an-Know Nothings will re
sort to force" to carry the election. But the Edi
tor of the Herald conjures up fight in advance,-h,
is ready to MEET FORCE BY FORCE" Thi
meek, this law-abiding this exemplary American
Protestant is evidently Gerry sorry-having made tn,
discovery himself-that the Democrats neigh
bors men with whom he at least has business rea
tons and with whom he exchanges the courteses q
life" are for war but then he is ready-he viii
not give back,-he is thinking of " "FORCE."-h
has not forgotten the Louisville and New Orlean
tragedies, in which the prowess and the principle
of the "great American party" were so strikingl,
illustrated.
We now say, in conclusion, to this arrogant an
malicious Editor that have answered him onl
for the purpose Of exposing him-not because we at
tach Importance to any abuse he may pen or publis
about us. We can regard our contemporary, if W
should che ose to do SO, with-contempt We ar
not in the Labit of boasting, g,-we do not pretend t
be fighting man; but we are ready to repel sue
language as that used towards us by the Heralc
and to brand it's author as he serves. Their
not enough Know Nothings in North Carolin
to intimdate us.
BRILLIANT STUMP Powers. John w. Cameron
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