Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-01-25
The Signs OF the Times-Knoyv-Nothing Uneasi-

~ 10 snow all Northern p0ltcal organizations as un
trustworthy of their own that they should charge
upon "Democratc intolerance aud denunciations that
they are where they and not somewhere else e
that they should suddenly discover they always
In favor of n paress unity among the Southern
people, until, by some inconceivable hocus pocuS,
Democratic alb Use COngregaed them together in Sc
cret councils : and that therefore Democrats are re-
sponsble for Southern divisions ?
Alas! gentlemen, this kind of pleading began di-
recty alter the first transgression and is as old as
fallen human nature itself; 1t is hard frequently to
do rlght-it is harder still 10 own the wrong
Did you expect to consolidate Southern union in
your mystic councils Was every Southern freeman
TO ride the goat-learn the mysterious Shibboletl-
take the oahs and pass under the Oacus Of The grand
Captain If not, ii is hard to imagine how you
could have hoped to escape the lot of al other par
tles-oppostIon intensified it may be, at times, to
vIruence. 1t the warmest Know Nothing will date
back little, and ask what ten years ago. he himself
would have said of secret oaIhbOund political con-
claVes, he will not wonder al what is said of them
! by their opponents now. How it possible they
should escape that earnest and indignant remon-
STRANGE from some, which few years ago they would
! have received from all
But hard names are for boys and blackguards-
They only stick where there is a fitness The oppo-
siton might with equal reason rebel at the stgmas
Antl-American, Foreign party, traitors" &C., when
have been hurled at them. They neither ask or ex-
rect an exemption from the lot of all polit
cal parties In Tree government, where the liberty of
taste
and judgment Of every man who wages pen. 1t is
certainly novel procedure for party to raise new
issue IN State, and then charge the division upon it
to the account of their political adversaries
Sincerity, however, has no for bubbles, cavils
and special peadings. Know Nothing friends which
they talk about what they would have done or would
DO, II democratic politicians had done or said
thus and so, must pardon if we believe they are
only trying to quiet themselves and their followers.
There is much in the signs of the times to justify in
mr. uray and
Northward, their whole political horizon shows
not a bow of promise-not streak of light. Every
enc OF their cOnclaves in the savehoIdng States
has repudated the conciliatory platform laid down
at Phllade phia-(equvalent to rejection of these
Constitutional compromises upon savery,-and their |
own organ at Washington declares union upon the |
compromises impossible. They or the party must be
given up. In Kentucky and Virginia, aware of the
alternative, they are paving the way for surrender
of the Constitution Know Nothing meetings in both
States have already acceded to the terms Of the abo-
htoniSts. In Congress it stands among the peo.
pie. The whole Northern Know Nothing represen.
tatIon, with two or three exceptions is uncompro-
mlsngly free SOIL and will he found as soon as it
finds voice. to embody some of the most ultra
radical and bgotted aboltonism that ever gained a
place that floor
10 this Northern wing, strictly sectional, the
Southern, whether she desires it not are leading
the aid and countenance Of quasi cooperation
Nay, without charging the antenG maintain thot
Southern Know NOthingsm could hardly pursue a
more runous and suicidal policy for ner own section
than she is doing. So long she keeps up her Or
ganization, so long will Northern Know Nothingsm
enjoy the prestige of national party, and hold a
vantage ground against the South and her friends in
that quarter, which black republicanism alone or
any mere sectional parties would b. wholly unable
to DO. 1he friends of the SOuth-the champions of
the Constitution, of intersectional peace and national
integrity-ae, by this policy, confronted with two
foes working the same end with differing means
Whereas in the other case, they would have substan-
TALLY but one.
We appeal to the good sense and patriotism of our
intelligent Know Nothing reader, if there is any
possible arrangement to be made with Northern
Know NolhingI>m, which will not be likely to result
Ill national danger. Compound with it as you will,
/ it is the old consolidated sectionalism, not
whit less Objectionable than the black republicanism
! OF Seward or Wilson, and dangerous, because
it strikes by ndirecton and in the dark. Elect your
President. and even if he be fair with what
influences do you surround him How do you fill
your Cabinet and your Congress, and what promise
can you have of a moments party or sectional
peace he whole political elements about your ad.
mlnistration would be surcharged with mischief
He who cannot this, is blind all present devel-
| opmens There is chance for the country, but
in a sound man elected by sound men in opposition
! TO fanatics and sectionaliSs, fighting under what
pretence or cover they may.
The Democracy, North and South, in Congress and
! through the President, have taken a determined,
open and unfinching stand against fanaticsm and
sectonasm in ali shapes and disguses, and upon
them devoIves this nightly struggle. They cannot
escape ii if they would and they would not if they
could. If Northern Know Nothing gism, as such,
takes hand in this light, ii must be sneakng
guerilla, hanging round the heels Of = noble party,
and carrying off voters to aholtionsm under pretence
of no Popery and no Foreign influence Don't you
see that this must be so, and by lending it counte.
nance and dignity you increase it's power to smite
down your Northern frierCs and PROSTATE your own
section
Why, then, blind your eyes to the Truth Why,
through a false pride of opinion or consistency, ad
here to an organization which is perfectly poweress
for good, and will perhaps, be practically more pow
erful for national mischief than black repu5cansm
itself ?-Naeon (Ga) Telegraph.
REBUKING a SwEARER WITH INGENUITY-A gen.
eral officer, who was in earl life addicted to profane
| oahs, dated his reformation from the memorable
check he received from Scotch cergyman. When
he lieutenant and settled at New Castle he got
involved in brawl with OF the lowest class in
the public streets and the alteration was carried on
by both parties with abundance of mpious language.
The clergyman, passing Iy, was shocked with the
profanity and stepping into the crowd with his
up:ftcd, thus addressed one of the leaders of the
rabble:
30, John John what is this | hear You on
ly poor coIoed boy, and swearing like any lord in
the land D, John have you no fear of what will
become of ypu 1t may do very we'll for this gal
liant gentleman (pointing to the lieutenant bang
not for you, the like OF you to take in vain the
name of Him in whom you live and have your be-.
ing!"
| Then turning to the lieutenant
You'll excuse the poor man, sir, for he is an ig-
norant body, and kens nae better
| The Young officer shrank away in confusion, una
Bile to make any reply. Next day he waited on the