Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-05-01

We would romind the reader that meeting of the Amer
can party will be held at the Court House tins evening Oh
ipation which takes place on Monday next
From the political apathy where existing here as well
"a eIsewhere think it difficult task, even there was
the desire do so to manufacture much excitement IN TINS
matter From present appearances it will be very q9ae G
n even general turnout of voters We had hoped that
the opposition would have followed the line OF pocy
ticket but in this we have been disappointed They have
chosen rival candidates to those now IN
for the Opportunity afforded factious spirits to endeavor'
they choose, awaken afesh the sumoerng emGers o.
bis fbnr can be any great measure of Success yet the
chance agate afforded and that TOO by the
arv Where vas the necessity fo- an opposition ticket at
this time The gentlemen Office has discharged there
duties faithfully. There vas no Just cause 1or complaint
Why then should the attempt be to dspace those al
ready authority, and to disturb the calm now prevailing
But our opponents have thought proper to ticket
and the only alternative left us is to endeaVor to defeat
meeting and are in announcing that among otner
address will be delivered on the prominent Poeai
histery-ths rights of all the therein and the gross
injustice which the old States have suffered o
of them han its stipulated IN the deeos OF cesson
and other documents.
We COW the above article from the Herald OF yes.
terday. 1t certainly needs little comment. We ask
of ALL especially the Democrats Of the tow of VIII
mington to read it over carefully. 1t was hoped that
pal election, they would have run no ticket now
Did it ever strike the Herald that there is such a
thing as reciprocity in the world That the Demo
Gratis, having yielded the field in December, had some
right to expect that their opponents would nave re-
turned the compliment in May Surely, IL Is Inc
Democratic psrty that has the best right TO be dis
appointed They met and nominated ticket com
posed of respectable, good men. That ticket wa'
alone in the field for time. On the principle Of
one good turn deserving another, the Democrats had
some right to expect that no opposition would be
brought out. But their reasonable expectations are
disappointed they are expected to yield all the timt
they are accused of muddying the waters by max
ing opposition when, in fact, the opposition is
brought into the field after the Democratic ticket has
been nominated. Are the Democrats going to confess
themselves nobody at all they going to come
out and vote? 1t is for them to say. They see
how the opposition wish to place them.
AS for political excitement. The Democrats simply
resolved to run ticket and to elect it if they could
and they placed in nomination good and true men
representatives of the different avocaons and inter
ests to be guarded by the board if elected. They
passed no long string of partizan resolutons-they
called no excitement meetings, and hired no hand
If undue excitement should come, which it cannot
and ought not surely the mistake, to no harsher
expression, is not with the Democrats. Have not
the Democrats right to run ticket, and has any
body right to get mad about it? And further,
brother Democrats, haven't you rghtto electittoo!
And won't you Let your answer be given on Mon.
day next at the ballot box. Turn about is fair play
Daily Journal of the 28h ult.