Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-05-28

our present pFOSpeFIIy-to IL eIone coulu INC Oou i
with any confidence, for future security He warned
his brother Democrats to beware of attacks upon Demo
cratic principles and Democratic organization-to for
sake neither from considerations of mere expediency-o
after deceptive nostrums from which none OF the
benefits promised by their vendors could possibly be
realized but from which certain and inevitable evils must
flow.
His competitor had referred disparagingy to the Dem
cratic State Convention and the State platform OF the
party adopted by that Convention-he had thus, by
ridculng their State Convention, to which the Demo-
Gratis of Sampson had sent delegates presented his first
claim to the support Of Democrats. His second claim
the ridcule hcaped upon the Democratic platform.
In both he was cordially sustained by those tT1ed
and true Democratic Organs the Raleigh Register the
Wilmington Herald, and other Know Nothing papers
Of the State and his cordial aiationw the btterest
opponents of the Democratic party another great
reason why Democrats should desertthe principles and
break up the organization of their party to follow after
Mr. McRac But Mr.. McRae had platform of his own
laid down in his letter to Mr.. Dancy. Mr.. McRae had
said that he ran no risk missing the plank Not easily
since was made to catch all sorts peopeto take them
H. so to speak But having fixed up this remarkable plat
form Mr. McRae was seized with an excess of modesty
and didn't want to step on it himself. He wanted
practical farmer" and then the practical farmer,
Mr.. Leak, stepped it, thinking himself invited but he
soon found his mistake when the Raleigh Register cool
" informed him that he wouldn't dO-he couldn't hurt
the organization Of the Democratic party enough In
fact the Register buted Mr. Leak off the platform about
as cooy as the locomotive buted the bull off the bridge
and at length Mr. McRae steps to it and the Raleigh
Register hoists his that of the who is to
make the nroadS on the Democratic party and Demo-
Gratis are expected to vote for him!
Judge Ellis read the internal improvement resolution
of the Democratic State Convention. There were now
three Railroads in of construction in the State
| the Western North Carolina ROad-the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford Road, and the Fayetteville
and Western Road For two Of these Roads apprOpria
lions had already been made for the third there had
been none and it had far failed for the want of it
The Legislature of North Carolina had already appro-
priated $4OOO0OO and authorized a State subscrip-
ton of that amount to the stock of the Western North
Carolina Road 1t had also authorized an endorsement
by the State of the bonds of the Wilmington Charlotte
and Rutherford Road to the amount of something like
two million dollars These things were DONE and neither
himself nor his competitor could affect them by any
commendation, no matter which should be elected He
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by the Raleigh Register and the Wilmington Herald
The Misrepresentation was, no doubt, uninten-
tiona but it was none the less Il misrepresentation
which these papers owed it to themselves to correct
He did not propose to recommend to the next Legsla
ture any appropriation for the Western n. G. Road
nor for the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Road. The appropriations had been already made to
both-both had the guarantee of the State The
amounts appropriated would in his opinion be sufficient
to complete these works These amounts could not be
called for-thc existing appropriation could not be ex-
hausted for years. And he thought of re-
commenting to the next Legislature to make any new
appropriation for either of these works. IT. perhaps
years hence contrary to his expectation and belief the
amounts appropriated should not complete these works
he would certainly consider it sound policy then for the
State if her means would allow to give the small ad
ditional sums which might be necessary to complete
them and put them i'll position to yield return to the
treasury and confer their full measure Of benefit the
State rather than for want of such small additional sums
to allow them to stop short and prove comparatively val
ueless In regard to the Fayetteville Road he would re
commend to the next Legislature that it be placed in
favorable position as the other two roads.
Judge Ellis referred to the disposition exhibited by
Mr. McRae who claims to be a Democrat, to find fault
with everything that the Democratic party does. HI
didn't like the Democratic Convention because there
were some gentlemen there who used to be in opposition
but who had yielded to reason and joined themselves will
us Why what had we been laboring for but to con
vince and convert those opposed to US? He was no
pleased with the President because he did not appoin
Abraham Vcnable He was not pleased with Kansas
ITewas not pleased with Governor Braggs appointments
and all this captousness with Democrats while his
name foatcd at the mastheads of the Know Nothing
presses OF the State!
Once Mr.. McRac was for organization-for Demo
cratic candidates and Democratic organization In 1875:
he had presided over Democratic State Convention
and expressed his sense of the honor conferred upon hin
in calling him to dc so. That Convention had en-
dorsed the very improvements over which he now nad
such fuss In 1888 Mr. McRae was down on part,
candidates aud organization down on the system of I'm
, provemcnts he had been for in 1852 The Convention
over which Mr. McRae presided in l852-the resolution
passed byit-were ridcued by the Raleigh Register then
equally us the Charlotte Convention and its platform ar
aoqc and yet now we find Mr. McRae hand and GLOW
, with the Register, and his at its head.
Judge Ellis proceeded to the consttutOnality of dis
tribution-he read the authority of Mr. Calhoun VIII
pronounced it unconstitutional and thought it NOR
unconstitutional than abolition itself He referred t
g JacksonS message vetoing Mr. Clay's bill-to VIM.
Kings report in 1888. Even MesSrs. Clay and Webste
had considered the distribution of the lands as uncons
n tutional MIR. McRae himself had voted against MI
Barrnger resolution in 1912. In 1852 he had in tn
e Baltimore National Convention which nominated MI
l. Pierce, of which he member, pronounced it re
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