Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-02-18
The End of the World.


Messrs. Abraham Flavell and j. Decker, second Ad-
ventsts of that City, have issued circular called The
Time Messengers, containing twenty-eght columns of
arguments and figures to demonstrate that the second
coming of Christ will be during the Passover of the
present year.
What queer thing it is that so many people should
keep themselves in state of excitement about the end
of the world TO any OF us the end of the world may
come in day, in an hour, in minute. Every swing OF
the pendulum brings the end of the world to some one
Every second of time is required of some human soul
to meet its God
No one who witnessed the scenes Of 1843 in some of
the towns and cities of the North forget them
or be surprised at any future Development of human
guibty The names and titles the Merite papers were
something awful The Midnight Cry" The Thief in the
Night etc. etc. were duly printed and published by gen.
tIemcn with names ncay descended or derived from the
nomenclature of the Praise God Barebones Parliament
Hysterca women and hypochondriac men, addicted to
dyspepsia and indulgence in patent medicines got ready
to " 90 up" One crowd at Philadelphia Travelled over
the Schuyki river and took up their station IN mans
wheat field where they ramped down tie young crap,
nut on their ascension robes night to be ready to
start upwards in the morning. some climbing trees to
were not always of the masculine gender.
The Sun arosc-day progreSsed-the saints got hun
gry-the owner of the wheat sent for posse to eject
them from his grounds-certan OF the " baser sort
came out and revcd the saints with uncouth noises and
unsavory eggs and epithets equally unsavory. Some
threw off their ascension robes and made fight and there
was row generally, during which man got his head
mashed, which caused him to die.
Ia The Raleigh Register publishes, in its edition
of Saturday last what parports to be An Appeal to
the Democrat Members of the House of Commons Of
North Carolina" 1t bears the signature Many Eastern
Democrats" but no real name 1t is said that copies
of it in circular form have been sent to the Democrats
Of the LEGISLATURE through the mails. do not charge
that the document has been gotten up opposition
but we do say that the thing is spurious In It's assumption
to sneak in the name OF Eastern Democrats" Why
did not the geters up of the circulars sign their own
names to it. so that the world might know who they
were and what were their rights to put forth such an
extraordinary production, as an emanatlon from East
ern Democrats" The motives appealed to we can
not endorse and the facts are not truly stated
Let the party in the Legislature do what may
seem to them as conscientious men, acting upon prln
chile to be right and trust to the right to sustain them
IF that does not sustain them, then let them fall We
are clad to see that Eastern members repudated the
thing.
The following is TIE Circular to which the Register
has reference -
Co. fdential
In appeal to the Democratic Members Of the House OF
Commons of North Carolina
The adjournment of the Legislature is near at
hand and our poitica! campaign-State and Federal-
of 1860 with all the important results which must ac
COMPANY its decision, will be conducted mainly IN view
of the dongs of the Democracy in relation to the var
GUS plans of internal improvement that have been pre-
sented during the session. These the great practical
questions by which persons will be judged. W 18th bu1
two exceptions these measures have been voted down
in the House of Commons and, from that action IA
tai danger be feared to the ascendency of the Dem
ocratic party of North Carolina. The State was Wing
for years aud its traditions and principles take their
complexion from the old Wing sentiment 1t was only
through the prostration of the old Wing party when
BETRAYED by X now Nottingham that the State went
over to the Democratic side There has been however,
no radical and essential change in the views of the peo
| pie upon general questions OF public policy. These
views are settled and permanent and may be successful
ly appealed to for the utter orerHoD Of our party,
when we offer any grounds for it to our enemies.
Have not these grounds been given to the foes OF the
Democratic organization in the opposition of many
Democratic members to the various internal improve
ment measures introduced at this session /? Have we
not put powerful weapon lnIO the hanS vi our opPO-
nentS with which, unless we promptly Wrest 1t from
their grasp they will cut Threats at the next State
elections?
The AYES AND NOES having been taken upon the
several questions alluded to, authentic and indsput
BILE RECORD is thereby furnished by which our oppo-
nents will not fail to profit in the important canvass of
1860. Shall they be allowed to do so; and to go for
ward prosperously in the concoction of that shreWdly
devised plot of their leaders for the ruin of the Democra
tic party in North Carolina, which was indicated, only
the other day. by less authority than the Raleigh
| Standard? SHALL RECORD BE CHANGED be-
fore it is too lote VIII not every Democratic Com
moner put himself right, at once, before the people?
| LET IT BE REMEMBERED that our overthrow
in 1860 involves tie loss Of North CarOtnG to the Demo-
cracy in the federal contest Of that year, and perhaps
| the election of a BLACK REPUBLICAN PRESl-
| DENT! Already our enemies counting with con-
fidepce upon REvOLUTIoNIzING THE STATE when that
! time comes. WILL YOU LET THEM so
MANY EASTERN DEMOCRATS.
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