Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-09-13
Mass Meeting at Raleigh.

satisfactorily The arrangements for feeding the hun
cry were upon the most liberal scale The crowd
large and enthusiastic and the speaking was able and
eloquent The music was furnished by the Wilmington
Cornet Band, to whose promptitude and spirit of &C
commodation it was owing that there was band
present at all, the committee of arrangements had
been disappointed in that respect. Our Wilmington
friends however responded at once to telegraph dis
patch sent by the writer to Mr.. Price, the despatch
having left Raleigh upon Wednesday afternoon, and the
band having arrived there from Wilmington or Thurs
day morning Quick work, and duly appreciated by
the concourse present. We understand that the
mitee of arrangements passed resolution of deserved
thanks to Mr.. Collins and the members of the band
Between eleven and twelve o'clock the meeting was
called to order by Hon. L. OBJ. Branch who explained
its objects and introduced the Hon. Bedford BrowD of
Caswel.
Mr.. Brown spoke of the peculiar and critical posi-
ton of public affairs, remarkng that this time
to take counsel from tidity We must not expect to
find safety in submission. We must insist upon the
perfect equality of the Southern States in the Union
But we who insisted upon the recognition of this
eQuality-who demanded for Southern life and property
equal protection to that accorded to Others, de-
nOunCed disorganizers and secessioniss charge
was more unjust no accusation more groundless. We
only asked for what rightif that was dsunion,
for one he would say" make the most of it Why
talk of DISCRIMINATION and secession! Mr. Douglas
himself had been disorganizer for years-had made
crusade upon the South in regard to kanzas and ont
Of that had arisen split which had given the House Of
Representatives to the Black Republicans. Mr. Doug
las had planted himself in opposition to the Democratic
Senate the Democratic President and fourftEs Of the
Democratic members of the House, we'll to the
solemn adjudication of the Supreme Court of the United
States and yet he and his friends called the true Con-
titutional Democracy of the country disorganzS and
disunionists.
AT Charleston every effort had been made by the
seeding States of the South to promote harmony and
Cancellation. Then seven Southern States withdrew
North Carolina, with seven Others remained not only
willing but anxious to maintain the unity of the party
upon the basis Of the Constitution. committee from
the Southern mountaineering delegations together with
New York, was appointed to meet brethren from
the extreme North and the extreme South. The reso-
luton upon the question of slavery in the Territories
generally referred.to the Tennessee PLATFORM was
lii fact penned by Judge Church, OF the New ork del
egaton and sanctioned by majority of that delegation
That resolution did go the full length for the recog
milton of Southern rights that he MIR Brown thought
due but for the sake OF harmony, be was willing 10 take
it. He was even willing to have gone for Nr. Douglas
upon that resolution but, when the committee who had
the matter in charge exGov. Richardson, of Hi
nois and other peculiar friends Of Mr. Douglas, they
fused to accept this very mild and moderate resolution
| Mr. Douglas must have everything or nothing He
must have the nomination upon his platform or not at
all. He would yield nothing. Well, an adjournment
was had at Charleston with view of allowing time for
consultation but apparently the time that bad inter
vened between the adjournment at Charleston end the
meeting at Baltimore, had only added to the domneer-
ing and uncompromspg spirit Of the peculiar friends OF
Judge Douglas. At Charleston Mr.. Douglas friends,
who always in minority in truth, had got fcti-
tious control by means of an adroity concocted rule
After having driven out the extreme Southern States
there, they had at Baltimore absolute sway, and they
| used that sway to trampe upon the rights Of SOW
erelyn States, The true enemies Of the Union
we're those who tramped upon the rights of States
not those who walked in the footsteps of Thomas
Jefferson. of Virginia, and Nat. Macon, of North
Carolina. That highhanded course in refusing to
admit the true delegates from the Southern States
while bogus ones were put in their place, justified him
in Withdrawing from body that longer represented
in any way the Democracy Of the country.
The same spirit Of dictaton marked Mr. Douglas
course and language since His was no doubt the co.,
trolling influence that infused that spirit into his friends
at Charleston and Baltimore Indeed the tone of me-
and the threats which pervade the speeches of
Judge Douglas the natural and proper corroary of
the action at the Convention The threats issued by
Judge Douglas to assist Abe Lincoln to coerce South
ern States are got up for Northern market Mr..
F hath hia for
State is desperate and therefore his object is to make
all the Northern capital that he can at Southern expense
His threats of and coercion are conceived in the
spirit of black cockade ederaism-in the same spirit
that gave birth the alien and sedion laws and forced
from Virginia that declaration of principles known as
the resolutions of 49, assertion of her rights of State
sovereignty.
Those who denounce the delegates who withdrew from
the body holding its sessions in the Front Street Theatre
Baltimore denounee the majority of the Southern PEG
pie for the great majority sympathise with AM approve
the course Of their deegaes-tbey denounce such men
as Frank Pierce and Daniel S. Dickinson They de-
the Democrats of both the Senate and House of
Representatives with Insignificant exceptions Also the
President Mr.. Brown went to say that no truthful
man would assert that Judge Douglas could ever have
obtained two thirds vote at Charleston or Baltimore
unless by the exclusion of true delegates and the adms
sion Of bogus When lie used the word truthful be
meant it in its most liberal and responsible for
his words IN the broadest meaning of the term.
Mr.. Douglas at Norfolk and Raleigh had tried to
talk like old Hickory be had assumed the skin of that
noble old lion, but every one saw that there was no
jackson under that hide
Even after the disruption at Baltimore an attempt
had been made to arrange things-at Washington it
proposed that Douglas and Breckenridge should both
withdraw with view of healing the breach and ena-