Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-10-18
Vigilance


We are alarmiss, and indeed all mere alarms are
foolish; but proper vigilance necessary and advisable
not merely for safety, but much more for the
safety of the dependent upon For on them must
eventually fall the most crushing ev contin upon the
occurrence of any panic disturbance ish endsh
might try to persuade their victims
the dependent racethat they could better their cond
ton might hope to achieve certain dominance by
acts of violence nsubordnation. How woeully they
would be mistaken requires sage prophet to see or
say but at the time temporary evils of most pain
full character might be inflicted upon the white race
the industrial system of the country might be deranged
and following upon all this, vengeance be exacted from
all suspected insubordnates that might not, perhaps be
confined to those really guilty but include all whose color
might lead to suspicion where some tancied grudge
against their might furnish motive for accusation
by the unprincped and the best communities are not
wholly exempt from such.
An ounce OF prevention is worth pound OF cure. BY
bestowing the proper amount of care in time we may
save our servants from being the victims Of the abolition
emissaries who more less disguised to be found
reversing nearly every Southern State No doubt such
are now in North Carolina. The following from the
Columbia South CaYonlan of Saturday, is not without
interest to our people We heard it reported yesterday
that the men therein mentioned had been hung.
AS regards the arms consigned to parties here the
mere fact of such consignment would not necessarily i'm
ply any completely by the party or parties to whom it is
madea theJ might easily besen to and forwarded by any
forwarding merchants without any knowledge of their
character or ultimate destination. We do not know who
the parties may be- 1t would do no herm to be the
look out
From the Columbia South CarOlinian.
DeVelOpIne in Marlborough.
We learn that startling developments have been made
in Marlborough and the whole community thrown into
state of great excitement Two citizens of Western
New York have been arrested who had under their
large stand of arms. They searched and invoices
found calling for another lot, amounting in all, are
informed, to about twelve hundred. The arms were
consigned parties in Wilmington, to which place
gentleman had been sent to make stgaiOns and to
secure others who may be implicated. Their completely
and direct agency thoroughly established that
they were committed to jail. The feeling intense
that it with great difficulty that their violent Sc
ure and Immediate execution could be prevented Judge
Whtner who holding court there, interposed, and
finally succeeded in staying the feeling and rtservng
them as victims for legal procedure The public
mind of the North has been wrought up by the de-
camaton of Republican orators, that these missionaries
of social subversion may doubtless be found in every
Southern community. Whenever arrested, they should
not be left to the slow process of law. The vglant so
ceties should them, give them fair trial. and il
the circumstances convict them OF completely designs
of such atr0city should mee out to them punishment
prompt, summary and extreme