Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-12-13
From the Daily Journal of yesterday.
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The Town Hall was densely crowded last night by
deeply interested audience showing the alpervadng
feeling prevailing upon the subject of federal rela
tons. The proceedings of the meeting will be found in
another column.
1t should not be forgotten that this called dis
tinctivey Union meeting. and generally under
STOOD and thus although of course large numbers in the
audience may have thought that propositions for Union
to be worth anything ought to come from the North
STILL dissenting from the objects and tone of the
call for the meeting took any part in its deliberations
that know Of This much being promised the reso-
utions exhibit at the striking advance of public
opinion among all our people, They recognize the DO
stion of the country fuy-the necessity for arming the
State, for comforting with Southern sister States
for calling our own people together in convention These
are the essential features of the policy recommended by
the message Of Gov. Ellis They recognize tie further
fact, that without additional guarantees the Union is
at end They also appreciate the immnence, if not
the certainty of secession the part of the States
South of u.s. leaving but of two aternatives-to
be at the mercy of Black Republican majority in
Congress- to cast lot elsewhere than with that
majority.
Thus it that the intelligence of our people is yield
ing to what have all along referred to the logic of
events. This logic is irresistible, and in these days
things move per salem, with bound, almost.
This is time for party criticism upon the remarks
Of our fellowctizens with whom we may differ in some
notions of policy. We would only refer to the tone of
feeling displayed by in their reference to the States
South and Southwest of 1t will not do to draw dis
tinctions between the people of Virginia and North
Carolina and those farther South and Southwest Most
of the Southern States made up of emigrants
from the older ones Of the descendants of SUCH Why
last night in looking around could hardly turn
our eyes in any direction that they did not fall
who had relatives in Mississippi Alabama, elsewhere
South. The people of the Gulf and Southern Atlantic
States the same people with those of the more
northern slaveholding States.
Also it may be said in reply to the otenrepeated
preston of determination not to be dragged into
cession by the cotton States that the rule will work
both ways. They say that they are not bound to
be tied to the Union by u.s.
W presume that even of those participating in the
proceedings not half went for the resolution offered by
Dr. Dickson. In fact few voted for it or against it
We say this with the highest respect to that gentleman
Our own views about our federal concerns are we
trust known, and simply refer to the meeting OF
last night as one of the incidents of the times in which
we live.
There will be meeting at the Theatre tonight,
der the auspices of the Cape Fear Minute Men. We
trust that that will also be largely attended, in order
that all sides may be heard, and that people may
have ample opportunity to judge for themselves This
meeting was postponed in the interests of harmony and
good feeling, not to clash with the Union meeting
, of last night