Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-01-31
For the Journal.


En1roRs In the name of large and respectable
portion Of the old Wings of the Upper Cape Fear
wish to protest against the course OF the ~
columns of that paper and turn to yours for the
privilege putting protest on record peoEe ne pup
The Editors of the Observer of such intense preu
ces so bitter and arrogant their temper that 1t use
less to hope change their course hence remains la
those who belonged to the same party put
with decided dissent AS your paper mas Id en- t
ton through this and the adjoining counties you vi" no
AS a Southern man and Wing, cannot understand or
exnlan the Observers course since the election of Lincoln
It has seemed to be as blind adder and venomous
Ia all the annals of North Carolina Journalism mere
is probably no parable to for misrepresentation and de-
&C ption stranger taking up any number in the last two
months might have supposed that was paper M
Sons 1t has had word of sympathy and support Tor
the Southern States in the noble stand which they nave
taken for their rights in the Union possible or oue11 IT,
party abuse Preston Brooks though ne IS
dead! but it has no censures for the living
cdndrd of the New York World or Times is TOO mean ana
miserable for it to copy, if IS only sur upon our SISTER
State has reproaches tor Vermont or Massachu
The Observer continues to throw its South Caro-
na ignores the fact that her cause the cause OF Ala
bama of Georgia. of Florida of Mississippi and Will so"n
be of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas-of all the States
very remarkable fact that the Observer gets near
ly all it's sectional troubles from the World the Times
the Commercial ADVERTISER which ultra Black Republ
sheets in New York. and seldom quotes from the con
sentative papers of the North Whigs in North Carolina
lake its of the oath, and this is only pt"ra6uS
UTlunl.' -,
The Observer NAV deny that It's encourages
the Abotionsts OF the North but it's denial proof
The New York Times, Rdymonds paper, which is an
nounced the Metropolitan OF old Abe, and whose
quarto daily filled with vile and vulgar abuse of the
South recognised last week the Fayetteville Observer as
fait hul ally and devoted column editorialy to
tracts from its Southern brother The Times
referred Mr. Crenden to the O6SeUer tor proof that the
people OF the South satisfied Will the Union as 1t s
and wanted Of his compromises! VIII the Observer
g deny this . ,
deny that there any >indignaton manifested here
the firing into the Of The Vest except that which
may have been 8 let off by the trio in that Office.
AS the panic caused by reported falling OIL the
Observers list in Robson county have heard more than
respectable gentleman from that county make the
statement which is c0ntradcted let that pass.
The editorial OF the Southern Rights meeting IN
Fayetteville contained several garng errors Your cores
pondert Secession his statement of the
facts and neither know who " Secession is
Judge Sheppard grossly misrepresened and he Will
doubtless correct the report unless his weknoWn amao
y department deers Inn from coming into contact with
the editors aforesaid The Judge will certainly be surprls
ed when he home and this attempt make cap
tal of his excellent Southern Rights speech. may
suit the call the Southern Rights of
Fayette vile small tTy but it will find ont its mistake
his class comprises majority OF our CITIZENS ana IN IL are
included many of abest merchants and mechanics
Outside Of certain clique O. this party takes the crowd
here.
But of all the uneeling and unwalrantahle newspaper
publications. is that of private letter the paper of the
24th which the venerable Edmund Rufn, OF Virginia.
rdiculed and maigned. gentleman writing privately
friend hardly excusabe for taking such liberty with the
and character of old and honorable patriot but to
publish such stuff this objectionable What harm has
the people of Virginia call him harm has he done
Ressrs E. j. Hale Sons, that they should magn his hon
ore d character thus
For protest against such exhibitions CT petty spite
against Of the nObles Of the SOuth-A FARMEH
who has de the business OF his life to labor for the soil
OF the South and who has not made his bread by politics
as these gentlemen have done.
have always been Whig Messrs Editors but hereafter
FAYETTEVILLE WIG.