Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04
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W. W. HOLDEN ESQ RocKnGHAM, March 'iissnd1s scd
My Dear Sir 81 notice in your paner 90 ,
slant, pou have been peasedto class me as the 3bi
for that nnrnose most r ns 70 define my
this letter in the columns of the tGEdard publication
IT, by the term Disunionist" Won meon. -"
ever desired who desires tn brp one Who b
of the States, either by lawful unlawful the un
without cause you have done (unintenns and that
that term meant Gas feel confident it & But b
who has taken his MOTTO that Southern was hot on
equality IL its broadcast sense, must be nom rSlutOo
the condition precedent to remaining anv A.
then am Dlsunionist, and would that we bS United
them in North Carolina. Hou more Of
When the subject matter of Sc secesson'"voo a.
ed in midst, and that too before the bOac
Carolina had seeded" having been written III Sou
friends upon that subject, my views weT 70 by Soma
through the columns of the Fayettevlls made publ
copied into your own paper at my request eiVer and
In the letter referred to, which you must recon..
which is simply alluded to afording eyden""ct nd
Just cause of complant maintained the ahsaa have
ton and defended it as suc, that the power Propose
States may be resumed by them, whatsoever e of the
be perverted to their injury oppression same shall
same time the position, that did not think hS at The
sufficiently important had then arisen that det Crisis
such action on our part. Nued Qy
In this opinion remained unchanged, until Ga
the part of the Southern Commissioners in I effort on
State Convention to obtain any, even the small border
milton of our rights in slave property. iecOg.
Seeing this, and becoming satisfactorily convr
the fearful policy of Lincolns administration bad that
rectly foreshadowed by the peace ccDferenc zen
stand ready to hold those dsturbers of our peace r
and domestic security, fathers held the R qelude
l." enemies in war, In peace, friends" VOWl
The correctness of this course gains strength ora4
mpregnably fortified Gin our estmation) by the ~ new
condition of the country, superinducng nav G present
it.. The Union is no1o dissolved, and that too wih@
the least probability of its reconstruction and any
question for North Carolina to decide is wbetba Only
taches herself to her Southern sisters whether at
North; in other rds whether she will join Sontb goes
tederacy become Tin the classical language If 16 r
the ''tail end" of middle republic 'H0 udyJ
As Southern planter, and Southern man, scor ,
hor, and utterly repudate anything of the kind W. a.
Seek security for rights of SdUe propery by ioin
York Pennsy vana, and other Black Republic N StI New
Why the very statement of the proposition renders @
simply ridiculous. We would commit the ants
our pasture to hungry, starving deVOuring wolves @ VI
have to separate we wish as much possible n
the eaven of abotonsm for the truth is we have W.
much OF that of something equally bad in our O,
In the exciting in Richmond through which ~"
have just passed. we kept back nothing; proclaimnr we
only the right of State to secede but also declaring S
the cedng States 9COdd not come back that then wa
of them as good old - Ruth" said to ''Naom:" WFn,
me not from following after thee, thy people shall
people, thy God my God, whittier thou gOe will % ar5
where thou dest and art buried, tClU die and be ~
, likewise"
Allow me in conclusion to say for it is due to vo.
and others, that should say that in speaking thus e
of the proposition for middle republic, that we ari
nothing the least disrespecul, either to the two prominent
aid deserved'y prominent, commissioners, who gave mot
an endorsement) but rather quasi approval or toI
highly respectable gentlemen, yourself included Who
and now advocate the latter.
We meet and therefore treat both propositions pro
sitions upon their intrinsic merits having alusion h
source of their emanation We confess the high and dr
edy high responsibility of the gentlemen who advocate
dissent to, and believe that they have arrived 4
their conclusions from the best of motives but with
opinion mpanied by reasons sustaining it. Oy
opinion and while have respect for as source we At
tach no other importance to it, and the So when
relates to a subject matter equally within the grasp h
= most common understanding.
RnSnnctfullV. w. F.