Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-01-24
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Messrs. EDITORS " hat does Legislature mean =
How long will Roman Senate debate while treason ap
thew afraid to trust the people Whose are they
Who shall they obey not the people that sent them into
powe Do they to make North Carolina the tail end
Of the the other Conederacy North South? II
belong the Black Republicans, why will these
If We to belong to the new Southern Confederacy which
is now being formed why will they not give the chance
Do they imagine that by their sullen silence, save only in
useless defamation they will shine future history the
Demoshenes or eros OF the nineteenth century Can 1t
be that they saving the legislative halls of North Caro-
Ina in which to make record for themselves from which
the historian viii gather material to place their
the illuminated page and give them fame higher than
" PeilOn upon OSSd ?"
The people have comman1ed the Leg sature ought to
obey Are wait to be guided by other States They
have spoken united voice from the South goes up for
action and these voted for elected and trusted by
honest constituency sueny refuse obey the mandate
of the sovereign people What shall do? We have
that have proved themselves unworthy
OF our condence 10 they mean 10 orVe US into reV0u-
ton? Do these gods there assembled claim more wisdom
than all the people of the Sate' They have assumed
set at defiance the united voice OF al parties and classes of
who claim nothing at their hands but opp Jrtuny
OF giving expesoRto their views in legal manner. How
long snail we wait How long can We endure such treat
from clothed with nohIg but the power make
the voice Of the people the Law of the and We all wish
abide by the laws of country 1t Of
to be governed by our laws, but cannot endure
thing will must be the law Then say these men,
give us the chance to express will quit all this wrang
ling about this bill or that bill, this local question the
other Submitting the action of the Convention people
Or not submitting It, and give of chance to
vote Let them put every question they imagine
people ready to decide for ourselves, and
get chance intend to decide to the of these
fools who hold the will OF the people at bag.
Other States have decided completed their action and
determined their course Leg slature met and vet
our mbers afraid to uust the people against their
seirh Wishes refuse to let people decide. say to
them give Convention, will have one of our own
Let them put questions to the people they choose
We ready to them Let your Convention Bill or en-
dozen ballet boXes-we ready fill them with votes.
lst Give box for Convention No Conventions?
81 For delegates who viii attend said Convention
delegates who will attend said Convention? 3d. For
When
ordnance shall be passed by said Convention shall it be
submitted back the people? h Shall said Convention
consider any question that OF Secession Union? 9th
Ad yalorem ad valorem! 7h. shall emigrate
the Moon or no emigratop? 8h Shall those members OF
the Legislature, who refuse Convention hung burnt?
9th Shall the voice OF the people again be respected?
gogues and political fools llth Are in favor of
southern, Middle Northern Conederacy7 18th Have
we more love and tender regard for Abe Lincoln Bill Sew
ard Old Brown Mdng ht Assassination than we have
for Southern patriotism and the blessings of liberty 18th
their services in keeping up eternal FUSS and doing
nothing l4th Shall the doors of the Capitol Raleigh
locked up ard all the members kept in without food fire
water, Nhiskey until all unfinished business before that
body is completed and taken eff the calender? H@:
These are all questions affecting the people which they
these questions to the people, and many their
distracted imagnaons can conceive we ready to de-
C3de them. wish to be understood, that make rcfec
tlOn those noble-heart and patriotic members who
have stood up in the Legislature battling Cow enon
Tor the South and all her rights with such manly devotion
No. srs respect them; admire Them and say that the
united OF the people will sustain them and their ap
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who stubborny refuse yield the wishes of the
people to whom aIude who shifting their sails
changing their cOlors with every born thOug h-a for
purpose than to keep North Carolina in Union
with Abotonsm. We kaow hem and their purposes .
they hope by double shung, tricks, ntrgues and sys
tenn CT political heretofore unknown, abolition
ze North Caro- ina and then have their waited
the stream of time great human benetactos in aiding
set free the whole slave population of the South Let
Watch and Wait and in the end they will find their doom
in the action of ncensed insulted injured and
tOnzed land Of freemen. They will meet the reward thai
their meanness merits TURPENTINE.
Columbus, N. c., JAM Goth, 1861.