Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-06-19
From the Raleigh Register
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VINO IS Irresponsible!
If North Carolina is this summer racke By the throes
of party canVass-if the public attention shas he d.
7eccd from the mighty struggle upon the result which
depends all that readers life worth havirgupon the
shoulders of the Editor Of the Raleigh Standard viii rest
the responsibility ior the evils which nay ensue. His
intense se6Shness and insane ambition have divided
ra4ne wAo. but for bis Vaccinations, would have
h-o uitedlY engrossed with but object ard aim
1at OF securing their liberty, now So immnenty i'm
peried brief recurrence to past events will expose
the conduct OF the Editor of the Standard From the
moment that the Charlotte Convention in 1858 failed
to nominate him as candidate for the Governorship,
the conduct Of the Editor of the Standard became such
as render him object of suspicion to the old Dem
ocratc party They believed that he better Hol-
den than Democrat, and when in 1860, he boxed
the compass between Douglas and Breckenridge ard in
bis heart prayed for Gov Ellis defeat they determined
to throw him overheard and accordingly refused to
elect him to the office of State Printer, Office which
had enriched him and pamperea him into arrogance and
nsoence Here then the Editor of the Standard found
himself without party, and for months bis mind was
agOniZad by the question, w here am to go?" BY
and by the troubles on, aud the Union was dis
solved, ard with lis dissolution end put to all
old party issues Here a chance for the Editor Of
the Standard. he knew it would be vain for him to
attempt to regain the good graces of those who formed
the old Democratic party. His treachary to them was
too fresh ard recent So be determined pay court to
pyomioent (such Graham. Gilmer, Badger &
Co.. who members Of the Old Wing party, which
he deserted twenty years ago. Accordingly he COM
menced operations 10 the Convention, to which body he
was elected by majority of i've votes ard it
apparent that be forming party for his own pur
poses, and regardless of the interests of the State
country II bis paper be became abusive of everything
done by the authorities State or Confederate and in
process time drew line between those whom be de-
bounced as Pracipitator8 they ia favor
of Secession while he was charging the boodsned incur
red by disunOu Jefferson Davis and the Confederate
States and those whom he euogzes ard gi0hes cold
| Union men,. In his own language, the "orglnal Sc
cessonists are Destrucves" end the cd Union men "
Conservatives At the same time That be doing
this be counting up the chances Of having himself
made Governor in the of the Convention deter
! mining TO elect that officer.
Such has been the OF the Editor Of the STANDARD
up the present time and such IS the mode which be
has taken repair bis broken political fortunes careless
of the mischief which be may in the division of
people whose dearest interests depend Thorough IN
ion among themselves If bis deuEnciations OF Secs
sonists and bis eglogin5 Of old Union men mean any
thng-If they a'e anything but senseess gable, they
must that disunion was great evil and that he
and the old Udion men desire to repair it by the
construction Of tue Union. We repeat that this mus
be the meaning of these denuDcatons the hand
and praises the other. The human mind inadequate
to the conception OF any other meaning which can be
attributed to the language OF the Editor OF the Standard
Il is upon such issue this that be desires to &c
before the eople Of this State, and we cannot perm
ourselves to doubt that the candidates whom be endorses
/ will everywhere meet with sgGa overthrow We arr
very sure that be will and deny that this is th
issue but we tell him plainly that his denial will not b.
worth button as long he brands Secessionsts a
Destructives - and holds up " old Union men q
Conservatives" If he has thought proper to put on
sensees party cry for his selfish purposes he an
those who cooperate with him pay the penalty
it. Secession was either right wrong. Ii right, th
conduct of Secessoniss is be commended If wrons
the conduct OF the entire State Convention, of whc
he was member, is to be reprcbated. We say ths
secession right If he says it wrong, ard thu
conyics himself Of ndety TO the best interests Of b
State and country, let him say like man, and net th
people judge between u.s.
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