Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-04-16

Hartford, -ea Wednesday, Erening, Mdfch llth,
1863
GENTLEMEN have spoken of tie crisis in our af-
fairs The world has Dever seen one exactly like it.
Our rights have been taken away by arb ary power.
The sword and the bludgeon have been called in to ef-
tcc these most wicked ourdges ~ hat have We to op-
pose TO them? be ballot only bat the ballot is
mighticr than kirgs, Applause. The poet bas we'll
described how it
"As lightly falls
rs snow-f4kes fell upon the sod
But executes freemans viii
AS Lightning does the will Of God !"
TGreat cheeringl
Now, my riends what is required OF at this juGc-
ure Oi affairs? | address my sell indiscr Intimately to
oil those who have enlisted under banner-to those
who have enlisted under banner tor the vigorous
prosecution of peace. Great applause W hat is re-
quired Of u.s. say? Perfect freedom Oh soeaeh, abne-
cation of SELF s3lpossession steadDss OF purpose and
a firm and uDarable resolution stand by the Con.
stitu'ien and The laws Wen, now, your carations,
my friends in regard TO these great Oh ecs of your
party organization, expressed in the proceedings of
your convention, have raised storm about your heads
it RACES at the present time. | glad that it is
in the very fury of the gele the of de-
lV, rance Applause Genemen, | crossed the
Black in arul tempest--a tempest that
sent the chasing afttr ke many fends but
was the wild winds that drove away the mist then
along coast and opened TO our view the anchorage
Of toe BOspAoEus Il it had not been for the gale, we
might have dsed toward The Asiatic coast and been
caught between the Symplegade5 No~, the rage of
the raging sea- and those laa lear either will
do pursue the eviathen under the tropics,
grappe with the hydra of Federal aboiitionsm.-
IAppause
Gen nr.n, The t,opgs Of your eonvenscn have my
hearty approval They have called out all the bitter
ness Of the opposition Now, it is amentabe that
there should be mach bitterness at the present day,
but / suppose that it cannCt very we'll be helped. Ii
you and those associated with you drafting your res
oluiois and CLOSED over the atrocous dongs of the
IN power-if y0u had conpromised with your con-
sui nCtS aud CuUd here aud apoOs there
Tor wEat has been DONE you NIGH have passed muster
with .bG in power and been voted pair OTIS o the
seconG water il hot Cf the first But my friends, it is
b5tter IS II Is 30 noble ends oy noble would
obtain E. oud not utunt the OF the struggle Who
would win The must fist wresle with wild beasts
Ephesus, and tere fore rejoice that you have taken
your stand il favor o. State rights aud constitutional
rights, that sou are determined to maintain these
Applause Do this, and you shall cover your lib
tr.ie5. [Gieae applause. Fail to do this, and you
viii be crushed between tie upper and ncther mill stone.
Now, gunt!rnien, another thing Since you Save
thus boldly you should have done, tie Old talk
is revived here In tns community about loyal and dis
royal, ard of this kind applied to and
other in this community. Now, these who uae these
ords, OF hatred OF you either do not know
the origin and application OF these words, they
jroub!ed with what Is called the Kings Evil"
Laughter. Sir what have loyal or dslOya do with
our institutions? ihey not indigenous to soil
any more than the Canada thistle the deadly upas
w en- the Americans cast off the British yoke they
ban shed the wolds loyal and disoyal from our
political Bible. hey Lot TO be f4und in the Con-
Sfitutiln ct your cCuItry Or il the psalm Of Je
;elson aud Liberty" But l will tell you where you
may find item In the proc!amations OF Lord Howe
Cornwais, and Cl non, and in their orders which
gave tie Jerseys and Caroinas to fire and sword and
ii you lock further, you may possibly fed them in the
death warrant which consigned the nartyr Hale to
iguon0ious grave. We are not Called upon indulge
in any such language this. Devotion to the C0nstI-
tutlon ot the ULion OF country is the sentiment of
cur heart and is all that We called upon to render
As fer those other word of treason and traitor"
which political hatred is constantly casting in the faces
Of patriotic liberty loving men, they Of little no
account excepting when the lying tongue may expose
some individual odum positive injury In
such case let tie traducers beware Great cheer
ing.
But NY friends agan; tie dorg gs OF your convention
have raised camOr in this and other communities,
the amount OF which is that you about to na1gu
rate civil il the country. Now, then, we will
take care that there shall be civil war, applause
and will take that the people have tn rights
Great applause Who ever heard of a peace measure
pI Iovokng war and boodsbed? These men, tear, are
troubled with dsttmpered iances. hey have had so
much TO 60 with blood-iettrg, that it seems to have
discoored every thing about them. II they lecal the
MISSION of " ilam Perm, they will be apt to conclRde
that peace measures, after all, not bad. When
he came to The banks OF the Delaware, it was wild
country There he touud WaGllke tribe, who had
beeD butch. ring each ether, time out Of mind ;;
scalpng each otker, knocking cut each Others brains
War to them pasime, and blood tie Incense of
their lives The story is touching a grave
man, animated by the True spirit OF philanthropy, went
in among the red and talked them as friend.
He got them together in council =; lie breatted into
them something OF the divine principle OF charity that
was IN him. ILey lstered to him as one n by the
Great Spirit and all at once he ted them, it were
in the hollow of his hand Iuvolun tary they laid down
their arms they ouGied the bac1et AID forever after
ceased TO make war upon each other.
Bat these men that have tr&duced ycu, your princi
pies and your Intentions have conveyed the idea or
sought to convey Tie ea, that if the Democratic party
c9uIi get power hava doubt they are about to
d. gre / the ring the laws 10 he overturned
An, iIbei gea,, aud and patr-
0lIu parry history i8 that o aW-abiiLg par
~ as : u .cntemeD bJth oI you (inrning to MIR.
l0ucey aud MIR. Eaton0 very We'll ku0w If the old
VI Ing party were In existence they would tell you so.
They will do nothing when in power, either to grieve
the living sully the memory of tie dead. Let our
fellow citizens, OF property, give no
heed to and declar tions of this scr, but be-
eve THAT in the event OF any such triumph OF the par
ty to which | refer, the laws will be maintained and
that equal AID exact justice will be meted out to men
OF all parties and sects, and persuasi0ns- Great ap-
plause
Thy say pou must support the government. Sir |
perfectly we'll what is meant BY ibis CRY
Support tie government" 1t means, il it means
anything st ALL that We are to support this admnisra
tion right or wrong and that l do not intend to d.
GIeat cheering. | can see when We can make dis
incon between what is called the government and what
done outside the government here several kinds
CT government There is that of the South OF Turkey
government Of the one power. He may send bis
mutes with the bOwstring to throttle those whom he
fears and hates he may tie his in sacks and
throw them in the Bospherus There are other gov
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