Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-03

Presidential election in November that the Repnbli
can party was the growing power and brabam Lin
coin the rising sum- ~ Andrew Johnson show the first
symptom OF taterng in his unscrupulous advCcacy OF
ell Southern ultra'sm Verify, be hath his reward "
and tba people o. Tennessee have aso theirs for berg
drluded by his false teachings. After deiudng them
into wrong and ruin, be has managed to get into his
hands the power to punish tben for their folly in
trusting 4n, and to to it that shall avail
to restore thtm to peace and prosperity. Andy is
smart" ueh too to allow the ctzans OF Ten
nessee another opportunity to vote for him be can,
| by any means, prevent it,
To show the estimation in which Gov. Johnson, till
lately hcld pretended hold, those whom he is now
sr7ng for high wages add TO the proofs already
hlbttd, few citations from another musty document
not older however, than the 18th of December
1859.
On On that day, there was bending in the Senate of
the United States, resolution offered by MIR. Mason
OF Virginia, proposing congressional investigation of
the 10 bn Brown raid To this resolution MIR. Trum-
bull OF Illinois, had Cfered amendment. In the dis
cusson which ensued Mr.. Johnson, of Tennessee play
ed conspicuous part and from his speech on the oc.
caslon we seect the following paragraphs, to stir up
the pure minds " of himself and his present ad4er
ents.
In allusion to the use that the Republicans were
and are, habitualy making of the declaration OF indie
pendence, he said
l know that sometimes it has been said ard charges
have been rung it, that Mr. J erson the apostle of
Democracy snd of liberty laid down the doctrine that
all men were created equal that they had certain ina
enabie rights, that among these we're ie liberty, and
the pursuit OF happiness. Now, it to me- that
party an ntegent party that understands all the doc
trines and principles Of Governm ent in this does
great usce to that instrument and to the lrameIs
the Constitution OF the United States. When we take
the Declaration of Inder rendence and connect it with
the circumstances under which it written, is there
throughout the length and breadth of this broad
republic who believes for instant that Mr.. il fer
son, when he penue1 {t, had the negro population in
his mind? Notwithstanding, he says that all
created equal and that they by their Creator
dowtd With certain inaienable rights that among these
lfe liberty aud the pursuit of happiness is there
intelligent tEroug hout the whole country, is
there Senator, when be has stripped himself OF all
party prejudice who will forward and say that be
believes that Mr. Jefferson, when he penned the para
graph of the Declaration of Independence intended to
embrace the African population Is there gentleman
in the Senate who believes any such thing? Is there
any one who will stake his reputation the assertion
that that is the Interpretation of the Declara
ton of Independence? There is not of respecta-
ble intelligence who will hazard his reputation upon
such an assertion. Why then indulge n this ad cap
tandum discussion Why try to delude and deceive
the great of the people by intimating that Mr.
Jefferson meant Africans or the African race?
A little further on, we find the following explicit
declaration
The Democratic party assumes to mai1tan the Con-
stutieu and all its guarantees it is. They assume
that this Constitution kthat was made and handed
down to US by forefathers guarantees the nsitu
ton of slavery wherever found within the United States
They in advocating the Constitution of the country
it is, stand by this institution called slavery, it
being recognized by the Constitution of the United
States, which guarantees that it shall not be disturb
ed.
Animadverting upon Mr.. Stewards assertion of the
doctrine of the "irrepressible conflict" he said
"The doctrine here proclaimed is, that there an ir
repressibe conflict between slave labor and free labor
I hope the Senate will pardoa me if digress again
from the line OF my argument, to combat what as l
conceive, is faRe proposition which has founda
ton in truth The premises of the Senator wholly
incorrect but as long the conclusions drawn from
them not combatted, they have the strength
if the premises were correct Now, sir, is there, in
fact conflict between slave labor and free labor? I'll
l know myself want to be fair, honest on this sub
ject and humble conceive myself to be, and as
poor estimate as l put On my argument wish to
God that might today speak the citizens OF every
free State in this ConfederacY and could get them
with unpreudiced minds to look this propostsRss
it is. What, sir conflict, an rrepressbl> con{IEE
between free and slave labor ! 1t is untrue, al
mstaken application of old principle to an r per
case. There is conflict always going on befVeeh
capital and labor but is not conflict between Two
kinds of labor. By sophistry and ingenuity prnci
pie which is copceded by all, is applied to wrong
case. There is war always going on between capital
and labor but there is material difference between
two descriptions of labor and conflict between labor
in the aggregate Oh the band and capital on the
other"
Yet it is by ringing changes Oh this very doctrine
that Gov Johnson and bis pets are now aiming to
cite "poor white men" in Tennessee to an unjust and
unrelenting Of spoatlon against their sayehodiHg
neighbors.
At length The Senator from Tennessee had the
way as be thought for look at Ohm Brown and his
doings, and the eachings that made him what he was
He thus proceeds
" But, Mr.. President, resume the line of my argu~
ment. commenced with the purpose of showing that
the recent toray upon Harper's Ferry the Iegit
mate result OF certain teachings to which have refer
red Look at the provisional COVE frnuent which Naa
formed by those who carried h~t expedition look
their idea OF getting up sampede, and thej ezpec
aon that when they struck the first blow portion of
the white population and the blacks woulo 1ck to their
ndard and that they could maintain themselves there
tor certain time, and then the Federal Government
would be made instrument for the overthrow of sa
very think the act is legitimate result of the tes 3d.
ings and those who have taught and still teach their
followers these doctrines though they may not have in
tended it, are, 10 tact responsible for 1t is the re
suit of their teachings, it is their work and now is the
time to commence a reformation and put forth differ
ent teachings the sub ject.
But Mr.. President, Senators have undertaken to
rebuke those of us who have spoken OF John Browns
acts as theft murder and treason, and apologies
offered for the who has committed such outrageous
offences. picked up a newspaper not long since
which, referring to the acts OF John Brown said that
if he passed from the prison to the scaold making no
false STEP his gaows would be glorious than the
cross that Christ the depth OF his agony had asked
that his cup might pass from his lips, but that John
Brown has drunk it to the dregs, and therefore John
Brown and his galows have become superior to Christ
ard his croas The idea that the coming and mis-
sion of Christ failure, and that John Brown aud
the galloWs on which BE was executed would be their
modern cross and their Christ Such is the biasphemy
of these teachings. heard it said that fanat-
icism always ends in hell in heaven. believe it is
true 1t is one of those wild, maddeniog passions that
take possess ION of the human heart and that always
carry it to excess. There is medium, and there is
M oura hnt cansumDtIOn the naasiop taoIf