Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-03-08
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
WILMINGTON, N. c., MARCH 8, 1856.

WE copy from the Baltimore San of the 26th
ut., the following sensible remarks the present
condition of the country:
The NATION CALLED TO THE REscUE-The speech of the
President of the United States the vast of
citizens who assembled around him the 22d of Feb
airy has fallen upon the Of the American people
uterance of portenous significance 1t points out the
yawng gulf upon the verge of which the liberties of this
people hanging, and solemny warns them of the i'm
minent danger which threatens the institutions of the
country Men who love the Constitution and the Union,
who have any pride in the American name, and the
true spirit of patriotism in their hearts, fail to give
their earnest hearty, unqualified support the President
in the great which joined at the bar of public
opinion.
Names and professions will no longer do to hide false
hood and treachery from the American people Things
have their designation and the agents for their
summation been named before the world, in their
hearing, at the capital of the nation the
the monument to the Father Of his Country his birth
day. under the invocation of his spirit by his
the highest Office in the gift of nation Under all the
responsibilities of the place. the OCCASION his station and
his oath of ofceunder these solemn circumstances the
President to the American people that are
almost in the midst of another rebellion that an ire
sponsibe central directory assuming nearly all
forces of the government, without even consulting the
legislative executive departments of the government
that attempt made to concentrate the hands of
few the power of the government and thereby bring
about consolidation which is equally dangerous and OBJ
ectonable with separation that the be
changed and revoluonzed without going into the battle
field; that substance be taken away leaving
only the form and shadow.
The joint committee of fifteen upon reconstruction
which, by notion has beer clothed with all the powers of
legislation, is the instrument of usmpation which has
stolen away the constitutional right of the respective
branches of Congress to judge of the qualifications
members. They assume that laws must be passed,
and act of legislative recognition passed. before the
to of rel
presentation under the constitution. They assume that
the Union is in fact dissolved and their purpose
petuae the dissolution The President declares that the
States in the Union and entitled representation and
that all men, who, good faith acknowledge their ALE
glance to the Government and support the
stituton entitled participate the councils of the
nation and to be represented passing its laws Here
is plain and obvious test of fidelity clear simple
obviously just that mistake it. Those who
array themselves in opposition it the enemies of
the nation those who supportt it's friends By it. as
touchsone, to determine actual treason and &C
tua patriotism. By it, shall distinguish the unonst
from the disunionistthe supporter of the Federal Con-
sttution from its dangerous enemy.
On one side stands the committee of fifteen and the
fanatica majority Congress- branded by the President
the enemies of the nation and the constuon-on the
other side stand the people, uphong with voice.
the Exesutive who them the Constitution
and the Union in this hour of their great peril Those
who have heretofore been divided in opinion who have
OeeA separated are now called tOt
bury all their past difference; to think only how they
best defend rights which dear them all alike to
make upon the altar of patriotism willing sacrcce of
every existing prejudice and of every bitter recolecon
to trust one another to cooperate with another
encourage another earnest united unfatering
effort to restore the integrity of institutions name
Of partisan, the thoughts have place in the re-
newed struggle for freedom to which all are summoned by
the warning voice of the Chief Magistrate of the Nation
Patriot is the name, and patriotism is the inspiring
thought. i
Already as the lightning telegraph has scattered the
news the enthusiastic heart of the people responding
The countenance of every friend of restoration is radiant
With hope and joy; the exutng look of freemen
Who hail the glad summons to battle the right Meet
ngs honor of the President and the noble stand he has
taken have been and being called in which the pledge
II faith Will be freely given to stand by the President in
his efforts to restore the States their right of represen
atlon and to vndcae the integrity of the Union under
constitutions in his purpose that the constitution shall
longer be encroached upon that it shall be unfoded
md reread in the hearing of the nation that whatever
olaons it may have suffered it SHALL in the future be
he solemn guarantee Of every right and every privilege
winch are inscribed 1.-THE priceless inheritance
he American people What part the people of the State
Il Maryland will take cannot be doubted