Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-09-13
The Times.

will be in vain. Time only will develop
the result. Daily Journal, 11th inst.
The Times.
We published Tuesday the address issued
by the Mulatto Convention, recently assem-
bled at Philadelphia to the people OF the
United States 1t is precisely such docu
ment as might have been expected from
such body. It consists of a TRADE of false
hoods and abuse of President johnson, and
charges that he is guilty of corruption, per-
iury. murder and treason. We have III this
country, in the last year, become SO tamil
iarized to the extravagant expressions OF
violent abuse INDUCED in by the Radical
press and speakers, that words have almost
ceased to convey their true meanlng-and
this disregard of common decency is dis
played in action as we'll as in words. What
sadder commentary can there be upon the
deprav;ty of the times in which we live, than
the telegram from the Governor of the State
Of Tennessee to the Congress of the United
States, announcing the adoption OF the
Howard amendment, and the reception it
met with in the House of Representatives.
" Give my regards to the dead dog IN the
White House. The Speaker receives this
message, so grosslyinsultingt to theChief Mag
istrate of the nation, and orders it to be read
by the Clerk. It is received with cheers;
not a voice is raised in behalf of the Presl-
dent. in yindication of the outraged dlgnl-
tv of the House, or of the self-respect OF
the individual members. Was such scene
ever before witnessed in civilized country?
In the early days of the republic, had
Speaker been capable of so far forgetting
what WAS due to his own honor, as we'll as
that of the body over which he presided, as
TO commit such an outrage as to order the
Clerk to read paper of that character, he
would doubtless have at once been expelled
from the position he had disgraced.
It melancholy task indeed to reflect
upon the events occurring around U.s.
Fraud and corruption, vice and villalny In
every form rule the hour. Virtue and
honor, integrity and sobriety seem to have
taken an eternal flight All old landmarks
have been swept away. The Constitution
of our fathers is gone, and with 1t all reVe-
renee for their precedents. traditions and
opinions. All respect for that public opin~
ion which is based upon regard for virtue,
and morality, and reverence and obedience
to law, has ceased; sacrilege, implousness
and profanity have become unmeanlng
terms because nothing is now regarded as
nure, or holy or sacred, The existence and
attributes of the Divine Being. the lnsplra-
ton of the Holy Scriptures, and the true
teachings thereof, are considered topics
meet to be discussed in like manner, time
and place, and with equal awe and reyer-
ence as the price of Petroleum, Or the pro-
bable rise or fall of Cincinnati whlskey. We
are glad to believe, however, that this dis
graceful state of affairs does not prevail
in our own country, that unfortunate
and afflicted as We of the South have
been, we have not yet reached ne
depth of establishment, and that with
us there are still such things known
and regarded as honor, truth, virtue and
decency. A Convention of Southern men
would have been incapable OF issuing such
an address as the one We have referred to.
Tt is not their habit to vent their spleen and
spite by utilization and abuse. They may
differ from an Administration, as any man
may honestly do, but when they do, 1t is
their habit to attempt to carry their point
by fair and open argument. If President
Johnson is engaged in corrupting the judi
cial and other oficers of hecountry; lfhe is a
periured man, traitoT and ap alder and
abettor in murder, he ought to be inn
peached and degraded from his high office.
He ought no longer to remain GROWING
disgrace and reproach to great empire
IF the charges preferred by the Radicals be
true. thew owe it to themselves and to the
country to take the means provided by the
| law of the land to vindicate their OVID and
their country's honor. Truth must be told,
even though it should involve the use of
harsh words and the disgrace of individuals,
and therefore, if they believe their own as
sertions, we say let the Radicals follow them
up with appropriate action. 1t is needless
for us to say we feel aseqFea the charges are
utterly and entirely false, and that the RI.
tempt to impeach the President will re-
suit in his triumph and their defeat
The result of the late attempt by perjury
and snbornation of perjury to fasten upon
Ex-President Davis guilty completely in
the death Of President Lincoln viii iafQnlPt-
less prevent another like attempt. While,
however, the South generally is free in 2
great degree from the reproach of the age,
we regret to see an effort, though it be
faint one, to inauguEate and organize a
Radical party in North Carolina. Fhe m me
engaged in this Infamous project we'll know
that they do not represent the sentiment of