Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-08-23

full, and yet MT. OtSpIiSHSo sAi'o.N |
inst. A gentleman who, on the strength ct
a letter of introduction. receives a stranger
with warm and communicative hospsta1fy'
NAV pour out hasty views with an lncau-
tions freedom which he wonld not indulge
in if he supposed what he uttered was TO
he mt in print The stiffness OF saying
nothing which had not been deliberately
weighed would have been no violation OF
hospitality; but it is a violation OF hospi-,
tality for a stranger, after BENG treaIeo
with the careless openness OF an intlma'e
friend, to make merchandise OF MS enter
taiper's cordially, by selling reports OF his |
conversation to a newspaper. These points |
of etiquette and authenticity are Leading
MS from our intention. which is to intro
duce some statements made to this cores
pondent Of the Times by Herschell '. john |
son. We have no doubt that the views
here attributed to Mr.. Johnson are sub |
stantially those of majority of Intelligent
white men in the South, except perhaps IN
regard to registration. We insert questions
and answers as we find them reported
but can't they add to all contiscatlon :"
No sir that is impossible. They may rob ana
plumber and spolate but they can c0nnsGate uli
'er TIE forms of law. Why, Judge chase hlmseI
has decided that property cannot be legaliy con
fscated until after trial and CONVECTION. wen,
he question raised he won Id be compeHealo
decide any act of confscatlon TO be nnGohs.I.u SUI
comes to the worst and they should attempt 70
despoil U.s. let them do it. The true men OF me
South have little left to take, and that th5y 90 no1
value at pins fee compared with freedom anu
honor" w . l..
"Do you, then. prefer military government to
the advantage of reunion and representation III
Congress- whi Ii you will get by reconstruction on
the prescribed terms :"
| "I don't like military government, but lnhn-
itely prefer it to the nd OF government we would
have under the programme Of Congress- VINO
cares for such Representations as would be repre-
sentation merely IL name, and mis- epreSentauon
in fact? No. sir, can never advise my telloW-cl-
| tizens of Georgia to give in 10 such Ii scheme
The Radicals want our cOnsent-they want the
advantage of being able to say that reconstIGc,
ton is the spontaneou- act OF the people we shail
give them no such opportunity. We shall not
thus close the door OF redress against ourselves
! 6 Are YOU against registration %
| Ono l am in favor of registration, for we shau
need that power in order to vote against con-
| vention. Besides, ii they have convention and
form constitution, it will be necessary for us to
have registered in order to vote 1t down But II
our people neglect to register it will be put out OF
their power to vote against either the convention
or the constitution which they may frame. We
must register and weld the ballot 10 save the
State from utter ruin. w
EDO the people of the South still cling to the
hope that the President can do anything for
| them?"
"No they are quite aware that the President
is powerless, and that the supreme Court Will do
nothing for them. Our only hope Is In reaction
the orthern people feel right toward us and wish
to see the Mon restored. The issue wild be pre-
scented to them il the next elections and II what
ever there Is OF the just and generous IN Norm
ern sentiment then make itself felt, liberty
and the Constitution may be preserved. IT not
both, fear. are gone forever
Mr. johnson is Il person of great natural
moderation He is a man of probity, of piety
ia Baptist we beIieve) he is no extremist,
and has never acted with any extreme par
ty. In 1860, he was candidate for Vice
President on the same ticket with Mr.
d ngas. Surprising the views here as
cribed TO him, and suppOsing he shares
them with a Iajority of the Southern
whites, nothing can be more evident thai
that the Republican policy of reconstruc
, ton viii be failure, nay, that it will prove
E both a bluHder and a crime. If the South
ern whites had generally registered, th'
Radical reconstruction scheme would have
proved simple failure either no cODven
ton wouId be held i'll most of the States
or the constitution it framed be voted down
But it is now too late simply to block tin
game. So few of the undisfranchlsed white
. are disposed to register, that the whole Pc
. itical power of the South seems destined
>. to fall at once into the hands of the ne
: groes State governments controlled b.
. the negroes cannot stand for day ate
y they cease to be propped up by fedora
n bayOnetS. And every day that they stan>t
v even thus propt i, they will scatter til
! sparks of inextinguishable transportation
- and mischief. twill be Ignorance govern
= ing knowledge; minority governing su
;, perior numbers; poverty governing prop
= erty improvidence governing forethough'
- all inferior governing superior race; eS
slaves governing ex-freemen. Such gov
y eminent is against the order and ordinanc
q of nature 1t is not Of God and canno
A stand It will probably last long enoug
) to SOW the seeds of iIeradicable h0stliit
! between the two races, when a revol
Il against it's absul'dity will revolutionize tn
:, public opinion of the North, and swee
g away the external pressure by which alon
- negro government in the South could b
y rendered possible. Then the wrath whic
o had been pent up and restrained by militia
" ~ intimidation will break forth with desc
> lating violence, and they who have sowe
Y the wind will reap the whirlwin3. Me
60 who do not acknowledge the reality an
~ great magnitude of this danger, are eithe
~ blinded by their passions or they know Iii
q tie of history and less of human nature.
n From the Southern Opinion.
% RecoI!tCtiOns of Army Life.