Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25

these things, pressing. upon the people in theii
every day life, are fratting them to that soreness
| that the remembrance of high principles at stake
| is mot kept clear, and that the sturdy faith o.
! loyal Republicans is in danger OF losing Its pa
| tience And these tretting burdens Will utterly
| break down the sentiment upon which the nation
depends, if they are not speedily lifted congress
| must take warming by such DEMONSTRATIONS al
have Just been made that its seriOns task at the
| coming session is to mature satisfactory system
| Of financial measures The evils that annoy anC
arouse complaint certainly remedial 1t Is 1o1
the legislators Of the nation to take counsel IRON
ali the experience they gather, and carefully
study the means. LIT them address themselves
to the task Of financial reform with an earnest
purpose and exulti0g apprehension Will soon
find itself i'll more hopeless state than ever.
These, indeed, are practical suggestions.
The prosperity of the entire country has
long been retarded by the subverslon OF
all material interests for the aggrandize-
ment of party by the political promotion OF
the negro. The want of stable currency
has unsettled every business, and oppres-
sive and unjust taxation has ruined many.
The appeals of agricultnrists, merchants
and manufacturers have been alike unheed-
ed, in the attempt to work out the favor
able destinies of party through the negro.
Business men, therefore, hail with delight
the late Conservative victories, as leading
the way to others Jet more important
thus placing the business of the country
upon sure and safe foundation once again.
A continuance of the victories to be fol-
lowed by total change of policy towards
the South, must have most beneficial
effect An Improvement N the value OF the
currency in consequence of the cessation of
injurious political agitations, and the secu-
rity Of titles by the expulsion of contisca-
tors from high positions under the Gov
eminent, must inevitably infuse new life
into our people, and add value to their
property and remunerative returns for their
industry and enterprise.
The business men have looked in vain
for relief from the party now ir power.
They are impotent for good, but iusty in
the advancement of evil. Convinced of
this fact at most of the commercial centres
of the country, the Radicals have been
discarded, and we look for important and
telling changes even in Boston in this par
ticular. The influences Of the advancing
tide Of reformation can hardly be expected
to overcome at one flow the barriers which
education and association have created,
but these Puritanical embargoes cannot
long withstand the onward march of the
real progress to which political reaction is
leading. The poor negro, who has for
years shaped the politics of the country,
has lost his importance, and soon all par
ties and both sections will ignore him. He
will then revert, as a sacred charge, to his
old friends, the Southern people, and what
ever future Importance he may have will
be derived from their appreciation of his
industry and behavior. His political rights
will be freely granted by their sense of JUS
tice; his political rririleges will depend
upon his own conduct and advance
ment