Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-04


tinguished himself Col. r. is now meet
ing the appointments of Col. DocKERY.
Correspondence of the Journsl.
The SCION of Richmond Hil,-His - Letter
| to the Conservative Party Chief JUS
ticeshtp versus Patriot1sm--Aiarmed at
| the Condition of the Country-A War OF
Race s-V1oient PolitIcians-Sophist
| not Logfc-The Moral ProdigaI-T n c
| standard Expatiates The Veil Fails
| The & MedIcine-man Exposed.
Dear Journal: Heretofore, the gentle
man who has DOTTED the ermine and pub
Iished for our special benefit and ediica-
ton, claims rarely to have " been before
the people, and, that he g never was a
politician" The truth of this is evident,
or else he would have never given publica-
ton to letter which will stamp him for
aye as q man who has barlered his cOun-
Try and his countrymen for the emOluments
and dignity of high Judicial Office. He
says he was nominated by both parties.-
Very well. We oil know that Let US ask
his honor a question al honainena. Instead
of the ENEMIES of our State gaining the
vantage, we won the glorious contest, and
maintained our rights inalienable, thus re-
buking the partisan CoDgress-wouldy you
not have equally accepted, at our hands,
the Chief Justiceship ? You certainly
would. Therefore, in the present cam
paign, would you remain silent, or would
you come out and give the lie to the party
that elected you, join hands with our bet
ter opponents consequently yours, and
endeavor to bugbear Us with the silly as
sertion that we are again drifting into a
civil war ? These questions are for your
conscience. In the mind of every member
of the Conservative party, which you SO
modestly lecture, the sequence OF your
action in the premises is as certain as the
needle when it turns bobs to the pole. In
these degenerate days lice is great in
centive. 70 get it our acts are very often
GO carnal, bloody and unnatural" It is all
our eyes are on the object, which gained
will crush liberty. Is there that in the
breast of the honorable and patriotic man
which makes him the slave of
"Obej ing his own souls necessity 90
To barter everything for title TO make
himself man OF many fears, a more than
granny-a bastard The itching palm is
balefuI stumbling block, and when the lus-
ire of agreat name, in its specialize. stoops to
that, its brilliancy is gone it is dimmed
forever. Its charm is powerless. It may
WELD the sickle which sweeps the wealth, |
the honor, the peace and the prosperity of
our country unto the pestiferous pool of |
Radical putrescence, but it will never be es-
teemed as yrtue it will never hold place |
among the high, the sterling patriots who
are now striving to beat back the dark bill |
lows of Radical rage and dishonor. Then |
think the best Office for them is to struggle |
for their country's honor, and her glory
You may think the same. You write other
wise, and we accept mems actions.
They are worthy to be called the sons OF
a Marcus Cato, foes to tyronts. You have
proclaimed for Grant and Colfax, who rep
resent the party that has kept our country
in turmoil, i'll insecurity, and that has
robbed us Of all civil and political liberty. |
They say still in all the fire of purpose
t. though destruction sweeps those lovely
plains,
Rise, fellow men! our country yet remains!
And swear for her &c live with her to dep
81 am alarmed at the condition of the
country" We are all alarmed, and we
have cause to be. From her mountains to
the sea dire destruction is sweeping over
her. Her condition appals us. The thun-
derbolts of the INFAMOUS are prostratingi
her, preylng on her very vitals. She cries
for bread. She cries for peace. But she
runs not at "black Hecates summons. -
Her gashes are too deep, her chalice too
poisoned, to again to call to arms. She
needs not the drum, nor the trumpet, nor
the clangor of steel, all which the man
'Ewho writes himself Governor" promises.
The Judge cannot see this which is present,
but he can sec the arcana of the future,
and exclaims, another civil war p Yes,
he can ride over the 'war clouds" that
are floating thickly about us, but they
are radical. He sees nothing but the
prospective ''war clouds" Democratic
O reason, how perverted How wide,
0 conscience, art thou You see no vio-
lence when thou art concerned Brooding
fear ! A clear conscience knows no fear.
Innocence is a shield against all danger.
The war of races is d myth. It is the
Radical "wolf, wolf" With the success
of the Conservative party the {" war" will
be less than it is even now. There will be
such as is now the terror of the land
The bloody instructions of the upstairs,
the scalawags and carpet
baggers, messy backs and mudsills-will be
cast aside for the more civilizing, human
izing code-of Liberty, CT Justice, of
Honor, and Of Law. The "violent poll
ticians, properly so called, will not be
found in the ranks of Conservatism. Those
are exclusively in that party which breathes
destruction and desolation broadcast. Their
threats are made in the most indecent, in
fammatory harangues, and to men who are
very little under the control of cool reason
ing faculty. The great Vance will be ever
the advance in free and liberal political dis
cussion. We follow the lead of no violent
politician. We follow the enunciation of
those principles for which life is worth the
living, and which alone can ensure us a
sweet and lasting social and political peace.
We can never be led away from the path
OF duty, no matter what be the specious
pretext Of the sophistry employed: eff
the reconstruction acts are void, so are the