Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-17

Tested in this work of improvement and,
from the well known prudent character OF
the Directory, we feel sure that the pro
gramme will be successfully carried out,
unless politicians and Adventures shall in
terfere to cripple this, as they have already
crippled every work of improvement which
they have touched in this, or any other
State, North or South. We do not say
that such is the object, or that such will
be the result of Mr.. Blythe's bill but we
do say that it is passing strange-that it is,
at the least, suspicious, that such bill
should have been introduced without the
knowledge of those who have been chosen
by the Stockholders to superintend and
direct the affairs of their Company.
Speeches of Governor Vance.
Ex-Gov. VANCE has been entertaining
the citizens of New York, Baltimore and
Richmond with his inimitable speeches.
We copy brief references to the two former.
We will give an account of his Richmond
speech in our next.
At the New York ratification meeting,
Gen. HAMPTON and Gov. PERRY, and other
distinguished gentlemen spoke. Gov.
VANCE is reported as follows:
Governor Vance, of North Carolina, came for
ward and proceeded to address the meeting. He
| said, if any one desired to know why he stood
| before them on that Occasion-a man lately en-
gagged in rebellion against the Union of the
States-he would answer in q little anecdote An
old negro down in the South was brought up be-
fore the justice, who said to him: John. I'm
! mighty sorry to see you here" John replied ::
| s'Master, afore de Lord wouldn' be here if the
| soldiers hadn't fetched me-" Laughter may
| LAY with John, that it was the soldiers fetched
me. The military despotism of the South brought
/ ne here before you. Cheers j You nigh take
| me from this admission, to be q damned rebel
| ae was one of those who accepted the situation :;
| but he was not content to be tamely subjugated
to negro rule, as 1t was to be judged by events III
! Oahomey. Hayti, and st. Domingo. He came
| here to plead for his home and country, and
/ brave people and as such he thought his remarks
| would be received by them in the spirit in which
ne intended them. There was nothing left in his
| old State but scalawags and carpet-baggers -
Laughter.l There is q tide flowing over the
south. that if not stayed, will cover the North
| we'll as the South The whole state of North
Carolina was in the hands of the negro, and
few poor, miserable, despicable whites. The
South is turned into penal colony, open to every
scalawag that likes to come among the people
there. He would paraphrase Latin quotation
~ translating that quotation in this way, " Be-
| ware OF the Yankee when he comes with carpet
bag" [Laughter.1 He said he came here to as
certain for himself whether he was in or out of
| the Uuion, g thing he was anxious about. When
| the Freedmen's Bureau agent was out to collect
| taxes he seized man and demanded his taxes
because he was in the Union I; but when they
| vent to Congress and demanded their rights un-
der the Constitution, they were told to take them
selves Off-that they were out of the Union. Did
| they want to see the men of the South governed
and controlled by the negro ? l"No, mol Do
they want the old South, that supplied so many
great men to the country-sages, scholars he
StatoSmAn-tO tramnlol nv N
African civilization Did they want to see the
| south degraded aud trampled on, or did they
| iesire to see the whole land reconstructed, and
The South again left to develop her resources and
| her wealth in her own way? [Cheers.] There
! must be end to the present deplorable state of
| fairs. They had bowed to the yoke long enough
aad it was now time that they should rise and
assert their manhood under the Constitution
This great country must be restored to is origi
ual position of grandeur and greatness, or else
constitutional liberty is gone forever. The Demo-
cratic party is able to right these evils-[ap-
,lause land the party need only put the sho al-
der to the wheel to help the South out of the
slough of Despond " into which it had falen.-
The early Americans fought England because
| t. cir tea was taxed but we of the South lad
not only our tea taken from us, but we have
had our silver spoons stolen from U.s.
IS. 8. Cox called for three groans for Gen. Butler
which were given with great vim The South
had no i'll will to the negroes per Sc The ancient
love of the white man for the negro would have
ong since brought them together in their old re.
lations were it not for the scalawags and carpet
| baggers from the North. He was as willing to
| 10 much for the negro Now York had done
for him. He would give him every right he en-
Joyed at present by the negroes of the North
| de hoped through the aid and assistance of the
Democratic party TO recover their liberties
[Cheers.1
| At Baltimore the following report is pub
| lished in the Sun:
The president then introduced the Hon. Zebu-
Ion Vance, of Mort Carolina, who said that Balti-
more vas the Mecca to which every generous
| Southern heart turns and kneels with Eastern de-
votion. He spoke of the noble charities which
| she had dispensed to the suffering people of the
South. But to remove that suffering it is not on
ly necessary that she should help them with her
| basket and her store, but she should put her
/ shoulders to the wheel to help the Southern
| States to work out their own salvation throu gh
| the election of democratic President.
| Gov. Vance described the condition Of North
| Carolina under negro domination, and the extra
| ordinary character of the Constitution under
which the State has just been admitted to repre-
| sentation in Congress. But they now have an
| appeal from negro rule to the whole American
| people, and he had no doubt of the result. He
| then referred to the action of the National Dem
ocratic Convention and said that although he was
| aware that the nominees we're not the first choice
1 of Maryland he believed that there was not man
! who would not give them ardent support in
| of the government of North Carolina under negro
| Ulcers and Yankee carpet .baggers, all of which,
he said, was forced upon her by Congress for the
purpose of perpetuating the supremacy of the
| radical party for another four years.
| He illustrated the absurd character of the gov
eminent of his State by many anecdotes and hu-
morous descriptions, which almost convulsed his
hearers with laughter. In relation to the pros
poets of the Presidential canvass he said it could
| have but one result. The vote of the Southern
States will not all be cast for the radical cand-
dates. North Carolina will give 10000 majority
| for Seymour and Blair, and when the military
| power and the freedmen's bureau are withdrawn
from other States, the negro vote will no longer
be given entirely to the radicals but will be cast
in sufficient numbers to secure the success of the
democratic ticket in majority Of the Southern
States.
| Gov. Vance spoke for nearly two hours, an at
the close was loudly cheered. A vote Of thanks
was also given him. ..-s
The president of the association gave notice
that the hall would be open every night for public
speaking.
| Patronage.
We notice by the Legislative pro