Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-31
Harmony of Radical Plans.

| Harmony of Radical Plans.
It ia expected that the Convention viii be aD.e
to complete its work about the I'D or next hon' -
and that tic Constitution Will be suomi - i
the people about the latter part Of March. IL =
expected also that the people Will vote al the sam
time for Governor and other State ofhcers, seFeA
members of Congress, and members Oh TIC o' ~
| Legislature. The Legislature, IL CHOSEN On IF
25th OF March, could assemble ON the ioth aSald-
, April could at once ratlfy the Howard aarlest
| ment and elect Senators and thea, at Il c0nId
{ by the LIST of May the members OF ConState GOV
| be admitted to their seats and the NJ
| eminent inaugurated sate Nominating
/ 1t is taken for granted that arly day, to place
Convention will be held at agfore the people
the Republican candidate
II 1sAyention, nominate all &C
!. Let us have full hen sweep the State Tor the
ceptable TICKET, Sr loyal men, from the seashGTe
Constitution age line. We can and we viii
to the Ienn Raleigh Standard.
i ohis declaration was put forth after
difference ''with many leading and wor-
thy Republicans from all parts of the State,
in relation to the condition and prospects
of the Republican party ;" and as mot a
ripple even on the surface disturbs the
harmony which prevails in all parts of the
State" we presume it may " be taken for
granted" thatit is All official announcement
of the Radical programme in this State.
It reads very smoothly, but the best-laid
schemes of men and mice oft gang agiee, and
it is just possible that Radicals and ne
groes who are ''men and brothers, " may be
heirs to the same ills that men and mice
are subject to. There are many things yet
to be done before "new North Carolina
becomes one of the United States. The
consent of the people of old North Carroll
ma has yet to be obtained. Her people
have not yet indicated their willingness to
consummate their own degradation. In no
contest upon reconstruction measures has
anything like the full force Of the State
yet been engaged. The main body has
been kept in reserve, waiting for the mo-
ment when their efforts would be decisive.
That time has come.
There is yet another thing to be done.
The tide Unpopular opinion which is sweep
ing over the whole North, swelling and
surging with the irresistible power OF truth,
must be met and hurled back.
The attempted destruction of the Exc
cutive branch of the national government
has yet to be accomplished.
The Supreme Court still stands as the
last bulwark against the attacks Of Radi-
cal madmen upon Constitutional Liberty
and Constitutional Government and above
all, the Convention has yet to receive its
per diem Not until all of these things
shall be done, will the " new" State gov
eminent be inaugurated.
Harmony" is the order of the day in
the Radical camp. The Standard says that
"not ripple even on the surface dis
turbs it," and the Register continuously
declares that
"Ours are the plans of fair, delightful peace,
Unwarped by party rage, to live like brothers,.
After so much turmoil, and strife, and
battle, and blood and murder it is, indeed.
truly refreshing to look upon SO calm and
placid a scene. As the hart panteth for
the brook, SO do our souls long for the
time when, the plans of fair, delightful
peace shall be the only study Of mortals
here below How sad it is, that the best
laid shemes should loft gang aglee -;
how painful to be compelled to utter eX
pressions like these from the Standard:
Our neghbor of the Register has prtjudged
the character of the reports ofthe official Reporter
of the Convention.
s'We think the article unfair in many respects |
sit will be time enough to complain
when the Reporter Of the Standard reports IN
fairly, that he is doing partisan job. "
Verify, if the Radicals are no more correct
in their assertions about the strength of
their party than about it's harmonious &C
ton, the great Conservative Convention,
which meets in Raleigh next week, will
have no difficulty in planning campaign
that shall result in glorious success.