Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-24

and permanent relief God speed the day.
The Fastid ioHsnes of the Convention
The haste and indiscretion with which
the new-fedged statesmen who control the
Raleigh Convention, who owe their tempo
rary and ill-gotten nOtoriety and promi,
nence to negro suffrage and social disorder,
attack the freedom of the press and the
rights of the people to know the color as
well as the politics of their lawmakers,
show that these gentlemen are neither
proud Of their political associates, nor will
ing to hand down the color of their fellows
to posterity. They seem perfectly satisfied
to own fellowship with men, however black
their principles and hearts, but they fear
if their skins are of the same hue it may
not appear SO we'll in after years. If these
fling matters, their finer feelings will be-
come blunted before they succeed in attain
ing the object of their present debasement.
While despising some of the miserable ad-
selves upon the people of North Carolina,
through the ignoble means placed in their
hands by Congress, we pity others whose
ambition has led them into the bitter
depths of their present unworthy position,
and sympathize with their sutferings in
spirit in surrendering their social pride and
political honesty for emoluments which
will be as feeting as they will prove unsub-
stantial.
Notwithstanding the Convention has
said the black members of the body are
not negroes, OR voted that, at least, they
shall not be calledso, the offending reporter
and editors of the Sentinel have not yet re-
versed the laws of nature at their bidding,
and seem disposed to agree with the def
milton of negro as given by NOAH WEB
sTER and DR.. JOHNSON, rather than with
the modern photographers of the North
Carolina Convention. The New York
Journal Of Commerce congratulates
itself that the authority of this Convention
does not extend beyond the limits of this
State, and that people of the North are not
under the necessity of hunting up deli
cate euphemisms to suit the fastidious tastes
of that body" That is simply because at
the North cir cunstances have not placed
it in the power of ambitious men to use
classes of per SOILS for their own advance
ment, whose services, but not whose asso-
citation, are sought. The object aimed at
is SO much desired that they cannot refuse
to accept the means, and yet they are IN
willing to be constantly reminded of it,
being unpleasant, either for present con-
temptation or future reflection.
Our Northern contemporary must bear
with these fastidious gentlemen awhile
It must be remembered that this is, with
some of them, their first trial at social
equality with the negro, and it fits awkward
~ at present, but soon the sharp points in
their natures, which rub harshly against
this utilization, will wear away, and the
oman and brother" will be accepted into
full fellowship and association. Education
with some, and association with few,
have been adverse to this mixing up indis-
criminately, but the progress in poll
tics will overcome such old fogy notions
imbedded in their breasts by past associa-
tions. and POSSIBLY, by worthy ancestors.
But We insist that they be permitted to dis.