Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-11
Our Condition.

Our Condition.
We learn that the expression OF our oplh
ion few days ago that a collision oetweei
the Radicals and the Conservatives woult
he q fatal collision to US, is considered tt
have been imprudent by some OF ou
friends. The correctness of the assertion
has been called into question as well as the
propriety of giving public utterance there,
to. It is feared that what we nave salo
will be construed into confession ol Weak
ness and fear that will serve only to en-
holden and encourage our enemies. we
onnrebend no such result. What we said,
we said deliberately and advisedly, and we
have no hesitation in repeating, that col
lision between US, unorganized and unarm-
ed. and the Radicals, organized and TO
great extent armed, must be collision ia
tai to MS. Our purpose was, and still is, to
bring this fact home to our people. We
desire to make them feel and know that
themselves and families were really IN dan
ger. Satisfied that the present was the
best time to avert that danger, we desired
to awaken our people to its existence IN
order that they might maturely and DELHI
erateIy consider the remedy therefor. We
have no fear that our article will have the
effect of encouraging our enemies, for the
reason that they already know how tho
roughly prepared they were, and how lit
tie ready we were. Their insolence and i'm
performance arose from their confidence in
their own strength and contempt for our
weakness. Nothing that we could say
could add to their assurance. We have no
fear of aggravating their hate towards US.
It is already implacable, and their purpose
to crush us to the earth Interchangeable.
We would be unfaithful to our trust
were we to fail to declare to our people the
result to be apprehended from the course
of supineness and inactivity heretofore pur
sued. It would be cruel kindness in US to
refrain from declaring the truth for fear it
might disturb the equanimity of some OF
our friends. So long as the Radical party
boasts of it's seventy thousand enrolled
men !; so long as they call for their volun-
teer companies to appear in their process
sions, even without arms ; so long as
"Gov." Holden persists in organizing his
military forces in open violation and wan
ton disregard of the plain provisions Of
both letter and spirit of the act of Con-
gress and the orders of the Secretary Of
War and the President of the United
States so long as they teach their pau
- CEo
and cattle is a matter of minor importance,
it seems to us sheer folly either to ignore
the existence of the danger or to delay any
longer the consideration of the proper
means to avert it. We firmly believe that
the danger can be peacefully and success
fully met in one way and one way only.
That way, IS we declared in our issue of
the Both, was to &C meet organization with
organization" and by show of strength
through the strong arm of the Federal
government guiding and directing our own
efforts, to compel the respect of our enc
mics. Just as soon as this is done, the
danger will pass away.
We are glad to know that our article has
attracted attention, and are happy in be-
lieving that it is working out the very pur-
pose for which it was written. If we have
aroused the attention, even if we have
thereby excited the fears of our people, and
have caused them to set about taking the
proper precautionary measures for their
own protection, our object has been &C
complished- We cannot, however, allow
this opportunity to pass without once more
advising the utmost caution, prudence and
an implicit obedience to the law of the
land, and rigid adherence to our deter
mination to avoid all disturbances. This
course is perfectly compatible with, indeed
q necessary part of, our determination to
form ourselves into such unions as
may be deemed best fitted to aid and as
sist the United States authorities in such
measures as they may take for our pro-
lection.
Our Courts as Affected by the Condition
of the Country.
His Honor, Judge Reade, is probably
more perfectly adapted to the times in
which we live than any of his illustrious
confreres. We all we'll remember with what
indignation the distinguished Associate
Justice, when q member of the Bar, resented
even q playful hit at the profession by DIR.
Hooper how he took the trouble to write
and print pamphlet on the subject, so ten
der and careful was he of professional pro-
bity and judicial purity. We remember
with what sanctifed air he always repro
bated political action by judicial officers.
1t is even said that not dozen years ago