Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-24
RADICALS 81
No. 10.

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civilized it. They have governed it in the
past, and they are bound to, they must,
and shall rule it in the future. What a
history does not that glorious land show to
every reader of every cline and State. Be-
fore the dark days of the irrepressible
conflict" it had almost reached the zenith
of it's glory, grandeur and greatness.
Prosperity was spread out as mantle OF
munificence over every section, North and
South. It shed rays of light divine on the
novels and the miserable haunts of vice
and crime. 1t was the bond of love. and
held every heart together. 1t wept at the
grave it laughed at the altar it smiled
on the cradle, and cheered the home and
social circle. It challenged the admiration
of the world. Why was it ? Because then
was
Faith link'd with Love and Liberty with Law"
Where now is love or liberty ? or law !?
Echo answers, where If the politics of
the past can show such record, how can
they be compared to the detestible parti-
zanship of the present If the politics of
the past have so guided the country until
it teemed with the richest, the choicest
blessings that the God of nature could con-
fer upon her, how can they be rejected by
any honest, liberty-loving citizen Pa
triotism was then such that men kept their
honor bright, and when they were wrong,
they fought to set it right. Their country
was then above every other thing their
glory, their praise and pride.
ssThen none was for party;
Then all were for the State"
But the bright picture has changed into
the bloodiest, the blacklist, the most bitter
that has ever been presented to the people
of any age and of any country. There is
no prosperity. Misery, distress, fierce con-
tending wrath, and discord, and disunion,
are rampant in the land. All these, and
cares, and griefs, threaten us with ruin.
| Woes incessant tire our hearts, curb our
aspirations, chain our actions, subdue our
mirth, feed contention, foster hatred,
breed contempt, restrain our noble i'm
pulses, and turn all our love, national, So
cial and individual into gall, bitter,
greasy and green. Virtue is insulted. In
tellect is bullied Patriotism is Knocked,
scourged and cursed. Fidelity is derided.
Honesty is bankrupt. Charity lies tram
pied underfoot. Everything noble and
good lies bleeding and prosecuted. Moth
ing stands, or seems to stand, but lusty, in
solent and ignorant radicalism.
Look at that picture and on this Which
will you accept Will you reject the cher
ished principles of your sires, and take
unto your bosom the new-fangled and I'M
constitutional principles of this upstart
radical party ? Will you affiliate with a
| party that has ever been the enemy of your
genius enemy of your race enemy of your
progress, social and political .? Will you
vote for measure to shackle your country
forever with that which is antagonistic to
you in the spirit and in the deed ? Will
you vote for a party that since it's advent
to usurped powers has kept your country
full of tumult and civil strife ? Will you
vote for party that will make the ETH
oPEs ANTRoPoPHAGI a race Of caani6aLS, a
| race of savages that was never found dwell
| ling with the descendants of Noah, and for
whatever of civilization they have acquired
in this country, is entirely endebted to
you will you, we repeat, vote for party
which will make this race your superior
If you do, then go and dye your face, crisp
your hair, and become at once in reality
what you have become in spirit, the kinky
and woolly-headed, swarthy and thick-lipped
negro. Go to their lairs, and seek not the
habitation of the white man. The radicals
say they "prefer to see the negroes vote
and hold Office to the dirty and igaoran
DUTCH and IRISH who come in swarms
to our shores" Almost their words Ger
batina Ell IUerat,ens. Think of that, you men
from Rhineland, who have come here and
developed the grape growth of the country,
and who have done as much as any nation
in the development of this country Think
of that, you emigrants from the Rhine, and
then vote for the radical party. Think OF
that, you Irish. whose ancestral blood flows
in some of the best and bravest of our land
| VI udt, YOU AuSu JIOm tuC LiuSJ
and the Shannon. and vote for this radical
party. Think of that, you Dutch and you
Irish, who have ever been foremost in the
fight for the Union, Liberty and Law, and
vote for this radical party Think of that
you "dirty and ignorant" Dutch and Irish,
whose strong arms have done more to de-
velop the interests of this country the
country of your forefathers here-and vote
for the radical party. But the Irish are
right, and so are the Dutch. They know
how to vote, for what, and for whom. They
turn away in disgust from party that has
nothing inscribed on its banner but per
jury and perfdy. They will ever adhere
to those sacred and cherished principles Of
the trainers of the Constitution of this land
They owe it to the State in which they
dwell. In this instance they owe it to North
Carolina. If the naive sons of North
Carolina will but prove true to their inter
est, true to the history of the past, true tc
the present, the sun of this day will set on
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