Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-02
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ooiiCi1cu w Coule uefo To-Day TO address
; you concerning the dangers which threaten
to destroy the Constitution of our fathers
the crisis which oyerhangs our liberties
This is the most trying time we have eve,
yet witnessed in the history of the Amer
can Republic, but we have no cause to de-
spair, but rather let every man be inspired
with courage, energy and enterprise, and
boldly unite with the great Conservative
party that is going forth conquering and to
conquer.
Fellow citizens you behold in me man
who is no speaker-no politician thing
claim to be but plain, sunburnt farmer.
bat if there be anything that can rouse up
my hearts emotions, and awaken the
slumbering patriotism Of my fellow -citi-
zens, it Is the names OF those champions
who are the choice Of free people-who
head gallant party, seeking constitutional
rights, whose principles are the opponents
OF just laws, equal rights, peace and good
will among men.
Before proceeding further. let us take a
hasty glance at the source from whence our
| troubles sprang, and See how badly, basely
and treacherously We have been treated
In our late civil war you all beheld the two
great sections engaged in a struggle for
constitutional liberty. It is not my province
to day to say which was right Or which
wrong, but suffice it to say that we lost. It
was promised us that upon the cessation of
hostilities, we should have peace, and the
Union should be restored. Actuated by
this assurance the Southern States, as
soon as they could do SO, held elections.
And iii conventional assemblies they
'annulled all their laws which sprung up
with the so-callad rebellion !; disavowed all
acts obnoxious to the Federal government :;
abolished slavery, and with one voice i'm
plored admission. How were they met
Our petitions were sighted, and our Con
gresslnen, whom we elected legally and
constitutionally, were spu1med with con-
tempt from the seat OF government Gen
tlemen, who did this ? That party called
Radical, which has opposed every honest
measure that would give peace and har-
mony to our people, and health and pros
perity to our system OF government. That
party who has acted the part of an in
satiate robber, devastating the land,
bHghting all manner Of industrial pur-
suits, pillaging the public treasury,
d1u CASAbNAuEo u tlOO PCOPAO. A1C-
mand made by the Radicals on the peo-
Pile, only incites their damnable minds to
seek out new and more ingenious tor
lures The whole history OF that party has
been fraught, not with what might mildly
be called political errors, but with crimes
detestable to the American character and
shocking to the honor of glorious Repub-
lie
It has upheld in its arbitrary rule mon
stcrs in the shape OF men, whose only mer-
it was taking the lives of our country
men, stealing our property and burning
our towns and cities. Euormities of crimes
for which a Radical Congress added stripes
Of military insignia to their tinseled collars,
but if it had been left to civil law, their
backs would have been decorated with
thirty nine lashtS. Look at some of their
great men. Gustav who dealt i'll carria-
ges and mulattoes, Hiram, the molasses
thief, Butler, the spoon man, and little
Phil, vino burned two Thousand barnes
Now, gentlemen, these are the big men of
the party, and if they would steal and de-
stroy, rich as they were, what would those
poor, misera Die little fel's do who aspire
after as low offices as constable of dis
strict, or colonel of Billy F'itz Gubernators
militia ? l leave that for your candid con-
siaeration.
Now, gentlemen, all those good times
promised you by the Radicals, [ ask where
are they? Do they consist of the thirty
five cents per yard for the cotton shirting
on our backs, or the twenty cents per
pound for pork and two dollars per
bushel for the corn we buy, or does it
merely consist of the privilege lately &C.
corded to all ignorant class, of voting for
men who know not their interests Poor,
benighted countrymen, of the Radical par
ty, you have been deluded by party cry
ing Union and peace, when they intended !
disunion and war. Some Radicals say they !
are going to seat Grant and Colfax if they !
have to do it by force of arms. They talk
familiarly about acar! Do they know any
thing about war? On whom do they de-
pend for leaders in the strife which they
so unceremoniously seek to bring upon the
peaceable inhabitants of the Union? Will
Hiram q. serve you, now the molasses is
gone ? Will Spoons answer your purpose
when there are none in the country? All
your big rogues have pocketed the valua-
bles and the little fellows have nothing left
but to enslave each other. Do the Radi-
Gals know anything about war? Who was
it, ask, that conquered the armies of the
rebellious States? Not Radicals, gentle
men, but men who honestly fought for the
Union those Northern men who, in No.
NC"OC1, WILL Cdoo GuC1L fOCOo lux uuOul
and Blair. Once more, Radicals, let me
advise you, that when you think of
bringing on a revolution backed by
Grant or Butler, in the language of Mr..
Arp, say Consider old COW, consider"
Remember that Rosecrans, Hancock, Blair,
besides legions of SCARED and sunburnt
veterans in blue and gray yet live who
earnestly desire peace,
"But they can rein melted steed
And love to couch spear;
st. George, stirring life they'll lead
When they have such neighbors near"
Gentlemen, allow me to portray to your
view the three grand elements of which
the Radical party is composed. There are
three parts of it, and although one may be
a little less culpable than the others, yet 7
find them all in one heap of fostering
carrion that sends its deadly miasma up
the nostrils of every honest, brave and
patriotic citizen. The first class are those
who are ignorant, indolent and supers IT,
tious. Tools of the leaders, some of them
perhaps might be honest, but their infor-
nation is so small and their nreiu0icas so