Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
From the Norfolk journal.

From the Norfolk Journal
| North Carolina.
The Old North State seems to have been
favored by Providence this year in her 40
ricultural products. The wheat crop was
very fair indeed, and we learn that the Weld
of Indian corn is almost unexampled, cs-
pecially in the Eastern portion of the State.
The late propitiOus weather has also cna.
bled the planters to secure all their cotton
1t is pleasant to US to have TO record this
news about North Carolina In u very
large part of the State last year the farmers
suffered terribly from the laziness of the
new voters, their incorrigible propensity to
thieving, and the unprOpitiOus weather.
The latter cause of distress not having op-
Grated this scaOOn, save in Il few localities
the farmers have to contend only with the
lazy and thievish nature inherent in the
African. Until they receive help from i'm
migration, this population must he ever a
drawback to their prosperity but the time
must soon roll round when better species
Of labor will assist in developing the re-
sources of North Carolina.
We trust that the vote this Fall of the
Old North State will be an earnest Of the
success that will attend the efforts of the
people to rid themselves at the proper time
of the incubus of Radicalism, when We
hope that North Carolina will witness to
some extent q return of her former pros
per1ty.
A grand old State is she-with elements
of greatness second to those of no other
member of the Union When we behold
the infinite mineral resources OF tho West,
ern and Middle regions of North Carolina,
the streams with sites for factories strung
along in countless numbers, the magnitl-
cent tobacco districts of the Piedmont and
mountain country, the cotton districts 50
productive of that rich staple, the wheat
lands of three-fourths of the State, the corn
lands of the East as productive as the land
of Goshen, the rice lowgrounds Of the
Southern rivers, and the immense fisheries
of the Sounds-when we consider all these
advantages of North Cal olina we are not
saying too much in declaring her to be ole
of the finest portions of the earth.
Her noble population is well worthy OF
such country. Though cast down for a
while, the letters by which she has been
bound by Holden and his crew, cannot last
forever. Her prosperity will return when
her political status is worthy of her people ;
a change for the better must take place
after while, and she will then receive JUS
tice. The tyranny under which she is now
kept down may Cypress her, but it cannot
degrade her, and the rule of the old red
mouthed secessionist Holden will yet be
shaken off by the people of this great State.
The domination of Radicals will then ap,
pear but horrid dream of the past North
Carolina will develop her peerless elements
of greatness, and attain that position to
which she has been destined by the Crea-
tor.
The ColOred Democratic Club at Wilson
North Carolina
We have received from Mr.. Joseph i.
Johnson, president, and Mr.. Buck Powell,
secretary of the Colored Democratic Club
1t Wilson, North Carolina, letter defin-
ing the objects and reasons which have in
duced their organization. These are ex-
pressed very well, indeed, but the chief
thing that we find to admire is the spirit
which marks their address and their ac-
ion. They have had the wit and the ma
i've shrewdness to detect the rapacity,
and Unborn scoundrelism OF
he congratulated emissaries who
nave sought to gain their votes and
hereby promote their own private ends
Eschewing the counsels of these creatures,
hey take their stand along with their
white neighbors and friends. Upon the
steady goodwill of these they think then
'ace can better rely than on the interested
suggestions of strangers. In this act both
he head and heart concur, AMI we are
7ery sure time will demonstrate its WIS
iom. There is no real antagonism between
he white and black races of the South
which cannot be traced to outside Radical
malice. The natural gravitation of the
,wo races, their common interests impeii
hem to cordial union and reciprocity oil
FOOD offices. We are glad to know
therefore,, that the colored people OF the
South-breaking loose from the implouS
lavery of the Loyal Leaguers-are turn
ng in large and daily increasing masses TO
DIN those with whom their lot is to be cast
or veal or woe, and upon whose good VIII
heir own future depends. Those VINO,
ike Messrs. johnson and Powell, organiHeI
md lead such associations deserve esPeciai
and if abused by Radlcals,
s they will be, it will be pretty ceralnlJ
ound that the persons assaillng them nlo
aen of little or no character, who h"'o
elfish ends to promote.
National L1tAiye@cer'