Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-10

will conduct the government are not the
enemies of any portion of the people of
the State. They desire to do justice to ALL
and, as far as may be, to be the friends Of
all. If the administration of public affairs
shall bring peace, prosperity and happii-
| ness, all will share in these blessings; if,
on the contrary, it shall produce disorder,
and further suffering and misery, none
will be exempt from these calamities.
The Injunction of the Constitution re-
garding education should be faithfully Oh
served. Colleges, high schools. Normal
schools for the education Of teachers, and
public schools for ali, should be established
at the earliest practicable period, and liber-
ally sustained from the public treasury. We
should so conduct our public schools as to
render them superior to all others of q sim
liar kind in the State, and thus make it the
interest. as we'll as the duty, of parents 10
regard them as common to all, the rich and
the middle classes as we'll as the poor. The
first duty of free State is to educate its
children. It cannot be too often repeated
that the structure and perpetuity of free
institutions depend on the intelligence and
virtue of the people. We must either pre-
pare to educate thoroughly the rising gen.
grafton of both races, or abandon the hope
that we shall continue free, self-governing
State. It does not follow, nor does the
Constitution require, that the white and
colored races shall be educated together in
the same schools. it is believed to be bet
ter for both, and most satisfactory to both,
that the schools for the two, thus separate
and apart, should enjoy equally the foster
ing care of the State.
The Constitution provides for organizing
and arming the militia to execute the law,
invasion" The opinion of Washington,
uttered in 1870, that a free people ought
not only to be armed, but disciplined" and
| that we'll organized militia sis certainly
| an object of primary Importance, whether
| viewed in reference to the national security,
| to the satisfaction of the community, or to
| the preservation of ORDER" is not less
| weighty or important now than it was then.
| The militia should be organized at once. 1t
| is the duty of the Executive to see that the
laws are faithfully executed and to preserve
peace among the people. This duty will
be performed promptly, fearlessly and
firmly. Every citizen must submit to law
| full authority. or, refusing to do so, must
expect the penalties of the violated law
In the language of our great General Sec
ond only to him who was ''first in war;
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen," ''Let US have Peace !''-
The sword of war, which would not have
been drawn but for the criminal folly of
the recent insurgent States, should never
again be welded by Americans against
Americans. Every interest that is dear to
| us, and every hope that we may indulge for
the future, is indissolubly bound up with
peace and tranquility among ourselves
But there can be no peace without law, and
| there can be no efficacy in law without
obedience. The law is over all. The poor
aud the humble should be protected to as full
an extent as others. They need more than
others this protection. Every one must be
| free to use what is his own, not trespassing
on the rights of others to follow his par
ticular calling of employment to labor,
and to Joy the fruits of his labor to
speak freely his sentiments aud to vote as
he pleases, and not to be injured or ques-
toned by any for doing any of these things.
| The people of North Carolina are proven
| bal for their law-abiding disposition. 1t
is not unprecedented that disturbances will
rise, OF that combinations will be formed
to resist the laws; yet it is known that many
| hold the opinion that the reconstruction
laws of the United States are unconstitu-
tional, and therefore null and void and
it may be that this may lead, if not to
open resistance, to q forclble denial in
| some lOcanGleS OF Gn0 TlSuCS guaranteed Dy
the Constitution OF the State, formed and
adopted in pursuance of said laws It is
also known that disposition exists, among
no considerable portion of our population,
to Cypress the poor whites and the colored
race, on account of their political opinions.
The magistrates and the Courts will be
sustained by the whole power of the State,
| in such action as may be deemed necessary
to protect those who may be thus wronged
or oppressed and the magistrates and the
Courts will be sustained. by the whole power
of the State in giving effect to the Consti-
tuition itself, as having been fairly, Justly
and properly adopted, as binding in al!
respects on every citizen, until changed
or modified in the mode prescribed
in the instrument itself. Differ.
ences in political sentiment are to be ex,
pected, and are not calculated in them
selves to endanger the State; but purpose
to subvert the government, on the assump'
ton that it is not properly derived, has
not been constitutionally adopted, and is
illegitimate and not binding, should be
norroU}v watched and DrOmDtlv checked