Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-03
For the Journal.

| For the journal.
lLessys. Editors Your readers may re-
member that some time ago / asked you
to explain the meaning of the new party
movement. the organization of which,
though not then avowed, was apparent.
Developments since that date have been
both rapid and surprising, and have cul-
minated ia the contamination of COM
plete political revolution in the State.
Every principle contended for by the So
called Conservative party during the pro-
gress of recon struction, save only that in-
volved in the demand for amnesty, has
been surrendered, whether honorably or
not, I will not say.
| HORACE GREELEY's platform is sweeping
the State and the South. Universal suf-
frage and universal amnesty is everywhere
the watch-word and the reply. 1t Is no
new policy evoked after much thought
from Southern brain, or timely and bril-
liant scintillation of Southern genius !; 1t is
hated Yankee idea that our Southern
people are adopting SO greedily and upon
which they seem to plume and pride them
selves as much as young woman docs up
on her first babe. Ere long we shall doubt
less hear men who fought during the
whole war mathematical and denounced
as &" not true to the South" because they
cannot bring them to join the new party,
which it is coolly proposed shall be known
as the Liberal REPUBLICAN PARTY. Worry
soon, doubtless, all anti-republicans will be
classed with "intidels and secessionists "
and democrats. It is to be hoped that
those gentlemen who through tender con-
sideration for the feelings and prejudices
of their old Wing friends refused to fight
under any banner called Democratic, are
now satisfied.
But the Conservative party seems about
as impOtent under that name as under
the many others which preceded it, and
for one, have 40 eulogy to deliver over
its dead body.
Called upon, as I am now, to make an
entire change of front, to make a comp Ste
surrender both in substance and form in
name and principle--in a word, to join the
Republican party after having fought it
from its organization, the question occurs
to me if it be right to make this surrender
now, whether it ought not to have been
made long ago, at least whether the recon
struction measures ought to have been
resisted This is a very serious question,
and upon tho answer to it depends our
opinion Of the fitness Of those men for
their positions who have taken the load
since the war in political matters. This,
however, is a matter / do not wish to dis
cuss here. 1t is sufficient to say that CON
fusion prevails in tho Conservative camp.
In the Radical camp disorder, dlscord and
division are also apparent The sca.iawag
and carpet bag factions are at unmistaka
| bic onmity, the apple Of discord being tho
rovorsion of the seat i'll the United States
Senate now occupied by Con. JOS. G. Alb
bott Gov. Holden desires to snpplant
Gen. Abbott, and to accomplish this pur
pose gives the cue to the Standard to shape
its conrSe for new party, for which every
thing is now ripe. A feeble effort is in
deed being made to rule out the SU"ICri
and Gov. Holden, but it will not succeed
! The Nru!tduti will represent the Liberal
Republican party and Gov. Holden will in
six months be arespectablc man aud mem
! Der, in good standing, of the new party, and
in due time will succeed Gen. Abbott, ii the
proposed line of action be adopted, and
all this in spite of his many treasons
| to hts State anu to his many
parties. The surrender Of principle and
position proposed to be made by the Con
sentative party will reduce true mon to the
necessity of choosing between q scallawag
and carpet-bagger, between Holden and
Abbott, and then to influence that choice
the very men who will have brought us
to that necessity will talk largely about
"wisdom," sound policy" accepting
the situation" and all such stuff cd nau-
seam. would be willing to wager that
Holden is at the bottom of the whole
movement, though of course many of its
aiders and abettors are not aware of it
Indications have not been wanting for
some time that his Excellency was medita-
ting new party affiliations. l see no neces-
sity for any new party now. The elections
are over. Let us await the developments
of the future. Let us make haste slowly.
Let the true men of the State keep them
selves pure and undefled preserve intact
their organization and thus be ready at the
proper moment to take advantage of the
disorder of the enemy-for both Holden
and Abbott are our enemies, enemies in
every sense of the word. We may thus
gain the balance of power if no more, and
defeat both of these specially obnoxious
men and select some one more agreeable
to us. y.