Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-17

| Co. IaSSIOu IluS bAiIiO W bOoI, PASJN
dice can now be discarded, and reason may
DISPOSE of and arrange the events OF the
great struggle. North Carolina has a his
tory as proud as people ever possessed.
Her living sons owe to themselves, 10
their posterity and to their comrades now
in the grave, that impartial history shall
transmit to posterity the record, the patrlo-
tism, the heroic yalor, and fortitude OF
her people.
Gen. ID. II. Hill is the Vice President of
the Society in this State. He will receive
and preserve for transmission to the head
of the Society all reliable records. Let
us be awake and alive to the importance
of prompt action. Many of us shall soon
pass away to join the glorious band who
were fortunate in escaping our time.
Written data will be lest, memories will
fail, interest will perish. To work, then.
In every county let sub.societies form, and
gather up that information, without which
history must be a lie, the living will be
misrepresented, and the dead dishonOreG.
THE Conservative party of Mississippi
has unanimously nominated Judge Louis
Dent as candidate for Governor of that
State. Some had doubted tho issue OF the
Conventions action, but too many as
surances had been given by the Conserva-
tive citizens to give room Tor serious
question as to who would be the nominee
in the coming important contest. Judge
Dent is, as every one perhaps knows,
brother-in-l law to President Grant. He is
politically Republican, but one of mod
crate views, -proscriptive in his policy,
DESTROYS that the bitterness of feeling en-
gendered by war shall be buried, that JUS
tice shall be administered with even hand
to all, and that liberty shall be secured to
all. He has been chosen by the Conserya-
tive citizens Of his State irrespective Of
party or color. It was known that Presl-
dent Grant did not wish him to accept the
nomination. The result of the election
will determine how far the Presidents
preferences in political matters will be re-
garded by the people of MlsslsslppI.
Judging from the results in Virginia and
Tennessee President Grant may prepare
himself for a direct rebuke to his pre-
sumption as significant as those he has
received over the shoulders Of Candy in
| Virginia and Boutwell, in Tennessee. Tits
| time that the servants Of the people should
understand for what they are chosen, and
if the Chief of these public servants can
be made to understand his duties, those in
subordinate places will need no special in
struction in teaching them to attend to
theirs We anticipate a complete triumph
for the Conservatives in Mississippi under
the leadership of Judge Dent, and shall
hail it with unfeigned Joy.
/ The Atrocities of the Gold Gamblers.
The country is suffering seriously from
the schemes and manWuyres of the gold
gamblers Of New York. Just now their
tactics are producing cmbarrassments aud
distresees in the trade and business of the
country, and the innocent are made to
suffer for the acts of the guilty.
Tho New York ComnecrciU lAdcerIiscr OF
| Wednesday has an article relative to these
gold spectators which is entirely just.
That paper says: ''With NO natural
causes to produce the result gold has been
selling of late at a steady advance. If left
to the legitimate and permanent intiences
which affect commercial values and regu-
late the markets, coin would now have q
downward tendency. The national credit
is daily improving, the relation of cur
rency to a just standard of appreciation is
gradually but surely adapting itself, an
abundant harvest of most of the staples is
secured, the prosperity of the South is as
Stunning an almost miraculous status, and
the promise of fou1ishing trade for the
ensuing season is well-nigh certain YET
gold, like highwayman, stands on the
Exchange with its peremptory demand fol
q fictitious premium which it forces with
the impudence and brazen ef1rontery of {
foot pad from the pockets of helpless
public. The Infamous system of gambling
which goes by the name Of locking NJ
money, is too we'll known and has beer
too often described to need elaboration
It unites in it's operations every element O
atrocity and viciousness that characterize
usnry and the speculations out of human
wants. In its desperate hazard and reck
less disregard of all principles of moralit,
it makes an ordinary gambler white ant
Christian by comparison. For TIN
= fiuctuation OF gold from one set o
90 sharpers to another, and for the loss O
s gain of bull or bear we care nothing
' To the community it matters little who
- ever of the piratical horde that hoists it
t black flag to war on the public is sup @
d down, short or long But a conspirac,
t in money against business necessitie
e works individual ruin and general injury
, 1t is said this last combination in gol,
. was instigated and initiated by well-knowl
t spectators and jobbers of no very envia
a BILE reputation. The inquiry is very natu
: rally prompted, Is there no relief from
l these bold, bad men or is the business
5 community to continue to be at the mere
? of these financial vultures ? Every brancl
, of business is laid under tribute by thes
: conspirators, the avenues of commerce ar