Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-10

nomination were enhanced by the fact
that an entire negro delegation had been
nominated for the Legislature. but he was
a carpet-bagger, and that seemed to settle
the matter against him. There could be
no just ground for prejudice to him on
account of his color, for he seems to have
ignored tho fact that be was white in his
political and social relations with the gov
erning class. He certainly has not "put
on airs" because he was white. There was
no complaint as to the manner in which
he had performed his duties, or as to his
faithfulness to the party. He died hard,
and his official ghost even now threatens
to revisit the sacred precincts of the Court
House, galvanized into Vitality under the
political manipulations of the Supreme
Court. Burney, however, is not afraid of
ghosts, and has reason to have an abiding
faith in the ''loyalty" of our Judges.
The defeated clique from this point made
a square out fight to get on the ticket, but
such first-class pet-baggers as Waldron,
Brink and Pennypacker were disgracefully
defeated for denomination for the paltry
positions which they had occupied, and
the entile ticket, from Senator to Coroner,
was filled, and not cArpet-baggei was
nominated except for County Surveyor.
This boon was granted to them, under pro-
test, and Major J. L. ROdes remains the
honored and fitting representative of a
clique of ignoble men who have governed
New Hanover for two years.
After the completion OF the ticket and
the selection of delegates to the Congress
sional Nominating Convention, in which
honors we're divided between the races,
and between Dockery and his opponents,
the carpet-baggers made their second and
final grand attempt for recognition at the
hands of the negroes. Their defeat in the
matter of the Sheriffalty served to arouse
them to redoubled energy. To be sure
the hirsute carpet-bagger did not want TO
go to Congress (modest nan, why do
yourself the Injustice and y0ur State and
the entire country the irreparable injury
by withholding yonr talents and expert
ence from the public councils In these
days, unpreteuding merit must not be per.
mitted to "blush unseen. y But then French
wanted TO test the gratitude of the Repub-
lican party. Did he not stand at the tai
of suffers cart and deal out bad whiskey
to the soldiers for valuable considera
ton, while they " fought, bled and died u
for the flag aud the great Republican par
ty? OF course he did. And who SO I'M
grateful as to oppose his aspirations fol
|
and successfully, not, of course, upon per
sonal considerations bnt to prove great
historic fact I'VE are all creatures of circnm
stance) that Republics are ungrateful
That the cOlOred men bore off all the
valuable trophies is not u matter Of won
der or of sensible objection. Why should
they not do So They furnish seven -tenths
of the talents, nine tenths Of the strength
and ten tenths of the character of the par
ty, and we honestly think the offices should
be distributed in the same proportion. Nc
man who attended the sessions of the Con
vention will but acknowledge that French
was unequal in point OF ability to Rourke,
| and Galloway, and MADISON. ana Sampson
and Hill, while he was n mere playthinp
in the hands of Price. Why, Their. should
not the New Hanover Republicans raise
the ''black flag" Their action, except III
the defeat of Alfred Howe, a respectable
and intelligent negro, by an ignorant and
worthless white. who does little credit to
his party and less to his color, will meet
the approval OF every right-thinking man
in the county. The colored people have
done themselves credit in throwing off the
Carpet Baggers, who have not furnished q
1uid pro quo for the consideration here =
tofore given them.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION. When dam
ages are to be assessed it makes cOnsid
cradle difference AS to whose OK it is that
has been gQred, At the last election it
was Price, Rice, Larilins, Holmes, Avant
and their animal now the gored bull, IN
turn, pokes his horns into some other
ribs The majority then we're the only
true and legitimate Republican party all
others gere boilers and seceders. To-day
these same boilers, so-callet,, aye ~ the
majority, yet the carpet-bag minority are
trying very lard to read them out Of the
party and that, too, notwithstanding the
majority that they carried with them in
open Convention.
The truth is, the Radical stomach is re
Voting against itself It can receive as
many 10Th amendments as are necessary
to produce healthy action Of all of the
parts, with corresponding increase of the
circulation (legal-tender) through the car
pet-baggers' pockets, but the moment that
the negro proposes 20 stand alone and to
say to them g I am now old enough and
strong enough to fight my own battles, 4"
they forthwith desire to spew him up.
Neither individually or politically, do
we feel at all concerned in the pres ent is
sues between the new boilers and the old
ones. A Northern man remarked to us
yesterday that there was too much niger