Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-08-19

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claiming 1t "a triumph OF any party bnt as o
general upTising Of tho people Ctho botter eIe-
pents OF aA parties and coIOrs) We had resisted
successfully, and upon the broad platform of our
principles, had achieved q grand. glorious
victory the victory OF moderation over fanati-
csin, OF virtuo vice, of honesty over dishon-
esty, OF civilized enlightmont over ignorance and
OF degredaton OF tho law over brute force of wise
and prudent legislation over peculation, wanton
extravaganza and open Legislative bribery--oY
law aud ordor ovor malicious misrule, and above
| all, OF decency over wild, ruinous reckless and
inherent depravity. Already docs the silver Iinine
! or tho cloud begin to show itself and now do We
sec in the independent Judge Brooks, the dawn
/ o. what wo may hope for, OF good for the races
and for tho land of our birth. North OaroIinians.
have you eyct contemplated the death OF your
thought OF the death of your free Qoyerument?
II not, lot call TO your attention tho sublime
conception and truthful portraiture OF Mr. Voor-
"Is is nlola2oholy spectacle to COO FREQ
government .dIo. The world, it is true, is filed
with evidences OF decay. All nature speaks tho
voice Of dissolution, and the highway Of history
sLd OF life ls strewn with tho wrecks which time
tho great despoiler, has made. But hopes of tho
| future, bright visions OF reyiyinK GLORY arc no.
where denied to the heart of mRn as he rsZes on
tho downfall OF legal liberty, He Listens monrn-
rully TO tho autumn winds, as they sigh through
| distant forests; but he knows thor breath will be
soft and verna! in the spring, ,;and that tho dead
no"crs ano Wltnereo fohaGo will blossom and
bloom again he secs the sky overcast with the
angry froWn Of the tempest, hut knows the sun
VIII re@ppear and the emolazonry of God cannot
persh' Man himself, this strange connecting
link between dust and deity, totters aoeariiV
wearily onward under the weight of years and
pain, towards the tomb. But how briefly his
life fingers around the dismal spot It is filled
with GRIEF and toars, al the willow and the cy-
press gather over and around it with their loving
but mournful embrace.
And is this all Not so. II man die shall he
not lye again? Beyond the grave il the distant
Aideh! Hope provides an Elysium tor the soul
where the mortal assumes immortality and life
becomes an endless splendor. But where in all
the dreAry regions OF the past, filed with con-
vulsions, wars and crimes can Won point your
nhger TO the tomb of free commonwealth on
winch the angels OF resurrection have ever do
scended, or from whose sepulchre tho stone of
despotism has been rolled away. Where in what
age, and in what cline have the veins of Consti-
tptional Freedom renewed thor youth gained
their lost estate2 By whose strong grip has the
aesd corpse & OF the repI6Ic once fallen ever been
be still, left no ordained Apostle
with power to wronch opon,the jaws of national
doath ana release the victim OF despotism. The
; wall OF tho neart-broken ovor the dead is not
30 sad to mo as the realization of this fact. But
AL history with loud unbroken voice proclaifns
It, and tho evidence OF al tho future will be that
WheroYer, in the domain of human conduct, a
people once possessed OF liberty has surrendered
thus great gift OF God, ct the command Of the
u9urpor, they have ucYor, no never, afterwards
proven themselves worthy to regain the forfeited
l Lot not this be the fat0 Of your State. This
day VOW IN tho proBenoo Of High HCaYen to .'Iay
tho proud usnrper low" Ycs, by your votes
threatened tho poor Polo in the sad, dark hour
OF his national depreciation. Rouse yc sons of
cur good old mother. Now is tho time for that
sWaotcst OF all revenge WIZ the cutepoken
;9ollDGs Of trUo hearted people. Expressed
through tho wso law giyors OF the land and
!loso iaws executed by servants, and not mas
i. Ia L. th THE glad dag Of reiqionE oongratu
this immense ttrcng, whose joyful faces, glad
hearts and qQiOt dcrOrtmont goes out as an
assurance OF what they wish ard what they
Tis moot that this demonstration should
aAo oaAo place IN tho bosom of tho old Cape Foar
speahor 10 this land and poopo; ties sacred TO tho
speaker from reasons ] dare not here utter as
thoy 40 not bolong to tho discussion tonight.
put hoyertAoios5 III largo space III your
spoakor's hoart. TO honor this region, 80 fer
tile with incidents OF historic Ioro-where you
viii ct meet one who bears an honorod name:
whore tho high, chivalrio bearing OF the gem
tlcman, the convivieI nature Of tho com pan
on, the lluont cOuvereatIon OF the scholar tho
bold, outspokcn scntiments Of the citizen, tho
proud boarinG OF the truo Southern nobleman,
mingled with the love OF sports. music arts
and sclences-mako it one OF tho most favored
spots or our once proud and loved land, whose
unhappy ietc now saddons and sickens oYe1y
generous heart and noblo nature.
ours has boon hard fate. but 10 has boon
ooTno patiently, submissiVeIy, in such wise Az
noble natures alone can bear. In the hey-dey of
success lot moderation ruIo your couusels Be
guided by tho cOunsels of your lovely Wornon
Whoso proud. sensitive, shrinking natures arc
schooIed IN virtues highest laws, warped by no
solhsh ambition, and guieded by no motiYess
save the Jaw OF EuniYeTsal love. Trust them
bo governed bJ their general counsols, for "wo-
| AAA~"I 4oHHS A' Always ulVEo 10 DO tEu5tcQ t0hu
mans intellect"
Let us inaugurato the roign of peace In this
ianu' Let as restore GOyernmont, whose hoad
and chief will not be compelled 10 call around
hInI b&ae hirciings from u foreign State to Sc
cure the tyrant on his throne. Tho fault is in
tho naRn-ignobi6 in Cvory clement that Zoos to
mako up the man, ho can not bo whitewashed
into a gentleman or patriot, for, according to
tho old adago, pumpkin bug will stink. even
Tic coIoyod men ask viii tho Conservatives
guarantee to them their rights under tho Con-
sutton; sc1d IN reply to that, We say that our
two address Of our party, and tho controlling
clements thereof have pledged their faith to tho
LnAihtohanco or these doctrines, andi would say,
! and IN an unmistakabIo manner, declare te tho
coIored man that your fate viii DO just as you
make 1t. There will bo no strife between tile
| Conservative white man and the black man. un-
1883 the black man makes it. Let us trust that
your eyes arc opened to tho vicness Of those
VINO would mlsload you. Drive from you those
VINO would poison your cars against the best
| and purest OF this land. Think, that If tho laws
pear equal, your interests and the white mans
| intetcsts tet are inc same, II ono prospers under
the laws made for tho government of tho State
@ tne othor must II one is oppressed, tho other
| on account OF race or color.
Inen let your reason work. Put up no bar
rlor between US, and bear this in mind: That il
mischief and strife come you must. and will bo
tho authors OF 1t, and the curse bc upon you
when the strife comes.
Then down with high taxest Down with high
s@Ist4os ana Toes, which cat up the honest earn
! lngs Of the landl Down with the office holder
VINO VINO would nso the people to his benefit alone.
ana 10 thelr ruin Away with military oppres-
sors Let there be peace in tho land. and then.
ana net until then, will Conservative principles be
dcclarod triumphant in this land
1, dod grant that the timo may soon come; and
ffnen. and not till then you call yourselves
| free citizens.
| iOel' McKoy was followed by other gen.
tlqmen,-Capt. John w. Ellis, of Colum-
bus; Maj. John w. Dunham, of Wilson;
Mr.. W. Q. Troy, Of Cumberland; DIR. G.
L. Murphy, of Sampson; and Col. E. d.
Hall and Maj. J. A. Engelhard, of this
city, all of whose efforts we would like to
report IN full, but cannot. These gentle
! men al deliYered nhIn nnrnnrt and 3xa