Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-03-11
Parties.

| I1nIanS can at tn1S l1ulo 1nuU'SO IA 0NOA
child's play as higgle about party names
we cannot for the life of rs see. Our state
| is almost on the verge OF absolute ruin
! our credit is gone--orr Treasury empty
our people over taxed-our children grow
| ing up in ignorance-our unfinished WORKS
of internal improvements iangoishing-
every interest suffering, and thieves ana
plunderers only prospecting. The Governor
| of the State is not only not in sympathy
with the misfortunes of the people, but
protecting, by his silence AID want OF
action. the thieves who have held end now
hold office through his connivanee and as
sistanee, and is strongly suspected OF snar-
ing in the proceeds of their lll-gotten
wealth. Instead of lending the influence OF
his official position to ferret out and brlpg
to punishment the men who have stolen the
money of the State !; instead OF urging
economy and reform in our government
which is crushing the life out OF our
people; instead of developing the resources
o. North Carolina, of inviting immigrants
of UNFOLDING the good name of the people,
of proclaimimg the general good order
and peace of the State, he has done all he
could to protect his guilty favoritos and to
fasten the present extravagant and lncon-
gruous system of government upon us.
He has, by partisan and exaggerated proc
Iamations, magnifed aud misrepresented
local disorders to the detriment of the
whole State, which owe their origin and
20 N Of onnfiRnnoa n the
honesty and independence of certain
Judges He has arged upon his ignorant
and prejudiced tools--composing a ma
iority of the Legislature-the most extra
ordinary and dangerous legislation, and
has, under the powers therein granted, de-
clared one county in a state Of lnsurrec-
ton, and threatens to punish men OF
"high social position !" without hearing
without trial by jury. His purpose
seems only to work for the welfare of
his party at any expense. He thus drives
away immigration. He exhausts the re-
sources of the State il useless and hurtful
extravagances. He sacrifices North Caro-
lima in the effort 10 save the Republican
party.
Oar Judiciary is bat little better. L is
very costly. There are ignorant and, we
fear. dishonest men wearing the ermine IL
North Carolina. There is universal
want of confidence even IN our highest
legal tribunal, and tie partisan course Of
most OF our Judges has lost them the
respect of the people. Their usefulness,
at least, has been destroyed.
The Legislative department has been
worse than either. Under its banefai in
fuences thieves have battened noon the re-
sources OF the State anu left but hideous
skeleton OF our former prosperity. To
day, when the hour OF retfibution has
nearly come, almost one-balf of the Sena-
tors and a few unbIushing abettors of
crime in the House are still doing all they
can to project those men, their patrons,
who have done all this mischief.
Many of our town and county govern
ments are in the worst condition.
Occasionally the petty thieves have been
detected, but there is broadcast through
out North Carolina, in every class and
grade of Office, bad men who are only in
creasing their private means at the expense
of the people.
These pictures are not Oyerdrawn. North
Carolina is in a most deploraDle condition.
Her system Of government is only not
worse than the officers in charge of it.
There must be q change and soon or refor-
nation will come too late. We cannot,
therefore, afford TO give vent to our preiu
dices. We cannot stop to consider wheth-
er the candidate most available was an old
Democrat Or Wing, and to us it is a matter
Of small importance in this crisis. We
want to know if he is Radical-if he
is capable-if he is honest-if he will give
his time and energies and talents for the
welfare Of North Carolina. We cannot
hesitate in our course because this or that
old party has had the lions share in
former distributions of offices. We must
wrest them from those who now hold them.
We must place them in charge of honest
and true men. Good men must place
III unreserved and cOntiding
accord Let us go into the canvass with
honesty and integrity as the cornerstone
of our political organization, and success
will attend our efforts.