Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-15
Party Organization.

Il viii be difficult for the Conservatives
| to obtain GROWING victory in North
Carolina without thorough md efficient
organic 4tion. II VIC arc to be successful
! in August nc must go to work to achieve
victory, and not take it for granted that
our opponents will be defeated, and that
We havo nothing to DO but to divide the
spoiIs. Lot US win the victory and dis
cues its results afterwards
It is tho height of folly to shut our eyes
to the advantages which the Radical party
have in the canvass. They have tho pa
tronage of the National and State govern
ments. Not only aro the public funds
misappliod to aid tho party, but the Of
fee holders are compelled to contribute to
the general success npon the pain of losing
their places.
Then, too, in those counties, comprising
at least twO-thir>ls of tho ontire num-
Der, in which the Radicals have CON
troll, the registration and voting are, in al
most every instance, under tho control of
ignorant and desperate partisans, ready to
do anything, no matter how scendalous, to
carry the election
We also have in this State seventy thon
snnd cOlorcd voters, few of whom are
open to the appeals OF reason who carry
their prejudices to the ballot-box, and be-
ing, for the greater part, without property,
are not influenced by the recklcssness and
corruption with which the substance of
the State has been wagted and the bur
dens of the tax payers increased. These
will continue, for a time, to go in n solid
body against Us.
These are the disadvantages under
which we labor, and they should be calm
our advantages in making orr attack. The
administration Of Governor Holden is. in
deed, falling to pieces from weakness and
corruption. The Legislature has increas-
Oh our debt from seventeen to thirty four
millions Of dollars, not counting several
moro millions declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court. In the meantime,
hardly mile of new railroad has been buit,
and all arc now languishing from the
ruined condition OF the public credit.
Add to this the fact that tho Governor
has declared war against his own State,
and in violation of law is raising regi-
ments of State Troops ut q Irlinous e2-
pense to the people, for no other purpose
than to awe them into submission and to
secure the continued ascendancy of his
corrupt party and prohigate partisans, and
We have the strongest incentives to hope
and to contend for success
As powerful as are the incentives to com
pei the people of North Carolina 10 over
throw the party which is rapidly bringing
about their ruin, it can only be done by
uniting our efforts. AS just rs our
cause may be, and rs imperative as may
be the demands OF victory, we cannot
afford to fritter away our strength upon
local questions and personal preferences.
Too many men are taking it for granted
that the abuses and corruptions of the
Radical party will work their defeat with
out the proper efforts and organization
upon our part, and in some counties this
fact is jeopardizing our success and may
cause our defeat Il is no time now for
men to insist upon their own or the claims
of their personal friends. There is too
much at stake to hazard the result by pet
| ty local and personal differences. All the
deserving men cannot be selected as can