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


all important party measures. lie assurct
them upon all the questions touching To-
adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment
and the numerous votes in relation there
to, that he vas present and recorded hi
name in favor of that measure, sare one
Ho talked considerably about the various
shapes in which the measure was present
ed, and related Mt some length the difrercn
steps through which it passed, away
with the assurance that he was present nj
the time and voted for this great meas
ure for human rights" SAGE one. The
longer he talked about it the moro uncer
tain he left his hearers as to the one coca
sion upon which he was absent, excep
that they were left to understand, If any
thing could be understood in the middle
which he stirred up, that it was on unim-
portant side issue Rpon which he had
failed 10 vote. And he appealed to the
official documents, with much show OF
confidence, which he threw with force
upon the stand, taking care, however, not
to unloose the fastenings with which they
were carefully bound.
We have examined the record for onr-
selves to sec what hidden meaning there
was in She ominous " save one to which
heso lugubriously referred in his speech.
| We confess to little eurprise in finding
that "save one was nothing moro nor
less that the final cote upon the adoption Of
the amendment. Upon that vote Briga-
der General Dockery eoas absent, and so
far as his voice won't this great measure of
human rights" would not have been moor
porated in the fundamental law of the
land.
The vote upon the final passage OF the
Fifteenth Amendment is 10 be found in
Part Third of the Congressional Globe,
Third Session, Fortieth Congress. We
have the volume, and it can be inspected
by any one desiring to inform themselves
in regard to the vote of Brigadier General
Dockery
We have no quarrel with that gentleman
in regard TO his notable absence upon that
occasion, but some of his constituents may
have. lie was elected by people whose
privileges were involved, and they have
the right to demand that their public ser
want should have assisted in the final
adoption of q measure which thoy regard
as the most important which has ever en-
gagged the attention of Congress, 6 save
one," and that was the Thirteenth Amend
mont abOlishiEg slavery, which Brigadler
General Dockery must have been most yio-
lentIy opposed to, if we'll authenticated
statements of his action in meeting in his
county, very shortly after the surrender,
in which he oferel resolutions appealing
for remuneration for his slaves, be correct.
We leave these Questions to be settled be-
tween Brigadier General Dockery and his
negro constituents at the ballot box.
no THE CONSERVATIVES VOTERS OF
TKE THIRD CoNGR sSIONAL DIS
TRTCT.
mittee, instructed by the District Conven- !
ton to nominate candidate for Congress
decline, hayo rendered that honor to me- |
Urged by numerous friends and concur
ring with the almost unanimous opinion
of the Party that candidat Q should enter
the field at once, have accepted it.
1 have never before been candidate
for popular fayors, but have never failed
to contribute my mite towards the advance
mont of my party, when called upon, and
shall not do so now. There is not euf1i-
cient time between this and the day of
election to canvass the entire District, and
therefore must appeal to You and the
county candidates to do what tho exigen-
cies Of tho occasion demand, but shall de-
vote every working day to the causo.
1t is confidently believed that your
candidate can be elected if you will poll
your full strength, and, surely, if there
ever was time when that duty was i'm
perative, now is the time. Success is more
Important now to the State and to your
party than it can be to aDy candidate.
You are threatened with civil war, or an
attempt to stihe your liberties by the Gov
Brnor of the State, who, under tho pre-
tence of suppressing lawlessness, is him.
self violating the law which he has sworn
to uphold. It is the crowning act of one,
whose administration has been one longl
sustained orgie of profigacy and wild ex-
trnvagance, during which the resources of
the State have been squandered by thieves
and political cormorants her credit has
become thing to be spit upon, and her
bonds are treated as waste-paper. If
Of the degradation and
ruin inflicted upon you by the Republican
party, and which will continue if they re-
main in power, does not rouse you to an
effort to free yourselves from it, then, in
deed, have you parted with your liberties.