Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-11-10
must have Thanksgiving for the b!es-
sings of social stability end civil liberty !!
The miserable hYpocrite !.
'.Tempora Mutantur ct nos Mnfamur
Cum Ills"

Tempora Mutantur et noe Mnfamur
Cum IiIis +"
Mr. Lewis Hares, one Of the Editors OF
the Raleigh ErG.-irdeed, We may say
The Editor. as be is the oulg ore ct the
corps that has taken up residence in
Raleigh,-in the issue of that PAPER OF the
31st ult., unblnshingly sCstuirs the action
of the President in susrending the Writ OF
Hdbeas Corpus in South Carolina. Inns Is
in singular inconsistency with MIR. haAes
record in relation TO the great Writ OF
RIGHT. and marks, we are constrained 20
saw. sad political decentralization on The
part of that gentleman. We were un"1i-
ling to arimadvert, with ny severity, upon
his recent unfortunate apostasy,-an apos-
taey more damaging 10 him than 10 the
friends whom he deserted-for the reason
that we knew that his ediosy ncrasies I'M
PEELED him to embrace the theoretical ab-
stractions of so called Republicanlsm. But
We never dreamed that, in great vital
practical issues, subverscry OF principle
and constitutional rights, he would 80
readily 60 back upon vaunted professors
It will be readily remembered that, dur
ing the war, Mr.. Hanes was the author OF
series OF articles, which appeared In the
Raleigh Standard over the signature OF
Davidson" vehemently condemnatory OF
President DAVIS and the Confederate Con-
gress for an alleged ignoring OF the great
Writ,-although it is OF record that, IN
North Carolina, the military officers OF the
then government never failed TO recognize
it's potency. Mr.. Hanes' phillipics, though
couched in courteous phrase, were indig-
nant and strong. and, on that very account,
attracted the greater attention. They had
the effect, when the paternity of the arti,
cles was discovered, of marking the author
as one who, in conscience and from princi-
pie, whatever the outside pressure, could not
succumb to lawless entertainments upon
a great fundamental Right-who could
never be induced 10 acknowledge that
sinter anna leges silent" What, then, is
to be thought of the modern Mr.. Hanes.
who, in time of peace, justifies Presi-
dent,-who, slice his accession to power,
has acted upon the assumption that he was
military President, and has carried the
tactics of the field into the Cabinet,-in
abrogating Habeds Corpus. setting IN def
ance civil law, and overriding the time
honored guarantees of Constitutional and
evil liberty ? The spectacle is melan-
choly one. It furnishes other evidence, il
any were needed, in addition to the degen-
crate developments of the times. that pub
lie virtue is weak, and that the armor OF
boosted principle is too easily penetrated by
the influences of pay and prejudice. We
regret to speak thus plainly, but facts are
stubborn things, and to use another trfte
aphorism, actions speak louder than
words.
We are quite sure that Mr.. Hanes, him
self, in moments Of introspection, is not
satisfied with himself. This We say in
charity ! and Mr.. 81. must admit that our
structures are so prompted. Indeed, when
he reviews his present course, in this par
ticular matter. and finds Mr.. Mark Erwin,
at his elbow, endorsing and encouraging
him, he may we'll question his own per-
sonal identity !