Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-30


the gallant legions who faced death
50 courageously during that long
and dreadful war. Nor have we. nor do
We now propose to cast a shadow of re-
proach upon our friends for what might be
considered an error of judgment. Our
policy might have avoided the carnage. the
distress and the havoc /; it might have
saved the ten thousand millions of pr -
perty which have been lost, and it might
have averted the dreadful vassalage which
the Radical pr liticians with an utter want
of m sgnanimity, have now 50 long com
PEELED Us to endure. l. was not foreor-
dained that our views should even have
the p ivilege of essayipg the peaceful hat
tie. Our people, a minority of the United
States, accepted or profered the gage OF
battle. Those who urged action old not
thoroughly unde<sts nd the Northern mind,
aud that deiusion vas q fatal one which
indeed the belief of divided North in
sectional war.
The present is a crisis in our fate, fully
vital as was that of 1860.
Aud, agFin. [ venture to plead for calm,
well considered and wise action.
IF We misunderstood the tone Of North
ern sc ntiment, the error that we may COM
NIT NAV destroy us as well as our friends
in the North. There are men in the South
who believe that our section will ultima. e.
~ secure it's former asce ndaa 10 the
COUNCILS of the nation. I am not one Of
them. The laws of nature are irresistible.
and 50 are those of events. We might IS
soon expect TO reverse the current of Mia
CARA as to subvert the inevitable sequences
f our wRr. There should be- no hesita-
ton to proclaim our prompt acquiesce
therein, and thus take away from subtle
schemers their capital in trade, which is
the constant defamation Of our people and
the utterly false construction Of orr views.
To practica! minds an u3 demonstrate S far
more III IN thoasand words. If. there
fore, our people should say, ''We waive
AL revolutionary attempts, though forced
by the bayonet to accept many lave, we
have, in good faith, enfra1chisei orr for
mer slaves, given them equal political
rights and propose to 8cquiesc9 III all
teeaI ep8c meats" aud if that should be
followtd up by presenting to the North
Gen Hancock. a tue and tried soldier and
statesman, IN whom they a7a every couf-
| deEOe. the :e5uIt you'd Dot lie don btful.
f! What 15od will it do to sgitate PAST iesuee?
! The recent legislation Of Congress for
! the purpose OF fomenting sturbancCS or
NANNY acttriag them, end thus frightening
| q cor,ain number of Conservative vote rs
into the support of Gc0, Grant, will be
sufficient Tor lis sllccass, eUe's 1cihtOut a
resort to force or fraud i1 1872, if vie ac-
| ton is not concerted in the : Gu b to check
mate them. The Presidential CONTEXT i
| borrowed down to the control Of less than
t7rO hundred thousand COtcrS IN the NORTH,
who will defeaf Us unless we unequlvo-
cally show t. en- that there is no danger of
disturbances from the South, and that our
candidate is a man whom he North can
confdo il with more certainly than in
Gen. Grant. That Grant is to be the OPP
posing candidate is uuquc tiopabie. The
lat military bill rivetS it beyond recan-
Who can defeat Gen. Grant? OnIy mill
tBry man who can secure the votes Of tens
of thousands of former soldiers WHO vetcd
for Grant in 1868; or civilian, who from
former Republican associations can secure
the support Of portion 0: thai parry -
The Litter cand!data is probably out of
the qaestion.
If We pre- est Geu. Hancock to the
accept him, for The Southern States cast
the noiori (83) of the reliable Demo
cratic electoral votts.
IRE cou!d select srHh a certainty Of success =
Is II to our interest to tok5 any chances
whatever
Tie result III Connecticut ought to open
the eyes CT every man who is ncs wllfuijy
bIiGd. 1t proves the compHc CT organization
AMI strength of the Radicals. We can win
the game with ease, and yet we may throw
it away by folly. Idle defamation and
assertion will give Us no strength. 1t is
the Conservative element of the North,
now acting with the II ideals, which we
must divert from them, or consent to let
the elections for the next century go in
the same smooth groove. Look at the fig
uree. What States can we expect to carry
with certainty ? Alabama, s; California,
5; Delaware, 3; Georgia, 8; Kentucky, IL;
Maryland, z; Missouri, II; New York, SO;
\ Drth Carolina, 10; Oregon, 3; Tennessee,
10; Virginia, 10; West Virg mia, 5-Toral,
l24. But t. elect We require 150. Now
where are We to set the others Dealing
frankly with each other as business men,
we could discuss our chances in doubtful
Safes. Under the military law just enact
ed We will be swindled, and probably lose
ARKANSAS. Florida, Louisiana and Missis-
sippi, which under fair and legitimate
vo are al Democratic. We have ther-
FIRE to fight tne b title in Connecticut, 6;
Indiana, ID; Nevada, 3; New jersey. z;
New Ham, shire, 5; Texas, Gin each OF
which The change Of a few hundred votes
will decide tn result. Three were Demo
cratic and three r 4dical at the las cleo
with inscriptions opponents, who have
all the plumber and al the power to back
Them. Ii we carry ALL of these States ex-
cept Nevada or New Hampshire,
have just enough to elect
Will any hone-t nan say that our
chances to carry all but one would be
safe betting point? Aud yet if VIC les
two Of them. or even one with six electoral
votes, the election is gone, unless we carry
Pennsylvania With that S a'e safe, W.
could dispense With several of those emu
mel a'ed above, and still win. Noec speak
ochen I say thai Pennsylvania
Democrats ,oiA be unit for HancocE-that
Ter State Convention will Instruct the del |
egation TO nominate him and to cast her |
vote for him from the first ballot. I re |
peat, also, that Hancock can get twenty
thousand votes in that State which no |
other Democrat can. After our Cnnven-
ton IN 1868, distinguished Radicals in
Washing on did not conceal their Joy from |
ne that Hancock had not been nominated |
They feared him and Chase alone, and one |
IF the most distinguished politicians of
Pennsy lvania, who knows every nook and |
corner fnPrQOf and haa