Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-22

pretty GOOu Ii tu0 Case Oi ITO DEltlSU
crop The efficiency arises chief from an
unfaTorsble teaecn. In france it IS the
result of tue war and interruption of agri-
cultural industry. Unfortunate as this is
for the people Of these countries il will be
au advantage to The Upite,i States, fcr
breadstuff4. Happily We have enough to
supply tho wan abroad aud 10 spare
shame ties 20 Blush
Mr.. Attorney General Akerman left
Wsehingt"o City, checked tire ugh for
Atlanta. Ga, brt, eomehow, he has since
tunnel up IN Raleigh, VIE. e he Is now
assisting ID ,ua of the creates. historical
epit"mee known to the ieoplo er this
county.
Over Que haudred peaceful men a e
dragged from their homes end car,ie3
&c Raleigh fer trial, on charges preferred, il
many instances, by negroes aud irresr on
sib!e white men, worse than negroes.
Over one thousand people are taken
from their labors and forced two humid
red miles to testify in cases Ia which the
Radical party are the prosecutor and tie
white men Ct North Carolina tie defend
ants.
There is Lot town, village or hamlet
in North Carolina, ii which civil law can
no: shield itself, and whore the Pres 81 ce
OF Federal soldiers is not an invasion.
We thank Mr. Grant and Mr.. Alderman
FIR lhis, as We thanked Mr.. Holden COR tie
last, invasion OF the State, and We tell
them that thay ara Helping to bury Rad
icaliS III 50 d.ep that iha haud6 Of postc rity
will never te able to unearth It.
The following editorial appeartd il the
JOURNAL on the IL h OF Auguss in reply
to the letter of Major Hearne:
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
We publish letter from Maj u VII
LIAM A. HEARNE, late eiitor ic-chief Of
the Raleigh Telegram, IN v.ndicatioE Of
the re cent political coutse Of those Demo-
Gratis who opposed the cali {. f tbs Convex
ton. While we cannot Gdnit inc jas tice
Of their course, We certainly have EO Qnar-
rel to make with them. Oar differences
ended with the Gle ctiOp. We cannot 0ut
think that their course WAS iniuical t. the
best interests Of the STATE, which are para
mount, and has proved d serious blow to
the integrity Of the PARTY. We certainly
have not charged, or do We believe, that
those De m 0crats who opposed Convention
upon the grounds OF its unconsti utionan
ty have any sympathy with the Radical
party. Ga the other hand, We have re-
gard for those who refused to go with
their political frienda, beicg honestly salts
fed that they were violating the most
sacred principles OF our system CT govern
ment. The defeat of the Convention. and
the renewed H. thereby given to Radical
ism III the State, viii, however, oaable the
people Of North Carolina to discover those
wbr were actuated by It high and honor4-
bic sense of duty, aud those who, CD the
other tend, were seeking after the flesh
pots"
Nor can We agree With our correspond
ent in regard to Lis imagined COZ ti;ci be-
tween DemOrla and Conser Natives.
Wings and Democrats. as lines Of party
distinction were Ob!iterated North by the
food Of AbolItionlsm which swept over
that section upon the election OF Lincoln,
and at the South by the war Of invasion
from the North. Since then VIC have not
known any distinction betwecu them.
We sea BR9t rs, FILLMORE ADAMS, CAMP
BELL, at the North--SnAHKRY, GRAHAM,
JENKINS, at the Soutb--aDaoug t!4u most
trusted leaders o: the Matt nal Democratic
party.
1t is true that III Moth uarulina, IN the
distribution Of offices, those who were for
merly Wings have got the hoa'a snare.
Even 1t this was the result OF a di-
gested plao. which Re do not hsieve,
it could not weskou our opposition
to Radicallsm. Nav. # note bat old
line Wbigs were to be elected to office
during the next century, it would not les
sen our haired of the party which has
brought ruin upou our Stale, and huniiia-
ton upon oar people. Our political
:,rlnciples have surer and stronger foun
dstion than this. We can never lin
party, or respect those who d., whcse
Whole object is to band ignorance and
vice against the virture and integrity Of the
State. There has been no North Curolinian
Of prominence to oily himSelf ,ciM The Radi-
cal party uCho did not do so for the certainty
or the hope Of personal Gggrandizensent-O
dinariiy to be Obtained through practices at
once diShon0rdbie and crinaital IEIs Is u
sweeping charge. bat it is true to the 70 Ter,
and We appeal to tue record. From the
chief criminal Holden TO the lowest cf tue
Confederate deserters who fill hundreds Of
minor Offices, ali have been Influenced by
the same fell purpose. The motives which
sctuRte the political conduct of Mr.. Phil
lips are not whit more honorable than
these which have placed in official position
the cowardly deserter who murdered the
gallant and chivaIrous MALLETT nor are
the partisans and admirers OF the one more
intelligent and elevated, or more devoted
than are those Of the other. Their polIti-
cal popularity and success arise from the
same causes and depend upon the same
results.
We are second to mono in our adherence
to Democratic principles. We have seen
with regret the growing jealousy in
North Carolina between Conservatives
who wero formerly political opponents
We believe there has NOT been an equal dis.
t.ibution of Offices. Yet we are not prepared
to give up our Official organization, Ger
tsioly not when Radicalism, if lot triumph.
ant, is bold and defiant. When We whip
and destroy the common enemy it will be
time to settle our family quarrels. We
must organize for the two campaigns of
next year. Democrats who voted for or
against Convention. and Republicans who
grow weary and sick of the corruptions of
their own Dartv all trna sons of the State