Wilmington journal., 1872-07-26

ought TO meet eve1.y yed,.
Tlse True Issue.
Mr.. Greeley appears before the people sof
the Unised States as the formally chosen
leader oftesachf of two, parties fhat have
hitherto Ieca, lifeflong enemies.o This
is. indeed, a strange sattitude,s that esof
the nominee of the National Democratic
Party, and Of a Republican Party, no
matter how liberal ~ -@azs lssstssssiH "a
In censenting 70 come before the people,
as candfdate FOR The Presidency, Mr..
Greeley ntters no uncertain se4nl. On
the contrary, lie presents the policy he pro
poses to pursue IN plain and Infnistakable
terms, and throws down the gauntlet to all
corners with the following brave words
In THIS FAITH, AND WITH THE DISTINCT
UNDERSTANDING THAT IF ELECTED, T SHALL
BE THE PRESIDENT, NOT OF PARTY, But OF
THE WHOLE PEOPLE, ACCEPT YOUR EoMI-
NATION IN THE CONFIDENT TRUST THAT THE
MASSES OF. OUR coUNTRYMEN, North AND
SoUTH,s ARE EAGER TO CLASP HANDS ACROSS
TIE BLOODX ChAohiy hA'' Nv 1@O-'o
DIvIDEDs THEM, FORGETTING THAT
THEY HAvE BEEN ENEMIES, IN THE JOY
FUL ONsCIOU sNEsS THAT THEY ARE,
AND MUST nENCEFoRTH REMAIN BRETH-
TEN. -
But notwithstanding the Greeley allies
! present such bold and undivided front
| they have a determined and unscrupulOus
army of office-holders TO meet. General
Grant isthe chosen leader of this horde ot
miscreants, who arc sucking the life-blOod
of the country. This horde of corrupt
| oflce-holders, needy carpet-baggers, shame
| less scallawags and insane, blood-thirsty
| haters of the South, can fatten and -four
| ish only SO long as we are ground under
| the irou heel of despOtism.
The issue rendered by Mr.. Greeley i:
distinctly and in plain terms accepted by
the Grant Party. There is no doubt about
what we are fighting for.
| Mr.. Greeley says LET US CLASP HANDS
ACROSS THE BLOODY CIIAsM MADE B1
| THF WAR.
Mr.. Boutwell,, a prominent member O.
| General Grants Cabinet and chosen
mouth-piece of the party, and speaking fol
the party, in a speech carefully prepared
and printed i'll Washington City, but de
livered in Greensboro on the 18th Of thi'
month, said:
WE ARE ADVISED TO CLASP HAND:
ACROSS THE BLOODY CHAsMMADE by THI
WAR. i PROTEST AGAINsT THIS AID
VICE.
Senator Wilson, the candidate for Vice
President of this same Radical horde
spoke in Wilmington the day after Bout
well spoke at Greensboro, and said:
L RETURN HERE AFTER FIVE YEARS ol
| LISTENING TO THE STORIES OF THE RUI.
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE DEsPoI
ISM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
CANNOT SEE, NOR DO YOU FEEL THIS DEs
PoTIsM OF The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Srop DEMOCRATS, STOP TALKING ABoU
THE DEsPoTIsM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN
MENr WHEN YOU KNOW THERE IS NO DIES
poTIsM. You CANNOT OPEN ANY BOOK O
HISTORY AND SHOW WHERE ANY COUNTRY O.
THE FACE OF THE EARTH HAS BEEN SO NEE
CIFUI. No MAN CAN STAND UP HERE TC
DAY AND ASSERT TO TIE coNTRARY-TH
DENIAL IS TIE MOST GIGANTIC LIE ON RE
CORD. .. ........ .....s. . BE-
This is the issue plain and simple be
tween Greeley the citizen, and Grant th
soldier, and between MERRIMON who SUP
ports the writ Of IIabeGs Corpus, an
CALDWELL who advocates its suspension
Can the people of North Carolina hesitat
a moment for whom they will vote ...-
Remember that this same Wilson sal
in his speech to the people of Mort
Carolina, "IF YOU ELECT MERIiIMo
YOU WILL PJT a BURDEN On Oh
sIIoUIDEEs WHICH WILL MAKE us STAG
GER. IT WILL AFFORD A substantial
EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS DISSATGSFAC
TfoN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION"
No man eau be a friend to Greeley an
cote tor CdidtceH.
The Radicals themselves confess tha
the election of MERRTMON will almost cel
tainly insure he defeat of the policy ths
has brought ruin nupon the State. 1t is n
less certain that the defeat Of NfERHISfO
will he II heavy blow to Greeley.
The man who fails to do his duty
view of the momentOHs issues now befor
the people, deserves the hate and lOathin
of every man who loves North Carolina.