Wilmington journal., 1872-07-26

day, to know that he was chaplain of the
u. 5. army during the rebellion. By some
means, unknown TO us, he preached him.
self i'll the u. 5. Senate, and voted for all
the reconstruction acts passed by the Con-
gres3.
g We desire to inform our Democratic
brethren that Mr.. Upton voted with Mr..
Sumner against the amnesty bill passed by
the Congress a few weeks ago. We have
not the evidence before us, but we would
not be surprised to learn that Mr.. Upton
voted for Mr.. Summers civil rights bill,
which Democrats declare provides for So
cial equallty-degrades the white and ele-
Yates the black man.
The attempt to prove Senator Upton, of
Nebraska, to be Republican, may be safe
ly termed work of experimentation
something in the nature Of an attempt to
gid refined gold to paint the lily, &c.
Everybody who knows the Senator at
all, knows that he has been Republican
OF the most straitest sect, that indeed, he is
nothing if not Republican. lie said him
self, in his first speech in the State, that she
was and had been just as thoroughly Re
publican as man could be, and still be
healthy"
We do not claim the Nebraska Senator rs
a Democrat. Not by any means.
We do claim, however, that his testi-
mony in the case now on trial before the
country between Greeley and Grant, and
the principles and theories Of government
they respectively represent, is entitled to
great weight and consideration.
Ii Senator Tipton's convictions Of the
mal-adminiStratiUn of the Government by
General Grant were SO strong Us to over
come his sense Of obligation to lis party
and to induce him TO cut loose theretrOm,
they must have been strong indeed. We
all know how heavily party obligations rest
upon us.
The testimony OF such a man is worthy
Of serious consideration in another point of
view. Senator Upton is politician. Pol
iticians, especially those who have been
working in Radical harness for some time,
are not apt to allow their sense OF duty to
impcl them to pursue a course at variance
with their interest. Senator Upton does
not pretend to be a Democrat, and knows he
has no favor to expect from Democrats. He
has, however, been shrewd enough to see
that in this campaign policy and principle
travel the same road and in company. lie
sees that the rule of the extreme wing Of
Radicaiism is on the wane, and has thrown
himself into the Liberal Republican move
ment all the more zealously, because
there is no fear of personal damage to hold
him back. lie comes to North Carolina as
Liberal Republican, and not as q Demo
crat.
This view of the case gives to the pres
encc OF Senator Upton its chief signiti-
canoe in the eyes of the people of North
Carolina, in that it furnishes the crowning
proof of the strength of the Liberal Re
publican movement and of the progress it
has made in disintegrating the organization
of the Republican party.
When such Republicans as Trumbull,
SchurZ, Gratz Brown, Mcclure, Upton
and Horace Greeley are interested in the
success of Judge Merrimon and Conserva-
tive candidates generally, the people of
North Carolina need not fear to vote for
them, lest it give offence to the Federal
Government and bring down upon our
devoted heads some dire punishment.
The nomination of Horace Greeley and
Gratz Brown has given the Northern
people an interest in the success of the
Conservative party in North Carolina in
the coming State election that could not
have been acquired In any other way.
In no other way than by the nomination
of Horace Greeley and Gratz Brown could
we have brought to our aid in our State
election the great mass of Liberal Repub-
licans in the Northern States who oppose
the reelection of Grant. In no other way
could we have taken the sting from the
threats of the Federal Government to in
troduce bayOnct rule an'ong us or relieve |
our people Of the fear Of Federal interior !
ence, SO that they can vote their true /
sentiments without fear Of evil cOnse- |
quences.
AS the matter now stands there are
enough members of the late Radical Or
ganization at the North interested in the /
success of the Conservative party, i'll their /
State elections in the South, to render /
powerless any attemp of the Grant Admin !
istration to "punish US for taking our
own government into our own hands in
such time and manner as the law directs.
The presence of Senator Upton in our
midst is only one Of the many evidences Of I
the truth of this pleasing state of affairs.