Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-28

branches OF Congress, anu MS 'aANAiAA
trafion will be rs powerless as the present
onn If Mr.. johnson. There is but one way
/ 10 restore Tho Government and the COnSti- !
tntion. and that is for the PRESIDENT elect
IN declare these acts nuIl and void, compel
tbc army to undo it's uSuTpations at the
south. aiispersc the carpet-bag State Gov
crnmerlts, allow the white people to reor-
canize their own governments, and elect
Senators and Representatives" 40
Thus it will be seen that The nominee
for Vice President not only declares the
State Governments void, but says distinctly
that the President elect must declare them
null and void, AMI must dispense them at
| the pOint of the bayOnet, and that he must
do this of his own head without any law,
and against the power of Congress, which
is the laW-making power, and Without sug-
resting any reference to the supreme
Court, which is the proper and only tribu-
nal to pass upon Constitutional questions.
All Of which would be clear
| uslrpation Of power by the Presi=
dent, and revolutionary in its character,
| and would inevitably result in immediate
bloodshed and civil war; And he also says
that he regards this as the only issue III
the presidential election. Nor does the
reason which he gives avail anything. lie
saws the President must dispense the pre-
! sent governments with the army, in order
!
| tunity Of forming their governments. But
! then, We have already stated that, three
yeals ago, the President did send an army
! here, and by terrible devastation and blood
| shed, he OverthreW the governments which
| were then existing, and permitted the
J white people (uut COlOreu man among
| t1ern) TO form a Constitution. But these
men, not then satisfied with that proceed
ing, persuaded the people to reject the Con-
! stiIutio1r tor the same reason that the NOM
inee for Vice President now says the pre-
! sent government must be OverthrOwn, viz
because it was unconstitutional, illegal and
void. Gen. Blarand the party which sup
! ports him, now demand that the operation
| ATTEMPTED to be carried out by the President
three wears ago, shall be again attempted by
tie President elect Of that party. WIN these
Southern allies Of the Democratic party,
who rejected that plan Of the President,
three Years ago, because, as they said, 1t
was Unconstitutional, illegal and void, now
think better Of it, rctracc their steps, cat
| their own words, and assist i'll the COnSUm-
NATION of What they then SO bitterly de-
nounced? Their pretended opinions and
wishes fully indicate the wisdom and pat
fiotism Of those whom they vIndictively
I denounced and vilified three years ago, for
sustaining lie proposed mode OF establish
ing a government in this State. Should
tkev succeed ia having the existing govern
ment OF the State again broken up by the
army. under the order of the President, do
they mean, III good faith, to reverse their
action OF three years ago" OR are Their
pftsc!.t Professions a mere shit OF ncceS-
.itv, a faitl4less pretext to produce civil
strife, confusion and war, for the chance OF
realizing amidst another storm of terror
and blood their discreetly concealed, but
ever cherished hopes Of the final success OF
the 'slOst cause"
Aud so it is, that we are to have no peace.
No matter what is done or who does 1t,
these same Men move upon the prejudiceS
and distress Of the people, and say that is
| not what ought to be, but something else
tbs. And here it is to be noted that While
they have opposed everything that has
been done by others to restore the country,
they have done nothing themselves, nor do
, they ROW propose anything but another
Wal.
1t seems that the only remedy which
=, the Southern wing OF sthe party believes
adequate or desirable is, amid the confll-
sion they seek to inaugurate, to find some
= possible opportunity again to raise the flag
, of treason, establish their still longed- tol
: C0nitderacy, and TO restore slavery.
They have been mighty to destroy, bu
faehlt,.to btll1 up. They tell us that every
:
, they do not deem it prudent to suggest a
S this time. General Blair suggests IN I'M
5 tiatory measure, and lac tells us in no I'M
I certain terms low 10 is to be enforced
5 rF;tllc the army, he says, and 60 to Nortl
| Carolina, and undo-'' dispense what
: ever has been done, and begil
5 anew. And he's it be further noticed
S that this remedy was not proposed
while the governments were being formc'
"a 4OI-, L.;
- chances in tho elections to the Convention
= which formed the government, and many
, of them took seats in that Convention
They hen took their chances, along witt
+ the COlUrCd and Whites, to get control. O
: the Legislature, the Executive and The
I judiciary, ami all the county offices. They
: had full tickets for all, but falling to get
into the Offices hy the ballot, which was
| The proper mode, Gen. blair comes out
and declares that they shall be put i'll 10y
| the bullet. And note further, that he is
Q the man to do IT, lie knows what sup.
/ planting governments with bullets means
z He was with Sherman, when he came into
+ | North Carolina, and dispersed the govern
' ment and set up another in IL stead. And
whom did they set up? Ask Governor
, Vance, and all the State officers, if they
were not dispersed by Blair. Ask if he
= did not put Governor Holden in the same
, position which he now occupies. Yes
| tcllow-citizens, Blair means what he says
he means war; he means to sendtfc army
into North Carolina and disperse the GOV
erunent. - e..
But then it may be asked, suppose Blair
does mean war, yet the mass of the party
10 not intend war by voting for him.
Grant il. Bat II you elect him, you put
him beyond your control. The people
generally, We know, DO not want war any
more than they did in 1860. But do YOU
not Know that fifty, yea, dozen politicians,
put in power, can prccpitate a war in spite
of the peOpla And note, especially, that
while the New York Democratic COnveu-
ton had twenty-five ballots before they
could agree upon candidate for President,
yet, with Biair'S letter before them, and
upon the single issue viii Ii he presented,
OF breaking up the Government by force,
they nominated him unanimously upon
the first ballot; and he is now uniformly
! endorsed by the Whole party.
But then it IS said that while it is the
purpose to overthrow the Government as
Blair SAYS, vet there need be no blOOdShed.
AS soon as the President takes the army to
| break UP the Government, let Congress
say not u word, let the govern
ments all disperse, and then every
thing will be peaceablc, and no more
blood will be split than may be " aoiped up
( 'gth q pocket hdJlltCrcdig." But, our
! c0untryuen, when did such thing ever
happen? Does the history of the world
furnish any instance of government being
| oyerthrOwn pcGccdJly? Overthrow the
! Die story Of the late war! The govern
I lnents were then to be ovcrthrown pcnceo-
| Dig. But were they? A pocket handker-
/ chief was then to wine Up all the blood !