Wilmington journal., 1872-07-26

WILSON @mG A~~@A-8ec@HBaA0m ma
the City HaAI-wtlsOm at Hill
tom in the AftermOOn-POOI
at the City Hall at Night
Hon. Henry Wilson, the Grant candi
date for Vice President Of the United
States, and John Pool, United States Sen
ator from this State, leveed and spoke herr
yesterday.
AT II o'clock a reception was held al
the City Hall, when a number OF the lately
enlightened, together with the white SCALA
wags and carpet baggers Of the place, filed
in to ''shake hands all round" 1t was 9
very affecting scene and drew forth many
a pearly tear Of persplration FROM many a
manly bosom, until the air was filed with
the quintessence Of the effluvia of loyalty
and patriotism. Col. Edward Cantwell
late c. S. A, welcomed the speakers in
behalf of the Mayor, who evidently is not
a speakist, and he was replied to very
briefly by Senators Wilson and Pool.
Theprocession then formed and marched
TO the grove at Hilton, where the meeting
was called to order by George T. French
as Chairman, and a long list of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries were appointed.
CG. Thomas 7. Long, of Rowan, was the
first to come forward. lie spoke for about
43 minutes, but, as he was one of the
small fry, We pass him over very lightly,
and give the following faithful synopsis of
the next speaker, Senator Wilson, OF Mas
sachusetts
Mr.. Wilson said Five years ago last
May, Just after the reconstruction measures
had passed, | visited your city and address
sed several thousand of you fellw- citizens.
/ return here after five years OF listening
to the stories OF the ruin of North Carolina
and the despOtism of Federal Government.
But find that your city has increased i'll
prosperity, and your condition improved.
/ cannot see, nor do yoI feel, this despOt-
ism Of the United States government.
come here to utter 10 you the sincere con-
victiOns Of my heart. l do not come to
tell you that every Republican is good
man, and every Democrat d bad man.-
There are good and pure men i'll each
party, and there are also bad and ignoble
men i'll both parties, But the country is
arrayed to-day in two grand organizations
each have their policies and principles, the
one arrayed against the other. not pro-
pose 10 say anything against Mr.. Greeley,
or Mr.. Br6wn-they are both old political
and personal friends. l come here not to
speak OF men. Grant and Greeley are
before you but the contest is not between
men, but between the ideas and principles
Of these two grand organizations. Some
men will tell you that y0u can vote
the Baltimore and Cincinnati ticket
and claim 20 be Republicans. But
you could as well have been i'll Lees
army and say that you had fought for the
banner of the Union. A vote for Greeley
is vote TO defeat the Republican party,
and it means not only the defeat Of that
party, but its determination. They say
that it is time for this great party TO die
Why, we have just begun 10 dive, and we
will live thousand yeara. We have three
and n half millions of votes, and these
three and | alf millions we intend to give
for Grant. But what has this organization
done that il Should die? has it committed
crime against God or humanity? 1t has
done nr r. for the country, for liberty, TO
lift up dOwn-trodden humanity and to make
the Cn:t4d States government grand and
glorious, than any organization That ever
existed on Gods green earth. Go TO Eng
land, and you'll tnd no champion of pop
ular rights there bat " 10 admires the Re-
publican party OF this country. 60 to
Germany, France and every European
State, and you will find that the men
Of progressive ideas there are in sympathy
with the Republican party of the Western
world. 1t appeals to the higher and nObler
sentiments of man. The Republican party
fought through four years OF war u strike
he letters from every man i'll the country.
With this spectacle before us, there are
nen i'll the country who come i'll and say
hat it has done its work and must give
way to those who have opposed every
measure that it has accomplished. But We
nave greater work before us than even
waS-tO change the hearts Of
,hree EmilliOnS of American Democrats.
The Republican party has been in the
light i'll every Issue it has maintained since
is existence. But il we are tu die, let us
before We perish do something towards
these Democrats. Something
ias been dome towards that already, for
uSt tho ether day they Went into COnven-
ion in Baltimore and nominated two Re
1ublicans.
In course Of my political career, have
visited u States and addressed 1900 as
and never in my life have |
written a lie or uttered a sentence tending
o degrade any man, black or white. God |
made us all, and care n0t whether anan |
'e black or white, / recognize Ill him a
brother, 1 have acted with the Republican |
party because it advocated this idea. 1 was |
'orn Democratic boy my father was
Democrat, but when l came Of age joined |
leart and soul with the mob, the denounced /
Lnti-slavery men. L have acted with the |
Democratic party and against it, with the |
Vhig party and against it but have
made the cause Of liberty the supreme doc
line Of my life. After many yqrs Of
truggling, the great Republican pahH was
'rought into existence to uphold thh1 great
'rinciple, and has pursued the mark stead I
ly I'VE have how arrived at tue saanmit,
nut have yet to put the crowning work up
II it. wish ,he Democrats would now
ome out and say you've been right, we
wrong; we confess our errors, and hope
QUILL accept our faith. But they must
rove tins by the campaign they are pre-
airing for, and in the next four years they
nay have shown themselves worthy u be
With us. Holy writ saith, ca tree shall be
,nown by its fruits" But they have got
20 fruits that we can touch yet; they have,
t is true, given us words i'll the past few /
lays, but words are not fruits.
We propose to elect Grant for foIlr years
cnger, and Congress TO support his ad
Tel! the Greeley men to
york on, talk on, we are going TO beat
ou but we can't trust yOu-yOu may be |
ight now, but yo.i were wrong yesterday;
nd to prove you are worthy, next |
Winter come to Congress and |
ote for Summers civil rights bill, and |
lelp build up the country and make this |
ylIat it is fast becOming-the grandcst gov
on theface Of the earth. Democrats,
top talking about the despotism OF the Fed |
raj government when you know there is no |
lespotism. You cannot open any book of
history and show where any country on the |
ace Of the earth has been so mercifttl. No |
nan can stand up here to-day ard assert |
d..he contrary-the denial is the most gi- |
,aftic lie on record. ....
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