Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-27
Radical Harmony.

Radical Harmony.
There is an old proverb which declares
that when rogues fall out honest men will
get their dues.
There is considerable falling out just
| at this time in Pennsylvania, and if we are
to believe the parties thereto the condi-
tions upon which honest men in that State
will come to their own again, have been
complied with. The difficulty is seemingly
about the Radical candidate for Governor,
one General Hartrauft, the man we be-
lieve who had charge of the execution of
Mrs. Surratt. The real trouble, however,
grows out of the rivalry between Senator
Simon Cameron and Colonel John w.
Forney, "my two papers, both daily"
Hartranft is the Cameron candidate,
aud is denounced by Forney and his
friends, and with strong array of proof,
as a cheat AMI swindler, second only
to bullock, of Georgia, aud Iittlefeld, of
North Carolina and Florida. On the other
hand, Cameron and his man Hartranft re-
turn the compliment to Forney, i'll no
stinted measure.
Meanwhile the Democrats, seeing their
opportunity, have put forward ex-senator
Buckalew as a candidate for Governor,
a man whom even Radical ca!umnY
dares not assail. The Liberal Republi-
cans also sustain him cordially.
Forney and Cameron are, perhaps, the
two strongest Radicals in Pennsylvania,
and hate each other with no common
hatred, and would each prefer to see
Buckalew elected rather than be defeated
in the contest for the control of their own
party. This being the state of things there
is scarcely any doubt how the State will
go in the October election.
The Radicals claim, however, that they
I matter how it may so in the Governors
election. 1t is easy to see that this is mere
braggadocio.
If we carry the State for Buckalew,
the Administration will in vain attempt
to bring together the scattered, demoraliz-
ed and conquered forces of the Radical
party. Fortunately for US, Cameron and
Forney are so nearly equal in power and
influence in the Radical party in Penn
sylvania, that Grant does not dare to inter
fere in behalf of either, but is compelled to
stand neutral, even though it be at the
plain risk of allowing Buckalew to walk
over the track.
AS sample of the kindly feeling between
ltI,o nd r,;x
the following. The Philadelphia Erenang
Bulletin, a Cameron organ, says:
"Mr. Forney is still hotly engaged in
bespattering the pure record of General
Hartranft, and is whistling furiOusly to
keep up his dismayed spirit as he daily
witnesses the gathering proofs of the total
failure Of his wicked design. His columns
reek with the foulest abuse of the gallant
soldier whom he has SO madly sought to
destroy, and at the same time be whines
with pitiful complaints because the i'm
personality of the Press has been invaded
and he held up to public scOrn and con-
demnation as the interested slanderer of a
man whom President Grant recently de-
clared to be one of the very best men
ever nominated in Pennsylvania for any
Office.''
NOlOliCI L O1ACy, IAAC A|N4COA VA IAO L
delphia Press, goes back on Hartranft and
his hackers in the following lovely manner:
The Press has always said that General
Hartranft vas a brave soldier, and a
brave soldier there is no reason why the
Soldiers and Sailors Convention, at Pitts
| burg assembled, should not endorse him,
but if the soldiers and sailors who compose
that convention endorse Hartranft's nOGni-
nation for Governor Of Pennsylvania,
! knowing, as they must know, that he is
corrupt himself and that he is the
tool of a corrupt ring of politicians.
! they will bring upon themselves disgrace
and show themselves to be directly op-
posed to the best interests of that State
which they so bravely defended through
four long years Of bitter war. We know
not, we hope not, that this endorsement
will be given, and our words now are words
only of counsel and warning, but if they
do villify their own record their action can
not save him from defeat. Hartranft's fate
is sealed and if these brave and loya
men associate his name with the names Of
Grant and Wilson, in their ratification o
the Republican nominations, the election o
the National ticket will be imperiled, ant
the convention, instead OF accomplishing
a great good, will only result in accom-
plishing great and permanent evil.
Verify, the prospect is hopeful one
When rogues fall uthonest men get thei
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