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


and that his protest might be atscful IL The
gfastsaesaaHN ew,a row rscfrf IN the future
What does that mean? It. means that
Gov. Holden may lie thrown out and Gov. ]
Worth wilistilib be Governor. The Senttnet,
the leading organ of the party in, this State,
also approved Gov. Worth's. course, ana
copied the above article: Another leading
Democratic Journal, tile New ork y ora,
insara article copied by the Sentinel, and
headed "The Right Spirit says that if the. I
coming elections arc not conducted as they
think they ought to be, and thc result is
different from what they think it ought to
be. then the Derfi6crats will appeal to
g physical strength rife precise Ian
gtlage is, esIf they excittesc us from the polls
or refuse to econntT oln votes, we shall be
none the less q majority, and having the
preponderance of physical strength, the
Democratic party win be found so wanting
in manhood, as to be ruled by a reckless,
usurping minority" Now, what does thus
threat of g physical force y by the Demo
cratic party mean g. 1t means what the
words plainly declare, that, ii they are not
satisfied with the election this fall, they
win not be rttled by what they call a usIirp-.
ing minority. They say now that Caqgress
IS a usllrping In inOrity,a and they Ffean to
declare that if they cannot change things
by the ballot they i'll by che bullet.
L.
Convention which assembled in Raleigh
on the 18th August, il the first resolution
of its platform, endorses Gen. Blair as
man of --9set1nd political principles,a
and " recommends him 30 the hearty
support Of The people" It also ap-
proved the platform of the Ma
tional Democratic Convention which
declared the State governments void
And it is to be especially noted, that
the said Democratic Convention utters not
a word of disapproval Of Rlair,s letter. On
the Contrary, they fully endorse. his
'spiinciples"as g sound.n 1t IS true, they
do say they desire and intend to bring
about these wholesome changes by the
peaceful means of the ballOt-boA." OF
course they do desire 70 do it by peaceful
| means, if it can be done peacefully. They
| would be demons, if they preferred war 10
peace. But suppose they cannot elect the
changes by. peaceful measuFesrhOW then
WIN flIey Stop at that? If So, Why did they
not say 30? They do not SAY sn They
take especial pains not to say SO. Head
! their resolutions, and 1t IS. apparent tina.
they purposely lodged saying SO. They
knew of Blair's letter. They knew Of the
| terror it was spreading over the country.
| How easy, and proper would it have been,
| therefore, for them to have said, we 10 not
| approve Of that letter. What they dc say
in substance is, that they desire to ACCOM-
| plish their purposes peacefully If they can,
| but at all events they must be accomplish
| ed ; and if it cannot be done peaccably;
| then let Blair come on. lie is the hight
man. 6 Lis principles are sound"
| But suppose nothing else had been said
| by anybody, except that the State govern
ment is void and must be OvclthroWn.
| Tie Que stion would Immediately occur,
| how is it 10 lie oycrthrown? The election
| of President Of the United States, no
matter Of which party, does not affect the
| validity of the State governments.
Suppose the election was over and the
| Democratic candidate was elected, would
not the State governments REMAIN pre-
| cisely as .hey are ? OF course they WOuld.
| What can be meant, therefore, by the
| Presidential election oyerthroWing the
State government Of North Carolina. Gov
ernor Holden is elected for four years.
| The Legislature for two or iolT years, and
the Judiciary for eight years. How are
they to be superseded? Blair tells YOU.
And everybody that endorses him tells you.
1t is to be done with the army. and that
| is war and nothing else. ..
| Under the forms Of law, the result of the
| the Presidential election cannot possibly
| affect the State governments. II uncOnsti-
tuti0na and void, they would be so declared
Sby the Supreme Court under the Admins
tration Of one President as soon as another.
The only way III which they can be ahect-
| ed by the result OF tho presidential Clcc@On
is the one indicated by Gen. Blair's letter
| viz: to pledge candidate and his party
that, i'll the event of his election, lie vii
usurp the constitutional jurisdiction and
powers of the, Supreme Court, disregard
tho forms OF law. take the army in hi>
| hand, and by force and bloodshed make
his own political opinions and wishes tn,
law of the land. And such are the means
proposed and the purposes ayoWed by Gen
Blair. And his party endorsed him at \ cW
y DIRK, and his party adherents in Noitl
Carolina, SOlelnnly resolved il. their State
Convention, that he and his principles an
''sound. > They leave us ltoroom to doubt
| The viii of the President cleo: is to take
the place Of 4 decision Of the Supreme
Court, and the army is to be compelled ;
to execute his individual mandates, be Tho
consequences what they may. Ii all mel
quietly submit to this usJlrpator, it is
peace. But if Congress or the State GOV
eminent, or the law-lOVing and laW-abil
ing portion of the people, resist the
| overthrow of the Constitution and laws
and the tyranny OF Il Military Dictatorship
it must be war. IN nation Of frcemen.
who love liberty, no man can doubt the re-
suit.
| Mr. Seymour, the Democratic nominee
for the presidency, whom the party has
committed to these dangerous views and
purposes, and who is to execute them, pre-
sided over the Convention which put them
forth III its platform and nominated
Blair unanimously on the first bal
lot. lie assented to and APP
proved tho whole, and stands pledged
before the country and TO his party, in the
| of 70 he
governments in the South Illegal and void,
and to compel the army to overthrow them
at the point OF the bayOnet. 1t is true, in
his letter accepting the nomination of the
| Convention over which he presided, he
| does not in words endorse Blail's letter,
and he prudently refrains ii ON violent Ian.
guage. But he does not intimate in tie
least degree. that he disapprovcs Of any
part OF Blair's letter, or OF the plat
form and proceedings OF the Convention,
| or that he will hesitate a moment
| whatever the consequences may be, to
carry out fully and desperately the puI-
poses and policy Which Ii s party has
marked out fOr him. No man can doubt
his intention and his purposes.
We have now offered you the proof
| The President Says the State government
| is void. The National Democratic Con-
vcntiOn says 50. Governor Worth saws
so. The North Carolina Democratic
Convention says SO. The public press
says So All say it must he over
! thrown. Bai says it must be over
thrown with the sword; and all of them
endorse Blair and his principles as Sound"
1t is necessary to the peace and safety
OF the country for The people to discouIte-
nance and rebuke this bold and defiant
effort Of disappointed and desperate men,
| to rekindle the fires of civil war. The lee
| ton Of General Grant to the Presidency is