Wilmington journal., 1872-09-06
Which Is Master and which is Man.
Grant or Duncan?


AS our readers know, Blanton Duncan
a I'd a handful of men claiming to be
democrats, or rather" " straight democrats,
have resolved themselves into a COuven-
ton to meet in Louisville next Wednes-
day.
These g straight democrats" cannot
abide the action of the party at Baltimore
and think that nothing will ease their mis-
cry bat another Convention. This is the sec
ond attempt Of these men to relieve them
selves Of their superabuudant democracy
nor do We blame them much, for it is APP
parent that it has sOured badly on their
stOmachs.
Their first essay was at Baltimore, when
under the auspices of this same Blanton
Duncan all effort was made to organize d
Convention Of seceders or boilers from the
/ Democratic Convention. This effort
would have been a complete success but
for the reason that there were no seceders
or boilers to organize. Duncan and his
men We're therefore compelled TO {. cut
and come again." This time they turn up
ters or seceders. They have attained to
the dignity of delegates to "the
Louisville Convention and are brim-
full of sour democracy.
If it should be found that Louisville is
too large for s: the straight-Outs' to hold
their Convention in, comfortably, we beg
! leave to sng gest Smithville, or Wrights-
vile or NJ MAsonhoro' Sound, as places OF
/ adequate accommodations and some soda
! in their whiskey. And then, too, Blan. Oh
Duncan knows the ground so well.
Our citizens we'll remember this Duncan
as the man who, after printing Confede
| ate Bonds in South Carolina, came here
during the war as volunteer aid on the
; staff of the lamented WHITING. They
we'll remember too, how summarily he was
compelled to resign his position because he
had become engaged in the blockade btlsi
ness. They well remember, also, how
summarly he left the country when the
! COnscript Camp threatened to draw him
| into it's Dire AIDED embrace. 1t has not been
many years since Duncan's portly form
was familiar sight on our streets.
| This same BlantOn Duncan is the
| Chairman Of the straight democrat. &C"
Committee. 1t is always the duty Of
. Chairman 20 issue a circular. Duncan did
his duty. Here it is:
ORGANIZE.
| The Straight Democratic Committee
earnestly urge upon the friends of the
nj
thorough organization, to the end that
/ work i'll behalf of principles and candi-
dates may be conducted with system and
regularity, and that the documents for
Warded by the committee may be promptly
and properly distributed. Here follows
suggestion as to the plan Of organization
District conventions should be convened
by the goth OF August, TO select two dele
& ates to attend the louisville Convention
OF Sd of September. The names
Of delegates, as selected, should be sent to
the Chairman of Executive Comm1ttee,
/ and also telegraphed by Associated Pre- IS.
Communications can be ma 1e in
the respective States to Samuel ]. Bayard,
Camden, n. j.; Hon. A. Ii. Stephens,
Crawfordville, ia; Hon. j NJ. Hanks,
Helena, Ark, land others whose names we
omit. BI.ANTON DUNCAN,
Chairman, etc.
The next thing IL Le done was TO circll-
late the circHlar: To some people this
would have been a difficulty, but it was
no difficulty at all to q man of such re-
sources as The jolly old blockadef.
We venture to say that it gave him far
more trouble to escape from the clutches
of Colonel Peter Mallctt's COnScript officers
than it did To circulate his circulars, and
that, too, tree Of expenses, An ordinary
man might have racked his b ain fG. a
week ar. -telIen tsn would not have struck out
any easl3r or cheaper way to have Gircu
lated the circular than TO have mailed them
under proper ST amps.
But Duncan's fertile brain tod him here
was anoGDer opportunity to spoil the Egyp-
tians. How he took advantage Of it we
! see from the following document:
WASHINGTON, ID. G., July 80, 1872.
DEAR SIR-I'lcase send the enclosed
circular to active Democrats in your dis
trict, who do not support afr. Greeley, AM
will cooperate in the Louisville COnYen-
ton. Send me a list Of such mon i'll each
| county Immediately.
j. NJ. EDMUNDs, Secretary.
/ Now, just here comes in the 'moral" of
our story. Who is this J. N. Edmunds,
who thus interests himself in circulating
Duncan's documents {? Kind reader, we
will tell you,
Mr.. kdmunds is President Grants post
master at Washington City, member of
! the resident (Grant) Congressional Com
mittee at Washington, and in the year
1868 President of the Union League of
America
| Phew !xhow sour Quncan's democracy
is on his stomach.
! Ifthis is not a genuine "clasping hands
| across the bloody chasm," it is certainly
first class counterfeit, but whether it is
''spoiling the Egyptians" we are in some
doubt.
! To evii-minded people this sort Of thing
would seem suspicious, but WI are not evil
minded. Not at all,
! Duncan himself seemed to fear some
thing of the sort, tor we fad him writing
to the New York Express, and asserting
{" that he is not working in the interest of
Grant"
So that matter is settled. We have the
sporting old bloekaders' word that heis not
working in Grants interest, and of course
we believe what he says.
! Upon reflection, We rather think that
| public opinion has "put the boGt on the