Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-31
Stampede of Petty Politicians in,
North ia rn1inH.

Rumor hath IL that o number OF pet
ty politicians of the Conservative party
of North Carolina, will go over to the
Republicans within the next twelve
months. We know it is bad policy
to speak of it. Yes, we almost hear
some of our cautious friends whisper
ing, Ssh! you will ruin the party!
Don't. you will dire them Overt but,
as we do not get our bread from the
aforesaid petty politicians, and as it is
not to be presumed that country
in the hollow of its hand, I'VE are going
a thousand fragments-we are going
to say-Boo!
We are not informed as to the man-
ner in which this coup d'ctat is to be
effected. Whether they will steal over
suddenly to the Republican encamp-
ment under the cover o. night and con-
front us in the enemy's ranks on the
morrow, or whether they will sidlc
over gradually and struggling around
under neutral colors in search of the
fountain of purity" find i. at last i'll
the Radical encampment. There,
surrounded by Afric's swarthy sons
the guardian naiads of this chrystal
fountain-purity's weary pilgrims may
wash away the guilty stains of Democ-
racy. 1t used to be i'll this country,
that each politician, like the Feudal
Chief of Medieval times had his terri
tory, SO to speak, and when the con-
test came he mustered his vassals and
took whichever side he pleased. 1t
mattered little to the Rascal whether he
was marching under the banner of the
Red or the White Rose. But times
have changed. The masses of the
American people, whether they think
right or wrong, have learned at least to
think for themselves. The Greeley
movement, headed by an army of Re
publican politiciaDs-enough to have
carried State by their individual votes
has demonstrated the fact that poll
ticians are not party in this country.
| It will doubtless be gratifying to our
readers to learn that none of the men
at the pillow. the plane, or the anvil,
mediate desertion of the Conservative
| party. The laboring classes expect to
make their living by the "sweat of
their brow" and, consequently, do not
| long for the flesh pots of the Admins
| tration.
Ii these gentlemen will go over, we
say, let them go in peace. Perhaps,
we have praised some who propose
| this summerset; if SO, we are not going
to stultify ourself now by heaping
upon them, personal abuse, for their
| private character will not have
changed.
The temptation is too strong; they
are not criminal, only weak. But, in
spite of all the fears that have been
| felt about its disruption by the timid,
we feel satisfied our party is as strong
| to-day as it has ever been since the
| war.
OH yes, the public printing bust
ness was going to ruin the parf.T, but
the competitors for the public printing
are not the kind of 'tstuff"' out of
which Radicals are made Then, the
Senatorial contest was going to de-
molish the party; why, every one
knows this was simplya quarrel among
the SERVANTS of the party, the ':masses"
have never felt any "sptt."
If any petty politician arrogates to
himself the power to seize tie pillar
of the Conservative temple tear it
down, and trample it in the dust, why,
"there's where he mikes 4 mistake!"
1t is a glorious reflection that the
political hacks which the Conserva-
tives slough off will be an element of
weakness to the Republicans-see OF
discord sown in the enemy's ranks
Too many office seekers has been the
bane of our party. The Repnbli-
cans have had only enough to fill the
offices. The eleventh hour men are
always a hungry set; original panel
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