Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01
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LILLINGroN, New HANOVER Co..
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Editors J0Hy2suf:
The D. nocratlc Conservative party
of the proposed new county Of LllIing-
ton az. {. -<ttaii@n at the oyerwheln-
ing Rad .c4l demonstration in Opposi
ton. i he funeral sermon Of this
cherished II" ASSURE of relief from Rad
was preached hege to-day to large
crowd of creduIous negroes by our
probate Judge, Mr. Heaton. The bit
New Hanover negroes, united TO the
untiring efforts of all the Radical
county office holders and office-seekers
of the county, to defeat the new coun-
~ are significant lessons of duty to
our Democratic Legislature. Under
the call of flaming hand-bills these
Radicals are holding mass meetings IN
the various townships, and IN special
opposition to the new county. Recently
at Rocky Point, to-day here, and next
week at Burgaw. The Radical leaders
in New Hanover and elsewhere are
these bandbills stuck up over the
COduty fItdb luS hOilS' LIZ W 81 q Cette-
well, Henry Brewington, James
Heaton, VIM. II. Moore, George L.
MADISON and others will be present
without fail to address the citizens. )"
Thus, in the dead Of Winter, have
New Hanover Radicals inaugurated
heated campaign against the new
county. Abuse Of the white men and
taxpayers, Of the Democrats. of the
loa1n-S fh1c
county movement and of our Demo
cratic Legislature, constitutes the text
and burden Of the songs of opposition
Of these Radical slang-whanglos who
are canvassing New Hanover and car
ryiug Oh the negro mass meeting.
The ground work of this Radical
operation, is not only determination
to keep The farmers and taxpayers,
and Industrial white classes Of the
new county in the position of ''heWers
Of wood and drawers of water" to an
intolerab]y oppressive county govern
ment, with no chance of relief outside
OF this organic movement, bat is based
also upon Il self-evident fear that the
new county will be Democratic. They
have evidently been looking over the
official returns polled on the 9th OF
August 1874, SO far as the vote of the
eight townships OF the new county is
concerned. They have been figureing
out the fact 30 doubt, that, in the
new county as thus constituted, Pur-
nell, the Radical candidate for
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton only beat Colonel Pool the
Democratic candidate for the same
place, precisely t,ct1aty nine 600 ootes,
and that said election is fair test of
the strength of both parties in the
new county. No doubt, too, this alarm
for the safety of TIE Republican party
in New Hanover, is il a good degree
owing to the fact that the substantial
citizens, }G1aG 0ac2aoTs and taxpayers
of the new county are almost en- naGsse
for it, and warmly SO, as their only
means Of deliverance from crushing
burdens and ruinous Influences. The
Radicals then have made q party
question Of this new county scheme.
They have found out by official stats
tics that there ale 1887 voters in the
new county, that of these 984 are
Democratic and ] ,O13 radical, and that
of the 984 Democratic voters nearly
900 of them are already bona fee petit
TONERS to the present Legislature for
the new County. PENDER.