Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24

"09nsstiOn-Of course you are aware
CNSsrrOr. of the result of the Judicis
eion,iop. Did you expect that election
ee .ai,,. Mace on Thursday last?
u snsver-I did not, and l had til
la-t Teaso.is tor Lot expecting 1t. Oh
T,,as1ay. when the Senate passed th
aancnrcetlt resolution to bold the ell C
90 IN Thursday, | spoke 10 both M,
Republican and Conservative friends
!'II,,,o them that L had a very inlpor
tapt engagement IN GfeenYtiLe Oh tht
'-.an,nG of Thursday. which, [ was tbs
r,ore anxious TO keep because it in
III thr convenience and interest oil
so many others. state q that, II
tho election was to take place
on Thursday. / must and
should remain here; but
earutsr y appealed 80 them not TO al,
i1g Il. !ect Oh then to occur aid
this d.-appoint my friends ln Green
vile { also addressed : personal
nnt. to Ne Speaker Z lott, in which
reou sted him, on personal as we'll
as pIlbic grounds, to use has lhhu-
eT,., to stay tn" election. not ouiy
frSm occurring on Thursday, out to
star Il until next geek or after the
boiidays. IN answer to this note,
sneaker El'Ott came To my office Oh
Wednesday mU1ui 4 and said he re-
orcttt,i that he Lad not thought OF my
erpsgfmeut in Greenvitie before bte
was asked TO favor -Oncurrt nee III the
S-uate resolution. However, he sand,
ubII. he might vOtt for concurrence
owing to his previous com falttai, yet
he W1nid speak to lbs friends, and he
tbought there YOU Il he no difficulty
IN r.ostpDuIng the election nBtil after
nv return from GreenYIll4 n tie ear
hest | accepted tLls Ssurauce OF the
SNEAKER and the vote of The House;
which was seventy Two to thirty one
on the motlon 20 lay he Senate reso
Iution ON the fable. as sufficient
pu,ragt.,,. and eft tor GreenvIiie on
the morning Of Thursday, W.T.. out the
SLIGHTEST -usyili n that the, election
would BE- brought on. 1t Is true that
] was told Just before the tram left
that there was i bare possibility that
the 1lt ctIOn might come If thaE day
nut it was deemed certain that the res
olution coutd at least lHe fought off
until Frld y, and L coutented myself
with making arrangements for spe
cial train to bring me back to Column
bia by Friday morning ii nee ssary.
Ill had really suspected the cOnspira-
CIV which WAS develOPed on thursday,
nothing III the world could have in
duced me to leave Columbia.
Ouestion-Had You been present
when the election took Place, could
Won have changed the + suit?
Answer see no reason to think L
could The conspiracy appears to
have been carefully concocied. The
color line, the party line, aud the line
of antagonism 10 my administration,
all we're sharply 3ra"2; and the tone
of the speeches made by the leading
supporters of y hipper and Nose and
Wiggips shows that it required n de
gree Of bolduess not possessed by
MANY Of our legislators to vote in OPP
position to tee combination. StIll 1t
would have been great satisfaction to
me to have been on the spot ana gone
down fighting, if [ must 60 down.
Question--Was it not as a comblna-
ton of the supporters of different can
didates thai the cons piracy of which
you have spoken was SO powerful?
Answer-Yes lhe peculiar strength
of the combination lay IN uniting the
IlItItNtS vi Il IdI . DIAt4ON-L VA JIG Cdb-
didates This alone, [ think, caused
the defeat of Judge Maher. The OPP
ponents of this Judge had a certain
number of votes which they would
cast for other candidates in other cir
cults only on condition thas the friends
OF those candidates should pay them
by voting against Maher. Mr.. Wig
gins, the successful candidate, had 10
ctrcrCtb nd ,vr..., ia.,f
current; but the com Dination that
took him up was welded together by
the force OF q common purpose to
rOut an incompatible Judge, VINO had
been an ilsurmountabIe barrier in she
way OF those vino Luve at last over
thrown bin.
Qutstion-Ho" do you look upon
the election of Virgins. Wh1pper and
Moses
Answer look upon the election as
horrible disaster-a disaster equally
great to the Sat, to the Republican
party, aud, greatest # all to those
communities which shall be doomed
TO fe-l the full effects of the presence
OF Nets ad Whipper upon the bench.
dId year ago. speak pdb!lcly OF
Whlpper, who was then a candidate
for the very position to which he has
now been elected. Then [ denounced
HIM as incapable and utterly unfit for
the office of judge. OF Moses, no hon
est men can have d # rent opinions.
Neither Whipper nor Moses has any
qualitIes which approach to Il qualii-
cation for judicial position. The re
pntatlon of Moses is covered deep
with charges which are believed by al
who are familiar with the facts of cor
ruptlon, bribery and utter prostitution
OF all his Official powers TO the worst
possible purposes. This calamity is
Intimately greater, in my Judgment,
than any which has yet fallen on this
State, or, l might add, upon any part
OF the South. Moses as Governor is
endurabIe compared with Moses as
Judge
Qnestion-What do you think of
Virgins ?
Answer He is not to be classed
morally with Moses and Wbipper
puI III order to defeat Judge Maher,
ut has consented to be the tool of the
same combination which elected No
SeS and "hipper, and, as such tool,
nc VIII De expected to, and doubtless
VIII do their work.
Qqestlon-What, in your Judgment,
Sii re the effect of the election of
theSe three men?
Answer-The grayest consequences
u al Kinds will follow. One irame-
usale effect will obviously be the reor-
ean!z 'lon Of the Democratic party
1 "t.hih The State. as the only mean
telt' IN the judgment of its members.
~ opposing a solid and reliable front
MN w .t's terrible crevasse of lnisgovern-
have r an1 public debauchery. I could
Iant a ~sshed as Republican, to have
neps on such an issue; but I have "A
a ana . 20 bFlIef in tie logic of events
e epa a Proy'dence, 100. tnat shspts
, Tbehss; and do not allow myself to
Sn rrh t II, the good and honest men of
hui Carolina Will find it impossible.
cra uause they are Org anized as Demo-
sban', 10 give their help to whomsoever
vr %ln De best able to undo the terrible
to sas &c OF last Thursday. I am free
Gorcss'nat my highest ambition as
1'OluOr has been fO rnato @bo o.oo,