Wilmington journal., 1875-08-20

county; last year we carried it by eigh
hundred majority. In Mecklenburg
too, the conflict on the Usury question
bore bitter fruit, as did that also upoI
the Grange question. So far
indeed, had the dissensions il
Mecklenburg proceeded, that its oldest
Democratic paper announced that its
editor had not attended the nomina
| ting Convention and for the reason
he had not determined whether he
| w"uld support it's candidates. Under
such circumstances, without underta
king to say who is right and who
wrong, defent onght not to have caused
any surprise even if there had been no
colonization. In nGaston, too, n county
that we had thought as true to Democ-
racy as the needle to the pole, divis-
ions in our own ranks covered us with
shame and defeat. What party can af-
ford to lose fourteen of Its majority
upon side issues without endangering
it's success Certainly the Democratic
party in North Caro- ina cannot.
Wayne, Johnston, MeckleI burg and
CASTOR would have given us very
handsome majority: Discipline and
organization and harmonious concert
of action are then absolutely essential
to our success.
2d. The second lesson is writ upon
the record. Every Radical sheet in the
State published and re-published, and
If We mistake not, kept standing in
its columns, the letters of certain
prominent Democrats and editorials
of certain Democratic papers, not yet
year old, denouncing the Convention
III the severest terms. And we douot
if there was one Democratic candidate
who was not fought with this Demo-
cratic ammunition. Can there be any
doubt, after this experience, that IN
the discussion of questions of party
policy inside of party lines, there
ought to be moro prudence of speech?
81. Nor Is the third lesson less
easy to be read. Camden, Dare and
Tyrrell have taken six from our ma
jorlty. These three counties all en-
Joy the blessings OF white county gov
ernments. Did it ever occur to
the handful of white mon
these counties that. they owed duties,
&c. their neighbors asweil as themselves.
Secure themselves under white rule
did it ever occur to them that apathy
and ind !t1erence on their part, would
rlvCt the fetters OF negro government
upon thousands and thousands of
their white brethren not SO fortunate
Had Camden, Dare, and TyrrelI,
done their duty, and sent Democrats
til the Convention, our party would
to day have not meagre but hand
some majority. These three counties.
have only 2,j07 white voters, while
Craven county alone has as many and
New Hanover has near thousand
more, and yet, the white men of Cam
den, Dare, and Tyrrell, can send three
representatives. to the Convention
while more than three times their num-
Der i'll Craven and Edgecombe,
and New Hanover and thousands
and thousands of others III other colIn-
ties under negro rule can send not
single one. This being SO, is it not
true then that our common race, our
common blood and our common ances-
try aud the welfare of our common
country impose upon small white con-
capable of white represen-
tation and enjoying white government,
certain duties to their unfortunate
AS we'll as to themselves ?
These are the lessons that it will be
we'll for the people to ponder IN their
hearts.