Wilmington journal., 1875-02-19
For The Journsi.
Pender County.
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over. The telegraphic wires have borl
: to you the gladsome news that the de
llveraDce of the down-trodden peopl;
OF New Hanover is secured in the tri
umphant establishment of the new
county of Pender The Republican,
= here are crest-failen becsuss of The
success of their Democratic measure
Oar Radicals i'll Wilmington aud il
Pender wiz be still more disconsolate
aud vanquished at the extraordinary
unanlnity and determination of the
white men and Conservatives of this
new county TO throw off the CALLING
yoke Of radicaiism which since the wal
has pressed SO heavily upon them
Let he triumphant passage OF this
cheering measure OF relief through
both Houses, and against the stubborn
aud persistent fight of an extraordin-
AIRY combination of opponents. teach
al VINO t'us resist the Omnipotent de-
MAIDS and overwhelming voice Of a
long suffering aud down trodden peo
pie. that 'rnth yet pr. walls and justice
stIii &bouni5 after factlons resistance
. and hadlca opposition have spent tli.lr
fo"cr- Success, though long defer red j,
Ia at last G owned our ef1or S. Let
the friends of Pender feel, as the wr;-
tel feels Ill this day OF deiiverance,
that the triumph itself, the certainty
IL secure" OF a new era OF prosperity
and happinens to people so long EN-
p"Verlsb bed and oppressed by the CON
ditibn of sfftirs III New Hanover, anu
= y repays them for al their hard
slIps aud sacrifices in this loug
aiid arduuUs struggle. and If
t'ls ia not sufficient reward,
turt ivr motive for action rest on
/ tne gh duty Of tvrry irirDd of the
ne" couuts to jerr this VIC ory vii h
moderation ard h ty. and nnse.fah-
" 10 'n.uGur-t. and Au5ian such
10 aSi1Tes as Will ~usure prosperity and
sErcess TO h.s adIi ionat nlrmbet of
T the great FAM V OF deInOcra.i CONF
t)"s -, North sfni iua. L. us unite,
co2"jijHfe. h0rnacnjzH. and rdopsm9
hc"c8ty, cafo0clty and foittfutraess ts
oar gnI3e, Il CT such men 10 office ~
"re cZenpiors of these virtues, aud
thus secure. in the very start, puh!ic
cnbnhence and the safety aud welfare
| Of tire county. These are among the
( DUTIES Ht Cur victory which office
q Fkers do not grEeta.ly recognize.
ut which tie true man aEd bone
rafriu; Id GenulHc refOruer aiWaYS
observe
A. the JoUSAL supported ot is move
ment ana has fine eli cuintlon IN Pen
der 1t Is mete that its columns ehoui1
bear this letter to the thousand aud
one petitioners there for it's formation
as well as the two thousand
voters living i'll It's legal boun-
d'ries. Ii the inspirations of
tie ha'lowed Game Of Pender are
lot s. .tiicitnt 10 move the people there
t. Il tu.l discharge Of the duties i'll
cutubtnt upon them from this decis
I'VE act rf The Legislatpre--if any of
rs canrot we'll AVOID the temptation of
letting ourselves down into that quag-
mire of love of office, of extravaganza
III pubic expenditures, and of like
cOrrUpflng and demoralizin9 inf1u-
cages which have become bane fu
and destructive contagious desire IN
tn" body polite of the old county of
New Hanover, then let Us d. rive addi
tioDal lessons Of duty from the sup
port given our cause by III. abjest and
most distinguished members of the |
General Assembly. Their laborous
alId persistent Efforts in our behalf, |
the sp endd bursts of eloquence of |
some Of them N each House, when |
the efforts against our bill of LeGrapd. |
Warning. Moring, Hamler, Busbee !
and other Democrats were combine d |
with Cantweu. Lloyd, Moore, Nor |
meut ard other Radicals as th'y |
fo,ic ht it, entitle these friends TO the |
high consideration and permanent .
grntifude OF the Conservative party
oJ Fender county. Our people
cannot, must not, shall not. forget
these things, aud st our coming jol}i-
fication over the result, when in the
spirit O: amnesty and peace, friends
and foes Will be united to meet in So
cjai greeting over an old fashioned
country barbecue, no ones feelings
urohja things Stanford, Kerr. Walk
or, McHar, Gudger, Erwin, Linpey.
Snackeford. Means, Mosely, and
others have done for our en-
gs3ve}ish~d people III this long
i fer d delivera ICE. If the
afnre-.ad Dem cratic opponents who
10 nora,I:g, epeakiug aud voting with
thA Radicals hurt us Vita il points. and
t-rds TO aid IN fastening upon the
c. C..tservative party of the ew c, unity
hlIl st'il more closely the fettefs
wtich have SO long enslaved them,
Will come among that people then or
~ any time and learn more of the suf-
ferings they have endured under Rad
cal rn!e as well a. the proveT hial hos
pitaEltv Of our intelligent rural citizens,
ano the magnificent resources ard
fiuo prospects, of the Dew county, they
will STE ;ts their oonst,t ,tuents viii rec
ogn!ze. the error and bIunder they
committed IN their opposition. The
West came mp nohly to our sup
port. She stretched her hands
g,.'iantiy across that chasm OF
I,,n |
ininrcd both tie East and the
West, and III almost one solid phaianx
rescued the white peopla Of Pender
from t expressions upon them Let
not this significant fact be forgotten,
or fail tu arouse and n7ai1at0i's u
g1utt tfti appreciation and cOrdiai
s,:J1oDrt iron, every friend Of t'ender
Qf all similar measures Of reticf in
asfgurGtcd for the Western portion Cf
N0rth Cur0iina.
And now again let US scherlsh warmly
in our bosOms grateful remembrance
of the untir'ng Iabors and burning
elounence Of those faithful defenders
y our cause in both Houses of the
L gislature. They carried it ably
ti,rongh amid the qulcksands and
breakers OF the storm of opposition
aud TO them the honor is due.
A5ld 1T a0as a Just decision, made
more glorious in triumph because OF
the unfair means used to defeat the
euterprze-the great difficulties over
come, and the deep feeling of opposi-
ton III the Legislature TO the forma-
ton Of new counties. Ours is an ex-
ceptiopal case, however, and the man
a2emert or tire public affairs of the
new county must be SO conducted as
10 show 20 Legislators and the pubEc
IN future, including our friends who
have worked for it here, that this i'm
portant work has been we'll and wise!y
done. PENDER.
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