Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
Wv SON .OLIVER."

Carolina Wou!dn haS0 ouo 20
at any price, but looks TO 1n S.o wee
Presidency of these CElted otales.
This sudden vault OF hls anoitlon IS
SAID to spring from the TACT that mere
.ftar in a contest for that Office, be
stconyicted felons, and wandering,
uomadic, imported niggers-here to-
dav. ard there tomorrow, voting any
where they may happen to be, or are
hired to 90 on the day of election.
Rut there may be another cause Tor
tbis recent cbapgein 'ny sons tactics
The Mecklenbarg pet of the Jou'"0t;
General Barripger, may have stepped
in his way. However, we know thaI
q. Fl, d. is only joking when he talks
OF the Vice Presidency. His great
DELIGHT would be to have Governor
stuck On TO his name, as 1t was Ills
ather's ambition Lefo1e LIN. ALd IL
IS esev enough to crafty the ambitioL
of This modern Sar cho Para to make
ljim not only Governor. but the
Governor OF an i5la q. We nave JuS'
tie island for him at the mouth OF the
Cane Fear Bald Head would MAKE
beautiful dominion, " here his execu.N+
Mowers could have full sway. anu
then too there are here and hefeapo",S
all the necessary officers OF state reAot
trained for their respective poSltlob7'
What better man could he nhh 'or ','s
Sectary Of State than his freud omyth!
Then. for Chief Justice, there Is his
friend. ''ie4tias Moore" These might
uflica for a beginning, you know, ana
would make d ve'y respectable re1Ihue
to accompany him on bis periodical
visits 10 i.is great friend the e1-Rad'cal
official Of Wilmington. If the 'Gov
eruor" should want anr more assist 'nt1
r. look "riter de pervi his friend
tie cx-ctiicial would no doubt readily
mt them in nomination. And then
while ~ his own doruini ions, there
yro,,fd he no cessation to the ''Govern-
or's' dsilv dedication i'll listening t."
Srny.b. with his AVS crammed fn'i OF
pebbles. deliver bis Dnmosttenean elo-
oF!euca to the roaring pillows, or In
listening TO q learned exposition OF
the law Of murder. by ''jestios" Moore
over the dead body of crab.
The Pee De8 Herald has hidden
farewell to s'OIiver' III the following
pathetic paragraph, but if the Herald
will only lend US his aid We will soon
have him snugly fixed away. on Bald
Head.
Our sprightty Red-string neighbor
across the river, the Spirit OF the
South. whose editor was not elected
clerk, (nor Bill Napier door-keeper)
at the same time when o. H. d. was
not elected President Of the late Con
vent;on, il its issue of the 2}rd inst,
publishes another speech Of Oliver.
This is the one delivered by him in
Convention upon an "Ordjnance pre-
scrihirg qualifications for Voters"
and Is manly directed against that
portion G:-franchising persons cou-
victed of Infamous crimes. and that
requiring 80 days residence in any
county before election.
OF course these qualifications dis
turbed Oliver greatly, OF course he
knows that s'ncg he quit, polit cally,
the company of white folks, nothing
but the votes OF niggers and such
.svhite trash" as, to the disgrace Of
their color, low his lead, have kept
him from that jgnOminous oJscurlty
to which his course Justly consigned
him. He knows that when convicted
felons and wandering; nomadic, i'm
ported niggers-here to-day and there
tomorrow, voting anywhere they may
happen to be or are hired to go on the
day Of election, lose the right of sui
frage he, Oliver, and all like him are
forever lost He knows that but for
characters of this sort he would have
favored the sequestered hills and
gIeus Of Msngum with his pres nee
during the past few weeks, aud white
man a man in sympathy with and in
the confidence Of the Uhite men, the
citizens. the Taxpayers of that noble
OLD country would have represented
Richmond IN the Convention. He
knows that when Terry (who was not
clerk spoke Of him just after the cleo
ton as next Governor of North Caro-
lima without the vote Of felons and
niggars, he could no more hope for
even a nomination to that distinguished
position than his friends Kirk or Hol-
den or Bob Fletcher could Excuse
US, Fletcher you are, by far, the
best man of the quartette y
Aud then he utters his piteoue
walls; / Farewell Oliver ? You said to
a friend of ours. not very long ago,
that you did not desire the Guberna-
torial honors of cur State; that, thai
step was too short for your 'vaulting
ambition > that not nothing short of
the Vice Presidency would satisfy you!
Maybe you may get it-ail the mig
gers. with now and then white man
Gin color only would vote for you
here at home. So would your dearly
beloved Butler, Colfax and Sheridan
and their followers