Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-04-03
Mr.. Leaks Letter.

Mr. Leaks Letter.
On our return from Wayne Court, to which
we had gone on business. we found letter
on our table addressed 10 US by Mr.. Leak.
which we publish in our paper of this week,
as Mr.. Leak expressly requests that we should
do so. However much we may think that
Mr.. Leak has pursued course at variance
with the hest interests of our common cause,
and entirely unwarranted by the circumstances
Of the case, We are willing to let him be heard, !
especially as he seems to think that we have
done him "injustice" by our "s:rictnres' of
last week. When we first saw Mr.. Leaks |
~ circular in the Observer Of the oath ult.,
we determined to give it place in our COL
Umns, but it did not reach our Office until late
on Wednesday, when from press Of other
matter We found it impossible to carry our de-
termination into effect. This week it is equal
1y out Of our pow er, from the same cause. In
our next number we shall publish 1he letter
that our readers may have an opportunity off
Judging for themselves whether we have done
Mr.. Leak " Injustice"
MIR. Leak says in his letter addressed to
ourseIf, "you represent me as styling the
"Central Committee - clique' wishing
to dictate to the State; whereas, ''no such in
ference can be drawn from my letter.
We ask our readers to look at the following
paragraph which we quote from MIR. Leaks
- Circular" and then let them Judge whether
our "nference'' is correct:
" For one, am TO be dictated to, by no
such irresponsible clique; and when | say
this, / mean what | say; for the Convention
never having authorized, by resolution, the
providing for any such contingency, the exer
else Of the right was nothing but a naked as
sumption of power, withoutany responsibility
over"
This is Mr.. Leaks own language. Now
who does Mr.. Leak refer to in this paragraph!
Does he not speak of the Committee who he
thinks has transcribed the powers with which
it was clothed by the Convention! fit does
not refer to the Committee, we are at a loss to
know to whom it is applied. We are aware
that Mr.. Leak speaks in other parts Of his
''circular," Of "cIique in the city of Raj
ted is applied to the whole Central Commit
tee, for in the same breath, he calls it cliqne,
and argues that it had no express power from
The Convention, to provide for the contingent
cy which has arisen. This, Of course, could
not apply 10 the " Raleigh clique" as there is
no one who would dream for d moment that it
had any color of power, and surely Mr.. Leak
would not have thought it necessary to argue
lhe matter.
Mr.. Leak says, I" writing under the indig-
nifty offered me, used plalnness of Speech"
&c. Now, for our own part, we do not see
the force of all this. We are unadvised as to
the nature of the L" indgnity" of which Mr..
Leak complains. His claims were fairly
weighed and canvassed by The committee, and
after the most anxious and mature deliberation.
that body come to the determination TO nomi-
nate MIR. Shepard. But Mr.. Leak says he ap-
pTised the committee that he was a candidate,
before il had acted and intmates that, therefore,
he ought to have been the nominee. Now we
cannot see this in the same light in which it is
viewed by MIR. Leak. Suppose A. B. and Z.
al different points in the State, had all writ.
ten TO the Central Committee, that they had
placed themselves before the people of North.
Carolina as candidates for Governor, ACCORDING
TO Mr.. Leaks ideas, they would all have had
paramount claims on the party, and all would
have been treated with indgnity, had these
claims been set aside by the Committee.
Mr.. Leak says that his " Circular" was
written under excitement, and shat this may
Offer an apology for its language. We ear
nestly hope. that when this excitement pass.
es away, MIR. Leak will see that his course is
one which, if persisted in, will prove alike
injurious to the Democratic party, and to him:
self; and we hope, also, when he comes 10 re-
feet seriously on his position. his better
judgment will dictate the propriety, as we'll as
the necessity of changing it.
The latest news which we have noticed
from Mexico, states that The press and the po-
liticians Of the Capital We're divided into two
factions ;-one urging that the only hone for