Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-02-11
STATE CoNvENTInN

. 80 lar as we are personally concerned
nave no objection TO holding the Convon,:"e
a, Salisbury, nor indeed, al anv othar n "1n
west of this; but there are two or thtap pace
slderations connected with this po;nt ION, IoG'
ought not 10 be overlooked. In the frs, " "ln0
our Conventions have heretofore been hppl Sce.
Raleigh, and as this has been the custom u
40 not think the Democratic papers-esnan;%"'e
~ IN Inc absence OF any expression of on;"
ION by the county meetings in favor ~ pn'
other place-wouldbe competent 10 selso, ny
decide; in the second place, the fac;lt;"s. ana
travelling, as far west as Salisbury .rs 10Y
thing but good; and in the third pIacs i e any
look to the convenience Of the largest I've we
Of the party, some central point will h. lumber
upon, because our strength lies in linz .eed
and east of Raleigh. Thus far mee,inv. WIN WIN
been held in only five counties-RockinvSo"e
Lincoln, Lenoir, Wayne, and Caswell Ro.1.'
ingham and Lenoir mention neither tims "a
place; Caswell and Lincoln recommend p"I
eigh as the place, but say nothing abou, ~.
time; and Wayne suggests Raleigh az M e
place, and the 18th day of April as the t; ms
for holding the Convention. Ii 1--WE had in ,S;.
State, as they have in New York and Penn
sylvania, navigable waters and Railroads IL
ali directions, from one extremity to ano,bs,
it might be practicable, as it would doubles
be profitable, to the cause frequently 10 chance
the place for holding our Conventions: and
each Convention might, for instance, designate
the time and place for the next Convention
before 1t adjourned; but we must look ~
things as they are, and be governed acco,6ia~
ly. We repeat, so far as we are per,oarl4w
concerned we should be happy to visit We,i,
ern North Carolina on such an occasion ana
TO greet our. Democratic friends al SaliOSarv
or at any other point which might be apte..S
upon /; but occupying the position we do W.
have nevertheless felt bound TO brin. the fore.
going considerations before the party general.
ly.-Raleigh Standard.
State Convention-The editor of the vii.
mington Journal asks the opinion of the dem.
ocratic press on the subject of the plac. OF
holding the Democratic State Convention in
North Carolina. The Journal votes for Sails.
bury.
Our own impression was that Raleigh wa.
preferable, and on consulting others, we find
such is the general opinion. The seat of Go.
vernment is the proper place for such meetings.
But we are not obstinate about it in this coun.
ty; we'll meet the democracy in council wher.
ever they wili.-North Carolinian.
We are not particular as to the place. Our
main object in "voting" for Salisbury was,
because we believed it would enable our Yves.
tern friends 10 attend the Convention more
numerously than they would if it should be
held in Raleigh. All we desire is TO see a full
meeting, and the most perfect unanimits
and concert of action in our party.
PEACE RuMoRs--The rumors of peac,
thicken upon US. The correspondent Of TIL
New York Courier e. Enquirer asserts that b
has received positive and direct news from tn
city city of Mexico that Mr.. Trist, with tn
concurrence of Genl Scott, has agreed to
treaty with Mexico, with the ella az boun
dairy, in pursuance of his instructions. In ad
dition to the above, the Philadelphia Bulleti
says:
"Mr Cummings, of the Bulletin, who
now in Washington, has sent US despatch
in which he states that overtures have bee
made By Merico, and that these ouertures ar
Substantially acceptable to the Administrd
tion."
We also find in the late news from Mexic
the following letter, published in the New Oh
{ leans Picayune, which seems to lend conhrma
ton to the above:
. CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. II, 1913
Peace within short time is now confident
ly predicted here by persons OF intelligence
r and by those who have access to reliable in
o formation. By some it is said the Mexica
p Government, after its commissioners were in
formed by Genl Scott and Mr. Trisi that the
" had no power TO negotiate, proposed that com
s missoners should be appointed by the Gov
f ernments, 10 meet at Havana. OtherS-an
| think they come nearer the truth say tha
the Mexican Government had made a propo
d sition, and that it had been transmitted t
: Washington. They now go so far as to sa
9 that the terms are Mr.. Trsts ultimatum in III
negotiations at Tacubaya, with the diherenc
> that instead Of SIS 900, 900, as was propose
S to be given by Mr. Trist, $50 900, 900 is asked
We give the above rumors, for they aPpe'
e to US to be nothing more, for what they ar
!. worth and we at the same time add the fol
lowing paragraph from the Union of the 81
e inst, which shews, conclusively, that If theT
o is any truth in the reports in circulation, tn
Government is as yet totally ignorant OF t.
J.. "Rumors OF peace-of a treaty of peace
~ OF a project of peace-are so rife to-day IN tn
. city, and in the capitol, that we think 1t OF
J. duty TO state there is no official account
= confirm these rumors. We have more tina
once stated that Mr. Trist has no power
instructions to treat with the Mexicans BIZ
} no treaty, or project of one, has been received
l. The Washington correspondents haF
IS sent these rumors to all points of the compass!
- One even goes SO far as TO say that he is pre-
pared TO see peace, written on paper OF parcln
IT ment, sent into the Senate, and ratified b
is Congress. But this statement is certainly pre-
n mature. The end is not yet"
t, U-The following is an extract OF lett
t. received by gentleman of this town, date
s. " Camp at Arispe's Mills. Mexico, January q
1s4s:"
n. 81 suppose you saw our gallant Col. Fag
as on his way home. He is bound TO be ID
~ greatest man the world ever produced, if ~
III tai want of common sense will contribute
a his behalf, to say nothing about his lono'
at military genius. He was on one occaslo
$, drilling the Regiment, when he gave an or0'
ut by the right of Companies to the rear 'n'
vs. column. He then turned round and SalC