Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-06-15

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JUsT as WE ExPEcTED.-As any reasona-
| BILE man might have known would De the
case. we find the Federal prints cut in fulicry
against the action Of our Convention at Clln-
ton on the 31st uliimo. There is almost as
much bowling over ii as that same party made
over the " sfaughter-house business at fh'i-
adelphia. But between the Clinton ConVen-
ton and the g slaughter-house" ConVeh'io"'
there is this difference. In the PreSe'' 80
all the opposition comes from Tue So ~. ~
nonan,s If the Convention; while IN that' Inc
| don,nc;o,;on both Ioudest and deepest, came
from the most prominent members OF the Fed
oI .r.,, themselves. We cannot remem-
her that there was any meeting with closed
Doors IN at Clinton Whatever was done
there, was done openly and above board -
Was it SO at Philadelphia We think not.
We think, too, that certain distinguished
member of the Free Soil Federal party, de-
nounced the Philadelphia nomination as " not
fit to be made" To this we say amen. The
case in this district is very different each of
the distinguished gentlemen who were ballot
ed Tor in the Convention, heartily join in the
support of Mr.. Ashe. This we knoG0. But,
as the venerable Mrs. Partington would re-
mark, " comparisons are oderous "-and a
comparison between the g slaughter house
affair and any respectable Convention would
h. IL a., &c
not be further guilty. AT present, we mean
to take a little notice of an article in Wednes-
days Chronicle. in which we can find nothing
accurate, except its heading" A Gross I'M
position,'' which certainly describes the arti-
Gle exactly. To prove this, let US take up its
assertions se77dtim In the first place, the
Chronicle makes the assertion that one third
of the counties had no direct representation
thus endeavoring 10 convey the impression
that one-third of the votes in Convention were
given by proxy. The number Of votes given
in Convention, allowing each county the rela-
tive weight it possesses in the House OF Com
mons, was fourtecn-threc votes were given
by proxy-very little over a fifth one of
these votes was given under direct instruction.
leaving but taco-one-Serenth of the whole
and these two were given under an under
standing equivalent TO instruction. So much
for that matter, upon which the Chronicle
seems to be about as we'll informed as usual
with it.
We don't see how the Chronicle, upon its
own grounds, can object to the adoption of
the two-thirds rule. We, ourselves, are not
in favor OF the rule as a matter Of expediency,
but it was adopted by majority of the Con-
vention and should not the majority have the
right to frame their own rules? There is a
mistake in the second paragraph, for which,
however, the Chronicle is not responsible. In
the account of the proceedings, the vote is
given-Avertt /, Strange 7, Ashe 5-making
in all thirteen votes, whereas there were four
teen votes cast, that Of Columbus or Bladen,
we forget which being cast, we believe,
for Mr. Holmes, who was not in nomina-
any importance we attach to it, but be-
cause the proceedings, as they stand, seem to
conflict with our assertion last week, that
Judge Strange did not obtain majority of all
the votes cast.
The Chronicle further thinks that the Con-
vention acted very wrong in receiving nine for
two thirds vote. Now. we would ask The
accurate editor of the Chronicle, how much
nine lacks of being two-thirds of fourteen p
II our arithmetic serves us right, not more
than one-ttird of vote. We know of no
way to make one. third of vote, unless by
admitting some Federalist Editor to vote,
whose soul is sufficiently small to insist upon
such petty distinction.