Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-05-16

N'tsN SAUNDERS AND THE w lLMlNGTON JOURN Awe
arc authorised and requested by Gen Saunders to say that
upon his return to the City he had placed his hands by
from Editorial Of the Jo,naf in Which reference is had to
him and whilst he feels surprise at the qualification
~ the Editor Of the Commercial in copying the
Leader to the interests of his native State he does feel
rised that an article beral unjust should have ea
mated from democratic paper of the character of tie Jour
nal may be- the political standing of Gen. S. has given
10 say ne uttered no such sentiments that ascribed to him
by the Journal did he anything in his address the
people of Petersburg which he should be quite willing
nave reported into the Journal correctly reporteds he
Wen satisfied he said nothing which any native of the State
to have b e mat NE e2Pees
did and of vndcang himself and others against the
vindictive and beral attack of the Journal He begs
IN the meantime to the Editors of that paper who
ever have been their informant what he may have
sad or done in ls35 in regard to Mr. Memmenger and
most grossly med That Gen s. then Attorney Gene
raj OF the State that he neither introduced Mr. Memmen
in any form shape and the Editors must have
been most willingly credulOus to have suffered themselves
thus to have been imposed upon.
Had the Editors turned to the records Of 1885, they might
improvement of the State by Railroad from Fayetteville
to the fadkin and of Wilmington port, which met at
friend of that town and to the memorial then presented to
the General Assembly, he begs refer the Journal if nci
ned to learn his real feelings and sentiments.
Raleigh Standard May 10th, 1851.
RALEIGH CASTOR RAILROAD MEETNG.-The adjourn
ed meeting of the citizens of Petersburg the subject of
the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad held according to
notice, Tuesday afternoon. The Mayor of the city
roduced to the meeting Cen Romuus NJ Saunders of Rail
and ability the vital Importance Of this Road to
the people of Petersburg He showed the trade
that receiving from this Road and the
cesion which would be made it by the Central Road of
Carolina which in days would be let to contract, and
Petersburg that if the R. E. G. Road permitted to go
down. the people Of North Carolina would be forced build
market within their State. and send to that
ket the produce which has heretofore been sold in this city
These with several other views urged by Gen with
great force upon large and most attentive audience
Petersburg Gas IateNigencer, April "a, 1851.
"Look here upon this picture and on this The
one is the report of Geni SAUNDERS speech at Pc
tersburg as given by the Editor of the Petersburg
in his paper Of the 24th ult; the other
is Gen. SAUNDERS deliberate reputation of that
speech in the Raleigh Standard of the 10th instant.
The speech was made to Virginia audience-the
reputation published three reeks afterwards to
North Carolina public. Comment is unnecessary.
The Generals position is too humliating to dwell
upon and we forbear. Verify, the way Of the trans
gressor is hard
We regard the controversy with the Standard, in
to which reluctantly compelled to enter, as
at an end Few things connected with our Editorial
career have given more pain than the occurrence of
that controversy; and although acted throughout
strictly the defensive and conscience acquits
us of all blame in the matter still we rejoice in the
DelleI IS at an emu NelCDGF OF
being attacked, the excitement of contest, the
natural desire of victory could hide from the eff
feet of such state of things induce to pro-
long the struggle for moment after the necessity
of selfdefence had ceased. Our difference with the
Editor Of the Standard being thus brought to close
we must now look upon the article which quote
from that paper of the 10th, to all intents and
purposes, the card of Gen. SAUNDERS. Need we say
that feel deeply conscious of the high honor con-
ferred upon by the notice of gentleman of the
political standing of Gen s..
He had placed in his hands, by friend, the CON-
mercial of May LIST, Sd, we presume is meant con-
tanning extract from the Journal" etc. 1t is
of the peculiartes of greatness like that of General
SAUNDERS, when it condescends to notice humility
like that of the Journal that it never discovers the
particular article So honored 1t is always "placed
in its hands by frend perhaps, instead of the
article ITSELF it is extract in the Commercial of
May lst'' which the friend presents to greatness
Quite striking phenomenon in the natural history
of greatness Very striking indeed but not original
with the General Rather worn out trick.
"Whilst he feels surprise at the qualification
manifested by the Editor of the Commercial in copy
ing the article evincing the recreaney Of pri-
cpal Democratic leader to the interests of his native
State, he does feel surprised that article so be-
raj and MUST should have emanated from Demo
cratic paper of the character of the Journal Now
this we call Intellectually amusing. viii the
General permit us to ask, in the most respectful
manner in the world, how the Democracy of the
Journal could should have induced the Editors
palliate his conduct at Petersburg The Journal
does not so understand Democracy. When Gen.
SAUNDERS employs his talents in the advocacy of
Democratic principles, can recognize him as a
Democratic leader but when he acts as he is report
ed to have acted at Petersburg, find some difficult
ty in selecting language strong enough character
ize his conduct In these matters we know nothing
of politics. When, in the fall of 1849 Ex-Governor
MoREHEAD made long speech in Petersburg of a
similar character to that of Gen. SAUNDERS we call
ed attention to it, but without any allusion to his
politics. Perhaps General S. rather liked the no.
tce of the Commercial than otherwise since it call
ed him ga principal Democratic leader We have
known Juvenile Quakers frolic to dof their garb
lest they should bring scandal on the society. The
Ex-Nliniser to Spain might profit by the hint, the
next time the spirit moves him to go on Virginia
Railroad frolic
g 1t may be the political standing of Gen. S. has
given birth to the article" The political standing
of Gen. s.! What has the political standing of Gen
s. got to do with u.s. Or with the Raleigh and Castor
Road, or with his speech in Petersburg? Or why
was the political standing of Gen S. alluded to at
all The allusion is perfectly uncalled for Its