Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-08-20

FRANKLIN PIERCE
pSrCharles the Second very polite man,
and his last act. we believe was to make an apollo
gy to those around him. for being such an uncon-
scionable time in dying" We owe some such apol-
ogy to readers but especially to friend
and associate Mr.. Price, for getting SO unconscon
ably sick about election times, thus throwing upon
him all the trouble of arranging the confused, and
sometimes contradictory returns which have been
received from the various portions of the State.
AS we find matters now, the only subject of doubt
difficulty seems to be in regard to the Legisla-
ture The reelection of Gov. Reid by an increased
majority, is conceded upon all hands; and it will
hardly do for our contemporaries of the Wing press
to take refuge this time behind the unpopuarity of
their canddate-they certainly cannot do so with
out giving the lie to professions yet trembling the
lips of Wing orators. and hardly yet dry in their
columns. The papers-the respondences-extoll-
ing Mr.. Kerr above that is known among men
have not yet ceased reaching us from distant por-
lions of the State while nearer Wing cotempo-
raries received not week since, are full of nothing
else. Mr. Kerr's defeat then, was party triumph :;
not, contended before mere personal mat
ter, arising from Mr.. Manly's unpopularity There
be no doubt that Mr.. Kerr's party friends made
ascendency in the State. We know how strenuous
ly it has been insisted that North Carolina is
Wing State-that the election of Democratic Gov
ernor two years ago, was an accident which could
not again occur, and that the triumphant election
of MIR. Kerr would prove it to have been Thus
the issue made and accepted. The result is
known-Mr. Reds majority is as likely to be FIVE
thousand rs anything else.
We recollect remarking, when the news of Genl
SCOTS nomination was received" That secures
Reids election" We believe that somewhat SIM
liar remark was made by almost everybody those
who did not make it, thought it. We ask our read
ers-Whigs as we'll as Observation-Disclosures some
thing very like this did not strike them at the time
The event has turned out so. Does not the
event of the recent election, under all the circum
stances strike every an indication of the f.
nal result in November! 1t does strike US, and
will venture to say, that the returns then will
fully bear out. presentiment of this kinda feel
ing that the State will go for Pierce and Kng-has
place in the Utmost thoughts people Of both par
tes-even of the most enthusiastic partzans of the
opposite opinion.
As for the legislature that is still in doubt At best
only hope for a very meagre majority on
Joint ballot. At the worst-there is danger-tho'
slight, of that majority being on the wrong side
the most probable contingency is that there may be
a te-a grand fght-a useless and interminable
session. This state of things might have been pre-
vented-our ascendancy in the Legislature might
have been placed beyond the shadow of doubt
and the political complexion of the State determined
for years. had it not been for operating with
in our own ranks-causes which we can and must
control hereafter. We allude to disposition to fly
off the handle-to sacrifice the permanent Interests
of the party to the ambition. the hopes, or tn.
private feelings of indivduals-to confound disor
ganization with independence, and treat disorgan
izers superlative patriots. We have hardly los
a member in the East from any other cause-if W.
have lost the Legislature, it is from other caus
if continue to throw away the legitimate ad
vantages of our position, it will be from no othe
cause and ourselves will be responsible, if here
after give any aid or comfort counenance assis
lance to those who endeayor to foent strife and div
sons in our ranks. We say now, let bygones be BY
gones' but also say in the language of Mr. Brecl
enbridge, in the House of Representatives-''th
thing must be put stop to- The late election hs
shown this too plainly 10 be misunderstood eva
ded. Look at the counties of Johnston BLADDER
Lincoln and others-strong, undoubted, and usual
reliable Democratic counties, and yet, in these thr
strong counties we have lost four members
which is equal to change of eight in
Legislature as important and as closely contested
that soon to assemble. We leave the responsible
of this with those who did it. We leave the rewa
with their fellow citizens
We must know who is with US, and who is not
acts speak louder than words the lines must
drawn, and it must be felt and understood. that
that is not for us is against us-that the busy m
chief-maker is more to be guarded against than /
open and manly antagonist.
Accident C the Railroad.
We learn that the mail train coming down lsat s.
urday morning, met with accident while passi
the treslle work about seven miles above Teache
depot: occasioned by the breaking Of one of t
wheels of the hindmost passenger car throwing t
car, in some measure, off the trestle-work, a