Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-11
The Nenonsvilie RAILROAD Convention.

On the 22d day of last month, Convention was
held in the town of Kenansvilc, Dupln county, for
the purpose of taking measures with reference to
proposed Railroad, intended to run from Fayetteville
to Beaufort via Clinton, Kenansville, etc. Naturally
supposng that the proceedings of the Convention
would be sent to u.s. for publication as those of 9TH
err meetings have always been. never dreamed of
looking abroad for them, in the papers of other
Places and did not therefore, notice them, as they
appeared in the Fayetteville Observer, of the oath
which we find, on examination, that they did they
did not, therefore, appear in paper of the 28th
Our next weekly paper-that of last week, and the
only one upon which anything like neglect can fairly
be charged-went TO press the day of election
which naturally engaged attention, to the neglect
of other matters. We publish the proceedings in
question TO day. Had they been received by u.s. as
we expected they would have been, they would, Of
course, have appeared the 2Sth, and no delay
would have taken place; how the delay since has
occurred, have shown
We make these remarks because of some move.
ments gotten up, learn, with reference TO this
matter, by some parties in Dupln-and, perhaps
elsewhere-and for the purpose Of placing il fairly
before the public, as understand that we, in COM
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been charged with illiberality and with having nee
iected to publish these proceedings on account of
jealousy supposed TO exist here against the proposed
work. 4 review of our course for years-during
which we have published as much if not more mat
ter OF this character than any paper in the State,
certainly mole to our own, individual, pecuniarv in
jury-mlght, we think, have saved us from this i'm
putauon and Will, now, we feel confident, be suff
Gent TO convince every rejecting mind of the nius
tcc which it does And, permit us to saw to some
who seem 10 take pleasure as well as an active
interest IN representing this matter 10 our detriment
that we cannot but think it hard that because in tho
pressure OF business, and in the crisis of an mpor-
tant election, with matters of party character to at
tend TO, which could not be postponed We for one weak
accidentally neglected TO publish proceedings which
We were not even requested 10 publish we should
be denounced, and an excitement endeavored to he
raised against us, The resolution of the Convention
Is that they 1.-THE proceedingsl be published in the
Fayetteville and Salisbury papers, without a word
of reference TO any other paper We cannot bpt
regard this apparently ungenerous omission as purev
accidental and 1t certainly would have had no efec,
whatever in preventing our publishing matter of 81
much interest 10 large number of our patrons alono
the line Of the proposed Road Tie Journal - :;
essentially newspaper and it is the interest and
the constant aim of its publishers 10 give every mat
ter OF Importance to its readers as fair return fo,
the price OF subscription.
But let this matter pass. We trust that our expla
PLANTATION will be satisfactory even to some of our rate
friends. We would say word, too, upon the nosi,