Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-31
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og ,rt5n Herald n,on Tho s,.at;o, Mr.
THE Ni ~ tbp above District is conceded, Fhe
rngmah ~ we have is from the SqartanhurgI
sest n,sress of the 9th nst which learns from
s. T., I;~dnt and active supporter OF Mr. CarmI-
inle i55rberfordton, (by private letter dated
baeI ID rnocnived lust as the Express going to
nh Dst all the counties in the District but four
Ies IL lizard from, and that enough of these tour
bad ossn 70 give Cingman majority OF one tho"-
aad votes oaspre to know that in all probability the
Ls@ Pfor this pestilent politician is cut down
GjoHY boIf-nerhaps even more-and that his
bout on nt', Buncombe, repudiated him. While we
Nd Ornocted his defeat, we yet bad hoped mat IN
Ndly s4RW b;g bv over $500 votes, that suf6-
}ISLH, bor Il members of that party would have
n n 4Iaocnre the election of NJ Carmichael And
f3.ea w. Aid not do so is problem in politics too
Wy u, FIR us at This distance, TO solve: Clingman
1c lu.,arod and deserted The party had gone over
bad side gwen the State TO Pierce and then
tine oIHgr os onnosed by one who had been consist
pbFas5i, rococv Of Wing principles, and yet Wings
n' !" az =; sufficient numbers to vote tor the former
r arca to the latter as to secure his election
oonsponent misrepresentation in Congress OF
na wv ;r;,v of the people of the District. This
be ms% of climbs 10 break ones political head
Sl' " ono of those operations we should conceive
si 5 nort;cularly disagreeabe. Yet our Mountain
:.o1s seem 10 relish the sport we CONFESS our IN
.,;,v 10 understand all this, 1t seems 10 US That
y. members of party, il the prlhciPie: OF mat
y. ~, oro worth sustaining, owe an allegiance not
,"y 5oJ Inv mere district lines, but universal. An
ga7;ance that overtops mere personal preference In
's5onoraI GOOD of the organization. II the Wings
" FL Maintain District were disposed out OF friend
lard 10 Mr.. Clingman Ia support nm IN prefer
..o7o Mr. Carmichael, yet it strikes us that they
.o15 have considered the interests OF their party
rrborp and have sacrificed their individual pre-
lance in order that the organization as such might
rmDb. You may speak OF the tyranny OF party,
~. % strict adherence 10 its rules is the only way 10
..snro success. Mere political associations cannot
-.., or at hest. thew have but a sicky existence,
-5on individual members place themselves in oppo-
finn 10 the plain requirements of the party, and, to
,,rre personal ends, endange2 general results
Tho result of the action of large portion of the
who's of the Mountain District is confirmatory of
ts In supporting Mr.. Clingman they have pros
rated their friends, and given rude rebuff to the
,ar.y which it may take years to undo.
Bit at the same time it proves this-that the Amer
ran party is very far from being "a Wing concern
-be mountains For if Carmichael had received
hal vote he would have been elected by near 5000
Majority
Before noticing The most remarkable feature of this
article let US correct some Of the figures. He says
hat this District is Wing by over $500 votes Why
at year General Dockery, who had nothing like the
Tng vote, got majority in the District of 3,443,
and now Mr. CliDgman has a ma ority Of ,495-
making a difference of some 5000 votes A great
CSC certainly in twelve months. From the Herald's
ray Of looking at the thing, we don't wonder that It's
Editor is out Of humor with the people up here
But the case for him is even much worse than this
1mo8t Of the Presidential elections which preceded
the Scott and Pierce contest, the maiorties for the
Whg candidates exceeded four thousand votes in the
District as then laid off. Gen. SCOTS vote was
however, cut down to some 1900 ma orty only. On
the re.disrictng the State, Immediately following
this election, the Herald's political friends IN the
legislature with such other help as they were able
0WoCure, with view of defeating Mr. Clingman
undertook to make the District still stronger Wing
They accordingly took away Cleaveland and Alexan
er the Caldwell portion of which, like CIeaveland
altogether Democratic, and put on the strong
Wing counties of Wilkes and Watauga-making thu
District 1t is true some 800 miles long, and very in
Convenient to canvass-but adding some 1000 to it,
Nrmer overwhelming Wing majority. AS the Dis
met now is constituted if men voted according 10 The
old party lines and associations, the Wing maj ority
would not be far either way from 5000. And ye
Mr. Clngman has been elected by nearly ffteer
hundred majority. According to the Herad's man
m Of looking at the result, it appears that his part,
has sustained a loss Of more than seven thousant
votes in this one District. We agree with our co
temporary that such thing is almost enough t.
disturb the equanimity of d political saint much les
trail brother like the Editor of the Herald.
But he says the people here have elected Mr.. Cling
nan to miSrepresent the District in Congress. Wha
a5lnguar mistake! Why of the eight thousand in
add who voted for Mr. Clingman, we do not know
'ose one who differs materially in principle from
MIN, or who does not IN the main approve his cours
IS Representative On the contrary many of thos
al ~, 81,
c1Ons to his course in Congress- and are even pleas
ed with his acts as a Representative We doubt i
any Representative in the Union is more general
0lorsed in this respect than Mr. c.
The late contest, however, turned chiefly on tn
merits OF the Know Nothing or American" party
though Mr.. C's course was brot up TO view in sue
respects as his opponents thought calculated to injur
nm His strenuous opposition to the new party wa
July endorsed and sustained by his supporters. Tn
herald may rest assured that large ajorily of thl
district are dead against the Order-a larger one ever
than Nh. Cs majority, fot the false reports circula
ed against him, lost number Of votes of men VIII
we're hostile to the order 1t ought also to be remem
seTed that Mr.. Cingman had not only TO fight th
AnOw Nothing organization, extensively ramifed a
was, and his old political enemies, hut also had tn
4uYe opposition OF almost the entire bar, consisting
gilmore than thirty members of influence, and larg
number Of preachers, Of different denominations, VIII
were aided by four newspapers published in the Dis
EcI hat Mr. c. should have succeeded agains
these influences, and many others which might b
named is high compliment to the intelligence an
independence Of our voters. The District would to
1aJ' IN our opinion, poll ma ority Of three thousan
votes against the order, for it is losing ground dali
Nnce the election.
6aIw wish now to call the attention of eyerybod
me most striking feature of the Herald's article
W.; lis complaint Of this District because the WhiG
aa moi rote for Mr.. Carmichael. Why the ears
Iugy0ody have been stunned for the last six month
, Sn The loud and repeated declarations of the He
NJ. aoo ITS co-labOrers to the effect that both the Of
SaL9eS Wing and Democratic, were dead-that the
I 3 long been rotten and corrupt, and ought to hay
~ su Tuch sooner than they did, and that every or
.ruS. Ieaye them as Lot did Sodom and GOmorra
r 1e run Tor refuge to the only hope of safety, Il
1 IeM American" party And now, after all th
arooa5 our people are to be snuffed at and kicke
Tlo decent society because they did not stick to II