Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-04
TEF WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
our District Convention.

o+ ooetber for the purpose OF ascerE1lh'hs Viz VIII
nd wish of the democrats of the district In regard to
Win shall be the democratic candidate for congress
At the election in August. Now, in view Of these
considerations, of which, we presume, all will admit
the force, we would beg leave to place before our
readers the following resolution copied from the pro-
ceedings of the Democratic Convention in the fourth
district, which we commend to the attention and
careful consideration of our democratic friends IN this
RESOLVED That in voting for candidate in Convention
that the vote be by Counties and that any delegate
may cast the whole Democratic vote of said County as poed
In the Gubernatoral election of 1854 and that each dele
CATION determine for whom the of said County shall be
cast may be determined in by the
delegation from each county
The object of the Convention being to arrive at the
will Of the Democrats Of the District, we sincerely
think The above is the fair and proper mode OF dong
So 1t gives 10 the delegation from each county the
precise weight to which the Democrats they repre-
sent are entitled and no more Voting upon the
basis of the representation 10 which each county is
entitled in the House of Representatives is manifesty
unequal, since it gives to the five or six hundred
Democratic voters of Columbus or Bladen no more
influence than to the one hundred of Richmond.
The thing will strike every reader at once and at
present we shall content ourselves with commenting
jaw w.
Governor is about the most unfavorable that could be
selected for this county, butf through our own apathy
or our own divisions, we submitted to reduction OF
our Democratic VOTE it is but right that we should also
submit to q reduction of our influence in the conVen-
tons of the District, until shall have come up a.
gain to the right mark, and reestablIshed ourselves
in that position 10 which our real strength entities U.S.
Fz It strikes us that OF the people OF Kansas
or of the border countries of Missouri acting very
foolshly as well as improperly that in their yea for
slavery, they are doing muclr that must eventually
prejudice the cause they set themselves up to defend
Violence and illegaty cannot fail to produce reac
ton against the cause which they claim to assist and
in the end produce state of things deeply TO be re-
GREETED.
1t would appear that Governor Reeder is unpopu-
lar with certain portions of these People-Whether
Justly or unjustly we do not pretend to say nor Is
the decision Of this question at all important in this
connection. If there are reasons why he should be
removed there is proper mode and manner OF pro-
ceedure by representations in the proper quarter
Instead Of this it seems that they have chosen to
take the matter into their handsto threaten to
drive the Governor out of the Territory, and either
to elect Governor on their own hook or TO dictate
10 the President who shall be the Governor TO be ap-
pointed in Reeder's place after that gentleman shall
have been driven out. Now, this is nothing more
nor less than plain revolution-a direct notification
of laws constitutionaIly enacted, and a defiance of
duly constituted authority. This is wrong, no matter
how unpopular Reeder may be, and we need hardly
say how vitality important ii is for the South to be
strictly right in every step of the controversy now
pending.
The truth seems to be that, in the effort to secure
the control of the new territory and future State,
both parties o-slavery and nslavery, are using
every in their power to carry the elections, and
that furtherance of this object, men have crossed
the line from the neghboring States to vote, as well
from Iowa from Missouri and that the Governor, as
in duty bound has endeavored to illegal voting
by persons not bona fde residents OF the territory
prescribed by the law organizing it, hence the outcry
which has been raised against him on all hands,
But, be this as it may, the means resoed to to &c
rid of him are Illegal unustfabEe and must do harm
They must deprive the South of that strong position
of right and legality, which it has held against Nor
thern fanatcism and should therefore be discourage
by Southern men.
OUR STEAMER.-As will be seen by the foreig
news, our one steamship-the pioneer of STEAMSHIP
communication between Wilmington and the North
has gone down in the deep waters The North Carolin
made two or three trips out here. We all went dow
and looked at her-we considered her "some ship
We, that is to say, the Editors gave her dimension
and all about her, and pulled her up generally afte
the orthodox usage of editors in such cases. W
gave full sweep to our imagination, and there ros
up before it whole acres of screw.steamers well
paddle-wheels, plying between this port and those
Europe Asia, Africa, South America California
Australia Shallotte and Little River to say nothn
of New York, New Orleans and other cities soon
sink into comparative insignifcance in presence
out rising splendors We fancied the Journal swell
ed out to the dimensions of three blankets, two
forts and " spread filled with all sorts of adve
tisements too to mention, and, most orio
of all, the Editors were to be rich-worth millit
minute, for at least one minute on an average
But only to think of the cruel prosecutions Of
untoward fate The steamer returned to the Nor
and did come back 10 gladden. eyes any more. s.
went to Europe in hopes of getting engaged by tt
British government as an accomphce IN KILN
people at Sebastopol, carrying Mimic Rifles and do
bic. barrelled Irshmen with percussion locks and r
coats Now all our hopes very finally at an en-
Our million 4 minute has melted into the thi
nest sort Of air The neucleus around which W
to form the acres Of steamers is in the deep bosom
the ocean buried" We leave the reader 10 d" phan
our pheenx.'
Cooley Graham and Putnam for May are on O
table, where they have been left by Mr.. Whitaker.
Cooley is pleasant, gossipy affair, made up of
erature and lace. fancy and fashions, with drectio
for cookery and crochetwork all marvellously mi