Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-07-25
passing through

h onirv alone the line of the road and off it too.
There must have been very great qnanlity OF "heaS
raised this season in Western North Caroilna' IL
TO have done better than the corn, which is
nnnsuallv BIZ ckward and suffering for rain in many
nIaces The crop is generally late. lew good
i seasons , would bring things out, but they are
much needed The fruit does not look very yell, at
| least the peaches do not.
Railroad is surprising, and quite encouraging to the
friends of the Road. We really think that in very
short time the Road will pay the interest on the State
debt incurred for It's construction 1t starts with
| splendid equipment, and very sofia ROAD way, anu
little or no debt About the management we are I'M
able to speak There will always be objections, but
there can be no doubt in mind that the Directory
have taken iudicous course in running day
schedule through, for the business is ncompara-
| bly, more important on that line than the through
Politics about waking up In most OF the west
ern counties, the local tickets having been pretty
generally perfected during the past week.
&C. The attempt of the opposition will evidently be
to throw the election into the House of Representa-
tive and in view of III they arranging things so
as to obtain control of that body in the vote ny
States, as they now have in the vote by Members
Illinois stands about evenly divided, and IN voting
for President would either present tie and not vote
at ALL or else vote for the Democratic candidate
By oustng Democrat, this state of things will be
changed, and this change has actually been brought
about by the passage of resolution declaring Col
lien not entitle to his seat in Congress as repre-
sentative from Illinois, An attempt 10 declare " m.
B. Archer the contestant elected failed by two votes,
so that The matter will 20 back to the people of the
District for whom it remains to say whether their
choice is 10 be overborne by the despotsm OF ma
iorty in Congress, their member expelled for the
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We take the more notice of this action of the House
which took place on Friday last from the fact that
Mr. Aliens visit to this place last spring brought us
acquainted with the and his principles, and we
feel that such men i'll be spared from Congress
like the present, in which good men are scarce The
Union says truly that in the whole House there was
no more faithful and efficient representative, and
more reliable Democrat, and none more ardently de-
voted to the Union and the Constitution than Mr. Al
len.
The New York Herald intimates that Mr. Hall Of
Iowa ought be declared not elected. Mr.. Hall IS
Democrat, and if they only expel him. that
will secure the State for Fremont So it goes. Such
are The preparations to carry things when an the
House Let US see how they are to be carried INTO IT.
In Pennsylvania there remains little doubt but
that TO all intents and p' rposes the fusion between
the Fillmore and Fremont parties will be complete
and thorough, there being but one anti Democratic
electoral ticket in the field, to be supported by Know
N0th;ngs and Black Republicans In Connecticut
there will be no regular Fillmore electoral ticket the
State Council have set al nought the bull of Pope
Bartlett and resolved TO 60 for Fremont Some Sc
ceders oppose the move, and WILL W, suppose, get
charter from Covington, KY, but eventually the
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siton and the Fremont wing of The opposition being
the stronger, will carry the day. rather be centred
on in that State. In Vermont ii has been decided 10
run Fillmore ticket. The same conclusion has
! Just been arrived at in Maine. In fact throughout
the Northern States the movement will be- to shape
the to present the most avaa bic opposi-
| ton in each locality, with view, not of elecng
either Fillmore Fremont by the people, but of de-
| featng the election of Buchanan. In Missouri old
Tom Benton Is doing his best to promote the same
object, while affecting to support Buchanan he and
his partzans rejected at the Cincinnati Convex ton,
now proposing to divide the Democratic strength by
running Il separate electoral ticket nominaly for
Buchanan, but with the practical effect Of weakening
his chances the State to the precise amount of eve.
ry vote which the Benton Irregular ticket may re-
ceve, Benton being, TO the very nterio" Of his som.
aCh, in favor Of his son-in-law Fremont, and his
daughter JESSIE who, by the way, to have gone
qui'e warmly into the canvass. We would have
said bottom of his heart, but that we doubt whether
he has such thing
While this is the programme now fast revealing
itself at the North, somewhat different state OF
things presents itself at the South. But though diff
ferug in appearance, the result is designed be the
same, although we presume that many who will ex
EFT themselves to bring it about a-e unconscious O.
the use 10 which they to be put, while we feal
that Others only too willing to do almost anything
to break down the Democracy. The gentlemen com
posing the very large and respectable audience pres
ent al the discussion between Gov. Bragg and Mr.
Gilmer in this place, hardly have forgotten OF
failed to have been struck with the question put tt
the latter gentleman by the former as to whether he
Mr. Gilmer, like Mr.. Rayner, was prepared to unite
with any party or parties in opposition to the Democ
racy without regard TO their position on the question
of slavery, provided they recognized the paramount
obligations of Americanism: This question Mr. Gil
mer failed to answer leaving it to be inferred tina
he was. People cannot fail to have noticed and Il
, draw have their own conclusions.
Evidently then, any electoral vote given to Nj
Fillmore at the South must tend to promote the ea
ing object of the Northern coalitionists which is
defeat the election OF Mr. Buchanan by the peoplt
9 throwing the election into the House in which III
q cards are being stocked see and have seen.
. This stale of things has been fol and tn
necessity of southern union upon the candidates tn
only safe and available national marty has hnan fn