Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-05-16
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
WELLINGTON, N. c., MONDAY, MAY -, 1856.
Attacks upon Candidates.

Democratic press, has aYowed her preference Tor
Franklin Pierce as her first choice for the Pres-
dency but in doing So she makes the express reser
walton that should the Cincinnati nomination fall |
unon some other good and true Democrat occupying
an equally sound position, the Democracy of North |
Carolina will give him equally hearty support. |
This We look upon as the correct position. We
like Mr.. Pierce, but that is no reason why we |
should dislike other good and true Democrats.
There are few self-styled Democratic politicians
in the United States, at the head of newspapers
and some not who affect peculiar friendship for par
tcular gentlemen supposed 10 be aspirants for the
Democratic nomination to the Presidency, and seem
to think it essential to the promotion of their IA
vorte, that bitter and unscruprous warfare should
be waged upon the present administration Are
these politicians sincere friends to the Democratic
party, or of the particular gentlemen to whom they
affect such devotion We do not believe that they
are. The Democratic party must and will 60 into
the next canvass endorsing the leading features OF
Democratic policy, which have marked the admins
tration of President Pierce The Kansas and Ne
braska Bills-the Missouri Compromise repeal-the
vindcation of Southern institutions, or, speaking
more properly, of State Rghts-all the fundamental
measures and recommendations must and Will be en-
dorsed because they in direct accordance with the
nrnciples of the party, which patty must and Will
sink or swim, survive or perish upon Its principles
and their practical application; so that IN TACT lhese
swearing and yirulent attacks upon President Pierce
amount to attacks upon the Democratic party OF
whose principles and policy he is for the time being
the exponent; and, let add, the able and conscl
entious exponent.
So much for the Democracy Of these disconnected
politicians Let us now look for moment at the
effect of their course upon their own favortes4 or at
least those whom they would have US regard as their
fsvores In taking their position as the bitter VEN
omous, and incorporating enemies OF Presoent
Pierce, they commit those whom they pretend 10
serve 10 similar posOn-they certainly lrrltate Mr.
Pierce's friends whose selfrespect would lead mem
to avoid any compromise with his and their bitter
traducsrs.
Mr.. Buchanan is now unfortunate in having the
sunnort of number of these horseleaches, who are
doing more harm to that distinguished statesman
than all the open enemies he has in the world Nine
in ten of these people raise quite an cutlery the whole
Of which being sifed, amounts to this The Ad-
ninistration did not entertain quite as high an opn-
ion of these persons and their claims as they did
themselves and did not give them all the offices and
ton is wanting in discrimination, and destitute OF any
moral virtue That's about the amount Of the thing
Rss- The Hall of Smith & Nixon, at Cincinnati
capable of seating over 1000 persons, has been &C.
leced as the place in which TO hold the Democratic
National Convention.
This convention will assemble in some three weeks
and the interest with which the entire country awaits
it's action, forms a naked commentary upon the
events protestations and assertions of few months
past. Election after election had gone against the
Democrats at the North, and even at the South IN
the cities and towns the new order had been trlum-
phant until boastfuy asserted that it had arisen
upon the ruins of the Democratic as we'll as OF the
Wing party, even in face of the fact that Henry A.
Wise had met it in open fight, and driven it back
from the borders Of Virginia
Who now, unless ambitious of the reputation OF
reckless foolhardness stupid ntatuatlon talks OF
the ruin" of the Democratic party, or doubts tor a
moment that it is, not simply power, but beyond
question, the power in the country That to the de-
alterations of its national convention the country looks
with the deepest interestlooks 10 1t to furnish h'
onIv national basis upon which conservative mel
can unite for the safety of the Union and the right
of the States While the Philadelphia affair wa
meagsr-thny attended, and generally regarded a
a flash in the PAM every State, and every district IL
the Union, will be fully represented at Cincinnati
even South Carolina, although, under ordinary cir
Cumstances, opposed to conventions, will be presen
at Cincinnati in the persons Of her ablest and hes
men. The rejoicing over the ruins of the Democrat
ic party were somewhat premature, it strikes US.
&C. We really fear that the Herald will continu
to be very seriously msled, long it attaches an
importance to the statements of the Washington Or
gan. The Organ certainly misled its readers abou
the action of the Philadelphia City Councils, in re
fusing extend the usual courtesies to Mr. Buchan
an. Again, in regard to the recent municipal cleo
ton in Philadelphia, it has tried 10 create tho impress
sion that the Democratic victory was the result of
division in the anti Democratic forces the Repub
lcsns," says the Organ, had ticket in the field an
were determined vote it for the purpose of defeat
ing the American party, and thus compelling it t.
abandon Mr. Fillmore &C., &c.
&C This is undoubtedly true" The Republican
had ticket in the field, and the candidates on it 90
votes as follows For Mayor, 291; for Comptroller
3o2; for Tax Receiver 265; for Commissioner, 271
This was mere circumstance the Republicans, a
body, voted: as they have always done, with tn
know-nothing party, in that city
These figures are official taken from the report
the return judges, given in the Philadephi
Bulletin, (know nothing) of the 9Th inst. The Wash
ington Organ is horribly unreliable " bad egg,
80 to speak. 1t may not mean anything by it, bu
those who quote anything from will find themselve
near about much fooled as if it did mean that the