Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-11-21
The meeting Of the Legislature.

The Meeting of the Legislature.
Both branches of the Legislature of North Caro-
lima meet to- day in the Capitol, in the city OF Raleigh
and WILL no doubt, be able to get promptly to bust
ness there being no reason to anticipate any delay
in the organization. ,
The regular communication by the Governor will
exhibit the position of afairs-the financial necessl'
ties Of the State and other matters of actual require
ment, viii will no doubt be pressed upon the at
tenton of tie Legislature.
We must take for granted that the long-agtated
question of equal suffrage will be finally disposed OF
at this session, for we feel assured that when sub
mitted TO the people, it will be promptly ratified at
the polls
The revenue laws of the State will require careful
revision more especially that feature imposing sucn
heavy and constantly reduplcatng tax upon the
sale of liquors, a feature which operates directly
AGAINST our own merchants and in favor of those of
neighboring States. AS for instance: MT A. OF
Wilmington, has to pay tax OF tive per cent upon
all liquors he sells to Mr.. B of Salisbury, or other
interior town, while, on the other hand, Mr. T., OF
Norfolk Petersburg Charleston, is not subject to
such tax and can therefore undersell MT. A. to that
extent. being such discrimination as no ow-prIced
LIQUORS will bear This trade is directly forced of
from our own towns to those of other States and not
only this particular trade, but other trade also tor
those who have 60 out of our State tor one staple
article will be apt to make their other purchases
where thew have 10 make that. The less OF tlnkerIng
or of empirical determinations between branches OF
business recognised legal, the better Let every
species of property and business bear fair share OF
the burdens of the State for The protection it receives
without any vindi"tye or prolbitory damages IN Inc
shape of taxation Daily Journal OF Monday
North Carolina Legislature.
We learn that the Senate organized Monday by
he election Of W. w. Avery, Esq, of Burke, as
Speaker, Mr. Hill. Of Stokes, Chief Clerk, the other
officers same last session.
The House organized by choosir j. G. Shepard
ESQ, of Cumberland, Speaker E. Canwel, Esq of
Raleigh Chief Clerk Geo. Howard Esq, of Wilson
Assistant Clerk; - Webster, of Chatham, prin
cipal Door Keeper; and Mr. Wright Assistant Door
Keeper.
, Tie attendance on Monday was very fair for an
opening day. We presume that little nothing will
be done until after Thanksgiving. 1t is quite proba-
Bile that the Governors Message was sent Ill on Tues
. day. but no copy has reached us.
b Tn. Northern Democracy.
i Overwhelmed as the Democrats of New England
" have been, by all the united and concentrated ism'
e of the day. their attitude such 10 command the
" highest respect of their brethren throughout the
It length and breadth of the land Such men, firm
u so uncompromsing so constantly reliable cannot al
ways be kept under They will yet win that victory
= which they have already emnently deserved an
once more be enab led take their places by the side
u of the conservative men of the 10 States that wen
Il for Buchanan and Brecknridge. The thirty.tWt
thousand Democrats of New Hampshire, in their de
~ feat, stand up as nobly the hftywo thousand o
70 North Carolina in their triumph. they fought tn
'e same battle-they labored to defeat the foes
tbev gave to James Buchanan three to four THOUSAND
=. more votes than they pollrd for their own fellow
- New. Hampshire man, Frank. Pierce. Is there an.
disgrace attaching to their defea, None, certainly
SO far as they are concerned. If there be disgrace
y it attaches to their foes 1t attaches TO those Thr
Degree Americana" who claimed to be national,
and vet went bodily for Fremont, the sectional Abe
, liton candidate.
~ New England is not all gone Neither is Ohio, nc
Michigan nor any other of the Northern States
"a Overgrown their soil may now be BY the noxlou
- weeds of Abotionism, and all the other isms of tn
H. day. there is still glorious remnant left of the see
- of true Democracy, deep-rooted and hardy, whc
no will eventually ougrow and dispossess all the no1
ious trash that now nterteres with its full develop
II, ment. These hings efemeral in their growt
nd and duration, but democracy, being truth is serna
Ike &C. Whom the Gods mean to destroy they first max
ng mad. Surely, this axiom of the ancents nevt
The more strikingy illustrated than the of the
gh position to The Democratic party in North Caron'
ose 1t is not enough for men enjoying prominent
md and prestige in their ranks to adopt OF aclo
totally ireconceable with all ideas OF fidelity tt
on interest. Of their own State, but it would
be- though the party workers determined tn
sire the acts and ais of these individuals should
wn adopted the acts and opinions of their party, whit
UGH thus placed in positions untenabe before the pc
are pie, and which only result in driving off thou
ands from their ranks, as thousands have alreat
Quo been driven leaving what, in 1846, triumpha
rho and apparently immovable majority, defeated
b.. hopeless minority in 1856. And this thing is q
ono over yet. While the Fillmore papers at the Sou
srenuousy denying and repudiating all idea
on; " fusion or 9 union with the Black Republicans
oes Pennsylvania, Mr. Rayner goes on to Philadelphia
49, lend all his aid to this " union or fusion" so ,
foo, pugnan TO the South. This fact is brought ho1
With Oe!o"O 0n"Oo" Vi oouo'' anu ye' we nnu eve
in evidence of determination, on the part of the Wi
&c workers, 10 bolster up, defend, ard finally fois up
nuo the opposition in this St tie an endorsement of
nif Rayners course. Artful CLOSES will be prepa
to support what thousands even of their own par
in the Northern city of Philadelphia rejected W
r;a contempt Surely, examination of these strar
Tho movements for years past will dvest the otherw