Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-02-20
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL
0o- An absence Of even the briefsst duration in.

Ns- An absence of even the brefest duration in'
wolves an accumulation of matters requiring notice
at our hands. Having returned last evening" and
seeing for the frst time in eight days any North
Carolina paper, with the exception of one issue OF
our own daily, ii will be impossible for US to-day
pay our respects to our coemporarieS genera'iS "S
we could wish. We will merely glance at some
points, touching first upon such references W 'nS
Journal as are to be found In the Fayetteville observer
Of the 9th inst The Observer says that the Standard
and Journal represent the members OF both Houses
as having been welded at will by General Dockery'
although the General was in hopeless mnorlty'-
What the Standard may have said, we dc not Aow
recollec nor is it important that we should've leave
that paper to take of itself, duty to the dis
charge of which it is fully competent. The alluSIon
made by the Journal was in reply to the attempt OF
the Observer to deduce an attack upon the Democratic
party from some rather forcbe remarks OF the Jour-
nal on the passage of the Cheraw Railroad DILL we
said then as we saw now that the fact OF the sponsor
and most efficient friend of the bill being General
Dockery, the leader Of the opposition, the Standard
bearer whose name graced the head of the editorial
columns of the Observer is sufficient 10 demonstrate
the absurdy of the attempt 10 make party question
of this affair." or to coin party capital out OF it, against
the Democratic party.
Let US look again at this matter. When we spoke
of cutting the throat of the State and drew from that
the illustration did, we supposed and still suppose
that every man of common sense understood that We
simply meant it as an illustration and not as sug-
oestion. We trust that nobody takes us for fools
enough to suggest such sIaughtering course to be
pursued towards men, many of whom are personal
friends, neither could We, nor we for an instant
oko, thn nfallI
editors of the Observer as 10 believe that they did,
But eI en- assuming for moment that we had sng'
gested such course, the result would have been to
leave % Democratic survivors and only opposition
among those voting in the House, 80 that adopting
this test the Democrats would stand three times bet
fer than their opponents. Seventy Democrats voted
upon the bill for the Cheraw and Coal Field r. H.
forty-eight for it, twenty-five against IT. mat ID 10
say that rather more than two to one OF the Demo
Gratis voted for the BILL Thirty-fve opposition voted
on The bill, precisely half many as the Demo-
Gratis. Ths opposition vote stood twenty-elght Tor
the BILL to seven against it, being precisely four to
one opposition votes in favour of the bill, so that
even upon this point the position of the Democrats
was near about twice as good as that of their oppo'
nents.
But again, since the Observer will have it, let US
turn 10 General Dockery. Did not General Dockery
represent himself as the fast friend of Wilmington,
and of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Railroad? Certainly he did. He had presided over
the last meeting Of stockholders of the company
ganzed for the construction Of that work, and when
he advocated this Cheraw scheme project benef
cial 10 the interests of Wilmington and its railroads.
what wonder if gentlemen of both parties from other
sections believed in and acted upon his representa-
tions. With General Dockerys motives, or other
peoples motives, do not propose now to interfere,
but these are the facts.
We have shown, we think, conClusively, that the
attempt to make party capital out of this matter of
internal improvements must prove futile as It is GER
tanly wrong and impolitic We have never treated
it as such. We have taken our own course plainly
and decidedly upon our own convictions of what ap'
peared TO us to be for the best interests OF the State
For that course responsible as citizens of the
Stale and residents of Wilmington, not as Democratic
partizanS If we allude to the matter at all, in po
lcal point of view, it simply for the purpose Of
meeting attacks upon the Democratic party, which
we feel 10 be as unjust and disingenuous we know
them to he detrimental 10 the cause of internal i'm
provements and pu ious 10 the best interests OF the
State. 1t may be, that feeling warmly, may, a
times, have expressed ourselves strongly. Those op
posed to us may make what capital they can agains
the Journal on this point. They make none
against the Democratic party.
Daily Journal 14h inst
THE CLOSE OF THE ELECTIoN-On Wednesday thu
11th inst we witnessed the last of the Presi
Dental election-the final counting of the votes ii
the hall of the House of Representatives, in presence
of the members of both houses. The Senate, in
BODY, Is President
the seats assigned. The President of the Senate
was president of the convention of both houses. anc
took his place in the Speakers chair the Speaker
the House on his left Tellers on the part of botl
houses took their place at the clerks desk. Thu
President of the Senate stated what to be done
and commenced by opening the vote of Maine ant
handing it to the ellers, by whom it was read AM
taken down. So on with all the other States. TIL
vote of Wisconsin purported to have been cast th
4th Of December, instead of on the Sd, the day re
CURED by law. In reading the vote of Wisconsin
and in stating the result, the tellers allude
to this fact. The President of the Senat
in announcing the result, gave the vote in
Guiding that of Wisconsin. Many gentlems
and recorded their protest against this as like
ly TO form unsafe precedent, and motion Wa
made to reject it. The President of the Senate be
ing in the Chair decided against putting such motor
The Senate there the Senate, and not BLEND
ed into the House The bodies were seperate and WEI
onlyogeher for specific purpose mot for joint voting
General Cass arose and stated his views. The House
could on y entertain motions in their own chamber
and organized according to the Constitution. TIL
Senate retired to its chamber for consultation, an
the House, with the Speaker in his seat, took up h
huf he he mof