Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-04-01
TIE WILMINGTON 10 URNAL
WILMINGTON. \. ., FRIDAY. ARM ], 1854


Congress.
In the first district appearances sanction the belief
that there will probably be Conventions of both parties
-Democratic and Opposition Who the opposition
candidate may be- VIC are unable to say-perhaps Mr..
Smith the gentleman whom DR.. Shaw defeated two
years ago The opposition has no better or stronger
man in that district We think tmore than likely that
a denomination vii. be rendered to Dr. Shaw by the
Democratic Convention should one be held but any
event the district possessed of large supply of talent
among its Democratic politicians. HILL Badham and
Person. among Others either of whom would represent
the district most ably and satisfactorily.
In the second district it seems to be conceded that
Col. Ruifn, Democrat, will be allowed to walk The
track II there be any opposition from any party, we
rather think that it is very slight
TO our own District we have already alluded. Mr.
Winsow is already in the field, so far as announcing
himself candidate for reelection subject to the action
of Convention, should the Democratic party think
proper to hold This is the proper ground aud it is
due to Mr.. Wnslow that the Democratic party in the
different counties should speak out frankly aud freely,
and indicate the which it may desire TO taken
1t is better always that these things should be done
openly and at once. We stand ready to act in accor-
dance with the will of party fairly and properly cx-
pressed.
In the Fourth District, that recently represented by
Hon. L. OBJ. Branch, we presume that the incumbent
will be candidate for reelection. From all that we
can learn, he will certainly be reelected.
In the Fifth district Mr. Gilmer the opposition
Der elected two years ago. will, VIC suppose, be again
candidate His majority considering the district, so
very largely antiDemocrac, and the fuss made over
him. so very largely dsproportiOned to his talents
services was SMALL humiiatngly small and, in truth,
had the Democrats only known their strength and
exerted it to the full Mr. Gmer might have been elect
ed to stay at home he had been the year before when
he offered for Governor-he could hardly have been said
to ru If the Democrats work together with harmony
and spirit, Mr. Gimer, good man in his way, will
have a chance to be so at home.
The Sixth district was represented in the last Con
gress by Hon. AN. Scales, who beat Mr.. Puryear
pretty badly although Puryear's whiskey is hard to
beat We take it that Mr.. Scales will again be can
didatc and will again be elected. Who will be the OPP
position candidate we have not beard. 1t has been
thought that Col. Puryear unwilling to give itup So
wants to try another turn the track, but his party
will hardly give him chance.
The Seventh District was represented by Hon. Bur
ton Craig who will no doubt represent it again. The
lerocity of the Wadesboro Argus is amusing its
ergy is startling. 1t has already slain Craig dcvoured
the loco focOs aud revolutionizcd the district The
left.
Mr. Craige will, Of course, be elected, and our worthy
friends of the Argus find that they have been firing
away all in vain
We have ,ready alluded incidentally to the mountain
district. We have only this to say If tie Democrats
allow local issues with which Congress has nothing tc
do and which have nothing to do with the election OF
representative to Congress- to divide them, then they
will act very imprudcntly, and will be Justly rewarded
by defeat.
We l2vc a few words to add on tho subject OF Con
rentons. We look upon Conventions or their cquva
Tents as always afIordng the safest fundamentally
for party organization General consent may, by usage
supply the place of II nomination or denomination but
to do so fully, there ought to be doubt about tho
matter. We think that il respectable number Of
Democrats in any district call for Convention, they
have right to have their wishes respected although
they may not apparently constitute majority. NIcr
faction u.s. of course another thing. Such things do no
necessarily nor indeed at all imply hostility TO any par
tcular person persons, Conventions meetings
friends not of cncu.ics-tbcy arc held to prevent ad
Just differences, not to create them.
We do trust that care will be taken and the hes
means adopted to make certain that the persons pu
forward in the several districts arc really the stronges
that can be put forward-that they really the choc
of the Democratic voters in their respective districts,