Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-02-02
God Save the State!


torica and from all that we have been able to find ou
from readry that of Others there never Oa
time in which the degeneracy of the age not ia
vourite topic Things amt they use to was.
Why that talk is as old as the hills and perhaps older
and suppose is about as true now as at any other
or former time and no truer-not bit truer 1t the
world had really kept going downward as the croakers
would have Us to believe we would have been landed
WELL some place array dorm, long ago, but here we are
under the bright of this lovely day of January 1860
there is peace in midst and do not feel at all in
cned to believe that you or we or any of u.s. dear reader
still dearer subscriber, bit worse than the people
used to be that before that deserve hang
nation or Reproduction and take it for granted that
we and readers pretty much like our neighbours
not much better and not much worse. We really think
that most OF the time people to do right, but hu
man nature is weak.
But there is thing that want particularly to
call attention to- because compelled to regard it
not simply as an aectation, but afectaon which
threatens danger tie country implying does the
part those chargeabe gect of duty which
devoves upon every citizen Of free country The citizens
of this country the depositores OF great trust-to
them has coded the preservation OF those liberties
for which the founders Of the Republic fought and bled
They have been tsed with the high prerogatves Of
scgoVernment and upon the mode in which these pre-
negatives exercised must depend the solution of the
problem of free government and of the fitness OF this
nation for its enjoyment These being facts which
not be disputed what shall think Of that astdiOus
ness which affects regard the science of government
something beneath the dignity Of our best people,
which, unconscousy perhaps catches the cant and re-
echoes the threadbare paudes about the degradation
of politics and politicians For the poitican-the
mere seeker after selfish expectancy we have as little
anybody but even too warm or excited an interest in
politics is preferable to apathy. If the proper study OF
mankind is man, and politics be the study of men, their
feelings and interests in large masses, we must think
that properly understood there is no study better calcu
lated to expand our ideas and enlarge sympathies
Indeed we must confess that seldom hear any citi-
zen of free country his apathy in regard to pub
lie affairs, or his contempt for them without painful
feeng-a kind of consciousness that something wrong.
It appears to that the who does not take su-
Gent interest in the institutions under which he lives to
induce him to go to the polls must value very lightly in
deed the sacrifices made by the patriots of the revolution
who risked their all to purchase the privileges which
many who lay claim to the highest intelligence,
temptously refuse to avail themselves Of Believe u.s.
this class as rule more to be blamed than the politi
cal Glass; for this last class is at least alive and in
est and mostly patriotic. Politicians are like other men,
It will never do to take for granted that all who sheer
at politicians are bit better than those they sheer at
---zTrUsC-NOt Quite.
On Friday last the House of Representatives came
near electing Speaker, but failed, because h. Joy
Morris, of Pennsylvania, John 7. Nixon, of n jersey
George W. Scranton, of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin
F. Junkins, of Pennsylvania having voted for VIM. n.
81. Smith, of North Carolina when they found that the
Democrats would 90 for him to man and elect him. did
change their votes to defeat the election of any conser
yative man whom the Democrats were willing to sup
port.
One Of these changelings, the Hon. E. Joy Norris of
Pennsylvania, is the person who has been pronounced
by the Louisville Journal and its satellites, member
with a " sound record upon the slavery question
The Democrats have done all they could while the
organs of the Opposition in Wilmington Raleigh and
elsewhere pouring, not vas but tubuls of wrath
upon their devoted heads, they were doing everything
they could consistent with honor to effect an organza
ton. The noble and chiValrous Bocock, of Virginia,
the fret choice of the Democrats led off for Smith and
the Southern Democrats followed and then such North
ern Democrats McCernand and Morris, OF Illinois,
John Cochrane, of New York, Vaindngham of Ohio
and others, being assured that Mr.. Smith was not
Know Nothing, and repudiated the doctrines of that
party.
Mr.. Smith electe if the Pennsylvania socaled
Americans had not flown the track and changed their
votes. We'll might Mr.. Hindman, of Arkanzas speak
of the nsncery of the Americans after Mr. Scranton of
Pa after voting for Smith, not only changed his vote
from him, but pat Tom Corwn in nomination.
Things squally, and old Thaddeus Stevens of
Pennsylvania, moved an adjournment until Monday
The Globe of Saturday withholds a good part of
the proceedings of the House Friday at the request Of
members who wish to revise their reasons assigned for
changes etc. We copy the vote from another paper.
The vote as it finally stood was announced as fol-
lows: -
Whole number of votes. .......................22
. Necessary to choice .....................ll
Mr. Sherman received. .106
Mr.. Smith, of North Carolina. liz
The remainder were scattering
The following is the detailed vote:
For Mr.. Sh'Tmdn.-Messrs Adams of Massachusetts,
Aldrich, Alley, Ashley, Babbitt, Beae Bingham Blair
Blake Bray ton Bufinon Burngame Burnham Burroughs
Buterfe!d Campbell, Carey, Carter, Case, Cofax Conk
ling, Corwn, Covode, Curtis, Dawes Deano, Duen Dunn
Edgeron Edwards Eliot Ely Farnsworth, Fenton Ferry
Foster Frank French Gooch Graham, Grow Gurley Hale
ball Haskin Hejmick Hickman Hoard, Humphrey, Hut.
nOis Kenyon kilnger Leach of Michigan, Lee, Longneck
sr.o o MaITH os 6 Nc
ton Perry Pettt Porter Potter Pottle Rice Robinson of
hode island Royce, Schwartz, Sedgwick, Somes Spaud
ing, Spinner Stanton Stevens, Stewart of Pennsylvania
Iappa1 Ihayer Theaker Tompkns, Train. Trimble,
deVer, Van Wyck, Yerree Wade Wadron, Walton Wash
burn of Wisconsin, Washbun of Illinois, Washburn OF Maine
Wells, Wilson, Window and Woodruf-l08.
For Mr.. Smith, Of North Cdrona-Nessrs Adams of
Kentucky, Anderson of Missouri Anderson of Kenuckv
Ashmore, Avery Barksdae Barr Barrett Bocock Bonha
Boteer, Doulgny Boyce, Brabson Branch Briggs Rr;S
tow Burch, Burnett Horace F. Clark Clark Of MO- Ciem
Copton Cobb John Cockrane Cooper Cox Craige of
n Co. Craig of No. Crawford, Curry, Davidson Davis of
Md Davis Of Miss, Dejarnet Dimmick Edmundson Eng
sh Etheridge Florence Fouke, Garnett Gartre Gimer
Hamilton Hardeman Harris of Md Harris of Va Hatton
Hawkins, Hill Hindman, Houston, Hughes, Howard Jack
son, Jenkins Jones Keitt, Kunke Lamar Landrum Lar
Tabee, Leach of n C., Leake, Logan Love Mallory Mo-