Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-01-10
TIE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
WTLSnNGToN, n. c., THURSDAY. JAN. 10. 1850.

in the teleoraphic arrangements OF the Wilmington
Lo,,,nol oice That is right The Journal takes dis
matches and pays them, and is willing that its slow
coach coemporary should read and profitby them We
would further inform the Standard and other enquirers
that dispatches furnished by the agent of the
ISOLATED press unless where otherwise indicated and
given to the public precisely SENT the same dispatches
being sent to our neighbor of the Herald. We give
this information for the enlightenment of those who not
having enterprise enough to find out these things prac
tcay for themselves try to make hullabaloo. Prob
ably the telegraph is not Democratic institution &C
cording to the Standards standard How we print
our paper set up dispatches is own business
What private dispatches we send or receive is no more
anybodys business than what private letters we send
receive and the attempt to spy into the is on par
with a similar attempt to peer into the other.
The Raleigh Standard trying to display its bitterness
towards u.s. simply succeeds in parading its own igno-
rance. 1t strikes like blind adder 1t talks OF the
dispatches published in paper unworthy efforts to
influence the public mind. The Standard ought to
know if it does not that we have nothing whatever to
do with the making of our dispatches.
We will add word or two to what We have already
said although perhaps that may be unnecessary. For
the Standard to talk about sop is the most supremey
ridiculous thing in the world That paper has had
pretty much all that the Democratic party, while in
power has had to bestow We will venture to say that
the Office of the Wilmington Journal actually did as
much freely in the way of printing and distributing
tickets and hand bills for meetings. etcetera lor the
Democratic party during the past year, the gross
amount Of all the patronage it received during its
whole existence from the State Government Of North
Carolina. But the dsnerested Standard after fatten-
ing upon public patronage for years, raises dismal
universal how'll it loses its sops. The Stan
dord has shown its hand plainly enough has lost its
head.
What the private relations have been going to
be between Gov Ellis and the Editor of the Standard is
none of our business any than those between
and the Governor are has, These are not matters for
newspaper discussion. 1t is enough that salts
fed. When we cease to be, shall not call upon the
Standard, that is reasonably certain.
We will not Stoop to characterize the attempt made
to create prejudice against Governor Ellis because
he does not choose to withdraw his confidence and re-
gard from friend and Democrat whom he has known
for years. simply because Mr. Holden has adopted the
cant of the Known othing party, which he COM
batted as earnestly as did, We leave that to ap
precating public. Neither 90 we to refer to the
attempt to excite similar prejudice against person
ally That will fail We precisely the people
we were when we supported Cass and Pierce and Bu-
chanan and Breckenridge and we did not, during the
past year, covery sneer at the President for not bow
ing down to the dctation of peculiar clique In fact
we may say this much, and the common sense OF the
reader will fully confirm remarks that when speak
er paper is compelled to- the exhibition Of personal
feeling resort to personal reference to create preu
dices against opponent it is plain evidence of de-
feat 1t is course to which we will not resort even in
retaliation We leave it to those whose mental and
moral calibre it suits.
We see that the Fayetteville Observer jealous con-
rere of the Standard takes up the howl of its Raleigh
copartner We trust that it will not get boarse too
soon
It is great comfort that force and fuss are not
Interchangeable terms else would be slain by the fuss
ness Of cur Raleigh and Fayetteville contemporaries Yet
we still live" Notwithstanding the power to kill "
vested in one of them and we are still compelled keep
troubling friend Murphy for very considerable guam
titles of printing paper.
The Standard misses its mark again, when it talks
about our using the term su6issionsss We are fully
that there very many men at the South who
are anything but submSsionists although they differ
from US in opinion The word submssionist has beer
used by the Standard ten times where it has been useC
byus The Standards attempts to get up hostility
against US are too foolish for anything.
By A committee of members of Congress, repre-
senting Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina Tennessee
Kentucky, Delaware, Arkansas Ohio, Indiana Penn
sylvania and New jersey under the name of Border
States" have adopted propositions for the setIemen
of the national troubles We have reason to believe
that these propositions claiming even less than the SoutE
has clear right to, obtain but cote from The
Republican party in both houses This ends all chance
of mediation by the border States, however wei
meant that mediation may have been and we are vii
ling to attribute good motives to any real attempt
compose the present troubles Of the country.
The President wants to appoint named McIn
tire of Pennsylvania or elsewhere 60 to Charleston
on board the Harriet Lane to act floating Collector
off the Port OF Charleston. The Democrats of the Sen
ate will not 90 into secret session to confirm this APP
poinment and consequently there means of entor
cling tne collection of revenues there being no Collector
The Democrats are the true conservatives. They SCI
the danger and wish to avert it honoraby. We alsc
give due credit to the true States Rights opposition
Senators from the South If this thing precpitated
the thing is surely settled for war. We fear that it il
settled for secession at any rate. Not that we are sc
cessonsts pen Sewe not secessonists for the SAKE
Of secession, We so from the force of crcumstan
ces and for the sake of solfproecton at the South
Events are such as to be dscouraging to all the friends
of equality and justice in the Union. OF course w
know that in these times magniGes things IRa
we cannot help We must give the news as we find it
1t would seem that the Republicans as a party a
the North, go for coercion The Democrats do not al
though not generally admitting the right of secession
We still think that the President desires to avoid dill
fcuty but he fails to comeup to any position that woul
ensure any real settlement. We honor his motives
we sympathize with his position, but we cannot alto
pether admire his coursa