Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-09-12
The WILMINGTON JOURNAL.


We ARE forced to the conclusion that our Raleigh |
are wasting their ink by keeping up their
quabbles over the Convention and the Legislature
The people, like Mercuto in the play will soon be ready
TO excIaim "a plague on both your houses v'-for
houses please read bodies.
The sooner they all get through with the duties ex
pected Of them the better With all due respect to in
divduas we question if the action or spirit of either
body will be permanently egarded in the future quite
coming up to the requirements of the present OCCASION
The short session of the Legislature in May last was at
least prompt and efficient So the of the Con-
Vention for day or two after which there was little of
the same sort of thing exhibited and too evident dis
position was manifested, rst it seemed to to treat
the Legislature with dsrespect and second to set cok
and fix pins for personal and partizan Objects and al
though elected under peculiar circumstances and for
peculiar object to seize upon the occasion to carry out
measures neither discussed thought of at the
time Of the election of the delegates to that body
There was an evident desire to tear things up by the
roots as said at the time and plant them on their
heads While the Convent n lasted people felt in dan
GER and we may say that the most popular thing that
was done by it in the last half of its session its ad
journment.
The Legislature, in whose face the Convention had
been shaking its fist for time threatening it, not
with decapitation, at least with black eye and bloody
nose, met again on the goth August, in not the best
humour in the world with the Convention, and with
sundry persons therein and there-around. That the
Legislature should desire to pat an end to the Conven
ton no more than tat for ta and we must say that
the existence of any body of men, claiming to exercise
unlimited powers, and not to maintain the Con-
stitution of the State, is anomaly that can only re-
Ceve its sanction from the absolute necessity of the
case and prolonged beyond such necessity becomes
dangerous and tyrannical We see no reason in the
necessity of the for the reassembng of the Con-
venton For the purposes of ordinary legislation let
look to the ordinary channels not to body claiming to
proceed upon higher law than the Constitution not
required to bend their legislation to conform to that in
srument, but claiming and not always unwilling to ex-
ercise the power to alter, amend or do away with
portions coming in conflict with their views of policy
The Convention sent delegates to the provisional
congress at Richmond. So far these delegates are
concerned their term Of service Will expire with the
piracy of the provisional government which will be
about the last of February, when the permanent con-
situton and government of the Confederate States will
go into operation. The choice of ten members of the
House of Representatives will devove upon the ten dis
tcts into which the State has been divided the voters
choosing one member from each district formerly the
districts being, however somewhat smaller ours, for in
stance, being reduced By the excelsior of Duplin and
Sampson thus securing the largely preponderant power
to upper section of the district The election will take
place in November as will also the election for Pres
Dental electors.
In choosing delegates, the convention selected two
delegates from the State OF large answering to senator's
although the Provisional Congress consisted of only one
body. The gentlemen sent were no doubt compro
MISE but were essentially the choice of the distinctive
though not ultra States Rights men in the convention
One was from the East, and the other from the West
One had been according to former classification, Dem
OCrat, the other had been Wing. One had been an
original SeceSsonists, the other had been member Of
the Union Party until his experience in the so-caled
Peace Congress showed him the worse than weakness
the reed upon which he had been trying to lean Bott
of these gentlemen acted in Congress with honesty
ability and good faith, we have doubt So, doubt
would other gentlemen have DONE for trust that thu
time will never come when the State will have but ont
or two men of sense and honesty.
However the selections made gave satisfaction, here
at least and to the members of both the former parties
It possible that the not pleasant feelings existing be
tween the Legislature and the Convention may rattle
influence the former body to look with less than favo
upon elections made by the latter.
As to the politics of the Senators and Representative
to be chosen, we have doubt but that parties will
some time arise in the Confederacy, they did
the old Federation, that some of the political an
party elements of the organization will be trans
ferred to the other, but they will be greatly modified
the transition Principles ETERNAL but the mode
applying them is dictated by circumstances. Out {
these circumstances may arise parties divided in opinion
but let not anticipate the of events by suf
ing ourselves to be prematurey arrayed into parties
Cques to subserve the purposes of "great !" VIII
want prominent and lucrative Offices.
The Legislature will adjourn on Monday next at
o'clock, P. M. No choice as yet for Senators.