Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-02-13

! By THE constitution of North Carolina, the 'gisa
tive Authority Of the State is vested in TWO distinct
branches,-a Serate sId House OF Con mofs With
out repeating this withu dang to repeal or change
or abrogae this the Convention in session at Ra
leigh presumes exercise the power and exert the
thority thus consttuonaIly vested in the Senate and
House of Commons
They assert that by the very of egsating any
particular matter, they, the IS veTeign Comve'toa,
repeal and set aside the constitutional enactment pro
tantO-so far they go-and no farther, but that in
regard to all other matters the constitutional enact ment
remains intact.
There is this little difficulty about all this :-Accord
ing to the Constitution, neither the Convention nor
any other body and except the two branches OF
the General Assembly, as any right te legislae. IT,
10 order to get round this, the Convention takes the
ground that it above the Constitution aud the Gene
raj Assembly, it evidently leaves on record among the
laUs of the Stats railroad charters tax bills and other
" ordinances Of equal if not superior authority with
the Constitution of the State itself, ordinances which,
as only Convention could them, will require
Convention to repeal modify them. The longer Il is
Convention remains in session the it stulti6es it.
self It's very session is farce. 1t has no rght to
live any longer but like mule, it refuses to die. We
call upon all the members of the Convention WHO
tired OF this arcica tragedy tragca farce to leave
Raleigh and leave the would-be Governors, Senator'S
cettra ct etera, 10 their glory Let the people
who is or who TT the bottom Of this uSurpatlon-
We say to the STATES Rights Of all os any.
former political party-'ce me out from among tEem!'
Adjourn Let the Office SET kels sit alone and the State
will know them,
SLAVES every clay make or attempt to make their IS
cape to the Lincoln blockaGels. Any slave caught so
attempting, ought to BE- hu1g on the nearest land 10
toe point wh re caught. ANY white viced o
aiding sbesing, ought to share his fate. Ihl gs If
this kind must be stopped by acts OF apparent
but necessary rigcr The country better sford to
LAY for few examples than it can to allow It's ctiz
to t" betrayed aod rundered.
HERE is really nothing new from the Burnside Fl ct
1t is GER aialy Hatteras and in PamIico Sound
Some of its Heavier vessels have failed to get in the
swasb no doubt ont al hat could get in d5nbt have
done 1t may tly at@n several points in order to
distract the attention OF forces, but it is hardly
probable that it can afford TO divide its strength. 1t
will concentrate all its available power upon some
one position. We think that poston-tbe posi-
ton to be first attacked will be Roanoke Island bat We
cannot say SO from any Information, OF We
don't think the affair will amount to much strategecaly
although it may distress and il jure people The
primary object Vi all these movements is to create d.
version--to draw away forces from the frontier in
Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri The North is SIM
ply fighting for boundaries 1t does not even hope to
hold any State South of Northern line, which is
the famous thirty-six thirty.