Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-06-02
North CntOfii,a Politics

We have no, seen even tie captions of all it's acts
This want vi l. no doubt. soon b. sappl d. We think
that upon the whole nch thing could have been dis
pens d with Who wantsd hall the ac;s thas have
been passed?
Not content With nouncing 10 the most insulting
AID unmitiga'ed terms the legislation of the Confede
rate Congress, the couserv ,tVes " OF both HOUSES
did on Saturday las. prss bill nuliifyTg the set of
the Cond~r4t tie Congress suspendng the privilege Of
the writ Of Hatsos Corpus thus making di:eet issue
with the Confederate GoVernmtnt. This EullifyDg act
IVES introduced ny Nj. NATHANIEL. BoYDEN, of Row.
an apd pushed through by the whole streagta of the
company.
Some OF our frieuds-we OF those who bad
been agreeing and acting with Us in pubic matters
whether they formerly belonged to the old Demc cratic
old Whg purity, felt somewhat put ont By cur guarded
support of Gcyernor VANCE We trust that the
course Of Governor VANcE's friends has shown them
that no other consistent with sefrespect,
nor with the main alatce Of principle.
1t is evie hat The Independent voters of the State
the men who held that the South is tight in the
QUARREL 10 whic5 she is erg ged-that her cause
just AID must p, vail! becaus1 it is just, ought not
to lose their identity by giving 10 their gdb, SIGN
as the parlzans OF this man, or that man, Of any
Ian who holds different doctrines, and who in conse-
quence OF held ug different DOCTRINES denounces enc
proscr them Destr 1c:ives" Let us repeat it :
The people against whom the friends of Mr.. HOLDEN
and Governor VA>Cs n:ke invegh as Des,ructives "
are the men who old shat people right that
our cause is just t;a' cur soder7 who have batted
aud have fallen have batsled and hsve fallen in a
their memories by I'll king for mousnt that the
= ch tt.vh have liz ri, h, ap6iu mat
These snme independent voters of the State think
and believe ard know that ABRAHAM LINCOLN and his
unons at bonC--his Gererals and in til 6cld
his AdmirSls and Cou,modores and squairons Oh the
water, great eremi.s and not Press ut DAVIS
or b Cabinet, or The Generals commanding armies
in Ii field the aud officers Of Our gallant little
Navy Men so thinking aud believing and knowing,
compose that portion of cur people, who are oPpro
briouely termed " l,esructives who denounced
by the ndberens of Mr.. HOLDEN and whose support of
Governor VANCE is ooshly sneered at by his special
organ and repudiat d By some by too mapy-of his
injudiccus friends, who doing him far harm
than they are aware of. Were wrong in couuseIug
the independent voters vi the State to stand aloof from
squabbles in which they had interest-o ms inaiD
their own principles, to give in their adhesion to no
man and wing of their opponents and denouncers
pa'ttsas o: odhs'e ITS of that wing of that man ??
But Tor tie sske Of peece aud harmony--rom de-
sire to avoid a canvass winch we felt mus. be bitter
from which We could anticipate good, but much
HARM counsele 90 op4 osition to Governor VANCE.
We thought that practically he had mt most of the
requirements OF his position and OF the OCCASION
knowing his views upon many pc int, and dissenting
from big accu upon others were still wiling not
only to waive eppcsi;i o., but for which ap-
peared be good and satisfactory, urged such
support could be freely and independently given
without comprom sing any position or abandoning any
principle. We certainly contemplated no other sort of
support. We had idea Of advising the Independent
voters of thu State whose support perfectly dsn-
teresed to attach themselves to any wing of the self
yled "Consprvative party, and if anything has led
Governor VANCE or his reads to expect the Indepeu
dent Party of the State to occupy any subordinate po
stion, ia * sf 10 the Tag end of any opposing
party, then all say is that thick Governor
VANCE any II bis friends so hiukiOg or expecting,
labor under grave Misrepresentation, persistence in
which hardly tai! TO result in evil We are writ
ing now in spirit of fault finding or misclie making,
but in all cani5r Ond in this spirit, We may as we'll
say what it wou'i be useless to attempt 10 conceal,
that the Developments of the last few weeks have not
with the independent Party of the State or to add to
their confidence in him. They expressed themselves
Wiling from patriotic motives totally irrespective of
party, to give him ther support for election. He,
or at least his lends, keep up all and than ali
the former partnership aud parry appeals. They
seem to know nothing outside OF party-they
talk of the Conservative party and CONSERVATIVES
far more than of the STATE Or the Confederacy. Why
this everlasting partysm and party sang7 The Iode.
pendent voters or ludeEetdtn party Of the State if
that suits better ignore all that ard ore assured
that many who sick OF this constant SOU billing
this miserable fddlirg while Rome burns array
themselves with those who patriotic enough for
get party snd know only their country.
We did not jump lightly nor impulsively Tito the
Jump out again without rtf-c;ion. We are not dis
appointed not as much as some others. We
foresaw as early as March last the Of Il ngs
existing. We then ahought it best to supper, him
under the circumstances We do go still but We
think it right tat the Governor and his advisers should
understand the position of affairs and appreciate the
state of feeling mere and elsewhere.
1HE following dispatch should have been placed in
our bands on Sunday night, but by some mistake we
did not receive it. and knew nothing of it until we saw
it in the Godsboro' Journal of yesterday morning -
We hope the attentive and courteous operators here
will be more careful in future:
FROM THE TRANs-MIssIssIPPI.
CLINTON via hA ao g'a sg MINI 20 49,
At six O'Clock yesterday evening the Yankee army
the river broke their MorgaHs,