Wilmington journal., 1866-12-13
EDITORIAL CORREsP PONDENCE

EDITORIAL CORRESP POYDENCE..
Comptroller Resolutions on Federal Mat
ters-North Carolina Radicals I'm Caucus
Delegates to Neutrality-suspicious. Cowan
and the Fayetteville and Western Rail
road-Report the Constitutions
Amendment.
RALEIGH, Dec z, 1866.
Dear Journal The sessions of the Legis
lature for the past two days have been un
usually interesting. The long conflict fo
Comptroller was ended yesterday, as yot
have already been advised, by the election
of Mr.. Winslow Burgin, of Buncombe.-
Col Cowles, the gallant and daring Lieut.
Col. of the 1st n. G. Cavalry, who was
most severely wounded in the last impor
tant battle before Petersburg, and Mr.. Bur
gin, who lost his leg at the battle of Nal
Yern Hill, while serving as a private, were
placed in nomination. The friends OF Mr.
Cowper and Mr.. Holderby, very properly
withdrew their names, and Mr.. Burgin wa:
elected after a few ballots. Col Cowles
name having also been withdrawn. Mr.. B
is represented as a most estimable and in
telligent gentleman. North Carolina can
not better display her gratitude than in be
slowing such positions upon those of he1
sons who have been manned in her service.
Col Russ, one of the Commoners of
Wake county, introduced q series of resolu-
tions into the House to-day, that created
quite stir among the "Red Strings. -
They will be found in full in the
House proceedings. The efforts OF Col.
Russ, Messrs. Davis, of Franklin, and Craw-
ford, of Rowan, are spoken of in the high
est terms. The resolutions will be found
to be manly and timely effort to refute
the slanders attempted to be heaped upon
the State by her own degenerate sons.
A caucus of the little clique of Radicals
has been held in this city, and a commit
tee of N0rM Cdrolinians sent on to Wash
ington to lobby with the Northern Radicals
to depose Gov. Worth and re-establish over
this State a military Government. Who
compose this committee is not fully known.
Hon. G.. W. Logan, ex-Confederate Con-
gresham, r. P. Dick, Esq, and Hon.
Thomas Settle, report says, are of the COM
mittee We believe and hope that, SO fan
as the last two are concerned, rumOr is IN
error. Ex-Gov. Holden and Col. Harris,
the Senator from Rutherford, will leave here
by to-night's train for Washington on this
business To what ends will party spirit
and unholy combinations carry men, occu'
pying honorable positions in society ''The
"great mass of the people of this Common,
"wealth would greatly prefer to commit
themselves, their honor and their inter,
"ests to Congress, as now composed, rather
ethan to those whose only hope of ruling
Giles in the disfranchisement and oppres
"sion of more loyal and better men,
The efforts of Col Cowan, in behalf Of
the Fayetteville and Western Railroad, is
regarded as the ablest and most successful
of the session. On yesterday vote was
taken upon Mr.. McKay's bill, and it was de-
feated by thirteen votes. Col. Cowan was
necessarily absent from his seat. To-day
a motion was made to reconsider, wher
Colonel Cowan addressed the House
at length in support of the meas
ure, and the bill was reconsidered an6
passed to its engrossment by majority
of twenty-four. Mr.. Freeman, of Gran
vile, rose in his seat and frankly acknow
ledge that the effort of the gentleman from
New Hanover had entirely changed hi.
views, and he could most cheerfully sup
port the measure. Mr.. Mckay deserves
much credit for his assiduous devotion and
attention to this enterprise, and the energy
and intelligence with which he has urged
it.
The able report of the joint select com
mittee on the Constitutional Amendment
has doubtless been laid before your read.
ers in advance of its publication in other
papers. The ability with which it is writ
ten and the Importance of the subjects
treated of, will insure its careful perusal-
If adopted, as doubtless it will be, it will
be noble and honorable, if Intellectual
protest, on the part of North Carolina,
against this congressional outrage. The
consideration of the report has been post
poned until Thursday, at the desire of many
Senators who were absent, and who desired
to record their names.
Very truly, E.