Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-20
The Radical Convention.

The Radical Convention. @s-7.
When we stated that the Radical Con
| vcntion differed very widely upon i'm
portant questions of principles, we made
the statement upon the evidence OF dele
gates, upon the official publication of the
proceedings in the Standard, and upon the
! published opinion of Mr.. Goodloe, one OF
the leading members of the body. In
quoting from the paper of the latter gentle
man, the Raleigh Register, we designated
it as the leading Republican paper OF the
| State, because it is the ablest of their
organs, and claims TIE largest circulation,
and no doubt has the largest of any of the
Republican organs. But in giving the
statement of that paper as to the very great
diversity of opinion upon questions 1nvolV-
ing the most important matters of princl-
pie and feeling, which came before the
Convention, we relied upon the veracity of
its editor, who is sufficiently well known In
the State to have established q character,
and his voluntary statement would have
carried conviction with it, without his
ouently done from the official proceedings.
We had no desire in referring to this
matter to have Mr. Goodloe read out of the
party by persons who have hardly been
domiciled here sufficiently long to have &C.
unired a t'local habitation and n name, -
either as politicians or citizens, and it APP
pears he does not intend to be. AS to MIR.
Goodies Republicanism we know nothing
and care less. We do know that he is not
the only delegate disguised with the pro
ceedinss of the Convention, and can state
| that Hon. THOMAS SETTLE and ROBERT
DICK, Esq, have publicly expressed them
selves as opposed to the spirit which mas
tered that body, while others less prominent
are equally outspoken in their denuncia-
ton of the sentiments Of those who con-
trolled its action.
As the Post of this city, in reply to our
article, made an attack upon Mr.. Goodloe,
we regard it but just, as having been the
cause, to place both the attack and reply
before our readers.
To quote the Raleigh Register as the "teddi,sg
| Republican paper of the State " is unworthy the
I0itronL the editor OF which knows that MIR. Good
| loe no moro represents the Republican party in
this State than the Journal does the loyal element
in this community. MIR. Goodoe represents john
sonism if he represents anything except his own
views, and his presence in the Convention sur
prised many Republicans Wilmington Post.
This piece of impertinence proceeds from
a new paper started at Wilmington by one
Mr.. Paul, Northern adventurer, of whom
very little is known in these parts. He was,
we believe, during the war, an army cor
/ respondent of the New York Times, and
more recently, for a short time, he occupied
the post of local editor of the Washington
Chronicle. We have heard from him, more
over, that he for some years prior to the
war; resided at Norfolk, and We believe he
there conducted a newspaper. From the
high tone of authority he assumes in read
ing lis out Of the Republican party we pre-
sumo that his Norfolk paper must have
t been a very fire brand in the Old Dominion
p in the days OF slavery. If he were domi
ciled in North Carolina long enough to bt
voter he would know that the editor o
+ the Register, though all oftce-holder anC
: liable to be removed, was the only citizen
of the State who publicly opposed the
-, Presidents policy, from the beginning
u that he signed the call for the Philadelphia
September Convention, last year, and tina
# he attended it as delegate. The edito
6 may also find out, when he has been a LITTLE
-. longer in the State, that Wilmington Radi
u calism had no representative in that Con
y vention.-Raleigh Register.