Wilmington journal., 1872-01-19

sjtjon expect, and Is what every party in
power has done since the organizS'is" u
the Government.
If therefore, this object can be moro Ger !
tainly secured by putting New Hanover in
the Craven district, we are content But, !
ve ask, and we have the right TO demand, /
that such an arrangement ought not to !
result from any prejudice against our
county or against our citizens, or to advance
the speesal interests Of any other county or
counties, or tor the special advantage of any
other citizens, if by so doing the general
good Is sacrificed OF placed in jeopardy.
Nor do we believe thai the Legislature will
so act.
The objections. as we believe, to this
scheme of placing New Hanover in the
Craven district are
First. They are not contiguous counties,
j and to connect them those sterling Con-
servative counties, Duplin and Onslow,
! must be sacrificed, and their strength,
! which could be used III making safe Con
! servative district, would be entirely wasted.
Second. New Hanover, with Duplin,
| Onslow and Jones,) having total popala-
| ton of upwards Of fifty-ive thousand, added
to Craven with its twenty thousand, fur
nishes half the population Of district.
And In order TO save the district just west
of this, Green and Lenoir, with their large
Radical maiorities, must be embraced
within this district, and even Wayne must
not be risked. Here, then, we have up.
wards of one hundred thousand Inhabitants.
Edgecombe cannot be taken in without
bringing in Wilson, another Conservative
county, to connect it with the district, or by
taking in Pitt. But Pitt county will be
absolutely necessary to be taken in the ex-
: treme northeastern district to give that ter
ritory the requisite population, without en-
bracing Northampton or Halifax. which
weuld decide its political status.
It will thus be seen that population will
: be aggregated so rapidly by placing New
, Hanover and Craven together that dis
. triet viii! be formed with only two large Rad
, ical counties, or three, Edgeconbe being
: embraced within its limits, while Duplin anc
, Onslow, and in the latter contingency, vii
, son. will be lost te the Conservative party. o.
: leaving cut Wilson and Edgecombe, Samp
, son or johnson must be taken IN, thu
crushing ont ether reliable Conservative
: counties.
After this is done We have (leavins ou
r Edgecombe) BERTHE, Halifax, Northamp
= ton, Warren, Granville, Franklin ALI
e Wake, all populous counties, giving YER
Y large Radical majorities, which are so loca
i te that they cannot all be embraced il
J. one district, OF enough Of them, indeed
J. not to endanger other districts in which th
;, residue may be placed.
g If, however, these counties with Edge
! oombe, Craven, Green and Lenoir al
It embraced in two districts, Carteret, Dupli
= and Onslow, with gallant Columbus an
n Sampson can give reliable Conserv atiy
% district in this portion Of the State, Will
,e the upper portion Of the present Thir
l. District can be placed with the MeckleI
T. burg and Salisbury districts.
a We shall not ge further into the discu
at sion Of the proposed redistricting of Il
il. State. There Is no county in the Sta
n which comes nearer than New HaI
lis
o. over in giving its entire white votir
,a population to the Conservative par
an or in which the Radical party fails more
n securingi Its registered negro vote. While v
at are willing TO make any sacrifice for Il
of good of the party, mere local preiudices
personal considerations will not Justify o.
.rs friends in the Legislature in crushing o,
nd efforts or throwing a darnper upon our e
he thusiasm. The people and press Of ii
If county work faithfully and earnestly f
as the party, and deserve some considerable
.Se a. their hands.