Wilmington journal., 1874-01-23
Ti.c Proposed New County OF Iii.
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MESSEs EDIToRs You axe aware
that propositions for organic changes
and rcformatCry measures ;jr0Usc pub
lie enquiry and provoke opposition.
There is an unparalleled unanimity Of
sentiment and OF zeal among the prop
erty holders and substantial citizens
living in the limits Of the proposed
county OF Ellington fer Il, formation
according to the bill as it passed the
Senate and Is How pending III the
House. It Is proper that tie public
should have 4 correct and intelligent
appreciation OF the Importance and
necessity of this new county as pro-
POSED aud 40 propose to give some
lcw OF the many and unanswar lbleifacts
and figures which constitute tue basis
of this application to the Legislature.
Whatever may be the prejudice
against tie formation o. new
counties, as some may have been
formed in the State, it cannot Justly
nor wisely find any grounds of encour-
agement III this bill how before the
House Of Representatives, for the
reasons ara conclusive and Overwlelm
ing why New Hanover should he Iii
vided. Its friends insist and can
prove 10 tile satisfaction Of every un-
prejudiced mind and every true man
not interested from selfish motives in
maintaining he prevailing boundary
lines and county government, that It
Is best for Wilmington and best for all
cOlors. classes and conditions Of The
people living II the lines of the TO-
posed county that it should become a
law of tie State. Wilmington Is per-
fectly willing and rad: IL this sever
anoe IL county Lines fof S.te knows fnli
well that It vii make uu rapture Of
social ties. :. 1El 1.n tletTilneiI: to her
commercial interests ~ INJURY 10 her
general prosperity.
Listen 10 fa.t3 D-.d figures en-
doayorcI to hs obs ';Iral, nos bE
the logic oi trntir ana reason.
but hy soph;stfy. pre- iuiice naked Is
scrtions and eround!ess opposition
According 10 the census rep ~. 6.
1879, the total population 9 NCw
Hanover county n.;s thsm =. .&1H. al
this the white p.;.1i"t.pn was i!.1,.1.
and the csin:ei poY,ii:,'.:sn ~, l;::'.
The population q! tt'' proposed new
county was then - fellows:
White pou'a.ion 49,. .......... 4.:I9
Colored population --. -..-... 5,314
Making the aegrr gate poIt.i.,tiu. ., -; 30,
witt Il ma ior.ty nf i.'1 for til" co!uEcu
Nov thc whole population ii the State
when he i2a: cr!.sHa was taken WAS
l,U1l ,3Ul. Divide tii:, hy the number
Of members III the Hnu>o cf Re3reSen-
tltivcs, VIZ: lee. auI Inc result =,
S,32h - the average presentation.
and yet the populate" IL thu proposed
county IS iaTg-r h. So persons.
Statistics also show. as iiuy one
can Sc nv au cHaI,liEat:,.n. that
the nuElhcr Of counties in tile
State having smaller popU-
!atlon than the proposed new
comfy IS turty-tHree '!3.t Us poru-
lation since 1870 has tiUnbttcss been
sweiIsl 10 over ten thousand souls.
But It viii 1El. 1c entitled tn one Rep
rescntative ia the House. while tie
old county viii retain two members.
50 that TO objection can BE- urged to
the new comfy on the score q: an in
crcasG OF Representations i'll the Lc-iS-
laturc from the cast, for there will be .
no increase. There is something over
nineteen hundred voters III tie pro-
posed county.
II may here be stated that the ru-
sources Of Wilmington for purposes of
taxation amount to S5,3D, 800. The
resources for the same purposes of
the eight townships comprising the
proposed county are jn valuation, ac-
cording to the assessments OF last
year, 81 ,2J9.315.
a comparison OF the resources OF tue
county with those nf neigh
boring counties will prove the follow
ng table to be correct: