Wilmington journal., 1875-02-05
EDITORIAL CoHREsPOsD sDE.NCE.

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS
RALEIGH. N. c., Jan. 27, 1875.
My Dear Journal:
1t seems quite natural te me to b,
i'll Raleigh during the session of tn.
Legislature, and quite as natural tc
say a few words to "my dea1
JOURNAL" to let its readers know
what is going on in our Capital city.
And first in order and Importance
what about
CONVENTION?
The friends of the measure are ac-
tive and Jealous, and will leave nc
stone unturned to effect their purpose
| The action OF the Executive Com
mittee shows the sentiment of the
purity generally throughout the State,
addition to this, another powerful ar
/ gument has been adduced in favor Of
/ Convention by the publication of the
! decision of the Supreme Court in the
/
Moore, of the East, aud between
Judges Cloud and Wilson of the West,
for the judgeship in their respective
districts.
Il will be remembered that the last
Legislature ordered an election to fill
the vacancies III these district, but
that Judges Moore and Cloud, the in
cumbeuts, insisted there was no va
cancy to fill The elections were held
in pursuance of law, however, and
Hiiiiard and Wilson elected, and duly
commissioned by Governor Brogden
The wish of the people, and of the
Legislature, having thus been de-
feated by the Court, people are begin
ming to enqu re whether the Court
ought not to be abolished? Many
men are unwilling to trust their
lives and fortunes and liberties in the
hands of men who have shown so
much devotion to party as certain
members of the Supreme Court have
done, and who can be dislodged from
their present position at an early day
only by Convention. It is probable
that
FINAL ACTION
will be taken next week, and the Con
vention will be called unless represen-
tative men Of our friends at the North
and West say to the Legislature that
Grants recent violent usurpations of
power have put the existence of the
national government III danger ; in
word, that the battle for constitute nal
liberty in America has already begun,
and IL view of that state of things shall
ask the people of North Carolina to
postpone any action for the present
If that shall be done, the Democratic
party Of North Carolina with their ac-
customed patriotism, will surrender
their desires no matter how dearly
cherished Bat there is no reason to
apprehend that any such appeal will
be made.
GRANT AND CONVENTION.
Indeed as a set off to the above, it |
was stated as a fact, upon the floor of
the Senate this morning, that there
could possibly be no fear of Federal |
int rference growing out of the call of
a Convention. for the reason that
telegram had been sent to GRANT ask
ing if he had any objection to it, and |
that he bad replied in substance, if
not in words, that che did not care
d-n whether Convention was called |
or not. Go ahead"
To show how absorbing the |
question has become, it is ne
cessary only to say that no dis
cussion can take place il the |
Senate at least, without having inject |
cd into it the necessity of passing a
bill to call Convention. Instead of
Carthage est delenda it is now Con-
ucJttjO est cORvOcaH0G.
Having for four years, or rather for
position of Chief Clerk of the Senate,
from the force of habit [ found myself |
spending most of my time III the Hall
of that body whenever [ remain here. |
WILMINGTON CITY BILL.
Now however there is a special rea-
son for so doing, to- Wit: the fact that |
I have in charge bill before that hon
cradle body, and one too that is of |
paramount Importance to the good !
people of our fair "city by the sea-"
[ refer of course to the bill to amend |
tue charter of the city of Wilmington
now on its second reading before the |
Senate That bill, as is well known,
was prepared under the best legal ad |
vive by a committee of twenty-five |
gentlemen of our city, five of whom
were selected by each of our five
wards, and was entrusted by formal |
resolution OF said committee to your |
correspondent for presentation to the |
Legislature In discharge of the |
trust committed to me L reached Raj |
eigh on saturday evening last. On |
Monday, at my request, Mr.. KERR,
the accomplished Senator from Samp- |
son county, introduced the bill |
i'll the Senate and it was refer
red to the appropriate Commit
tee, the Committee on Corporations. |
On Monday evening l appeared
by invitation, before the COMMITTEES,
accompanied by Mr.. HENRY MUTT, OF
our city, whom [ was fortunate enough
10 find here. The Committee patient
" heard what had to say on hehalf
of the bill, and after mature dellbera-
tion, unanimously agreed to recon-
meInl its passage. On the mex morn
ing Colonel FOSTER tEENcH-than
whom, by tie way, no Senator has
Acting Chairman of the Committee,
reported tue bill back to the Senate;
and asked that the rules be suspended
and it be put upon its second and
And then occurred