Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-08
GoxssESpG NnENGE-
PALeIGH. n. G. Sent. 80.

! judges were Ia he elected for fou
years, which was a very serious errol
on their part, as the term of offic,
VIII be eight years. IN other respt cts
it was correctly printed as to the
Judges, that is to say, the Supreme
Court Jn,lge will be elected 10y the
people ana will he only three IN pun
ber. and the superior Court Judges
will be elected by the Legislature and
Will be only nine in numba, instead oi
twelve, as at present.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Since my last, the Developments
have been sufficient to warrant the
/ opinion that the question of county
governments has been settled so far as
the Convention and the Constitution
are cnncerned.. The ordinance upon
this snbject will amend the Constitn-
| ton SO as to vest in the Legislature
entire control over county govern
ments, and thus practically place the
whole Gue stio1 III the hands of the
Democratic party. In this, as in other
matters, the convention is proceeding
, upon the true theory, aud refuses to
place IL the Constitution matters that
oaght To be left open to Legislative re-
VISION, as occasion may require. IL
deed, one of tie chief objections TO the
present Constitution is that it DE-
prives the Legislature OF all power
And this much haviug been done, it
may be safely assumed thot tie great
work Of the Convention has been
accomplished.
ADJOUi.NNENT
aud yer it Is WY difficult 10 say
when the adjournment viii lake place
IN spite II .hcir constant Introduction
# resolutions to adjourn sine die, the
Radicals oIdoovor by every means il
tLeir power to paolong debate and
tGereAy proIoug the session. Es-
pccially is this true OF tLcir
course IL the Robesou county
ease. hs "a8 10 have been expected,
tne lifting members and the contest
auta for thair seats do not agree upon
the facta. Neither side has complied
with the regGiatioAs prescribed! 6y law
lu" contested c!eetio"s III eases Of
m~mbers ot tl4e General Assembly,
ana neither side has had the requisite
proof t. make @ood It's allegations
In this state Of Things, it ,voula Sc, N
difficult for the Convention to ind u
COURSE NOR prudent tlan that it has
:d,'pted = directing testimony 20 be
taken. But with tbs the Rad ica!s
were not satisfied, and rpsorted /, all
sorts of expedieuts to defeat it-once,
indeed, leaving the Hall in a body i'll
the vain effort 10 destroy the quorum !:
and again, to-day, the scene was sa 4
TO be most d;sgraceful There were
probably never SO many revolutionary
and reckless men il any GeIiberitive
body ever Assem- b!ed ia North Care
Ira, as ara the larger number Of the
Radical members Of the C"4yention
now III session. They are ready to re-
@urt to arE IN. aus 20 break up the
Convention. Up to tie debate on the
proposition 70 remove Governor Hol-
dc1.'s disabilities, there seemed to be
an unusual ac-o'int Of good feeling
among members Of different political
crerd~. Now, however,, the question
continually suggests itself, will tie
Convention adjourn without some out
break? SO sar as I can learn, the first
bad blood was aroused by
THE CARPET DAGGER TOURGEE,
who, if brass we're brains, would
be great man indeed. His speech
advocating the removal of H"l-
dcn's disabilities began Ill the
trouble. I have been disappointed
in. 'Courgee i'll one respect, for [ had
supposed hc possessed far more than
an average share Of mental power. II
however he has mnuifcstcd unusual
capacity for anything save impu-
d"ncc I have not yet discovered it.
HIS want Of capacity for telling the
truth was 7trikirg'y displayed in the
speech referred to when he professed
to describe the condition of affairs III
middle North Carolina, just preceding
the Holden Kirk war. When [ re-
me- n Der that statement and the one
above, the fifteen dead negroes in one
miii-poNd, and the letter re wrote Ito
Senator Abbott I think) which was
published in the New York II.ibtt1lC it
makes me glad to know that an intel
ligent being SO utterly regardless Of
the truth IS not product of Southern
c vIi,zttion, That .ho has rare win
ming ways 10 make hon st men, ind ed
men OF al, sorts, hate him seems gen
orally conceded One geutiemen from
q differ, III section 81 ihe state r.
marked H. ME during the discussion
M grievances Of the people Of Al
inu..ce IL! IL, aijnin11:c cuu,tia7 untll
:his Convention is!co aud snAbts-:i him
70 see |, urgee. Sine tAen hl- won.
l,r was that the su kiux had act gone
J., rTeH greater itrgtu- Aud il this
conn, ctiOu Il MAJ Tot ho ont uf pace
the time, titc!uIeI Toorgee 10 ie the
curse uf III the irouLit. aa:d "a a rem
! edy suggested that rs yxcts.tuge c.r-
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