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TTMIE" NOBTH-i D AIK.OIL UN IAN odd, ou tho Stats I represent, and the whole South. Mr. Clay was"; sorry to he obliged to pro long this discussion? but the remarks of the Senator from South Carolina rendered it ne cessary to add a few- remarks in vindication of himself. He made no allusion, he said, to the compromise ".bill, till it was done by the Senator from South Carolina himself; he made no reference to the events of 1S25 until the Senator himself had set him tho example-and ha had not In th a slightest and tha most dis tant manuerldkidcd to Nullification until af ter the Senator himself had called it up. " The Senator ought not to have' introduced that subject especially when he had .'gone over to the authors of the force bill and the procla mation. The Senator from South Carolina said that he (Mr. C.) was flat on his back, and that ha was my master.; Sir, I would not own him as my slave. He my master! and I compelled by him! And, as, if it were im possible to go far enough ia one paragraph, ha refers to certain letters of his own, to prove that I was flat on my back, and, that 1 was not only on my back, but another Senator and the President .had. robbed me! I was flat on my back, - and unable to do any thing but what the Senator, from. South Carolina per mitted rne to do! Why, sir, (said. Mr. C.,) I gloried in my strength, and was compelled to introduce the compromise bill; and compelled too, by the Seuator, not in consequence of the weakuess, but of the strength of my position. If it was possible for the Senator from South Carolina to introduce one paragraph without showing tho egotism of his character, he would not now acknowledge that he wrote letters homo to show that he, (Mr. C.,) was flat on his back, while he was indebted to him for that measure which relieved him from the difficulties in which he was involved. Now, what was the history of the case? Flat as he was on his back, Mr. C. said he was able to produce that compro mise, and to carry it through the Sonate, in opposition to the mast strenuous exertions of thy gentleman who, the Senator from Souih Carolina said, had supplanted ' him, and in spite of his determined and unceasing oppo sition. There was, (said Mr. C.) a soit of necessity operating on me to compel me to introduce that measure. No necessity of a personal character influenced him:, but con siderations involving the interests, the peace and harmony" of the whole country, as well as of the State of South Carolina, directed him isrTbe course he pursued, lie saw the con- htion of the Senator from . S. C. and that of his fricuds; he saw the condition to which he had reduced the gallant little Stale of S. C. by his unwise and dangerous measures; he saw, too, that we were oa the eve of a civil war: and ha wished to save the effusion of blood the blood of our own fellow-citizens. That was one reason why he introduced the compromise bill. Thare was another reason that powerfully operated oa him. The very interest that the tariff laws were enacted to protect so great was the power of the then Chief Magistrate, and so rapidly was that power increasing was in danger of being sacrificed. He saw that the protective sys tem was in danger of being swept away en tirely, and probably at the next session of Congress, by the tremendous power of the individual who then filled the Executive chair, and he felt that the greatest service that he could render it, would be to obtain for it "a lease for-a term of years," to use an expres sion that had been heretofore applied to the compromise bill. He saw the necessity that existed to save the protective system from the dauger which threatened it. He saw the ne cessity to advance the great interests of the nation, to avert civil war, and to restore peace and harmony to a distracted and divided country; and it was therefore that he had brought forward this measure. The Senator from South Carolina; to betray still fusther and more strikingly the characteristics which be longed to him, said, that in consequence of his (Mr. Calhoun's) remarks this very day, all obligations towards him oa the part of himself, (Mr. Caihoun) oftne Slate of South Carolina, and the whole South, were cancel led. Aud what right had the Senator to get up and assume to speak of the whole fiouth, or even of South Carolina herself. If he was not mistaken in his judgment of the political signs of the times, and if the information which came to him was to be relied on, a day would come, and that not very distant nei ther, when the Senator weuld not dare to rise in his place and presume to speak as he had this day done, as the organ of the gallant peo ple of the State he represented. As to can celment of obligations, he was not one of those looking out to see what would enure to him in consequence of them; but he content ed himself with having performed his duty to the best of hi3 ability, and that was the high est reward that his ambition ever aimed at. His race was nearly run run by the course of nature run, if you please, by the course of political events;-and he had nothing to ask for from South Carolina, the South at large, or the whole country nothing. But he should go, when he chose to do so, into retirement, with a consciousness that, during the period of a long and eventful life, he toad served his country faithfully, Z3alously, without being influenced by hope of reward, or any other motives than a sincere desire to promote its best interests; and whatever the Senator from South Carolina might say as to the" cancel ment of obligations, he could not deprive him of that delightful consciousness. Mr. Calhoun. The Senator brings against me the vague charge of egotism. , He would appeal to the Senate, in order to repel it, whether there is any member of the body more exempt from speaking of himself than he was, unless when attacked. How stands the fact? The Senator has made it his practice of late to give all his djscussions with him a personal turn What was he to do? If he repelled his attucks, he was forced to speak of himself, and to expose mmselt to the charge of egotism from the Senator; or, if he remain ed silent, to stand convicted of his charges. Is that fair! He has another practice, not iess unfair, to make an attack on him, and to turn round and accuse him of making the attack, when he simply repelled it, as in the preseut instance. - He accuses me of reverting to the part he took in the transactions of 1825. He mis takes my object eutirelyin referring to those old transactions. It was not to make a charge against him, hut to make him feel that he was the last man who ought to make the accusa tion he has ou the present occasion. The course of the Senate, and that of myself, is directly the opposite. He has a land bill of his own. lie brings it in; he refers it to what committee he chooses, without any" interfer ence on my part, or any personal attack ou him; but I cannot make a move- without his interference and attack. But enough of this. I rose simply to supply some remarks which I intended to make when last up. The Sena tor said, as I understood him, that it was mat ter of history, that I preferred the candididate on whom he cast his vote for the Presidency in 1S25. I know not if there be a page of history to that effect. I have never seen it, and if there be, it is fa'.e. - The truth of the case is, that I was Opposed to Mr. Crawford, for reasons which I need not now state, as were Mr. Adams and Gen. Jackson. W hen my name was wiihdrawu from the list of candi dates for the Presidency, it was placed on the ticket of both those candidates for the Vice Presidency; and between them I took no part, as in decorum, 1 ou;ht not. When I-was elected Vice President, the same and even higher considerations, prevented me from us ing any influence as between them, when the election went to the House. Mr. Clay wished to add one word more. He made the inquiry of the Senator from S. Carolina, to know whether this great mea sure which contemplated tho cession to the new States of such a vast domain, was con nected with, or had received the sanction of the Administration or not. He merely made the inquiry, and if the "galled jade winced," it was not his fault. He made no allusion, for the purpose ot1 wounding the feelings of the Senator from S. Carolina. He said that new relations had arisen between that gentle man and the Administration, and therefore, he made the inquiry of him. Was it wrong iu him to ask if this great measure had the support of his new friends! The Senator, in stead of answering this plain inquiry, flew in to a passion, and cancelled all obligations he was under towards him; but if ho had only said, 'I know nothing of the views f the Adminis tration; I introduce my own measure on my own responsibility," there would have been no controversy between them. She Sena tor, therefore brought 4his controversy on him self. Mr. Walker observed that it was only ne cessary to look back to the stage of the busi ness when the bill of the gentleman from S. Carolina was introduced, to show how the controversy between him and the Senator from Kentucky commenced. The latter, in his opening speech, commenced with an in quiry from the former, as to whether his bill was or was not an Executive measure. Now, he apprehended, if the Senator from Kentuc ky hud directed his attention to the time and circumstances under which this bill was orig inally introduced, his question would have been auswered. The bill now introduced was not a new measure. Tt was first propos ed during the session of 1936 7, more than two years ago, when none of the rumors in regard to a change of position by the Sena tor from S. C. were in agitation. It was when that gentleman was regarded by many as an opponent instead of a friend of the Ad ministration; and he (Mr. Walker) thought that this circumstance of itself was sufliciennt to furnish an answer to the inquiry propound ed by the Senator fern Kentucky. But the Senator from Kentucky objected to the refer ence ofthis bill to the Committee on the Pub lic .Lands. Was net that, he would a:-k, the appropriate committee to consider a bill of that nature? Was not that the committee to .which it naturally be longed? And must there not be, on any committee to which it might be referred, a majority of members either from the old or the new Stales, the committee be ing five in number? But let me say to the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. W. continued, that the period has passed when he can con sider the State of Mississippi, in reference to this measure, as deeply interested. The re turns from the General Laud Office show that State at least has but little connection with the sales of the public lands. A reference to the sales of the public lands in Mississippi for the past year, will show that that State had been swept of nearly all its lands that were of any value, and that the quota of that State will amount to less than 30,(J(JU dollars. And are we to be told that Mississippi, whose gross proceeds will amount to but 30,(J0U dol lars, will be tempted to plunder the old States? But the bill did not deserve the character which the Senator from Kentucky had given to it. If it did, it ought to be told to the coun try. It did not propose an unconditional sur render, as the Senator from Kentucky intima ted; but it was a surrender on certain condi tions expressed in the bill. These were, that the Government of the United States was to receive one-half, not of the .next proceeds, but of the gross proceeds of the sales of the public lands, while all the expense of conduct ing the sales was to be. borne by the new States. The effect of this bill would be to sweep off at one blow, a considerable item of public expenditure, and one branch of Ex ecutive patronage. It would diminish, to the amount of nearly one million of dollars,- the expenditures of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury told us that the probable gross proceeds of the sales would in future amount to $3,500,000, one half of which would go to the Government of the United States. Let me tell the Senator from Kentucky, said Mr. W., that if it can be shown that this measure is, as he contends, a robbery of the old States, ! would misrepre sent my own State if I would consent that it should become a law. Let it be shown that it is unjust to either the old or the new States, and it never shall receive my vote. Mi. Grundy said, that he should vote against the motion for reconsideration, as he consid ered the reference an appropriate one; but he did not wish his vote to be considered as an intimation that he was iu favor of the bill. He had formerly opposed this measure, and thought it probable he would oppose it again when it came before the Senate. Mr. Allen said, he was about rising when he was anticipated by the Senator from Ten nessee, (Mr. Grundy,) and with the same view. He thought .the Committee, on the" Public Lands the . appropriate one to which this ma.ter should . be refe rred. He would therefore vote against the motion for recon sideration, but he did not intend thereby to express any opinion in favor or against the measure itself- Mr. Preston said this bill would have a paramount effect on the finances of the coun try. ; It was a question whether it would not increase taxation. In this view it was im portant, and Mr. P. therefore preferred that it should go to the Committee on Finance. He should therefore vote for the reconsidera tion. """" Mr Calhoun said the bill, as he had drawn it, would lead to no reduction of the revenue. It was not to go into operation till June 1S42, thus leaving time to adjust the tariff. He saw no reason why it should be taken from the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. WThite said he was entirely ignorant of the contents of this bill; but if the reference should be reconsidered, the bill could then be read, and he would be better able to decide to which committee it was most appropriate. He thought the committee to which it was referred should be friendly to its object, so as Jo give it all the strength they could by bring ing its merits prominently forward, and he thought it probable that the Committee on the Public Lauds was the appropriate one. He. voted, by n silent acquiescence, for its com mitment, but not being aware of its contents at the titne, he would now vote for its recon sideration. Mr. Calhoun called for the reading of the bill, which was read accordingly. The question of reconsidering the refer ence of the bill to the Committee on the Pub lic Lands was then put, aud decided by yeas and nays in the negative. From the JV. C. Standard. Democratic Republican State Rights Con volition. January S, 1S40. In pursuance of previous notice, a Con vention of the Democratic Republican State Rights Party of North Carolina met in the City of Raleigh, on the dth ot January, 1S40. On motion ofMichael Hoke, Esq., a dele gate from the County of Lincoln, Gen. Louis D. Wilson, of Edgecombe, was unanimously appointed President of the Convention, aud Gabriel Holmes, Esq., of New Hanover, and Henry Fitz, Esq., of Warren, Vice Presi dents. On motion of Col. Louis II. Marsteller, of New Hanover, James C. Dobbin, of Cumberland, and Leonard E. Thompson, of Lincoln, were appointed Secretaries. Alter an appropriate and patriotic address from the President of" the Convention On motion the Counties of the State being called, the following Counties appeared by delegates, viz: Jlnson. James L. Terry, Thos. B. Bai ley, aud S. W. Cole. .Jshe. James M. Nye. J . -I." T T 111. J T T tf-uti iie. oiiines jj. eun, auu uaincs n. tayuer. Rrinisiciek. Alfred Galloway. liurke. William W. Avery. Casicel'. Littleton A. Gwyo, Gen. Thos. W. Graves, and Dr. John B. McMuIlen. Craven. Zacchias Slade. Cumberland. Dr. Thomas N. Cameron, Thomas L. Hybart, Daniel Baker, Alexan der McLcod, James G. Cook, James C. Dobbin, and David Reid. Currituck. Robert II. Ballard. Edgecombe. (Jen. Louis D. Wilson, W. Moye, it. E. McNair, Robert D. Haif, and B. Sharp. Franklin. Washington Branch, Allen C. Petty, and A. II. Davis. (Jranvtllee. Wesley W. Voting, Benj. C. Cook, John Ziegeufuss, W. S. McClauua han, Thomas I. Hicks, E. Hester, and F. Hawkins. Greene. Benjamin C. D. Easou, Elviu G. Spaight, and W. R. Jones. JIulifaT. L. D. K. Dickens. Hertford. Allen Rogers, Sr., and Thos. Loring. Iredell. M. Hoke, Leonard E. Thomp son, and Thomas Loring. Johnston. Thomas Rice, Young Bridges, Jackson Leach, and James Tomlinson. Lenoir. George Wr. Wallace, W. Pipkin, and Jas. W. Cox. Lincoln. Gen. D. Seagle, Michael Hoke, Leonard E. Thompson, James II. White, and Lawson H- Kistler. .Martin. Asa Biggs. .Montgomery. F. Martin, Neill Nichol son. .Moore. Daniel McNeill, John Thomas, and J. Morrison. JVsi. James S. Battle, A. H. Arrington, R. C. Hiiliard, and Asael Vick. JVeic Hanover. Gabriel Holmes, Wm. S. Ashe, James T. Miller, James Carr, and Col. Louis H. Marsteller. Northampton. Ballard Moore, and R. C. Pritchaid. Onslow. James Glenn, Thomas Ennett, Tim. Hoskins, John A. Averitt, and John B. Pollock. . Orange. Col. Wm. Horner, William. N. Pratt, Wm. Patterson, Cadwallader Jones, Jr., Col. C. M. Lattimer, and Capt. George B. Morrow, Gen. Joseph Allison, Dr. K. F. Watson, and Col. William T. Shields. Person. John D. D. Jones. Pitt. R. H. Adams, and Macon Moye. Rowan. John L. Henderson. Randolph. Thomas Loring. Robeson. Alexander Watson. Rockingham. Dr. R. P. Williamson, Da vid S. Reid. Sampson. Dr. Thomas Bunting, R. Mc Kay, Thomas I. Faisou, D. Murphy, and Isaac W. Lane. Stokes. Dr. Geo. F. Wilson. Wake. Thomas Loring, P. II. Busbee, James B. Sheppard, Benjamin Merrill, Young Utley, Isacq Hudson, Allen Rogers, Sr., Derrill Rogers, Geo. W. Thompson, Kim brough Jones, W illis W hitaker, S. H. Whita ker. Seth Jones, John Hayes, Jr., William R. Poole, David W. Stone, and Wesley Jones. Warren: II. Fitz, F. A. Thornton, W. C. Clanton, Wm. K. Kearney, J. B. Haw kins, and Gen. J. II. Hawkins. Wayne. John Exum, John J. Hamilton, and Wm. K. Lane. 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Sth 9th lCth 11th 12th 13th On a On motion of Michael Hoke, Esq.," of T.iiiroln. the Rules of Order for the govern- C7 , merit of tho House of Commons of the Le gislature of North Carolina, were adopted as Rules tor the government ot this convention. . Mai. Littleton A. Gwv'n, of Caswell, in troduced the following Resolution: .. , Rasolved, That a Committee of Thirteen be appointed by the President of this Con ventionone from each Congressional Dis- trict to recommend such measures as , this Convention shall act upon. Dr. Cameron,' of Cumberland, moved to amend the Resolution of Mr. Gwvn, so that two persons be appointed from each Congres sional District. . The amendment was carried; and accord ingly a Committee of Twenty-six was ap pointed by the President two from each Congressional District. The following persons constitute the Committee: 1st District, T. Loring, and R. H. Ballard; R. C. Pritchard, and A. Biggs; B. Sharp, and Col. M. Moye; J. Exum, and J. Tomlinson; G. Holmes, and J. A. Averitt; A. II. Davis, and J. S. Battle; T. L. Hvbart, and F. Martin: " J. B. Shepard, & C. Jones, Jr.; " Littleton A. Gwyn, aud Dr. R. P. Williamson; " " John L. Henderson, and Da vid W. Stone: " Gen. D. Seagle, aud James H. White; W illiam W. Avery, and P. H. Busbee; " Michael Hoke, and Leorard E. Thompson, motion, the members of the Central Committee were invited to take seats in this Convention; and their names were thereupon recorded as members. Committee: Burton Craig, Wm. H. Haywood, Jr. Gen. Wm. Blount, Perrin II. Busbee, Wesley Jones, William'D. Mosely, Welden N. Edwards, Gen. George Hoover, Cadwallader Jones.jr. W. W. Cooper, James B. Shepard, William S. Ashe, Louis D. Henry, Macon Moye, H.'Cansler, W illiam P. Williams, James B. - Whitfield, Barzillai Graves, Benj. F-Ttollingei, Thomas Loring. Dr. William McKay, t Ou motion of James B. Shepard, of Wake, the Convention adjourned till 10 o'clock, Thursday morning. Thursday, January 9, 1S49. The Convention met agreeably to adjourn ment, aud came to order at the call of the President. The proceedings of yesterday were then reed. George B. Morrow, of Orange, and John B. Pollock, of Onslow, appeared as dele gates, and took their seats. The Committee of Twenty-six asked leave to report as follows: Resolved, That this Convention will pro ceed to nominate a candidate for Governor of this Slate. Revolved, That in voting for a candidate for Governor, this Couveutiou. will vote viva voce, and by Counties, according to their rep resentation in the House of Commons. Resolved, That 31 art in Van Buren, in the administration of the high trusts commit ted to II im, haih rigidly. adhered to the great principles of the Republican Party, aud hath vindicated tie rights of the People. Resolved, That the connection which has heretofore exi.-ted between the Government and Banks, was a departure from correct prin ciples. Resolve'!, That we regard the plan of an Independent Constitutional Treasury, as a recurrence to great first principles, equal and just iu its operation, and a, salutary check up on tho ruinous expansions of Banking insti tutions. Here Mr. Avery, of Burke, arose and ad dressed the Convention, on the views atid feelings of the State Rights Party; declaring their approval of the principal measures and genera! policy of the present Administration. We hope to obtain a copy ofthis Speech for publication. , Resolved, That it is inexpedient and un constitutional to charter a National Bank; and that the proceedings of the late U. States Bank, have shown that it was dangerous to our political and civil Institutions. Resolved, That the preservation of public liberty, and especially the great interests of the South, demands a strict construction of the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, That we spurn the approach of Abolition, whether it appear in the borrowed garb of religious fanaticism, or the more im posing form of political combination. Resolved, That we concur in the proposi tion to hold a National Democratic Republi can State Rights Convention, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the "Presidency and Vice Presidency. Resolved, That the Convention oppoint two delegates to represent the State in said Convention, aud that they recommend the ap pointment of delegates from the different Congressional Districts in the State. Resolved, That the President of this Con vention appoint a Committee of Thirteen to address the People, at such time as they may think proper. On motion, each Resolution was submitted separately, ahd unanimously adopted. On the reading of the above" Resolutions, Mr. Dobbin, of Cumberland, addressed the Convention at considerable length. An election for nominating a candidate for Governor, was then held, when it appeared that the Hon. UomulllS 31. SillllUleiS received the unanimous vote of the Conven tion. . - Dr. Cameron, of Cumberland, introduced the following Resolution: Resolved, That a Committee of Three be appointed to wait on Judge Saunders (he having been unanimously chosen as the can didate of the Democratic Republican State Rights Party for the Office of Governor of N. Carolina.) and inform him of his nomination. In compliance with the above Resolutions, Dr. Thos. N. Cameron, F. A. Thornton, and R. C. Pritchard, ' were appointed by the Pihsident, said Committee, r . Wdldos N.' Edwards, and L.oms D. Henry, Esqr's, were appointed State Dele gates to the proposed "National " "Democratic Republican State Rights Convention, to be held at Baltimore, on the 5th of May next. The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee of Thirteen, to address the Peo ple, viz: William H. Haywood, Michael Hoke, . W m. W. Avery, James C. Dobbin, R. C. Pritchard, John L. Henderson, Cad. Jones, Jr. . Thomas N. Cameron, David S. Reid, Thomas Bunting, Wesley W. Young, R. E. McNair, George F. Wilson, Wake. . Lincoln. ' Burke.' Cumberland. Northampton. Rowan. Orange. Cumberland. Rockingham. Sampson. Granville. Edgecombe, Stokes. On motion of J. C. Dobbin, the President and Vice Presidents, were added to the above Committee. On motion, the President appointed L. H. Marsteller and J. Morrison a Committee, to ascertain the amount necessary to defray the expenses of the Convention. The Committee appointed to wait on the Hon. Romulus M. Saunders, reported, that he would be pleased to make a written com munication to the Convention, and appear Be fore them in person. On motion, the Convention adjourned un til 3 o'clock. THREE O'CLOCK, P. M. On mation, the Hon. Romulus M. Saun ders being present, he was invited to take a seat in the Convention. A communication from the Hon. R. M. Saunders was announced by Dr. T. N. Cam eron, and on motion, it was read and order ed to be spread on the Journals of the Con vention. To Dr. Thomas .V. Camtron, F. Jl. Thorn ton, and R. C. Pritchard, Committee! Raleigh, Jan. 9th, 1840. Gentlemen: In compliance with your request, I hasten to reply to the resolution of the Democratic Republican State Rights Con vention, handed to me tjais morning. I cer tainly feel highly honored in being selected as the Democratic Condidate for Governor, under circumstances so flatlet ing to my feel ings, by a body so respectable and intelli gent as that of the Convention, under whose authority you have acted. Whilst I had no wish again to enter into the stirring and ex citing scenes of a political convass, I do not feel myself at liberty to decline a nomination proceeding from such a source, sanctioned as I have reason to believe by at least that portion of my fellow-citizens, whose wish es I am under such strong obligotions to obey. It is now upwards of twenty-five years since I first mingled in the active p'-ihus of the day then a young man, the resident of a County, whose inhabitants have adhered with such steady unanimity to the principles of the republican saity; I espoused with zeal and ardor, the cause in whuh 1 fc.uad the Country then engaged in th-i niaintor.a:i"e of the rights and honor of tho nnliort. 'i vis trained in the school of Democracy and taught to respect lho virtue and intelligence of the people, I early imbibed those doctrines of political f iith, w hich deny to th.i Federal Government the exercise of powers not dele gated, and hold inviolate the reserved Rights of the States. With these- convictions it has been my object on all political qiHi?s'ions both to vote and act, with that party, whose opini ons as I believe, reflect the true principles of the Constitution, as well as the sentiments, wi.ihes and feelings of the great body of the people. I have chosen thus to act with men of my own political views, believing it the surest means of advancing such measures and principles as I most approved. This rule of action led me to the support of Mr. Van Buren at the last Presidential election, aud like thousands of others I doubt not, with as disinterested motives its those who profess so great a horror, at sharing ia the '-spoils ofihe victor." Nor do I hesitate to avow n;y ia tention to support him in th j coming content, in preference to the individual who h::s been selected as his opponet. I shall support him, for the faithful manner iu which he has discharged the important trust coufided to his hands and because he stands pledged to maintain unimpaired the property Institutions of the South, against the -mad schemes of the abolitionists, by whom he is so generally op posed. So I shall support him, for his firm and manly adherence to the plan of an Inde pendent Treasury that great measure of de liverance, which has been so bitterly deuounc ed, because it proposes to give to the Govern ment the same right which is secured to every citizen umder the Constitution, of de manding his dues in gold ajid silver and because it seeks to save the honest industry of the Country, fom the greedy cupidity of the speculator; and to free the Nation's money from the use, as well as from the "bars and bolts" of speculating Banks. Aud I shall support him, because he is opposed to the pow er of establishing au United States Bank, and to tne right of appropriating the public money to objects not authorized by the Con stitution and because he is committed to the permanent reduction of the Revenue of the General Geverhmeut to the measure of its expenditure, and the reduction of its expen diture to its necessary wants. Such princi ples and measures, if properly sustained, can not fail as I pursuade myself, to add strength to our free institutions, to render the people quiet and prosperous, and give additioual se curity of the Union itself. Having thus candidly assigned the reasons for my support; it can hardly be necessary to state the grounds of my objections to the op posing candidate. If in the Convention by w hichTGen. Harrison was naminated, not a single man from a slave-holding State had the temerity to vote for him, it cannot be ex pected that our people shall do so. The very fact, that he is allied with, and supported by, a northern party, who upon all occasions have manifested the most decided hostility to the interests of the South, constitute in my view , - 0 : iv uis. election And let me not be accused of indulging in improper sectional feelings. So far from it, as a. Southern man, I am as ready to acknowl edge our obligations to the Pemocracy of the North, for their efficient aid in relieving us from the burdens of an r.Hirma Tm-iff r . " ' oa tor the patriotic firmness with which they have met the criminal designs of abolitionists. I have been thus frank in the avowal of my opinion in regard to the 'Presidential candi dates, not that I deemed it so all important but that our opponents seem to consider it' as the sole test of merit, and therefore did not choose to subject myself to the charge of con cealment. Let me not however be under stood as complaining ofthis test, nor as oh. jecting to its application, either to myself or - menus dui as snnpiy aaverting to it as a ground of complaint by those, who are so hasty to condemn, what they are so ready to practice. For it cannot have escaped the re- : c . u 4K , i (.uiici-iiuu ui vciy uuc, uiui uic ciecilOQ Ot President will have transpired, before the Governor elect shall be called on to enter up on the duties of his Office. Whoever may be President, I should hold myself alike bound as a citizen and a magistrate to the support of measures called for by the public good; and to oppose such as might operate to the prejudice of the country, or as involved the exercise of "powers not delegated to the Uni ted States, but reserved to the States of to the people." I desire to stand before the freemen of the State, not as the humble political partizan, but on still higher grounds. As a North Ca rolinian, ardently attached to my native State, proud of her republican character, and of that patriotic feeling, which has ever marked the devotion of her people to the free institutions of the Country. Impelled by these high con siderations, I am a friend to that system of State policy, which shall lead to the gradual development of her resources. For sustain ing by a judicious and economical applica tion of her means, such woiks of Internal Im provement, as shall be sanctioned by public opinion, without incurring a State debt, or running into those extravagant projects, which must end in failure, and produce that embarr assmeM in which the large indebtedness of our sister States, amounting to an annual tax of moretnan J en Millions has at present so seriously involved them. For husbauding that fund dedicated to the improvement of the mind, and sustaining that system of school education, which shall promise the greatest practical benefit to the poor and necessitous. Of cautiously avoiding all obligations to the federal government, but at the same time yielding a willing acknowledgment of what may be its due, as well as to that of our sister Stntes, by the constitutional compact. Of demanding the faithful obseivance of law, as well by bodies corporate, as by individuals. Of eucouraging with a liberol spirit individnnl euterpuze, out witnnoiuing exclusive privil eges, axcept upon obvious and palpable de mands oT the public good. Of holding all chartered institutions to their undertakings, as the price of privileges granted. Of requir ing from all public functionaries, fidelity iu public trust, aud from the rcprt sentative a due respect to the public will. Of preserving in undisputed purity the freedom of elections, and yielding a prompt submission to the will of a majority, that great principle of a repre sentative government and zealously encour aging whatever shall render the people of the State contended and prosperous, her charac ter respected aud her institutions flourishing, solid aud permanent. Allow me iu conclusion, to tender to you individually, the homage of my respect, for the polite manner in which you have discharg ed the duty assigned you, aud to return to the Couveutiou my profound acknowledgements for the kind partiality which influenced their selection. With sincere respect and esteem, Your friend and fellow citizen, R.M.SAUNDERS. By the request of the Convention, that body was addressed by its Nominee, in a for cible aud impressive manner, which called forth repeated bursts of applause. The re marks of Judge S. related to bis past political history his devotion to democratic principles aud his veneration for the will of the people. We have no notes of these remaiks, and are therefore unable to do justice to this eloquent and manly exposition of his political views and career. Ed. Standard. Several gentlemen were called upon to ad dress the Convention, all of whom declined, except Mr. Hoke of Lincoln, who entertain ed its members for some time with a Speech rife with patriotic sentiments, aud occasional sallies of wit and humor. The Committee to whom was referred the Expenditures of the Convention,, reported the following resolution as a part of their Re port, Resolved, That 15,' CO copies of the pro ceedings of this Convention, together with 15,; ov) copies of the Address of the Commit tee of thirteen, be printed and circulated throughout the different Counties of the State, by the Editor of the Standard. Ou motion of James T. Miiler, it is nnttni tnously Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven tion are due and are hereby tendered to Mr. Smith, for the kindness aud liberality he has exhibited, iu tendering the use of his Room to the Members of the Democratic Republican State Rights Convention. On motion, Resolved, That the thanks of the Conven tion be given to the President, Vice Presi dents and Secretaries, for the dignified and able manner in which they have fulfilled their several stations. On the adoption of this Resolution, the President adjourned the Convention sine die, in a very feeling and impressive Speech; LOUIS D. WILSON, President. GABRIEL HOLMES, J HENRY FITZ, ) E. Thompson, ) C. Dobbin, J V.Fs. J. Secretaries. "Silence that dreadful belle!" as the hus band said when his wife was giving him the length of her tongue.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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