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i-""-. y f- '"4? --s C t r y NT Vol. XXII. UNION. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWSTHE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. TX2LI.SDAY, MAY S IKV2. , , '. m ft!? Rxiw. ' . ,.; Whiff Js.nfe ConTecdon. Tft-l.-, pt,l ..lSlt( Tb Present, hiving uket thi CLair. on eamioa r .Mr. Eston, ol Gmbi die, the reading of lit- journal iu duptmej with.' if". .: -Mr. LONG, of U.i;?i. hVg 80 tudly r tilt d ou7 redeem ih pUd tnide tbismotfjing. L ros and spoke, liityb tne. follows: , - It it not myinifo ijn. Mr. Preafjent, lo 1 "una general ditcuttion of ttotiiic :o iiin h my lule baik, on the nJ. oceia rt national tlTait; lul shall couCn o.t remaik. pripeikl:j. to op.es, i:-trb it; in their tuune, q J diviracunj tbo rt i of id country . v Tli Tel U.i.k t yi iem expWeJ th Sub-Treiturv icneal J Ih to Bank bills veiod it the la'a rIIJ mmioo I Congteia. t!.ei'jin)ti err or.nuHy r?i, hat Iipoiiiion u tibtmtdcul Hi moner.wLich ojar It if . niier floi!iitiie public eoffer. Montr i pgwer. M.ea t!t but tmoijni of ill mm rereit f iun rtat eoinira uo art rseruu rotnrui, i rr f!y aguoM . th n;.iril till leiier tr il:e coDilUuiinn. oil h cn eatcu! ih rx-ent cf i?i iTi;!itei which mtjr fulliiw. 'Jh frti dnmiif the piet tisa led-tli inJrpen Jenre of t!i rf jire?fnttirea wtakrrteil ih parny ol t!i((ivernoient roiiia-niiut cJ at it very fo inuin f tUm .neb r an darkly foreboJinj, aliould uii'iappily f!! upon il.t eouniry, they will b trartd lo ill ill-f!el maorea commenced under lit tdmioMiraiiona of Andrew Jtkrtii and Mtitin Van Uurtn, and earn J ut unuur Ih i l-oroencd aetn i!an-y of Jolin Tj ler. I warn Mr. Tj Icr It nu in lb pariitm warfare whirh he i ,f'"t fr I'fe.idencT. 1 ie!l him it be onmniJful of Lit elina, if any he liaa ferjet bit uppoiei rieal, Mr. Clay, luai horna pi.aoiotn !nrh duturba hi ' tnidiifht alumber J.aeard auch eninut ftflinji (to rn bit heart, at snwonhy (lit PieiiJeiii of a great peop!ei and aei at jne lor the gaerl vrlfar. rf ardleia of ail other euvaxferaiioot. If lie doei not, truli will oertik hiu, and "auffie ent unto the day i the evil thereof." Hut why ll liim t- pauie he hta already ttrurk the - fatal bl-, and the country ia now bleed ing at every pore from lite effect of that eiab. ' I ha ni faith ia the pinai. a ol John Tyler. Profeeeiona often da eeie aetiona rartly rr. The first may ba euuchtd in honied prime, when the terpen! ie concealed, read lo infuie it puiton the ll pak language which cannot be miaiaktn. I ak (hen, eir, if ih acta of our present Clnaf Mg .iatrate do oot faltify bit profeeiiona? Lei u a eee. In lata addreta lo the people of the Uni ed Siaie. aubaequent ti the death tf the wiae, the eirluoutand tbe patrioiio Ilarriann, heonrdlh following euiphaiic language, which wa copied for me to day, frmn the filet of the ltgiter, by an intelligent and genuine' Whig buy of ibit city: - .-. I thll promptly g et my tanc Inn to ny constitutional uteaure wlm-li, ongi. fitting in Congreaa, ahall hate for it o!) jeet t'te reatur aiin of a eoun'l circulating uiediuin. ao eaanutially necettnry to giVe runtllence iu all the (rafttaciinus of .fe, I t eccufo loinduiuy ttt jet and adequate reward, and lo re eatahluh llie pulil.O prosperity. Jn deriJine upon rii adip I at ion of nr ttich measure til the end pro poef. at well at tut conformity to the coo etttution, I ahall reort lo the father of the front Republican tchool for advice and inatruciinn, to be drawn from their aage iawt if our tyttrm of govermoerti, ami the light of their eer gloriuti example." Uu', eir, a change hat come oter the epirit of Jiia drtsm" He hat loat Bijjht of tlicrrg!orijiit esimtdoof the fathera .if tiie great Kr-pu'ilican acjtool, In whom lie refer li-.H'tU'im. Mdi50f?, and Maii r"C. U lul waa the glotiout exawple ol ihoe er teuernted father? Mr JcOVr aon, in tlie year 1834. sanctioned n act to pitahiiDh a branch uf the IJ. States iitik terfeiler if t .eir notetf It ibe noUt were unccnatitiiual, tl e Bank Jhad ae r-ght to n.w tltKi, and Congreaa bo prrio poDiah eouoterfritrr of the cottt Ol a Uaok U&eoDfblbOfial. fVnirrr.. however, tliraughl dtHeitBtly Mr. JtBu- o agrtea witu Uorgrett, tod taaruooed act. Here, theo, e lave twice, the em gloricu xamp!e f thie falliei of the nepuuieao acloid. Yet tj.i il!uuiout atatttajan, wboie faro it at broad aa the Bfiivrrt, bat been denooneed aa a dema gogue. Uvo.ajPgueaa be waa.be neier uaea to turrender op opinion, etprcit rd in iLe court cf friendly coniertation, or private rorietnottdrpce; when the eood tf the reptiblie, and lb happintat-oi mil lioaa, depended upon iu end eier look ed villi a ;g!e t to tbe honor and properiy of tlie country. Can the em. porai' guaid at Waahirgton eay at much, and tell the truth, for Cai.Un Tvlet! . Again, Mr. Morrce, another father of the great Republican tcho..!. alwava yet. air, alaya adiuitted the power of. ioc;res lo eatabliab bank. Waabing Ion, luiaaelf, eigned the Grit tat.k bill eter paaxr J. end thou(h not one of the fallen cfVrrtd to by Mr. T)ler, the people, doultlete, would rather ibe accidenul Pre a tdcet thould refer to the tag riewa of tit father of hia country the light of bit verglotiout example than to ihoae of erery other Virginian, living c-r dead. Mr. PreaiJeot, at the time Mr. TbJer penned theexpreition that b would re sort lo the fothert of th great Republican thnol, for advice and ireuuetiun." no doubt he bad in bie mind'a eye, J .met Madiion. Not Mr. Madiaon aa a delcgatt in the Convention, which framed tht Federal conttiiulion not Mr. Madiaon, ae a member of the Viri iuia Lretalatar bui Mr, Maciitoo, aa Preaideot of the Uoited Statet. whoa nam it a tower ol atrengtb. Yes air, Jamti Madiaon tigned the Uiuk bill of 1816. which wat intro tluied and tutttined by John CC.lhoun. and in tbut doing, wat fully aware of tbe high rcaponaibiliT be at timed; bui he di charged the aolemn doty, like a etateiraan an j pariol at Le waa, actine for the rood of bia couutry. and not like a demagogue. meanly gambling f r place. Had I j ler loilitwetl tut example, none would hav charged him with inaidioutly bidding for tne pretidency. from Una new of the ulj'ct, he would atk,;if Mr. Tyler did not violate th promiae be made in the extrael juat quoted, by vetoing tho -firoi bank bill parted at th extra tertion. Uid he not aUo ahamtfully Jiarej ard the pro mite made to Eiog and Webtter, by vetoing SrrgeantY bank bilif And, by hit ttubbornnea in thit court of conduct, hit be not thovohia titter contempt for ilia withei of a large majority of the Amtrican people who placed him in pow er, an J utterly disregarded the dying in junction of the lamented Marritauf It t'trrs a genuine big within theae walla, ao far wanting in houorable feeling, at to have liraiuted a moment at to tbe coune which lie ahould have adopted under audi circumttancei! , Ought tueb a weak and vaacillating couraa to be tul(ratod? D-ei it not eliew loo great a want of moral fimnca? Lt ttji, then fore, (aid Mr. L. exert ourtelvaa ia expel thit po litickl Jndii from a place which be bat already defiled. There thotild b no temporizing in our rankt. Uncompro. rmaiiig huttiltty to Tyler thould le tu blaxjiied on the Whig banner, cs w utifml it l the brer-re, 0herie, we shall be vanqmahed. at we would richly deterve, lor wauting nerve to ticdicata our principles and maintain our rights. S:r, I have little ciifideuce in public fundi marea. I.et ut, thrrclore, gu.rJ sgaintt the influence of intriguing men, tprcad throughout tliia wide country,, corrupting our notions of government, adding psMion to ignorance, and preju dice Ij despair, keeping up an tmbappy K1jioh, and pninouing the body politic 1 1 i s lieir't't epie. Tt:e citizens of this country, impelled by snjll directed ps aion, may, for a time, tuitam men aud ineaaitret which, in afmr days, they may at N I'Meaiit. True. l.oniiaaa was ihenNeeply rcgrel Thit upbiaWmg thought. 1 . - - . . . Ml ' I . !ll a!!led to th lt!r,- f t i. . . , ' . . ... .,. . ii'oBtuw ii. tucn auifiorttv as nut r.iase!i hj pul'iegcff lit cannot tet.U a great Centntutiooal eaet uoo iq ih tbtece of revolukoo. ia the ataence ol coarcntion cf th reorte. then the coctiittboa ia a utcleaa vice of t . a piicumenw ana we La4 at win eo back lo ctaot, by converting tociety iUo iu gtoveseid aiakiiii baad wub the i-anv to which thai diatir.gui.bed gtoikman t. long. Mr. Webur rotld es no euf ficunl rraian fr, tL dojaolutmn of the la' tubsaef, by the aoJui.Ury art cf us memlcrt." .d thtreforv, with Uie lofty pautoma and euUrtd vie a of a Swita Barceoary, keef a bia place, and ukta it ! vpoa Libatiitoreatur te reurirf tncm bar. Ddger.Ei6g, Granger, Be.lsnd Criuenden acted at nobly in qyiiuag the cabiorf, as le acted badly, in pinning himeeU lo the tkirtaof a PreiiJent, aa tjng in all the. annbutet of a sUutman tnd gemlertan. Co then, and publish it to the world, that Daniel Welrler, imel lectoal giant aa be ia. one iU i int-J ortgtoaj elemenu, and from confution, lur a govarometit ds noes. . Out, thit cootiiruttoni.1 ebjBCjiosj aside, tnd we are met by aootlitr, which, to my mind, ia urged without sineeiity, biil wi b rxuch xeal -an objection bich'nieeia with iia birth in party and is wedded to Loco IVo- i!D an oljectioa as beartlet in' in ehtracttr, at the purpot of iu authorf ia deitrortiir, irked and deceitful. We are fold that a bank ia a moror.olT. end Jeenfera on a favored few exclutive piivi- lawrtafcat tl ia J,lf ...h . a champion of th mho' North, and who lege.. Ilia difficult to conceive bow a had lived down the prejudice! excited man eau b honetl. anil nf annnif egaintl bim in ibe South, baa fallen ffom !ho urrea euch an cbicctien h.fora til tcrm4ry,aud Mr. Uiiesarguad therefoie t'lal the onttitut(inal question was nut brought to hearan nrguiuenl which wat eeizrn upon with get avidity by the Van Hilton l turn, t'trotighout the land an arumcut i:uoiJ,;d Ut tho we.k and ere lilou; far did not tho honorable iSetu or know that tbe mother bink was ultimately Imtiiiii to ro.leetn tlm note oi in braiichet? md thai l!ie nntea of tho Kraucli Un.k not only circulated in the tertitory, but in the Mates; and il thete uotcn were n il uticun. Mniitiotial to the teint ry,thy were ia the sleeVcctrding to ih docrmet of a Vtr g ma ahfltraciKinttit. Consequently, there Kh'iuM have been a piolithitmy clause, ' c inliniiig their eireolatioii lo the trrriio ry. In as iniifh then, ..a there v n nch tirohihiio)jr rUuse, th exim,rl tf Mr. JelTi-rvon utindu ccorded on ilieid tC tit buik. tlie argument of Mr. Uies to th contrary iijiittiianding. If Mr. J? tr.'rs'tri jlnujjht iha lir;inctt Hank tl " Ne'tif'Dile.ana tiueotmiMitnnal, be tiobly . ) i-ilded this opinion, and with tbe feelings ( a pNtrf 't, connulti-d the public gooJ, by auctioning iia eublithnent. . J,A;:i', in 18U7. he 'iiiitied the pier r.Ttlm U'l'tfd Suiea ilatik to iiaue riolea, or hy di J lie i;n 8 act l pur.n t c .un- ' A' eo.ne when it will. litd come il tnust, will have a salutary inuUiM'.ce on the pennan, eocy of onr'frce iaatilution. 'Thit fac tious pirii.'thit foul drmnn of malicious haie", thit lutlc, contempiilife party" 'bicker ing, may temp irarily throw it dtk4 man tle over the fjtnt of totue of the n'.dea and purest of out siatetmen. . Dut states- Ins high ettate, sod basely truckled lo power for place. Ambitious men have lived in every sge and cjontry rnea, who for place, would surrender up opin ions formed by experience and reflection, rontpire against the honor ot their coun try and ih liberty of th people, crraturea of avarice, luw-heaiud mmiona of power, tlavei ;of wickedntts and iuftmy 'lit such bat iostiumeot as tbet that bav cautcd the downfall of oilier repcblet, and may inak litis melancholy rui. Others may march under ib Uttered ban ner of Wtbste and Tyler. Van Uuren and JoLnton w cannotour caute it th cauae of pufcl e virtu. On the 4 ill or March. 1841. the good vetatl of state wat ItuncLtd on a iinooth and quiet aea, under the direction of a gallant commander. Tbin our bpea were buoyant in lb triumph of virtu ovr avarice, of ordir over misrule; but, at the very moment the enemy hid been driven to th will, a cloud patted over oar pro peels, and enveloptd in dirkneta our bright political tun. Tbe virtuous Harrison was removed from tliia stste of transitory existence an event, which saddeoed the heart of every true Whig, and paralyzed for a while hie exertions. Even the gentle bills, meadows and valliea seemed to participate in ike general grief. The nodding plume, the muffled drum, and the cannon thunder, olimnly pro claimed thai the mighty wat laid low in the dual. W mitt end mourn our good Pieaidenl; but man waa born to dm, how ever exalted bia nation, great hia power, or trinteeodant bis talents. He cannot stay the band of death coma it must, and come it will, in spite of all the botate J advances of medical scienfe. So great a national calamity ought, for a while, at least, lo have atilled the lutbulent feelings of party; . but to far from it, it eetmed to turn Inote the nnbridled pat lions of faction. The Van Uuren hymn made atriigbtway for the grave, to riot and fatten on iheir liMeti victim, and the awful howling of political wulv were hesrJ throughout the land, (treat God! doea not humanity ahuddsr and ebrink back at a scene ao revolting lo our nature a scene which p'aen the abettor below the level of ibe brute creation for ihe very cattle, wlen grazing in the fitl.li, will show an instinc tive grief when they come to a spot of earth mined with the Hood ol their kind. But, Mr. President, let us turn from the cont-mphtion of thi hideout picture, lo one of an ennobling and gratifying chat acter. Ietrur evet rest on that dislin- gnithed man ho, amid all th atrugglee and conflict of party. Jut always been the devoted friend uf his country, and the nlost able and fearless champion of human righti 1 nerd not say, I allude lo Henry Clay, rd" Kentucky. , ,.. '-' tmlowed by nature with a soul det pil ing tneannete, be has bten conauntty aitailed and persecuted by political opt, o oenh, whit have Iclt no meant untried to impair his fanr a f.rce uhii.li bilongs to his countty, and ta destroy which, would blot out one of the btighteet pages in ttiit country's history, llul republics are not al way's ungratelul. " That country will, in November, 1844. Gil tbe measure of Iter glory, by calling this groat suus man from hia repose at AabUnJ, so the highest rffico .within it gift, thereby investing him with power lo restore this government to its once proud position, tnd give back to a digressed people a sound currency, which alone can be ac complished through th medium of a Na tional Rank llul. w are told by the men, ever U tie to llteniaclvet, will tuiUj Loco Fuco party, that tbrr is no express their country tru to them, whilst rao&ng' provision iailie eonstiiution, authorizing Congress to establish is there any express batiK. IS tuner provision in that dcmagngue, whose vocation it is to op erate upon the passions and prM'tiliCt, thetguoranc snd cred'uhty of the unlet-j iusirument. , taking from Congress that tered crowd, who. a heart never, bcalj power. If then, this power ha not been with an ardent Inyo of country, whose delegated lo Congress, it ia not one of every thought is tell, ta ill. , the powers reserved to the ata e legitla- "V" Go down tores..- For, tbe fist article of ih lOih : Tn tSo file d-iat from -vbene they sprung, section of the.COtisiMotion of the United Unw-opi, uidionoml, aud unsung Sla,e.t de rUtet that no tta'e shall troit S r. I mutt be permittad lo give uttet-' billa of cieniinr mak any thing but gold ance lo the prompting! of my heart, right' and tilver a legdl tender in pay-meat of or wrong, let the blowt full where they i debts. We are however told by muh may, or oiTand whom iltey will. I be- room politicians, that Bank-notes ate tiers that Daniel Webner belongs In that, bills of credit. Lf-try under that clause sellUh dasi of politiciktts, which I hae j of the coirstitution quoted, nottate hat a a Pntpted to describe A' dis!inguiahed right to eublish a baiek, aaj give to il l,'io i Foco. of tins state, once laid that! the power to emit note. Ihe right ol Daniel Vebtir would disgrace himself Wore ho terminated bis political career. country. A monopoly! What tort cf monoj.oly! When a bank ia chartered by Coogrett, there is a specified lime tor il going into operation, and befuie doing ao, books are opened lo every citizen; and if, from delay, a man fi!i to take atock in a bank, it bo therefore to join in the brainlrta cry of down with a monopoly The butineis of banking is aa much a specie of traffic as dealing in corn or fod der. It is at much to, at the oprrationa of the Roanoke Navigation, or tbe Raleigh and Gattr.n Rail Rod Company. There it aa much of the spirit of traffic about vti.., iucr is among merchants, or mechanics, wben Ihe farmer sella a yard of eloib, or the latter a cart or a wigon. But we are told thtt a bank, enlitied on lha tide ol a President, will use its power tgaintt the libertiee of tbe People. We have tern a Bank of ihe United Staut, arrayed, aa waa alleged, on Ibe eide of a rretideni, and wbal power did it exert! If to arrayed, did it procure hie rt tlec lion? . W have teen a Presideot enlisted sgsiusl a bank; and w know that be did accomphah its downfall. The bank, at ben, wtt but a etrong infant in the errni of a giant. For one, be waa heartily tir ed of this taw head and bloody bonrt.ui ed by tlctigning demtgngutt to frighten old women sud young children. The country cannol prosper without auch an iaeiituiion. The .experiment has been tried, llntory is Philosophy leaching by example. The notes of the old Unjt ed States Bankt were always equal to gold and silver. It made no difference where tbtteno'ei were ittued; they were all good and current. Then we bad an abundance of specie, bnt every eit-ten, of every cists, waa glad to exchange it for United b ates notes. Be.tdes, the Batik paid a heavy bonut to the government for the privilege of ktepine ita denniiiet. What a difference bet ten line elate of things, and that existing under the pel Dink and tub treaaury system. . But he would nut go into this blanch of lite ques tion, or examins ihe achievements of thoe odious scamps, Boyd, Litin, Swaitwout, Price, acd many others. - A few rcmaikt more, said Mr. L. snd he would close. He regretted that he could not find language vivjd enough, to give ut erance to bis feclmet on the reso lution, nominating Mr. Clay for the Pre tidency. II it election would lay bare the Irickt of political jugglers who have to long tnanage-1 the czijplicaied machinery of patty. By i',U h would be placed before tho country rhruiatkcd, exposed to the indignant ease of millione of freemen. How nobly hat he acquitted himself, in every emergency! When tbe Missouri question, which threatened lo convulse the nation to it ceutre, wat agitated wben nut a aiogle bright tool appear ' id in ih political aky when dismay and pprencnbion ruled ecry patriot a botorn then, the great Clay threw bitsself into the branch, and by hia touching appeals to the contending parties, reconc iled tht) jarring tlementa of discord and atrile, and gav back to a troubled country, tranquil peace. This act, alone, in the abvence of all other clbiio, was sufficient to prepetu tto bis fame " to ihe last syllable of re corUctl time attociating with it, at it did, all that was great, all that was good, a!l that wat patriotic. IHs transcendant eloquence and vigor of inttlhct htte given him an elevation in th national councils, thai mark bim as the master spirit of the age. Now, that the storm hat burst up on ut, and our good ship is again dashed against the foaming wave, shall we Q-it Hit hark and eeck the ehcro, vnen then in Ja taLiatlc, and the tempests roarJ" . No, never! So long it the gallant Clay treads tli d.ck, his deep-toned voice founding upon ihe ear" Bear a hand go ahead and play your part briaklv" all all will be well. And how ran it be otherwise, under so glorious a leader! W must and will match to victory, in November, 1844. and ceding the Clay standard at the Federal city, leave it there to wave its ample folds in liiumph, O'er the I tnd cf the liee, sod lb Lome of lb brave" . Several gentlemen were now loudly railed on to address the convention, but none of them being present, . Gen. Patterson rose and said, that he wished to offer a resolution to the Con- Congress to establish a bank has been triumphantly vindicated by the executive, vention, embodying a just tribute to tie- Sir, the jirophccyhas bien fulfilled aye, judicial end legislative departments of served merit a ruoluiiuii wltit li he felt confident would be responded to with beany zeal by every mereler of that body. 'The resolution was as follows: Resolved, That this Convention ap prove Cj6 patriotic course pursued by tlie retiring members of the late Cabinet, in relinquishing tbe important offices held by them, so soon as they discovered that tliey cowd no longer retain their stations either wkh honor to themselves or use fulness to the country; And that the dis tinguished reputation acquired by our es-' teemed fellow citizen, ueoroe E. IIab cek. during the brief period of his services as Secretary of tiicTNavy, haa but endear ed hint mors and more to the people of IxorM 1 aroiiua, and lias secured to him self a renown as imperishable as tlie Na val history of Lis country. The resolution was unanimously adopt ed. On motion of Paul C. Cameron, esq.. Resolved, That a Central Committee. to represent the Whig party of the state. to consist of twenty-one persons, be now appointed by the President. " - After some consultation, the President announced the following CZXTKAX COMMITTEE. Charles Manly, Thomas 1 licks. John Ligon, Richard I lines, iu. It. freeman, John W. Hams. Willie J. Fuller, fi. W. Haywood, George E. Badger, II." W. Montague, A. J. Foster, Thomas J, Lemay, V erton R. Calcs. Johnston Bushee, Henry W. Miller. R. W. Hay wood. Stephen Stevenson, James Litchford. John H. Bryan, Alfred Jones, SamL F. Patterson. - Mr. J. Collinsoa Burg-win laid a reso lution on the secretary's table, which, he said, he would call up at the proper tune. Here calls were made on various rcn- tlemen for speeches, but no one rising, Mr. Cherry, of Bertie, said he was all the way from the Swamps, and didn't get to Raleijrh often: but he had heard a sood deal to-day, about a certain Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and he un derstood that there waa in the House a gentleman from that part of tlie country. one Mr. Barringer, ho believed they call ed him, and he wanted to hear some news from that quarter. Mr. BARRINGER, thus appealed to. rose but with evident reluctance, and re marked that he had not the remotest idea of saying a word in the Convention, and of course, was wholly unprepared. But, sato Air. IS., 1 never nave, in my whole life, refused," to answer to a Whig call, nor will I now. I feel under obligations to my incnil irom JJcrtie, and to the Con vention, for the compliment implied by the call, but now that I am up, what shall I say! There is nothing left me to talk about, The -Whigs, I hope air, are all well informed as to the principles of out faith, and alive to the importance of ear nestly enforcing them. There are some things, however, w hich have been, done here this day, that are legitimate Hubjccts of hearty congratulation to us all. Yes sir, the proud stand we have here assum ed at the representatives of the Old North cttate eo much like that taken in Meet lcnlmrg county in 1773, and so eloquent ly referred to on this floor a stand which has made our people memorable from that time to tins is an event on w hu h I may be allowed to congratulate every true Whig. - Sir, who talks of despondency! 1 here may have been a smothered indig nation in our bosoms, when we had -a right to expect better things; but there haa been no despondency ,ior, as is well remarked in the report, adopted with en much unanimity here to-day. Whins are forbidden, by their very principles, to tier s pair, lie would not denounce John Tyler, but would only say, that whatever hone mar have been hitherto entertained of his aiding in the advancement of Wrhi? principles, are now all dissipated. They had, this day, torn down his tattered flag, aud no longer looked upon his adminis tration as a ing administration, or held themselves responsible for its acts. We have run up in its' place, said Mr. B., the MJiie flag of HENRY CLAY that man who has tendered more service to his country, Snd received less in return, than any American living. Yes 6ir, during the last war, his trumpet tongucd elo quence was worth more than a thousand guns to the cause of freedom. He it was too, as had been truly said by the penile man from Bertie, who settled the Missou ri and Tariff questions, when the Union was shaken to its centre. Under his ban ner we cannot but fight successful! v, and he was proud, indeed, that the Old North j State had been the first to fling it to the ' wild winds free" We gave, in 1840, the first staggering blow to Loco Focoism. Yes sir, whatever may be said by those who affect to took down upon North Ca rolina, it was the moral influence which her example exerted, that eecured tlie election of Harrison. Our Augast elec tion turned back the tide of Van Buren successes, carried dismay into Iheir camp, and confidence into ours. The Whigs are as strong now, as they were then. Our arms may have become a little rusty. but from this day forward, they will be come brighto'r and brighter, until our flag waves in triumph over the Capitol of the Union." - - I must congratulate you also, Mr. Pre v ... . . So. 1122. sklent, continued Mr. B.J upon the glori? ous turn-out st l!iis Convention. You know air, how Lntv a titr.e it U with iha J Farmers of the country, and that it it the roottunpropiuoua rearon cf use year f thenf to leave their home. And I roust congratulate you, too, upon the unparal- , lekd harmony which haa attrndeJ all our deliberations. It does not become ana sir, perhaps, to contrast tut unicn wiira the ditcord ot tlie las Wo Foco Con vention, the proceedings of which I wit- nessed, snd I will not; but I cannot re strain an expression of gratification al the undivided front tre have presented on eve ry question. We must eo onroi!uueriar and to conquer. Yes, air, just as sure a blossoms ccme in the rpring, juat so sine :n i win w uuj iicmry in august next. I may congratulate you loo, sir, on tls present 'charming weather. It really seems as if the smiles of Providence were epon us. Why, sir," in January, when tlie Loco Foco Convention met. it va tlie very worst weather ever seen. It di J every tiling, he believed, hut thunder, and that is very unusual in ihe winter time. And this, Mr. B. said, reminded him of an anecdote, which, with tlie per mission of the Convention, he would re- -late. An old friend of his in the moun tains, man of vigorous intellect and iroa constitulion, who was in Ihe habit of mak ing stump speeches during the great con test of 1 WO, having been at several Whig; meetings where the weather waa uncom monly fine, and at several Loco Foco ga therings, where it rained very bard, com menced one of his harangue thus: " Brethren, you cannot but perceive that tne smiles oi rrovidcnre arc on the luge. At such a place, and such a place, (men tioning the Whig meetings) we had beau- -tiful weather; but at such a place, an4 such a place, (mentioning tlie Loco Foco meetings) Providence frowned, and the rain fell in torrent. Brethren, litis ie 1 ominoutT' So, said Mr. B.. if ire draw inferences from tlie weather, the signs are . r . . , most ominoui lor our opponents. I will make one more remark. Mr. Pre- aident. One of the most valuable results Of Conventions, like this, is to brine to- gcuier inos wrio, ny natural obstacles. are too lar apart, and we have the mea sure of. communing together. Vit have neartl to-day, sir, assurances of what the ' East will do in the coming election; let , me say a word for the West Your ex perience shows, Mr. President, that the : battle-cry is always sounded loudest in that part of the state. It is true we have ' been somewhat mortified in the West, at the political aspect of affaire; hut when our frienda come to learn, that II Attar or the West always their first choice i in the field and on our banner, they will rally as they did in 1840." And what we did then, the whole country knows. We did not count our majorities by fifties, nor by hundreds, but by thousands, and we will do so again. All we need is fot every member of this Convention to go home and do his duty. Let every staunch, old fashioned Whig every son of the old North State give tlie long pull, and tlie tlrong pull, urged by the eloquent gen- tleman from Wake, and all will be well, i Loud calls were here made for Charles Manly, esq. That gentleman rose and said, that having nothing to say, he thought it best to say nothing. When a boy, aud under the charge of a Preshyte-' rian Clergyman, who was engaged in teaching young ideas how to shoot," he had ono lesson impressed upon him,, which he should never foiget. "Be sure never io begin, until yon have something' to say, and always leave off when vou t are done." Now, said Mr. M., this ie applicable, I think, to our Convention. We begun when we had something to sav. and that having been well said by other, we have done all that it becomes us to do. The best motion that could he made, as it was gctunjlate, would be. he thought, ta adjourn, but he would not mskc it. Mr. Burrwm called up his resolution. which was read as follows: Resolved, That the thanks of this Con- vention be tendered to the President, and. other officer, for the able and satisfactory manner in wim-H they have discharged their duties. , The question on the adoption of the-. resolution, having beea put to tho Con vention by the Secretary, it was tinani- ;" mously adopted. ' v . -Tlie President (Gen. PockeirVrose to return his thanks. He barely wished lo, remark, as an evidence of the high sente " which he entertained of the honor confer red upon him by th Convention, that though for more than twenty years, he had been laboring to accumulate some- thing for his children, the richest legacy he should be able to bequeath them, would be the distinguished honor of having pre sided over a Convention, at which John M. Morchead was nominated for Gover nor, and Harry of the West, for the Pre sidency. In conclusion, he would bid his , brother delegates an affectionate adieu, . recommending union, energy and perse verance. . The Convention wat then adjourned tint die. . . . ' i it S.f-iHH 'I 1 SIM x WitisxKYT-New whiskey It selling al f uiciiinaii ai eieven centspergaiioo, ai4 uua at mat. t - f 6 W6VHt aa
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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May 5, 1842, edition 1
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