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For the Raleigh Times. - Mr. Editor: I see that all the Locofoco organs of the State, tho' in ivor of amend ing the constitution, are out in full blast a gainst calling a free and open Convention, directly from the people for that purpose. I confess r.o disappointment at seeing Ihem take this stnnd; and think every ' ue who lias carefully read Gov. Reid's Inaugural Address would expect them to occupy that platform. It could hardly be expected that the organs of the party would grind out any music but such as would be acceptable to their leader, and calculated to facilitate his march, divide his enemies, and give new life and strength to the forces which sup port him. The various propositions, in the order they have been brought forward by prominent Locofocos, are well calculated to effect the objects they have in view, which I take to be the prostration of the Whigs in ; the West for the benefit of the Locofocos of the East. If this in truth be the object, no oue can blame the people of the West for acting in self-defence. If we are deserted by our political friends in the East, we must try and do the best we can in and of our selves. Our political affinities, though ar dent, are not strong enough to bind us for ever to those who seem willing, on a slight pretence, to betray us into the hands of our enemies. If gentlemen at the East are op posed to amending the constitution by an open Convention, why did they not nip this thing in the bud ? Why are they so willing ' now to cheapen the right of suffrage, with out granting an equivalent "to those who will be permitted hereaft r to exercise this sacred right ? Does the question of loss and gain here arise ? blunt their consciences and stop their ears to the complaints of their friends, who are not only being shorn of their strength, but are hereafter likely to be literally trampled into thj dust by this piece meal tinkering operation of amending the constitution by Legislative enactment? This fact will be much more apparent perhaps to many, by noticing separately the rarious propositions, precisely in the order in which they were presented by their authors. It is admitted that free suffrage, to use the lan guage of Mr. Avery, "neither gives nor takes anything from the East or West." It is at best but a bubble a humbug a political toy thrown out by an arrant demagogue for the pnrpose of pleasing, while it deceives, the people, and benefitting but its projector and his party. And, so far as the people of Western Carolina are concerned, could they " be satisfied that all amendments to the con stitution would stop here, they might pos sibly be brought to agree to the bill passed by the last Legislature. But we of the-West take it that this is but the pieljde of what is yet to come; and that jt hns been decreed in caucus, that the ever-shifting platform of Locofocracy in this State, at the propertime is to have a new plank added to it. In the present campaign, the people of the Wes-t are to be denounced without stint or mercy as a band of agrarians and faualies, by tho stump orator3 and organs of ihe Locofoco party. This course is recommended in an epistle of one of their file loaders, who says that they can frighten the EhsI iiuo the sup port of David S. Reid, if they can only hold the Democracy of the-West firmly to their support and under their old colors. This is to be done as heretofore I presume, by crying cut iu favor of free suffrage and in opposition to an open Convention, on the ground of the improbability, organized as the Senate is, of our ever being able to get a bill passed through that body, calling a Convention. Thus, by playing a double game, frightening the people of the East with a prospect of a change of the basis, and at the same time disheartening those of the West, by telling them that such a thing is utterly out of the question, they hopeiu the approaching campaign to bear Governor t:j 1 C r I -1 - -1 ! JiCiU auu ueeuurag iriutupuaiiuy uiruugu, and at the same time, and in the same man gier, secure a majority in each J. ranch of our next Legislalure. If so, the a they will be able to district the State; revise all our laws; elect a United States Senator for the next six years, &c., &c. , This much the Whigs of the Slate have Jost or are likely to lose, by David S. Reid and free suffrage, in the two first success ful campaigns of the party. Let us look fcack for a moment to the interesting pro, gramme of amendments proposed by three Jeaders to be rqade to our constitution-- The plank next to be added to the Demo cratic platform, if the programme is correct, will be -General Romulus Mitchell Sannders' famous proposition forbidding any ' further appropriations by the Legislature for Inter nal Improvements, unless the bill making such appropriations shall have first been submitted to the people and approved by a majority of them at the ballot-box. Here is a Goliah that is now pampering for party use, and will be next put upon the political track .in this Stale. How admirably adap ted to the limes will this issue be ! for a bout this time the State will be indebted some two and a half millions the great works of improvement now under way will barely have been completed the taxes of the State will probably have to be raised a fraction for a short time to meet the. inter est on the State bonds. The people of the East will want the Central Railroad con tinued to Beaufort, and those of the West ? o as one man fcr it to -be continued to Knoxville. The friends of the Yadkin & Catawba will be more anxious than ever to have those noble rivers improved from the point where they are crossed by the Railroad to as near thcirsources as possible. The State will be excited in every quarter upon this subject. ..'What a beautiful field will then be open to Old Roan to display his former talents at dodging on the sub ject of Internal Improvements! when he trots out on his new hobby, booted, girded and spurred for the race, in the year of our Lord, loo-l! hat could Kayner, fetanly, Gilmer, or any other Whig, do "with this J Jon fcituxotte ot the campaign, DacKea,as he would be, by the whole Locofoco party? Nothing, emphatically nothing! He would walk over the track with ease, driving either of the gentlemen I have named, and the few disconsolate Whigs who might be in duced to rally around either or all, in tri umph before him. And, under the circum stances described, I have no hesitation in saying, that few, if any, of the counties of the State would return delegates who would refuse to vote for the amendment referred to. In that event, let me ask my friends of the up-country, as well as in many por tions of the East, what will be the conse quence of such a change in the constitu tion as is here contemplated ; ill there be any chance then of getting works of improvement constructed, or repaired? None whatever. 1 he entire V est will then be doomed to remain hemmed from their own markets and the markets of the world by the great hills and lofty mountains. North Carolina may boast of broad rivers and bright streams, but not one of them will ever be improved. What of that, if De inocracy but remain iu power ? This amendment disposed of, how nat ural will it be for the West to desire to run a candidate for Coventor, and it so hap pens that among the list of constitutional reformers in the last Legislature, Mr. Av ery comes next in order, and the plank that he proposes to add to the Democratic platform is the election of the Justices of the Peace by the people. This is a favor ite hobby of his ; and I have no doubt but the whole family are somewhat partial to it, as it lay near the heart of his worthy and patriotic grandfather, after whom he has the honor of being named. It issupposed that this amendment will be equally pop ular with the' two former, and of course will cany Mr. Avery into the Gubernatori al chair. When he has served out his four years, then Mr. Stevenson, of New bern, will come forward 'as the -next can didate, and he will propose to adtl to the platform the election of Judges by the peo ple. It is thought by tfie time Mr. Ste venson will be called on, the people will have become Democratic enough to elect their Judges with' a iissh. After Mr. Ste venson lias served the part' four years, it is more than likely that the more intelli gent portion of the people will begin to grow AA'eaiy of this method of amending the constitution, and will call loudly for a convention for thorough revision. If so, the Democratic party v. ill be prepared for thi 'emergency exactly. James R. Mc Lean, a Western man, in which portion of the State this movement will then as now, be most popular, will be ready and qualified to take the field ; and the issue will be upon his bill which passed the House of Commons at the lsat session by the aid of the Democracy. This proposi tion was to take the vote of the people up on Convention or No Convention. ' When the vote is taken, should a majority be found voting against a Convention, it will have no other effect than to prove the De mocracy were right in the course they have pursued in relation to the'eonsfitution, and that all the amendments they have adopt ed have been approved by the people sep arately and jointly. And this great demonstration of their wisdom, forsight and patriotism, will give our friend McLean popularity enough to enable him to nominate his successor. On the other hand, should the people de cide in favor of a Convention, stiil they will be fortunate enough to be on the right side, ready to sail with the tide of public opinion. Feb. 16, 1852. RANDOLPH. British Government John Fien nes Crampton, has presented to the Pres ident the letter of recall of Sir Henry L. Bulwer, and his own credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentia ry of her Britanuic Majesty to this Gov ernment. - leisure is a very pleasant garment to look at, Hit it is a very bad one to wear. The ruin of mil; lions rnav bs traced to it. WHIG MEETING EST CLEVELAND. The Whigs of Cleveland County conve ned at the Court House in Shelby, on Tues day, the 10th of February, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Whig State Convention. When, on motion of Dr. W. J. T. Miller, IsaacErwin, Esq. was called the Chair, and J. R. Logan, Esq. appointed Secretary.. .';.'- '.:";-:" At the request of the Chaiiman, G. W. Baxter, Esq. being present explained the object of the meeting in a brief, but lucid and very "appropriate, speech, urging the Whigs to vigilance and duty in the approach ing campaign. : The following resolutions were then sub mitted by the Secretary,, which, being read separately, were unanimously adopted, to wit: Whereas, various County meetings have recent! been held for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to attend the Whig State Convention, to be held in the City of Ra leigh, on the 26ih of April next, to nomin ate a candidate for Governor of the State, and whereas it is deemed advisable and pro per that this County should be represented in said Convention: Therefore, Resolved, That this meeting approves of holding a Convention" for the purpose of nominating a Whig candidate for the Gub ernatorial Chair, and will therefore appoint ten delegates to represent the Whigs of this County in said Convention. Resolved, That JOHN KERR, Esq., of Caswell, is eminently qualified to fill that distinguished office, and is our firot choice as a candidate ; yet we will cheerfully ac quiesce in the action of the Convention. Resolved, That Millard Fillmore, by his firmness, integrity and patriotism, in admin istering the affairs of Government for the benefit of the whole people, without regard to sectional prejudices, has entitled himself to our utmost confidence; and should he re ceive the nomination for the next Presiden cy, we will rive him ourienrty and most efficient support. Resolved, -That we have seen with pride the name of our own Governor Graham, mentioned by the Wing papers of various States, as a suitable person to fill the Second Office within the gift of the '-"people of the Union; a gentleman whose talents, patriot ism and high gentlemanly bearing have en deared him to the Whigs of North Carolina, and should he receive the nomination of the Whig Party, we will give him our most cor dial support, with a full assurance that he would fill that office like every other to which he has been promoted, with honor to himself and to the Country.' Resolved, That the Chairman ofthis meet ing appoint ten Delegates to attend a Dis trict Convention, in the event such meeting should be necessary, for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to the Whig National Convention, to nominate Candidates for President and Vice President. ISAAC ERWINj Chm'n, J. R. Logan, Sec'y. WHIG MEETING IN CHATHAM. On Tuesday of February Court, in the County of Chatham, a large meeting of the people being called in the Court House, to appoint Delegates to a State Convention to be held in Raleigh, on the 4th 'Monday in April next, Richardson Fauceit, Esq. was called to the chair, and J. Q. A. Leach was appointed Secretary. Maurice Q. Waddell offered the follow ing Resolutions, which were adopte'd s Whereas, It has been recommended that the Whig Party of North Carolina shall hold a Convention in Raleigh on the 26th of April, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the office of Governor of the State and for consultation upon the great interests of the country: And, whereas, we, a portion ofthe Whigs of Chatham, approve of the said time and place of holding said Convention, and are desirous that this coun ty should be represented therein. Therefore, Resolved, That the Chairman of this meet ing appoint 25 Dole Ttes to attend saidCon veniion. . Resolved, That we approve of the Com promise measures of the last-.Congress, and that we regard them as a final settlement of the vexed questions to which they pertain, and that while we intend in good faith to abide by them ourselves, we shall require the same of others. Resolved, That we cordially approve of the Administration of Millard Fillmore. The difficulties which have encompassed his administration have but served to illus trate his abilities, prudence, conservatism, patriotism and nationality. Guided by the Constitution as explained and enforced by the fathers of the Republic, he has so per formed his duties as to win the reluctant ap probation of even his political enemies. Resolved, That we recommend, him as our first choice for the next Presidential Term. Resolved, That we warmly recommend to our fellow citizens in every part of the UiiioD, the name of Win. A. Graham, for the next Vice Presidency. His own people in North Carolina, who have known him longest and know him best, think he would be a fit associate with that great and -pure statesman, Millard Fillmore; like him, he is able, honest, conseivative, patriotic and na tional. Resolved, That we believe pur true for eign policy to be, that which our country has ever pursued. What Washington, earn estly inculcated and time and experience sanction, we are not willing to exchange for the dogmas of any foreign emissary, however honored he may be. R. FAUCETT. Chm'n. J. Q. A. Leach, Sec'y. WHIG MEETING IN WAYNE. At a meeting of the Whigs of Wayne, held in the Court House in Goldsborousrh, on Tuesday the 17th instant, J. C. Slo cutnb, Esq., was on motion of Geo. V. Strong, Esq., called to the Chair, and having assumed it, explained in a brief and appropriate manner the object of the meeting, J. R. Manly was on motion appointed Secretary. On motion of Geo. C. Moses, Esq., the Chairman appointed the following gentlemen a committee to draftresolutions for the action of the meet ing, to-wit : Messrs. John Wright, J. H. . Moses and Cogdell B. Massey. The committee having retired for a brief interval, returned and reported .through Mr. J. IL Eveiitf the following, which were unanimously a dopted : - Whereas, a Convention of the Whigs of the State of North Carolina, for the purpose of noinitiiting . a candidate for Governor, and appointing two delegates to represent the State at large in the Whig National Convenrfon, is to be held in the City of Raleigh , on t ! ic 20th day of April next, of which Convention we heartily ap prove, and in 'which we deem it important that we should be represented ; And where as, we think it expedient that a district Convention should beheld in tin's District, for the purpose of appointing: a delegate (and alternate) to represent it in said Whig National Convention Therefore Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting be authorized to appoint ed: dele gates to represent this county ia the ap proaching State Convention. Resolved, That we recommend Green ville as a proper place, and Wednesday, the 5lh day of Ma' "next, as a suitable time for holding the District Convention, and that the Chairman of this meeting be also authorized to appgkit ten delegates thereto. V Resolred, That as Whigs, belonging to he great Conservative Party of the coun try, we entertain an abiding devotion to the Union,: 'the Constitution- and its Com promises, and , regard the series of meas ures passed by Congress to settle the ques tions arising out of our territorial acquisi tions, as a settlement in principle and sub stance, of the dangerous-and exciting sub jects which they embrace. Resolved, That having 'full confidence in the wisdom of the Convention which is to assemble at Raleigh, we forbear to ex press any preference as to the person who is to be. our candidate', for the Gubernatori al office, and that we pledge Our zealous support to him, whom the Convention shall iu its wisdom recommend to our choice. Resolved, That in Millard Fillmore we behold the honest man, the enlighten ed statesman , the "faithful executive, who has the moral courage to adhere to the Constitution despite the opposition of fa natical factions, and "a patriotism sufficient ly broad to embrace every section , and that he is therefore our first choice for the Presidency of the United States. Resolved, I hat the Hoxv m. A. Gra ham has our warmest recommendation, as the Whig candidate for the Vice Presiden cy, since in him we recognise a man en lightened, firm, faithful,patriotic and true, who never hesitates to denounce the AVrong nor to do battle in the cause of right. Mr. Geo. V Strong having been then called upon by the meeting, responded ill a very able and eloquent manner: J. C. SLOCUMB, Ch'n. J. R. Manly j Sec'y. WHIG MEETING IN MCDOWELL. At a meeting of the Whigs of McDow ell Counly, held in the Court House; on the 23th of January 18o2, for the' 'purpose of appointing delegates to the -State-Convention, the following proceedings we're had : Jesse Burgin, Esq., Avas called to the chair, and Charles Mackney requested to act as Secretary. Dr. John L. Erwin, being called upon Lby the Chairman, explained the object of the meeting m a brier and pertinent man ner, and then propoced for consideration, the following resolutions, which were u hanimouslv adopted, after spirited addres ses by Col. John Baxter, T. R. Caldwell, Esq., and Geo. W. Baxter, 'Esq. Whereas; It has been recommended by the Whigs of the State, that a Conven tion should assemble in the city of Raleigh oi the 4th Monday in April next, for the purpose of nominating a Whig Candidate for Governor, and whereas, Ave, a portion of the people of McDowell County, do np piwe of the object in holding said Con vention. Re it therefore Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting do appoint ten delegates to represent this county in said Convention. Resolved, That among the many good and able men of the' Whig parly in this State, for Avhom Ave Aeould cheerfully cast our suffrages, there is no one Avhom we consider more eminently deserving the fa vor of the whole Whig party of the State, than our estimable and patriotic fellow cit izen, John Kerr, of CasAvell county, but Ave pledge ourselves heartily to the nomi nee of the Convention. Resolved, That avc have observed not only with undiminished, but increased con- i fidence the honesty, capability and fidelity with Avhich Millard Fillmore has discharg ed his duties as President of the United States, and do most cordially commend him as our first choice for the next Presi dency. ! ' .!.'"X". 1;-'' Rspk-ed, That with unqualified pleas ure Ae ioin our Whig brethren of the State, in recommending the Hon. William A. Graham, omv fellow citizen, for the Vice Presidency, and we can truly say , "We know him, we have tried him, and we endorse him to the Whigs of the whole Union.";' ::.-:.;:; Resolved, That the Chairman appoint fifteen delegates to represent this county in a District Convention, to be held at Ashe ville, for the purpose of appointing a dele gate to the Whig National Convention. JESSE BURGIN, Ch'n. , Charles Mackey, Secretary. From the N. Y. Express. MR. FILLMORE, It is stated that in ni Ariiti.x (N. Y.) paper, that President Fillmore will be Lol led in this State into a fifty thousand mi nority, if nominated by the Whig Nation al Convention, that is to say, we have a proclamation from Auburn that fifty thou sand Whigs ofthe Auburn school will bolt his nomination I This is pretty plain talk; and is such as we like to hear, when the thought is indulged in. Plain out-spoken treason commands a certaili degree of res pect, even if we despise the principles of the traitor. We like to know the worst of ihings, for then Ave know how to grapple with them. If there is heroism, however, in the utterance of such a thought, there is a defiance in it also, that justifies prepara tion and puni-i'iment, and that leads us to investigate if the power of treason is equal to the will. We apprehend, howcver,that the Auburn Pronunciamento is very like a I Mexican one, only or paper, intended to scare oil the outside barbarians ofthe South and West from FiHmore, witha conscious ness that it is nothing but a paper bulletin at J so': no. ' V There is not one word of truth in this Auburn Pronunciamento, that Mr. Fill more lias not been, is not now, and is not likely to be as popular as any Whig candi date'for the Presidency that can be offered to New York. There are difficulties that environ and '-embarrass our party in this State, whatsoever way we turn , such as we do hot propose to discuss here, in our columns, -but there is no public man now named for the Presidency so free from dif ficulty by his position and personal popu larity us Millard Fillmore. Foi every Ab olition Whig vote he loses, he Avill gain from the opposition party; but it is not true that he Avould lose many bona fide Whig votes, if any. The boting threat of 50, 000 is only a hrvtumfvhncii. Whigs Cat are Free Soil Whigs, if men of -'.principle, ale not going to Rinu'ijize again ns, in ISil, and thus annex; another Texas over, the Rio Grande, and re-open another Mex ican waiy as they did then, because Mr. Fillmore has done nothing but what, as a Whig he Avas pledged beforehand to do: that is, approve Acts of Congress not un constitutional and execute laws of (he U nited States enacted in pursuance of the constitution. Mr. Fillmore Can carry, in 18.32,Just as good a '-Whig vote as he got ! for Vice President, Comptroller of the State or Avhen he. was run for its Governor. H has the full strength ofthe party before the People, not before the politicians, for of them Ave take but little account, embittered as some of them are; but before the people no man is stronger,& there has not been of late years a stronger man in the State than Millard Fillmore. When run for office previously here, he was just as odious to the Auburn Politicians as he is now:; and w hen run for Vice President, lie was run and elected in spite of them all, though their spite AATas so great as at one time to summon a meeting at Albany, 'witha strug gle to overthrow even Gen. Taylor in or der to overt'irow the candidate with him. This 50,000 threat Ave have been hearing in this State for ten or twTelve years. Mr. Filhnore has beeu rising from an humble Member of Congress from Bufi'aIo,to being the Premier of the House of Representa tives, at the head of its Finance commit tee, then Comptroller of the State, then Vice President, and now President ; in all and each of Avhich positions he has distin guished himself by eminent ability and faithful service both to his State and coun try. The 50,000 threat has been the great impulse of his advancement from the start, and if it is persisted in, it will run him' -for the Presidency and elect him. Human nature and human pride revolt against the persecution of the A uburn bolters, and hu man generosity alwrays succors an honora ble man thus assailed. To our Southern and We stem Whig friends Ave say, in reply to this Auburn Pronunciamento, (intended for outside barbarians only,) New York is just as safe for Mr. Fillmore as for any Whig likely to beput lip; and that Mr. Fillmore can car ry the State, if he is pitted against three, at least, of the gentlemen Avho are prominent Democratic candidates. We do not say thisbecause Mr. Fillmore is thought of to beSin as a candidate, but because we do not mean to see an old, tried, true, gallant, eminent Whig trampled down or pronoun ced down. Mr. Fillmore has done well by us Wrhigs, and better yet by the coun try ; and he is to haA'e an honorable dis charge, if discharged at all , never to be kicked off with impunity. The thing must be done gracefully and genteely, if it is done, and when it is done, for a purer man never directed,a firmer hand never held , the reins of government. He has restored the better days and the better principles of the Republic, amid threats and dangers that would have appalled or crushed a Aveaker man. He became President in the midst of perils and in the fury of sectional excite ments that jeopnrded. the vety exislence of the nation, ana that Avere plunging it directly" into civil warvy' The first week of his Administration, he had to change and create a Cabinet, and fix its policy, and tell Texas, by solemn proclamation, with the Avhole power of the United States Ar my, concentrating then by order in New Mexico, that .if Texas in arms trampled upon a foot of her soil, she would be resis ted Icy the whole poAver aud force of the United States Government. -.The energy, the solemn, sincere character of that Proc lamation, halted the legions of Texas, then in actual organization for the march. But though thus threatening ripening, nay, al most ripened, treason at the South, he was not forgetful of his duty to his oath to obey the Constitution, or his duty to carry cn the Government in the spirit ofthe Consti tution. He encouraged the settlement of the frightful slavery and anti-slavery issues ; he lent the sanction of his influence and the influence of his position for the settlement, and he approved the laws passed for the settlement. These laws he has executed in good faith, as by his oath he was bound to do; and under his administration there is arising a general acquiecence in meas ures which arc iioav likely to last as long as the Constitution is worth preservin;r. Thus successf ul, thus admirable, has been his domestic policy ,.but brilliant and succesful beyond ail anticipation has been his foreign policy. The beauty of it all has been its calm, confident, sincere sim plicity. Amid the Cuba howl and hurri cane, avIi en it raged from New Orleans to New York, he sat collected and cool, do ing his whole constitutional duty 'without fear of consequences. The whole South at one time seemed to be, judging by its presses, ready to devouihim for arresting the r rnption intended there upon Caba. lie neither heeded threats nor dreaded loss of populariiy. Washington himself was not more firm and collected amid all the pas sions of the old French Revolution, fi ve tits have shown his foresight and hisAvis- dom, more especially in the settlement of j our once :nous difficulties with Spam, m the liberation of the Pamnero Prisoners, and also of Thrasher. So in the controversy with France, av!io with England, it was said, was hovering in the Gulf cf Mexico wish a fleet to search our vessels, to see if they intended an expedition upon -Cuba. M. Sartige, the French Minister, AAas ve ry emphatically told no such claims of ex amination would be tolerated j'for the Gov ernment of the United Slates was not on ly willing to put down all Fillibuster expe ditions, but able to do it, too. In the Pro metheus affair, also, we have seen the Ad min istrati ion as earnestly as ever, but yet as firm as possible so express itself that the proudest nation of the earth has ; made its humble apology for the wrong it had done us. Meanwhile our duties to all the Span ish American States have been performed. To the best of our ability we are executing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico. We aredoing all Ave can to stop the foravs on the Rio Grnn'df ' AVe have yielded to no teimitntion io seize Sonora or "tj!e Sandwich Islands. Moderation, pru- deuce, respect for t he rights of others, as Avell as decision and energy, have marked and eininenth" distinguished the whole for eign policy of Mr. Fillmore. There never has been an administration more successful than Mr. Fillmore's lias been in all that it has undertaken, and un der it the country has pre-eminently pros pered. The adoption of his plans for the better development of our internal resour ces, by River and Harbor improvements Avithin, and an adequate protection for our industry from without, would more invig orate the labor and prosperity of the coun try; but that this is not done is not the fault of his recommendations, but the fault of the Legislative Power of the country. Such a President, therefore, if it be the de sire of the Auburn Pronunciamento to su persede him, must be superseded Avith an acknowledgment -of -his merits and his ser vices, and, above all, with a clear under standing that his principles and his policy are to be maintained by Lis .Whig success-' or, whoever he may be. . Such a president is not r.o be shuffled off in ouler to shuffle olfhis principles with him. GOOD WHIG DOCTRINE. In an article headed "Encourage Home Industry." which appeared in the Raleigh Standard of the ilth inst., we find the following excellent remarks : "Our first duty, at all times, is to take care of our own interests and bring out our own resources ; but this duty is especi ally imperative and binding at a time like this. 1 -et the motto of every citizen be, North Carolina the development of her resources and the encouragement of North Carolina Industry." If we are not very much mistaken, the above is a concession of what the Whigs of the country have for years been con tending. In the first sentence is compris ed the sum and substance, (and is almost in the exact AA-ords,) of Avhat has fallen from the great American Statesman, Hen ry Clay, in support of the very same thing Ave might say, upwards of a hundred times. We agree with the Standard that it is "our first duty, at all times, to take care of our own interests and bring out our ow n re sources." Yes, it is the great business of the Government to "take care of every in terest" of the country, and "bring out all its resources. : Wcldon Patriot. Louisville, Feb. 15, 1852. The whig citizens of Paducah, and several of the adjoining counties, in general convention on; Wednesday last, adopted resolutions declaring the sentiments of that portion of ihe State in favor of John J, Critiendpn as the whis? candidate for th Presidency. The -Gonyen- tinn n-a attainted by nearly tun delegates. The Test of Reputation. The Washington correspondent of the Rich mond Whig Avho is also one 'of its Edi tors, writes thus from the Federal City, Avhete he has had abundant opportunities in the course of many A ears' mingling in its political circles, of forming a coirect o pinion : . ' "Tin's is, as to public, affairs, a wonder fully practical place. It is here alone they can be seen in their realities, can be stud ied with advantage, can be understood. There is no other school in Avhith really to learn them. You may get the rudiments elsewhere, and learn, as it were, the gram mar of politics ; but this is their Universi ty, and it is here one must take his de grees. ; , "Accordingly, it is here alone (hat men are tried and get their measure-. Let them have passed for' what they Avill elsewhere, it is here they must be tested. 'Few can stand it. Hither till shallow and false re putation come, and at onco vanish into their proper nothingness, it is an atmos phere fatal to humbugs ; they cannot live in it. You saw, but the other day, how Kossuth blazed, a meteor of reputation, until he came here, and instantly Avcnt out. Too many celebrities congregate here, for any fantastic ones to be endured. Ah ! the renowns that 1 have seen ar rive and at once go to pot here ! I would not advise any gentleman who has gotten a false reputation of talents to feteh it "to Washington : doing so will bring it to a sudden end, as sure as he is born. Abili ty on the other hand, never fails (o be felt and acknowledged. Here, your Seddonr from whom' much Avas expected, at once took his proper rank: here, your Caskie, will soon find his : here your Governor Johnson enjoyed an extreme obscurity: here, the ardor and vigor of Botts, the ca pacity of Summers, the astuteness and dexterity of Stuart, were unerringly ap preciated." ' ' . j Norfolk. The people of this city arc much dissatisfied at their treatment by the Legislature of Virginia. The Beacon, says : "-.:.' ' j In the A'iews presented by our neighbois of the Herald and Argus as to the trcati ment of Norfolk by the "Internal Improved ment Committee cf 2-1," Ave heartily con-i cur, reflecting as they do the feelings and sentiments of a large majority ofthis com-j inunity. We have never desired legisla-l tive favors at the expense of other sections of the State Ave have never expected lib-' erality at the hands of our 'rulers, but we; co ask for justice to the seaport of Virginia; more especially, now that the svstem is to be permanently settled and our resources j pledged for many years to come. To "bide our time" as advised by the Peters-j burg and - Richmond Editors, is basely toi surrender our claims forever. Virginia lias! the finest seaport on the Atlantic, but has treated it with cold neglect, and seems res-1 - o ' oliitely bent on its destruction. Other States have fostered theirs while Virginia has depressed hers, and in violation of all the rules of common sense aud common decency, in a spirit of partiality and ep pression, would reverse Jhe laws of nature herselfto consummatethe iniquitous scheme That Norfolk, the second tax-paying city in the State, and her oniy seaport should be utterly omitted in the grand project of improvements tbat is to unite thi State witli the West, is a proposition well calcu lated to kill oil' the Avhole system ; and its opponents could not de.sire a stronger justi fication for their votes against it than is to be found in the adopted basis ofthis com mittvee. A pretty idea truly that all others are to be satisfied to repletion befote avc are to participate in the benefits of an out lay that is to exhaust every resource of (he State. ;; '"'- ';. .. ' '' ' - . Wilmington, February, .19. After 'a portion of our weekly inie had been avoiIc ed off, between eight and nine o'clock last evening, the alarm of fire w;us sounded.- Mr. John Null's residence on Red Cross Street, was discovered to be in flames and in a short time Avas totally consumed to ccther with the kitchen and a considerables portion of his furniture ' - At half past eleven o'clock the alarm of fire Avas again heard. A small Avooden kitchen in the rear cf ihe Wasliingtou and Lafayette Hotel on Front Street took fire, and the Hames quickly communicated p the adjoining wooden dv elll-ing house oc cupied by Peter Harris: spreading thenco to the houses of Bernard Baxter, Mrs. Hoggins, John Quince, (occupied by- J. C. Perry,) the Calhorda house, (occupied by persons Avhose names we have not lear ned) all were in the course of a couple of hours burnt to the ground. The brick house of Dr. A. J. DeRosset, Sr., occupi od by D. Thally as a part of the Washing ton and Lafayette Hotel was partially de stroyed. " Mr. Harris lost all his furniture; Mr. Thally removed his. The building t the. corner occupied by Fulton & Price, as the Journal oliice was saved with very slight damage. They re moved their printing materials. We are request td by the proprietors to -stat " that . their Daily and Weekly issues Will appear as usual. Wre do not supposo the loss by this last fire will exceed tenor twelve thousand dol lars. Mr. Nutt's loss was prcbably from twro thousand to twenty-five hundred dol lars. The larger part of which aa as 'cov ered by insurance, hlcrald Hairy.
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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