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RALEIGH, AUGUST 30, 1843.
Vol. I. No. 15.
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COMPLIMENT TO H. W. MILLER.
At a meeting of the the friends of H. W. Mil
ler, at Wake Forest Pleasant Grove Academy,
assembled for the purpose of tendering him some
evidence of their high regard for his patriotic de
votion to the Whig cause in the late contest
which he so nobly sustained on motion,
Jno. Ligon, Esq. was called to the Chair, and
Gen. D. S. Crenshaw appointed Secretary. . The
object of the meeting having been explained,
On motion of Capt W. D. Jones, K. P. Hill,
Jno. P. Cook and D. S. Crenshaw were appointed
to draw up Resolutions for the action of the
meeting: Whereupon, the Committee submitted
the following Preamble and Resolutions i
Whereas, a, Republican Governmentguaran
tees unto all its citizens the right of assembling
themselves together, for the purpose of condemn
ing or approving the public acts of their Repre
sentative. and, of censuring all infringements
upon the popular suffrage of the people,.we feel
called uj on here, to raise our voices against the
trickery c? party virulence, practised by our last
Legislature, whereby the sovereign will of the
people was made subservient to the minority, con
trary to the principles and professions of Demo
crats. And, if with this fact before them, the
Democratic . Congressional members choose to
misrepresent the people, it will be adding another
to the numerous evidences that Democracy as
practised by them, is only a name they select to
. 'deceive : I I ' . ' '! ' '
1. Resolved, That H. W. Miller is entitled to
the sincere gratitude of every Whig of the 5th
Congressional District, for the valiant and pa
triotic manner in which he conducted the late
campaign against the Napoleon of Democracy in
North Carolina; and that he not only ably sus
tained our cause in the contest, but gained for us
an increased vote, which has united the Whig
party of the District and restored confidence to
. them. - i j ' i
2. Resolved, as a testimony of our high regard
'for such patriotic devotion to Whig principles,
wetender him a real Whig Dinner at this place,
on any day most convenient to him.
'3. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting,
the name of Henry Clay is all that is necessary
to ensure a triumph equal to that of 1840.
4. Resolved, That we hereby organise ourselves
into a Clay Club, to hold its meetings monthly
at Forestville ; and we will there dig our found
ation on Clay, build a Log Cabin and daub it
with Clay, land iri it we will proclaim our prefe
rence for Clay.
5. ' Resolved, That we recommend to the Whigs
of the old North State, to form similar clubs, and
use every fair means to advance Whig principles,
and the cause of Henry Clay, as the mighty con
test is approaching, when these principles must
be vindicated by every Whig.
On motion of J.j W. Harris, the following gen
tlemen were appointed to correspond with Mr.
Miller, and jinvite such guests as they may deem
expedient, Viz. Jno. Ligon, K. P. Hill, and D. S.
Crenshaw. j
Resolved, That the Democrats and Whigs of
Rolesville and Wake Forest District be, and they
are hereby invitedj to attend said Dinner.
The meeting then adjourned.
In almost every part of the State, the Dem
ocratic vote has been considerably reduced. Let
it then be remembered distinctly, that' this has
been done with the distinct understanding that
the Whigs were, every where, openly and fear
lessly advocating a judicious tariff a national
bank, and Henby Clay, for the next Presidency
so that it seems to us impossible to account for
the result on any other principles than the advance
of the Whig cause. But the Democrats did not
turn out to the election." Suppose we admit it
though it needs proof what does that argue 1
Why, simply, that they are losing confidence
either in their principles or leaders, or both, and
have become different and are on the eve of for
saking them. It is a poor way to get out ot the
difficulty by charging negligence on a great por-1
tion of the j party when their greatest champions
were in the field when the battle cry of their
party was ringing through their papers and lea
ders day and night when the greatest pains had
been taken to so arrange the districts of the State
as that they should not fail in-carrying the Con
gressional delegation when no pains were spar
ed, no stone left unturned, no means untried to
keep the party together and if possible increase
their vote -when Achilles was emphatically in his
tent then after all, to loose so much in their
strong holds and save their men barely by the skin
of their teeth, it is we repeatj a poor way to get
out of the difficulty. But, perhaps, they think a
" poor excuse is better than none," and as this is
all they can muster up, they will fondly lay it to
their souls, I and make the best tbey can of a bad
case. . ' j J ' ''
We say again, the Whigs have done nobly,
and this election speaks more in their favor than
any one which has been held for years, and unless
we are more mistaken in the phases of the times,
than we have been lately , Henry Clay, will, if
he lives, not only receive tha electoral vote of N.
Carolina, but will receive a greater majority in
the popular vote of thq State than did Gen. Har
rison. Mind what we say. i
Highland Messenger.
-.. WHIG MEETING Caswell Awake!
Immediately on the adjournment of the Demo
cratic meeting at Yancey ville, pn the 4th instant,
the Whigs of Caswell, without previous concert
and
J THE RESULT.
' Sufficient Returns have been .received from
the recent Election in this State to 6how that the
Whigs have elected four, and the Locos five Re
presentatives. Notwithstanding this result the Whigs have
carried the I State by an overwhelming popular
majority. This is one of the results of the last
self-styled Democratic Legislature. A minority
of the people have !a majority of Representatives.
This is butane of the many instances where the
actions of the Locos belie their words. Before
people they preach the Democratic doctrine that
the majority should govern, and in the Legislature
they use their utmost exertions to deprive' that
majority of their power f Will the honest por
tion of the Locos continue to cling to a party that
has no unity between its words and its actions!
Will they continue to support a set of men who
have given proof that they are willing to take
power from the many, and give it to the few 1
vy m mey remain in a party, the leaders or wnicn
could be guilty of Gerrymandering, now that the
monster is seen ini all its horrid deformity 3 A
set of politicians who would steal power from their
opponents. Would not hesitate to steal frorirv, their
friends, when circumstances render it exDedient,
or to their ,interest We know the majority of
me JLJcos to oe honest in principle, and we call
pn them toj quit a party which never had, and
never will have, the eood of the countrv in view.
Let them but look at the Gerrymandering of this
oiaie in its proper light, and they must hold the
men wiiu uumu ue uuiy or such an act in aonor
rence and detestation Old North State.
MR. r.j.AV
The Wh irs of rhown
meeting and appointed a committee to correspond
" .Hi lui. iay, inviting him to Edenton when ne
Visits this Rtstn o :
ujniug.
WHAT WE ARE TO EXPECT FROM THE
DEMOCRACY.
Col. Benton, in replying to a letter inviting him
to a public dinner, thus discourses upon the poli
cy which the Democracy will pursue in Congress:
Among these measures are the improvement
of our great rivprs the graduation of the price
of the public lands a permanent, prospective
liberal pre-emption law the sale and manufac
ture of, western Jiemp. within the western States
tor the use ot the Amencen JMavy the preserva
tion of our rights on the Columbia river the abo
lition of the salt tax and the preservation of the
gold and silver currency as the only true stand
ard of value, the only fair regulator of exchanges,
the only safe currency for the common dealings
of the great body ot the people, and the more ne
cessary to be preserved in the West because so
remote from the sources of supply m the seaport
towns. !
This is, alii very well, but how long has "tfie
improvement of our great rivers" by the General
Government been a point in Democratic faith ?
We had thought that opposition to all internal
improvements" was of the very essence of De
mocracy, and here, we have one of the High Priests
of the Temple congratulating himself and friends
that when his party shall be in the ascendant, in
ternal improvbment schemes will be carried out.
What will Mr. Ritchie say to this giving out of
his brother Van Burenite Will he endorse or
protest him 1 I But, above all, what will Mr. Cal
houn say? Would he, in the event of his elec
tion, realize Coll Benton's bright anticipations,
and sign bills appropriating money to "the im
provement of Our great rivers." ;
Petersburg Intelligencer.
or agreement, called a mee
On motion of Algernon S.
Esq., was appointed Chairman, and Anderson
Willis Secretary of the meeting.
On motion of Dr. N. M. Roan, the following
gentlemen were appointed by the chairman to
draft Resolutions expressive! of the sense of the
meeting, viz Dr. N. M. Roan A. S.Yancey, Dr.
N Joyner, John Kerr, and Jpan'l B. Gunn.
After retiring for a short time, the Committee
returned and reported through. J. Kerr, the fol
lowing Resolutions : i i
Resolved, That the Whiffs of Caswell have uni
diminished confidence in the principles which!
brought the lamented Harrison into power, and
had it pleased Divine Providence to have spared
the lite ot that illustrious Patriot, they verily be-)
lieve those principles would jhave been carried
out in his Administration, and would before this
time have relieved the people in a great degree I
from the severe pressure of those measures which,
originating with Martin Van Buren, have been
permitted to produce their legitimate effects, by
reason of the base.treachery of John Tyler.
Resolved, That nothing daunted by the misre
presentation of our political opponents on the one
hand and treachery on the other, we are resolved
io continue to struggle to achieve the lasting
triumph of those sound Republican principles
which we so cordially cherish and which have
received the sanction of Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, Crawford, and many other
sages of the republican party.
Resolved, That we have full confidence in the
talents, patriotism, and unbending integrity of
Henry Clay, of Kentucky; and that he is our
first our last and only choie'e for the first office
within the gift of his countrymen.
Which were passed, unanimously.
After the reading of the resolutions, Mr. Kerr
addressed the meeting with his usual eloquence
and ability, principally in reply to and complete
overthrow of the remarks addressed to the peo
ple by the Hon. Bedford Brown, at the Democra
tic meeting held a few minutes previous.
I un motion or ur. oeo. Kooertson, -i
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be published in the Milton Cfironicle, Danville
Reporter, Raleigh Register, and in all other pa
pers favoring the Election of Henry Clay to the
Presidency. ' ' ' . ' !
On motion, the meeting adjourned
JAMES a:
And. Willis, Sec'y.
VAN BUREN IN ALABAMA.
The elections in Alabama have, as usual, provetl
unfavorable to the Whig party, but they will tell
a tale equally, indeed, we may say, more gloomy
for Mr. Van Buren. All the Loco Foco candi- i
dates elected are Calhoun men, and thev owe !
Yancey, J. Mebane, i their election to men who are so rooted in their
hostility to Mr. van Buren, that we believe very l
many of them would cast their votes for Mr. j
Clay in the event of Mr. Calhoun's being ruled j
out by the nominating Convention- ,
Thus we see that in all quarters of the Union j
Mr. Clay occupies a position, which, in the event !
of fair play, will secure his election. By tha U
Whigs every wherehe will be zealously sustained,
let who will be placed in nomination against him,
and he will receive the votes of many who have
heretofore acted against him, but who, being dis
appointed as to the selection of the candidate by
Convention, will vote for Mr. Clay in preferenco
to the nominee of a faction of their party. Thus,
in the South, where Mr. Van Buren is personally
unpopular, and where the feud between the two
wings of the party has waxed most warm, Mr.
Clay will, in the event of his nomination, receive
a great accession of strength from disappointed
Calhoun men, while he would be negatively as
sisted by the lukewarmness and absence from tlut
polls of such of Mr. Calhoun's friends as would
not vote zealously, or at all In the Northern and
Western States, Mr. Clay would receive a still
greater accession of strength in the event of
Mr. Calhoun's nomination." We truly believe
that a majority of the Northern and Western De
mocracy (?) are more opposed to Mr. Calhoun's
free trade notions than to any opinion entertained
by Mr. Clay or the Whigs. They are too much
interested in labour to leave it to shift for itself
against the machinations of foreign powers, or to
sacrifice it te Mr,sCalhoun's cotton interest. They
are at heart in favor of discriminating duties, and
Mr. Van Buren knew this full well when he
wrote his famous Indiana letter. Mr. Calhoun's
nullifying doctrines, too, have not been forgotten
by the Northern and Western Locos, who were
ready to back Gen. Jackson's Proclamation firm
ly and zealously, and who have never forgiven
Mr. Calhoun for his hostility to' the great idol of
their party. In the event then of "air play,"
by which we mean an election by the People, we
say again that Henry Clay will be elected by
as large a majoruy.as ijen. Harrison received m
Intellmencer.
EBANE, Ch'n.
YET OVER."
victories in North
to have unstrung
Under the above
POLITICS IN VIRGINIA.
A warm contest is going on Virginia, but it is
confined to the Locos between the friends of
Mr. Van Buren, 6n one hand, and the friends of
Mr. Calhoun, on the other. Tlie managers,"
now divided, mutually distrust and fear each other.
The plan of representation to be pursued in the
Loco Convention j constitutes one bone of con
tention, and the 'j availability" of the aspirants,
another. The' pretensions of Mr. Van Buren are
supported by the inquirer, and perhaps, a ma
jority of the Loco presses in the State. On the
contrary, Mr. Calhouh has a zealous and able sup
porter in the Vetersburg Republican. This journ
al is backed by the Old Dominion, which seems
to have nailed the colours of Mr. Calhoun at mast
head. The Whigs lookon and enjoy the fight,
with a fervent wish that it may end prejudicial to
the Loco cause, j But maugre the spirited and
gallant fire, kept up by the Republican aye, and
that from Rip Raps to boot, (a correspondent)
the Enquirer will prevail. The Loco represen
tation to the Convention from Virginia, will go for
the broken-wanded Magician, and the State, we
hope, for ChyFrederlcksburg Arena.
"THE DANGER IS NOT
1
The recent glorious Whig
Carolina and Tennessee seem
the nerves of Citizen Ritchie.
caption, he indulges in the most gloomy forebo
dings as to the fate of his party, and intimates to
them that unless they arouse themselves to ac
tion that sure and certain defeat awaits them.
We copy the following paragraph for the precious
confessions which it contains :
"Let us not lull ourselves to slumbers with
dazzling visions and fallacious hiopes. Let us not
go to sleep under the belief that we have gained
the victory. We despised our, enemv in 1840,
and we were beaten. We did
time in 1840, and.-we shall not be
not organize m
sufficiently or-
ganizedUn 1844, . because the Convention will
not assemble till the 4th Monday in May next.
Let us not despise our enemv again, lest we be
again defeated. Listen to 'A Voice from a Friend,'
which is in this day's paper. That voice pro
ceeds from a distinguished man and from a dis
tant State, .who, though he prefer another can
didate, is fully alive to all th dangers of the
struggle. He demonstrates to UsJ that the ene
my is not too weak to be despised ; but that he
is still formidable, maddened by his disappoint
ment, and desperate in his exerfion. Does any
man doubt it ! Then let him look it our tremen
dous struggle in Virginia in the jlast Spring let
him look at North Carolina, where he has proba
bly carried a majority of the popular vote of the
State, and let him especially look to the recent
Election in Terinessee, the land of Old Hickory
himself, the theatre of Polk's j exertions and
where, according to appearances, we are defeated
m an election, which constituted the turning
point of the Senate of the U. States. Despise the
strength of the Whigs ! .Theni indeed, may we
be beaten, shamefully beaten, in the approaching
struggle. We might, indeed, defy! their efforts,
if our own party were united to a man, in favor
of oie candidate. But we have both these dan
gers to encounter we have to meet an enemy,
strong in numbers, in talents, in! wealth, in the
influence of the towns and corporations, armed
with tricks, dexterous in pipe-laying, and despe
rate in their purposes. And, in the second place,
we have divisions to fear in our bwn ranks. But,
fore-warned, fore-armed ! Let us Ikeep both in
view and let us adapt our counsels and mea
sures to the peculiarities of our situation."
1840. Petersburg.
"I fear Col. Johnson will give us trottble.m
Correspondent of the Enquirer.
The success of the Democracy in Illinois and
Indiana appears to be complete. The result in
Illinois was anticipated ; that in Indiana was not:
though the people are proverbial for political irir
stability. A few years past it was among the most
enthusiastic Democratic States; suddenly it turn
ed right about and gave the Whigs some 10 or
12,000 majority. Probably its present defection
is a prelude to a like result next year. Be this,
however, as it may, one of the main causes, apart
from local questions, of the present result, is said
to be the fact, that the battle was fought under
the banner of Col. Dick Johnson. Mr. Van Bu
ren's name was not mentioned, or only mentioned
to be hooted at This circumstance denotes that
Col. J. has great strength among the masses a
fact we have never doubted, for we have often
stated, that he was the only Democratic aspirant,
between whom and the unalloyed Democracy,
there did or could subsist any genuine sympathy.
All the rest of them Van Buren, Calhoun, Buch
anan and Cass are a totally different order of
beings from the hard-fisted and hard-toiling De
mocracy. Their habits, their associations remove
them far from sympathy with the mass. They
are all more or less aristocrats in their feelings ;
and if they affect great love for the Democracy,
it is done purely from selfish considerations, and
at a great sacrifice of feeling ; and the awkward
and unnatural air with which they do it, betrays
the motive. Richmond Whig.
i Modern Democracy. With a Whig majority
of TEN THOUSAND in North Carolina, the
Lrfjcotocos have by means of the unfair arrange
ment of the Districts, elected a majority of the
Alexuaz.
members of Congress.
The Madisonian says " We do not like to be
censorious, but we cannot help expressing our
belief, that Gov. Polk lost his election in conse
quence of the dictatorial officiousness of the
Globe, and the visit of its Editor to Tennessee." (.'.')
' Gen. Saunders and Mr. Daniel have been triumph
antly re-elected." Standard.
" Triumphantly," you say. Well this is de
cidedly the queerest sort of a triumph we ever
read of. Gen Saunders triumphed from a major
ity of 745 down to 141 ! and Mr. Daniel triumph
ed from 850 to 155 ! 44 Glorieux TriompKe!"-
Where will the unterrified democracy" find it
self after another such triumph ? Presa on, noble
patriots ! go it, chivalrous democracy you fixed
the thing at the last Assembly exactly to suit your
exalted purposes ; and now you have. triumph
antly" begun to reapthe fruini of your honeit
labors i Greensboro? Patriot,