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H. iv. HUSTED, Editoi. RALEIGH, OCTOBER 18, 1843. Vol. I. No. 22. WHIG MEETING; t John R Harrison, Col VV W Johnson, William Ash I liv. W J Rainsav. Alexander J Law rence. John Buf- A meeting of the Vv hicrS of Wake was held in faioe. Rich arc! Hines, Geome W Moidecai, Thos T the City Hall on the 5th instant; when, on mo- ; Hoyg, T M Oliver, A' Williams, Riciij'd Smith, I C tion ot Johnston Busiee, .Charles L. Hw- lr T Bam, S W WUninjj, William 1 . I . . Hrmlztn .1 r 1 I ,nntp 111- Sunn nrnl "J 1 - " " " "co j Un motion ot Uen. 11. W. liaywopd, the Unair man was added to the list of Delegates. toV was unanimously called to the Chair, an Pakker Rand appointed Secretary. After the Chairman had stated the object of the meeting, Mr. C. C. Battle moved that a committee of three be appointed to report resolutions for the action of th0 Imecting, jwhicn was agreed to, and the Chairman appointed Messrs. Battle, Miller and Hon. Richard Hines, xho reported in a short time, through Mr. H. W. Miller, the fellowing resolu tions lor the adoption of the meeting, viz ; , . 1. Resolved, That the proposition to ' hold . a State Convention on the 7th of December next, to nominate a Candida Gover'pbr, and appoint National Convention, . itti . i r ite on the wtug.tiCKei lor two State Delegates to the which is to assemble in Baltimore on the 1st of May, 1844, meets our approbation, and that the Chairman of this meet ing appoint one hundred Delegates or more to said State Convention! 2. Resolved, That .whilst we prefer our respec ted and patriotic fellow citizen Charles Manly, Esq. as a candidate for Governor, and recommend him to) the People throughout the State, as being well qualified for that station, and eminently de serving their suffrages, we do, nevertheless, pledge; ourselves to the support, and assure our friends) Jhat that support shall be given cordially, to the nominee of the Convention, from whatev er section of the State he may be selected. 3. Resolved, That we recommend to the Whigs of the 5th congressional District to appoint Dele gates to a District Convention to meet at Fay etteville, or some other place hereafter to be de signated, to appoint a jDelegate to the jiational Convention to be held at Baltimore in May next, and that the Chairman1 of this meeting appoint twenty persons to represent the Whigs of Wake in said District Convention. 4. Resolved, That to ensure a full and fair ex pression of the wishes oj" the Whig party through out the j State in the Convention to be held on the 7th of December next, we recommend to our ' political "friends in each j county in the State to hold meetings, forthwith and send Delegates tp said Convention'.' I' ' ' 5. Resolved, hat HEjNRY CLAY, for his em inent public services, his ardent devotion to his Country, and his. firm and able advocacy of the Republican Principles upon which our Constitu tion is founded, deserves the suffrages of his fel low citizens , for the office, of President, and' we pledge ourselves to give him oar most zealous support.! . ' " ' " ' I (j. Resolved That the Delegates appointed to 'represent the Whigs of this county m the State and District, Conventions. are hereby instructed .'to support no one as State or District Delegate to the National Convention who," will not use all i . . i - . ii proper means to ensure Mr. Hines moved that the Tuesday of Cumber, land Superior Court be recommended as the day for holding the District Convention, which .was agreed to. . . j .. Mr. Battle then introduced the ftjllowmr reso lutions, which were unanimously adopted, viz. Resohed, That we wilj organize a Clay Club to be called the Wake Clay Cltb," and that there be anoointed a Committee ok' five to draft a Constitution for the Government of said Club, and reDort officers for the same, as soon as a meeting may be called by the Chairman of this meeting. P I Resolved, further, That our fellevf citizen Hen ry W. Miller, Esq. be requested to deliver a pub lie address before said Club so soon as it is or ganized, oh the character and services of Henry Clay, and in exposition sof the principles of the Vhi; Tarty. j ; , The Chairman appointed the following persons to fond thei Constitution; under thai first resolu tion", viz. C. C. Battle, Capt. Stephen Stevenson, j Johnston ISusbee.Farkerlland and Jho. VV. Harris. On motion of Mr. Ligon, the thanls of the meeting- were tendered to the Commissioners for the use ofithe Citv Hall, and on the suggestion of Johnston Busbee, Esq. the Whig papers were requested ;to make public these proceedings The meet in of then adjourned after short and pertineut addresses from; several gentlemen pre sent, who urged the necessity of action and or iranizationiin the Whirr party throughout the State. L CHASi L. HINTON, Ch'n. ParkerIRand, Sec'it. 1 The Chairman will appoint the Committee un- ! amplitrhters there with whom he has heretofore acted, are persecu ting himfivilhi a spirit which is quiteunworthy ot the ageand particularly disgraceful to men who have, received the benetitof his services is dis posed occasionally to raise the curtain and give the public'a peep at the political morality of his old friends. Accordingly, we find in the trial re ferred to, the following questions putto Mr. Wood, j a Loco Foco brought forward by the Old Hunk ers, to .convict Walsh : I Q,. iVIr.- Wood, did you never give $100 to have Whig voters beat aicay from the polls ? A. I have given money for general expenses. Q. What do you mean by general expenses ! A. Roo,m hire, bill posting, &.c i v. iow, oe particular, sir i nave you never ; given morjey to indiviauals lor po I who never posted bills or performed any tangible f labor tor it T i Yes sir. j Mr. Broderick was also cros questioned-, by i Mike on this same subject ; and we particularly i comment his .reply to Messrs. Butler, Edmonds, 11-4 . i ! . i-. ; ana n:s .nonor tnej ;vj aye perate and unsuccessful effort to convict the Whigs cifPipe-laying through the testimony of one Glentworth. j " Mike Walsh to Mr. Broderick. How long have yolived in the Ninth Ward 1 A. For over twenty years. Q. Have you known of any money being paid while in it, for improper electioneering purposes 1 From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer. CURIOUS DEVELOPMENTS. I The recent numerous trials of Mr. Mike .Walsh r. T. .1 ', u C 1. O j 7i lst.,' .Yl?j'VVl 1 ST - A r 1 CI 1 "V rrt A some of the secrets of the Prison House, which j or ltS,2 L Tammany4 Hall would be iwell pTelised not to see "rf exposed. si ' , r:'r ; We all know what trickery and falsehood were rs a day to have Bullies, to beat A. Yes; IlmveknownthreedoUd beengiven by the Van Buren party to VV h ig voters yrcw the foils I John 2. Gerrit, an Old Hunker in a black wig, sworn. Walsh. Did'nt you know, sir, that there Was a cgnspiraty among the watchmen to drive the friends of the district system from the polls A. Yes, I heered of sich a conspiracy. see.anv of the watchmen and the former without the uni- KJ,. UXL VOU fnnn 1 A. Yes I did. j Q,. iSome of ttiem voted seven or eight times did'nt they ? A. Yes, sir. Q. JMd'ni you see some Old Hunkers vote forty Clat as the Candidate .the Presidency. - 7. Resolved, That the he nomination of Henry of the Whig barty lor Chairman and Secretary ; of this meeting be constituted Committee toap point Committees of Vigilance and Correspon dence in each Captain's district throughout the ;county.j ' ' j, ' ; j The resolutions werej agreed to unanimously. The Chairman, in accordance with the 1st res olution,' appointed the following persons as Dele gates, viz: Simmon? J Baker, Ruffin Tucker, George W Hay Wood, Thond3 J Lemay, N L Stiih, Col S P orris, Needliam Norris, Rioliard Sea well, Jacob Mordecai, Sion Roer. Joseph Seou, Turner Pulleii, Mark. A Tate, Thomas Hick?, Man: Stevenson, Wins Pae, Solomon Allen, Jolmsou Hn'sbee, Ransom Pool, Jon athan PoolJ (son i of VVilljain,) Nathanel Warren, George D Alston, John J Lee, Rev James P Alford, WillUTbOj'npsion, Joseph Stewart, William Rowland, jr. Jno.Adams1, Quinton UtJey, Bradford Qiley, Col AJonc5i Saitiuel Whitalder, jr. Tmney C Utley, Drury Kutg. Allen Adaim, Joseph T Hunter, Stephen Stephenson. Ransom Suag. John W Hams, Gen Crenahaw, Join D Powelll Rufus Harrison, J Fort, Giles Underhill, Samuel Horton, W Ellis, Charles Horton, Benjamin- Horton,! Dr H W Montague, Wil fcam F .'Smith, Andersoti Page, Moses Kin". W C Page, Wilhs R McDade, Willie J Fuller , William Yates, B M Yates, Leroy Mitchell, Jolm B.hb, H G ' Koer?, P W Dowd, John Whitehead, J tfiley, T F Debnatn, Needham Price, W H HomJ, W Scarlior ough, R VV Seawell, A J Foster, William Crenshaw, Booker Gcillin.F Broad well, W Horton, Clayton Lee, E: A Janney,- John 'Ligon, Reuben Mitchell, Rev Willie Atkinson, A G Banks, Nathaniel Myitt, Paiker Rand, B H Jewell, Sylvaiius Bea4y, Robert Adams, John Hinton, Capt Isham Hendon,Japt James Allen, William Spatti, VV B TateJ Rev James Dennis, Josiah Barbee, J Morris, John Hicks, Henry Hicks, Henry Thomas, J K Moore, J B Jones, Ezra Gill, James Jones,! P S Refers, Robert Jones, Gray Strickland, Capt R Page, Henry H Harris, John Gridis, Allen Jones, jCapt1 Nathaniel Dunn, William Fort, John Shawi Cant Calvin ShauL Ed w'd Channel. Robt uif.i.r.J.. iit-.i- . ivr-; u -i . ri ii xiauiuimon, resorted to,; to fix upon the Whigs the charjre ot bribery and corruption through the affidavits of the miserable creature Glentworth, vh ch it was well understood jwas a mere riise to divert attention from their own tricks. Recently l oo, the Press has teemed; with the ridiculous charge that the electionof 1840 was carried by bribery ! ; The very idea of nearlya whole people! being bribed, as they must have been to produce t le well known result of the contest of 1840, is qu te too ridicul ous to reqijire a serious ?reply, even when put forth by men of such respectability as the Attor ney General of the State, who at :he late meet ing in the Park, revived this gross absurdity. But whil our opponents have been uttering these charges against the'VVhigsi we have from time to time proved conclusively, lhat they have their origin tin a knowledge that they themselves practise these frauds at every election ; and in the hooe of diverting public attention from them selves, boldly charge them upon tieir opponents. We have repeatedly stated the fact, that it was a part of the Tammany Hall systm, to hire bul lies to beat the Whigs away from the polls, and that numerous elections in this cijy had been car ried by means of these outrages!. A few days since, when Mike Walsh,1 the well known leader of the "Spartan Band," was under. trial for an assault and battery on the person! of one Mr. Mil lard, some novel facts were elicited. It appear ed that in the months of July thej loco focos held Ward meetings to elect delegates to Tammany Hall,? at which a contest arose between the "Old Hunkers" and " Subterranean"-j-the former be-4 ing the friends of Mr. Van Buren, and the lalter his opponents. The " Old Hunkrs were charg ed with having, through the aid of Justice Gilbert, brouo-ht the I Watch upon the grxmnd in citizens dresses and! with clubs, to prevent the " bubter i - .i J r now. Subterranean. - ? We think this testimony in a Qourt of Justice is well alqulated to give the reader at a distance, some idea of the 'character of the! Party against which" tpe Whigs of this city have so long con tended.! It is a faithful picture drawn by them selves ander oath ; and may therefore, be re lied oni A GREEN SPOT IN THE DESERT. i i i- The follovvini? noble sentiments are from the peri of O. A. Brownson: a Democrat of the lirsst water, and late Editor 'of the Demo cratic Review. They were first published in that able, tliough often erroiieneou&y Mag azine. William Nichols. Col Alleai Rogers, Capt iP Broaden, John Ward, F C GeerJ . Wdliam Laws, Theo H Soow, J A Campbell, Ccl F,H Ree der, Lt R Hartlie, VV R Gales, Col John H Manly, eiiry W Mjller, A F Hnffhs, C Battle, Dr F J Hay- Hon George E Badger, He Gen Sam'l F Patterson, raneans" voting; and In the course of this trial this was sufficiently proved, although the pretence for the Watch being present was, the apprehen sion of an intended disturbance. This part of the affair is, however, a mere family matter, with which we have nothing to do ; but Mike Walsh does not like ; bis being persecuted by those for whom he has labored fori years past, and from whom in return, he has received nothing but kicks, with the occasional honor of being invited to meet Mr Van Buren at dinner at a friend's table. The last time this hand? was conferred upon him, was In Washington Place ; and Mike to this day is rather ashamed of ithe affair, inas much as his! host deems it'necessarv to apologize for his having invited to his table the leader of the Spartans. No apology, however, is necessa ry, when Mjke is of sufficient importance to dine at the table of the President when in Washing ton : and when even our very dignified Mayor t declined being introduced to certain distinguish- in wood, Robert Pindlater. Dr Het.r-i Seawall. James ea genuemsn ai me aP;oi oy auy ot-iier preuu Litchford,jr.;H W HustediDr W H McKee, Gen R than this same Captain Walsh. n. d;i i u .,4 n, w r. u;n i W Haywood Haywood, Dr W G Hill, 1 But as we were saying, Mike, now that those Thre is a strong tendency; and I hold a dangerous tendency among us to underrate thej importance of liberal studies, philosophical inves tigations rofogndJ scholarship, ahd scientific at- 1 tainmerks, and to extol and defer to the alleged wisdom and good sqnse or tne mass, wnicn prac tically -Gieans the wisdom and good sense of the: smalUinbrity athhe head of one or the otherjof the two great political parties into which the coun try 13 divided. Mere scholarship for the sake, of 6Cuoiarsmp, is no aouot contempiioie ; ws want no pedantry, no dilittantism. That sort of scho- larship-Hvhich, in its spirit and effects, looks never beyoud the cultivationitbe interest or the pleasure of the scholar himself, deserves no encouragement from sk Christian People. All schokrship, or scholasticpr scientific,breven artistic attainments, like the possession ofj property, place or power, should" be regarded as a sacred trust to be used not forbe personal good of the possessor, but for th moral, intellectual, and sacred elevation of the viass. The literature we want in this country is not the literature which results from deferring to popular passions and instincts, nor indeed the literature that rises not above the sim ple apprehensions of the majority ; but a litera ture that breathes a tree, noble, and generous spir t ; that is full of the love of man as man, and that kitdfes up a holv ardor in all who come un der its influence, and imparts to them the needed wTisdoakto labor for the moral, the religious, the intellectual and the physical well being of all men, especially the poorer and more numerous classes The teide ncy of which we speak is to the crea. tion of it literature the reverse of this. It 13 a levellh&r tendency ; but it levels downwards and not upwards. Instead of feeling it an imperious duty toi4nstruct and elevate the mass, the ten dency Among us is to take our laws from the mass, and touring thought down to a level with the narrow views, crude notions, arid Wind instincts of the a uh.it ude. If this tendenc is continued and encourfred, our whole intellectual world will become superficial and void and American life too feeble 4 thinjr to be worth poJ&essmg.: Whit is most dangerous in this tendency is the fact that it is thought to be democratic, and iarenoca raged by some who have the ears and the hearts of the Democracy. To set our faca against t is. to expose ourselves to the vague charge of being aristocrats, and to be denounced is the enemies of the people ; as men who hive no confidence in the people, no love fcr popular government ; but who would introduce a monachy or build .up an aristocracy or something else quite as bad, if not worse. But I, for one, meet the charge here on the threshold. I deny that this tendency is democratic, or that it results from de mocracy ; it is 1 decidedly anti-democratic, and originates in the abuse in the perversion of de mocracy. There is democracy, in any worthy sense of the term, only where each man his a mind ofj his own, and utters that mind clearly, dis tinctly, jwithouusutfering it to be lost in the voice of any other man. Moreover, democracy, re garded as a principle, is not necessarily a defer ring to the mass, but it is the wise and just in stitution and administration of Government for I he highest and best good of the whole people. 1 am thought 6 want confidence in the people, hut I have really more confidence in them than he who said the other day, 4 Since I have been in office I have made it my duty to ascertain and conform to the will of my constituents for 1 d ;re !e'l the people whit I believe to be; the truih, essential to their we'll-being, and to contradict them to iheir very faces when" I believe them in the wi-ong. But my confidence in the people is in their capabilities, and not in their actual attain meuts,! or in the practical wisdom of their actuil judgment. The people in whom I want confi dence,! are the political people, the people whose voice vye collect at the ballot-box, who in fact are, and always must needs be, only a small minority of the jwhole population. The genuine people, if their voice could really be heard, would be loud and, earnest in condemnation of the tendency of whfcniwe speak. Thev feel that they want in telligence, want light, and they look eagerly around for it, but between tliem and the light stand ever this immense body of shallow-pated, politic ians, who dread nothing so much as popular in telligence, and whose sole chance of success is in shutting out the light, and making" the people' believe that they, the people, are already masters ot political science, here lies the evil. Nearly all our writers, our whole newsDaoer Dress, with a fewl honorable exceptions, do little else than to echo what thev take to be the dominant convic tions of their reeDective parties, or schools : and if one who chances to think for himself, and labor to advance the mass, to elevate the standard of thought, the whole pack, Tray,' Blanche, Sweetheart, little dogs and all, are let loose upon him, and he is forthwith run dowri as a wild beast, of a savage who if suffered to escape would corrupt the people and eat out their substance, perhaps devour their women and' children. " Now, in the name of science, of knowledge,- ' of wisdom, of virtue, of the people, of outraged democracy, 1 lor one soicmnly and earnestly pro test against this servility to the mass a seryility to which a man never submits in good faith nor for honest purposes, but for purposes always base and selfish. I love my country ; I love her po litical Institutions; and I am ambitious of seeing my countrymen taking the lead in every depart ment ojf high and manly thought I am not wil ing to be always dependent pn foreigners for my intellectual nutriment; Iblushto think that when I would read a profound yvork on science, whether moral, intellectual, social, political, or religious, I must order it from France or Germany. But so it must be till we cease to hold it demo cratic toechoonly the thoughts of the people,even though it be their 'sober second thoughts.' .We must dare seek for truth, and dare utter it, and dare labor for the elevation of the people instead of merely obeying ihem, which will never be' obeying them, but the miserable demagogues; ahd petty politicians, who are raised into importance by the enetgy with which they ecresm democra cy, and by the loud windy professions they make on all occasions of devotion to the welfare of the people,; and of their great willingness to receive the commands of the people and to live and; die in their service." 1 JoHtf.TrLES in 1839. In a speech in the Vir ginia House of Delegates in 1839, John Tyler thus spoke of Henry Clat In my deliberate opinion, there was but one man, who could have arrested the then course of things, and that man was Henry Csay. It rarely happens, Mr Speaker, to the most gifted and talen ed, and pat.ntic 10 record their names upon the pige of history, in characters indelible and enduring. But, sir, if to have rescued his country from civil war if to have preserved the Constitution and Union from hazard of total wreck, constitute any ground for an immortal and undying name among them, then do I believe, that he has won for himself that high renown, I speak what I do know, for I was an, actor in the scenes of thit perilous period. When he rose in that Senate Chamber, and held in his hand the1 olive branch of peace, I who had not known what envy was before, envied him. I was proud of hiro as my fellow countrymen, and still prouder, that the shushes of llanovtr, within U&t limits of my old district, give him birtk 1 i 9 t i
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