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LEXDfGTOtf, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 1856.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
41 31 IN ADVANCE.
what course; they
this Presidential cam-
p:ugn.
e n (.j
r - w n pulift of great importance
A,r the Wlsi to a
n-ir?uc d-nring-
The democrat, iuny aware ui uiu
flucr.ee which we will exercise, are
,v;n(T pvcrv where to create the im-
.i i.r. nnmintr election will he
; ..jrclv aii issue hetwecn democracy and
1 "(imMi.-anipni." They would persuade
",U-i Mr- Fillmore will receive so small a
r..-rt tliat every vote given to him will
r , , hi- t irown aw- , ui iv,,-
r t .
t;, clccnoii oi r reumyni.
,t . 1 T
this a proper view oi -me casus n
s to me that the question for every one
,.;,,. i?, not whose chances forelection
t. !)i:t whifh of trie candidates now
he people, represents the principles
: should host like to see prevail in
i:ii;,istr:ition of the (Jovernment. It
(;;t that the great-question now be-
)Ie is, How can we put an end
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committed him to an eztenteven transcend
ing the limits of the Cincinatti platform ?
In that manifesto he does not hesitate to
say. that we must have Cuba at all xisks.
He advises our Government to offer to pur
chase it; and if Spain should refuse to sell,
then take it by force. Such is Mr. Buch-
anan's position.
Can he be trusted with the administra
tion of our foreign affairs? It is in vain for
his friends to speak of his conservatism ;
here are his own words, deliberately ex
pressed, and no apology or explanation
of his friends can w ipe them out.
Can he be trusted with any greater safety
on the slavery question ? His antecedents
(see his Lancaster resolutions, speeches in
Congress, &c.) show, hin to be a Freesoil-
er.
the support of every jone that is derirous to
see peace and harmony once ' more shed
their happy influence throughout the land.
What matters it though his chances for suc
cess are not present so certain as his friends
would like to see? The question as said
above is hot what policy dictates, but what
is our duty. Is Mr. Fillmore. quali
fied by his experience and principles to ad
minister the Government? Does he main
tain those principles which we desire to see
prevail? If so, he is entitled to the sup
port of every true patriotand should re
ceive it,' despite every obstacle. Let us
discharge our duty ' irrespective of conse
quences, f Let us do what is right and leave
the result in the! Hands of Providence. If
ti.e
we thus act, willjwe not succeed ?
As such, he was evidently supported! Is there not conservatism and nntrintism
- j t - '
by the North in the Cincinnati Convention. ! in the land to -put down the'excitement
Reference to the record will show thnt du- j which reckless partisans have forced upon
ring many ballots he received no votes from j us ? I feel confident that there is. We
the South, save those of Virginia and Lou- j have the powerV sve need only exert it and
isana. The South prelerred Mr. Pierce or every thing is safe.
Mr. Douglas. But, as Mr. Buchanan has) Come; then, all ye lovers of your coun
rcpudiated his own antecedents, we perhaps! try ! Resolve that you will assert and
ought to do !o too : and shall only inquire,
tvhat is his present position on that ques
tion ? In his letter, of acceptance he fully
endorses the Cincinnati platform, winch
tion of ihCsuhject of slavery ?-
threatens to destroy the j heartly nporoves the entire conduct oi the
atioii
iii'iicn!. No subject can be touched
,,a in ('(.'r.gress, no public merting can
v v. h' re he
.. ,'!( :it subject of discussion.
cvr.dtng the legtstative assemblies
;r-!uJs and tending there, as in
maintain your rights at all hazards ; that ye
will preserve intact the glorious inheritance
that we have received from the Constitu
tion ; that obedience to law shall be enforc
ed ; that justice shall be meted to all of ev
ery section. Thus and thus alone, can we
restore and maintain that harmorty and god
Vi'c even
ics
eh
Mian
jre ,
rv
Democratic party as represented by Mr.
Pierce ! Thus Mr. Buchanan assumes the
held, but slavery is made the j responsibilities of the action of the Demo- j will Which should ever prevail among us.
cralic party during the lust three years. j Something must be done. To this end let
Let -U3 consider this a Tew moments. I us rally around Millard Fillmore. His is
In March 1853, Mr. Fillmore retired from j a position that1 none can assail. He has
the Government and left the country in the j been fully tried, and found equal to every
enjoyment of the most profound quiet ; now j emergency. He lias proved able to pilot
here was there the sound of discord ; all was ; us through one storm, and can he not safely
peace and harmony. Men afall parties ac- ; steer us through the one that now threatens
to produce disunion and destruc-
tmngs
the-
t question
This
continue? This is
for every lover of his
appeals to every conserva- knowledged and applauded the firmness and j to overwhelm!! us I thall we throw him
live n
H'l
the land,' and calls upon him to ex- ability of Mr. Fillmore, which had accom
s whole influence to check this ! plished so happy a result ; all parties pledg
ed themselves to sustain ;t; and Mr. Pierce
was fleeted by the influence of the follow
ing resolutions, adopted in the Democratic
platform ot 1 B52 :
"Resolved, That the Demon atic party
will resist all attempts at'renc wing, in Con
gress or out of it, the agitation of the slavery
n il spirit, and bring back our people, if j
wfssible, to harmony and brotherly love. !
lh,w can this be done? To accomplish
what candidate must we sustain ? In
lYis latitude of course, "Republicanism''
is out of the question. But even in the
North- it seems to me that no lover of his
( HiM.ij v .should sustain any party whose ex
lMcnre depends upon slavery agitation.
lu puhlii-anism " presents no other issue.
i.Dcpiive it of this and the party mut
to slavery
disappears
and agitation
Such being the
alternative. It seems to me that no conser-
vaiivc of any party, and especially no Whig
J North or South, can hesitate to do his duty.
! He can not sustain the " Renubiican " nom-
aside and trust ourselves to the fickelness
and timidity of Mr. Buchanan ; or can we
risk the youth and inexperience ot Mr.
Fremont? No! But let us turn to him.
44 Having experience of past service in the
administration of the Government, may be
permitted to refer to that as the exponent of
the future, and to say that should the choice
of the American Convention sanctioned of
with Jackson democracy, and I accordingly
repuuiaie mem. l cannot seperate the can
didate and platform in this instance, as they
are identical, inasmuch as the nominee has
said that he could no longer speak for
himself, as James Buchanan, but as the ex
ponent'of the principles set forth in the
platform. I am constrained according to
my notions of Democracy, to utterly reject
the platform and cannot give my suppoort
to the nominee of the present Democratic
party
Of the republicans, I can only say thai
their platform and principles are sectional,
and I cannot conceive how any.men loving
this Union, devoted to its principles, can
support a ticket fraught with such disastrous
consequences to the whole country as its
success would be. It has been my habit in
life to deprecate and oppose everything of a
sectional character, and therefore 1 cannot
view with complacency anything which is
calculated to militate against the Union, or
any section fo the whole country. You, my j
dear sir, know, as well as I do, that when
Texas was annexed to the United States she
did not consider herself as identified with
any particular section, but viewed hersolfas
merged in the Union. She had received the
sympathy of the citizens of every section of
the Union ; her feeling, her interest and her
existance, in becoming a member of the Un
ion, she considered as inseparable from its
preservation and prosperity.
A sense of duty, under these circumstan
ces, led me to the conclusion to support the
American nominees Fillmore and Donel
son. They are good men, and I think the
only men now in nomination for the Presi
dency and Vice Pressidcncy before the
American people who do most assuredly
claim the cordial support of men who are
true hearted Americans, democrats and
whigs. All faithful naturalized citizens,
though of foreign birth, who cannot bo con
trolled by any foreign allegiance, can come
forward to their support, as rational men,
capable and willing to support the constitu
tion and the Union. Major Donelson, you
know, was brought up in the same school
with ourselves, which was the old Jefferson
me that the exigencies of the countrv iin
press upon us the necessity- of feelmV fullv
alive to our nationality, by evincing respect
for his wise counsel. I will not assume to
offer to the people of Texas the words of
warning and admonition. In the words of
Jackson they have higher counsel. The
days once were when my admonitions and
advice were offered to them. They will re
member what my course among them has
ever. been they know with what interest I
have sought to secure their peace and ad
vance their prosperity. My devotion to
them is not lessened at this moment it can
never abate so long as all I treasure upon
earth remains in the bosom of that commu
nity. What ever estimate they may think
proper to place upon my opinions is with
them. To the aged and the middle a-ed I
would speak as to brethren to the vounf
er men and the youth I would, speak as a
father and beseech them to take the course
best calculated to restore hariaiony to our
distracted country, and promole the general
good.
Thine truly, Sam Houston.
To Hon. John Hancock, Austin, Texas. -
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;n. iier.ee ih.i an u:.u
imitation and '4 Republicanism
sustain 44 Republicanism
must and will continue.
question under whatever shapeor color the the people, he shall with the same scrupu
attempt may bs made.
Such was their language in 1852? Could j of the Union, which then influenced his con
it be stronger? Could a party be. more ! duct, endeavor to perform every duty confi
fully pledged? And was not this pledge ! ded bythe Constitution and lawstotheEx
repeated over and over again, on the stump J ecutive'." National Jvfefligencer.
in Congress and even in the President's
Inaugral ? But what was their action ?
I
ineo.
Bat say the Democrats, 44 Vote for Buch
anan, and thus put an end to agitation."
Ihit can Buchanan be sustained for any
sucli reasons ? Will his elevation to the
Presidency accomplish any such end? His
friends, it is true say so; but where is 'the
proof of any such position ? We need not
refer to his antecedents, for he repudiates
them ; and well he might, for they are too
contradictory to avail much 'inproof of any
thing except a most lamentable want of firm
ness and .. consistency. In his speech to
the Keystone Club, he says : 44 Now, since
I am the representative of the great demo
cratic party I am no longer simply James
Buchanan, but I must square my conduct
with the platform upon which I have been
placed" a platform which he so heartily
approves that he is not willing to change it
in the sltghtest degree., he will 44 neither
raid one plank to it nor take one plank
from it." The plain English of all which
is, that whatever opinion he may hereto-
They were hardly in power before they
proposed and effected the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise, and created a ptorm of
and Jjtckson democracy and he has ever
Ions regard for: the rights of every section , proved true to his democratic eduatiou
the love of the Union being the polar star.
Mr. Fillmore was a 5 whig, and served the
people of his district "while he was a repre
bsentative - in Congress. tiis service was
: satisfactory, and he secured their confi
dence. 'When his official duties took a
-broader range, and new and responsible du
teller from Gen. Samuel Houston.
EXTRACT.
Where is that Democracy to-day ? Swal
ty in sectional bickerings and disputes-
agitation greater than has ever swept over : n disregarding compacts between the differ
this country !
I do not stop hereto inquire whether the
which ! has led to insurrection in Kansas-
Missouri Compromise was constitutional or j m getting up Indian wars wherever Indians
not nor whether the rights of any section could be found, as a pretext for increasing
demanded its repeal. It is sufficient to , the regular army, the estimated expenses of
know that it had been in quiet peaceful op- j -vhich, at this time, are 812 000,000 per an
eratioh for more than thirty years and that the ; num, when $300,000 judicious expended,
lowed up in unmitigated squaifer sovereignties developed upon him as the head of the
nation, he cast aside every sectional and lo
cal bias his views on all important ques
ent sections of the Union, the repeal ori'tions Were limited only by the extent of his
Democrats deliberately and solemnly pledg
ed themselves to sustain it, and to put down
all agitation ol the question from whatever
quarter it might come. Under such pledg
es they were bound to maintain it under all
circumstances. Wfiy did they not do it?
would secure peace with euery Indian tribe
on the continent, and induce them to em
brace the arts of civilization.
The foreign policy of the present demo
cratic President has been far from creditable
to our government. It, too, has shown a
What advantage has been gained that is at I disposition to court an alien influence to
all commensurate with the injury that has ' sustain it, while it has- declared and prac
been inflicted upon the country? So far its tised relentless proscription-against native
only fruits have been discord, contention, born American citizens. Twill pursue this
yea, even civil war. How appalling the ; point no further. To ruminate Lupon it is
idea, much less the reality of civil' war ! a J painful enough for a man who loves his
strife brought on bv the insane ultraisms of j country, but when called upon by friends, I
the South and the fanaticism of the North; j feel it due to thttn to express my sentiments
the one as dangerous to our peace and hap- j plainly. You and I, and tens of thousands
piness as the other; the one just as neces- of old democrats who were the true Cove
sirv to he nuieted as the ether for both alike I uanters under Jackson, wash ourthands of
Here again I ask, how can this disastrous
condition be remedied ? Certainly not by
fore have entertained, lie now renounces ' entail nothing but distraction and discord
them all, and adopts and means to cr.rry
out, (if elected) to the fullest extent every
principle and doctrine of the Cincinatti j retaining in power a party that has violated
platform. He must be sincere in his ; its every pledge cn this subject however
"Pledge, otherwise he makes a pledge which j solemnly made; which has sacrificed every
means never to fulfill. Wc are thus for- j thing to party ends and party triumph;
eeJ' to believe that he really' is sincere to j which has forced upon us a storm of agita-
i . f - t . i.
carrv i.m r,?or. !,;!, i.o I.tion ot wincn no man can now bet- uiu .re
sult. Has not all this been done by the De
mocratic party I And does not Mr. Buch
anan endorse it to the fullest extent ? Is he
then, fit to present the conservatism of the
countrv? Can the conservatives support any
these absurdities, follies, and" evidences of
culpable mismanagement. " v
None of these things are fraught with the
principles of that Democracy which was
taught at the Hermitage, and treasured up
by us. I. can1 find no reljf in the nomina
tion made at Cincinnati. I regard the gen
tleman upon whom it fell as a man of abili
ties, and one with whom I have always
maintained kind personal relations ; and for
Mr. Buchanan I yet entertain the highest
respect. From his antecedents, I cannot
regard him as more patriotic and national
ttian Mr. Fillmore. In the office of Presi
dent one has been tried, the other has not.
It is matter of astonishment to me that the
-rry out the platform upon which he has
so solemnly placed himself.
Mzn, then, a Whig, can any conservative
support a man who is pledged to that plat
'nn ? It seems to me that all that has ev
er been presented to the American people
a platform so nresmant with evil, so danuer- ! such man or any such party
ens tn tUn l,, i .,.ir.,. r,. If then they cannot support Mr. Fremont j
.v. It is the cencc of filbu.terism ior Mr. Buchanan, what can they do? It nomination happened to fall to the lot of Mr.
king evidently to the acquisition of more certainly will not do to nomiminale another Buchanan, when other names as I have
territory in the Gulf of Mexico ; determin- j candidate ; for under existing circumstances learned, were used on the occasion, who
d at all hazards to assert and maintain the j every new candidate will only contribute to had been the active advocates of the Kansas
Monroe doctrine, the assertion of which,- j the success of the Democrats. There only Nebraska bill, which had been declared to
ust inevitably involve us continually in ! then remains Mr. Fillmore? Can the con- be the main issue in the approaching I rcsi
Is the country ready to sustain any I servatives of the country support him. It j dential contest. ; That plank is prominent
such nolirv? r "thn WhiM hn.nvd tl,P ' seems to me that no conservative can hesi- j in the platform, and the platform has been
Peace and" nronpriiv nftbP countrv nnon I tate in the present position of parties. j accepted, coridally, by the nominee
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duty to the whole country. His services
met the acceptance of the nation, and here
tired from office with the approving voice
of thousands who'had been his former op
nonents.- In mv opinion, he administered
1 y i
the government wisely and well. He found
the country in great excitement, as well as
dissatisfaction, and even in peril ; and yet
he left it in repose, tranquility, and safety ;
and it is a pleasure for me to look back and
remember that without any deviation from
my line of duty as a Jackson democrat, !
was enabled to sustain and aid him in most
of his leading measures, ana so, too, were
nearly all the true hearted Jackson-democrats
of the present day even as sound as
they were then, though heresies had then
been introduced into the party, I would
cheerfully co-operate and act with them on
many important subjects ; but since they
have recognized squatter sovereignty, and
their "great principle" (which 1 have been
unable to discover) of the Kansas Nebraska
bill as tests of true democracy, making them
the front planks of their party platform, I
will now stand upon it, nor can I recognize
such principles as truly democratic. It was
the attempt to carry out such measures
which has involved us in our present ca
lamitous and perilous situation. Hence the
effort has been made to incorporate them
with, and render them parts of the ancient
lion. A. II. Slicpperd for Fillmore.
At this age of changing and shifting a-
mong politicians, our readers and the citi
zens of the entire State, will no doubt be
pleased to hear what position has been takS
en Jn the great political parties that now
divide' the counirv. bv the Hon. A. II.
Shepperd. who lor 24 years, , (we believe)
occupied a seat in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, and was distinguished no less
. .
for his spotless integrity of character, polit
ical and private, than for the high rank he
maintained .Among the leadinjr Whiff mem
bers of tho House of Representatives.
We have been favored with the followin-
brief sketch of his address at Kernersville,
in this county, on the 5th, by a gentleman
who Wits present and. heard him, and aie
i" a l . .1 .1 i . f . . ti
assureu-iuai ii uoes Dill iaini lUStlCC to! Ills
very able and powerful speech. Press
Mr. Shepperd remarked thatlie had for
the last six years been in the retirement o
private lifef with the Expectation of never
agafn mingling politics ; but as all par-
ties seemed "anjtioW to have his views on
the approaching Presidential and Guberna
torial elections, he deemed it his duty, as
it was the glorious priviledge of every man
however humble, in this Republican Gov
ernment, 1o give them cheerfully to his
friends. He said he was an old line Whiff,
as they were pleased to call him, and he
expected to live and die one. That he had
for many long years battled in this noble
ol$ party against the Democratic party,
which he supposed was now the same that
it ever had been, for it is the boast of the
Democrats that their principles never change.
He and the old Whig party, as any of its
old members who had not lost their memo
ries, would still recollect, had been traduced
and viliified by the Democratic party with
all the foul charges and abusive words that
the vocabulary of Billingsgate could afford.
Now all of a sudden, when it was seen that
they held the ballancc of power, they had
suddenly become in the eyes of these same
Democrats, the cleverest sort of fellows,
and good authority on all subjects. It re
minded him of an anecdote he had heard of
a fellow who had a blue beard, and was not
blessed with a handsome person, besides
having the misfortune of being poor I He
was fond of the ladies society, but shunned
by them as the ugly blue beardedman.
After a time he inherited a.large estate,
then of a sudden he became much admired
by tha ladies, who declared that his beard
was not so blue after all..
He never had said as hard things of I the
Democratic party as a few other Whigs,
who shall be nameless, but who had desert
ed the party and gone over to the Demo
cratic fold. He thought that it would have
been well for these peculiarly wise and sa
gacious men, to have remembered the anec
dote of the poor Irishman. He was at the
point of death, and sent for the Priest to
4A tree is known by ite fruits." The A
merican party has shown their nationality
in the nomination of Millard Fillmore for
President of the United States, who is'not
only the choice among the present candi
dates, but before God, he declared him to
be his first choice among all living states
men. - - ,::-'. - ;
He had known Millard Fillmore lonff
and well. He had for several years served
with him in the House of Representatives.
He well recollected his unassuming man- -ners
in congress. And wheri he occupied
the high and responsible place cf Chairman
of Ways and Means, he recollected with -
what clearness and dicision he "would an-
swer and elucidate the many intricate ques-"
tions then involved before that Committee.
From 1S3G, when he entered Congress, up .
to 1818, when he became President, he was'
distinguished for his imcorruntible intefiritv
purity of character and statesmanlike a-
bilities. ' . 1
He well recollected the distracted condi
tion of the country, convulsed from the, ...
center to the circumference ol the Union,,
on the question of slavery, connected with
the vast territories we had just acquired
from Mexico.
It was then Millard Fillmore threw asido
the prejudices of education, and showed,
forth the noble qualities of the great states
man.! He threw his heart and soul into
the breach which was .widening daily. be
tween the North and the South, brought in
to requisition those vast powers to. com
mand and control the action of others which
his whole administration manifested in
such eminent degree.
He knew of his own knowledge that ,
Millard Fillmore personally called on the
conservative Whig and Demociat Members
of Congress, to stand by and support Clay's
Compromise Bill and save the Union. The
Bill was adopted, and he firmly beliaved
the Union thereby saved.
This is the great statesman now present
ed by the American party as their candi
date for President of the United States,
Was he not the first choice of all the oM
line Whigs-? Has he since changed? No
sir! He is the same patriotic Fillmore as
his speeches show, since his return from
Europe. For where have speeches glow
ing with such fervid patriotism fallen from,
the lips of man since the days of Washing- '
ton! The vast concourse of people who
assemble to welcome his return from a for
eign land and formed one great triumphant
procession from the time he landed on his
native shore till his arrival home, demon
strate that he is still enshrined in the hearts
of his conntrymcn.
And pray, who are asked to support in
the South 'by some of our slippery politi
cians ? Nobody but James Buchanan of
Pennsylvania No man has ever figured
in public life with such a striped reccord as
James Buchanan !! He was notorious as a
Federalist, an opposer to the late war with ,
Great Britain, a reviler of James Madison's
Administration and a high protective tariff
platform of the time honored democracy, J forgive his sins. The Priest told him he
supposing, as no doubt thejr id, that; the j must curse the devil before his sins could
talismanic name- of denlocrcy -would un j be forgiven. 44 Faith," says the Irishman,
the American people in support of heresies j 4 1 cannot do that." ' "Why not," asked
as absurd as they aTe dangerous to the well j the Priest. 44 Faith and be Jasus," says
beinw of the countrv. But my dear sir, 1 s the poor man, 44 1 dont know whose hands
We
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a-y such issue ? If not, how can we sus- Whatever may be said by Uemacratic pon- inve tu natu o4- ,.w.6..v
lain, either oiv,w ?fi;;,,,h. ti. nnrtv tieinns. the fart remains the same, viz : that ; ot the cardinal poims oi mou - ;
ii ii v. , ii , V L iiuaitwi -' l'".-7 I
that sustains such doctrine? And especial
ly how can we support Mr. Buchanan,
'hose celebrated Ostein! Manifesto has
at. Viumn nnnn a nosition intermedi-! The candidate, however, has merged him
ate between each extreme North and South." self in the platform, or the principles of it,
As such he deserves and I trust will receive, which,-,to my mind, are . not in harmony
will not attempt to go into detail further.
I hope that Texas, when she comes to the
polls in November next, will make a united
rally for the American ticket, and that its
triumph will be complete. I hope the
friends of our Union and true democratic
principles will rally around the sentiment of
General Jackson, alld show their reverence
for his memory and greai services to the
uation, expressed in his letter to Dr. Cole
man, that it is time we should become a
little more Americanized." Since the day
on which this'warning was given our coun
trv has been progressing, aud from develop
ments which have taken place, it seems to
I shall fall into !" -
Before he would desert his political prin
ciples and unite in fellowship with a party
that had been making war on hislong cher
ished whig principles, he would retire into the
deepest shades of obscurity and pray that
the eyes of man might never witness such
humiliating spectacle. What! unite with a
party whose principles he 'had been bat
tling all his life ! No, never !
He never had attached himself to the A
merisan party, and knew nothing about
their signs anc! crosses, and though there
may be something objectionable to many,
yet their principles he mainly approves of.
man I And now the Democratic candidate
for President '.! And we asked to support
him !!!! Do you know what he is for now?
If you ask him- for a Protective Tariff, he
cannot answer until he examines the Cin
cinatti Platform to see whether it is in or
not ; if it is there he is for it if not, he is
against it!! How different Millard Fillmore:
He has no opinions to conceal, bulbold
ly and frankly avows his sentiments, as his
recent speeches fully prove. He needs no
Platform built up by scheming and intrigu
ing politicians for him to stand upon. His
past aoministration, the public acts of his
own life, have built for himself a Platform
upon which he stands broad enough and
firm enough for the pillars of-this Union to
stand upon jjnd there he will be placed
by the united voice of countrymen from one
end of the Union to another.
Mf.sSheppcTd said, he knew Major Don
elson thenominee for the secondary office.
He had Droved his devotion to the Union
in his resisting the treasonable action of
certain dis-unionists :n the Nashville Con-t
vention.
He also paid a glowing tribute of praise
to -the public and private worth of John A.;
Gilmer and entreated those who wished to
promote the prosperity of the Old North
State to go to the Polls and vote for him for
Governor.
A fellow coming out of a tavern one icy
morning, rather blue, fell on the doorstep.
On trying to regain his footing, he remark
ed, 4If as the Bible says, the wicked stand
on slippery places,' I must belong to a dif
ferent class, for its more than I can do
What is the reason that, although we aro
frequently told of mother Nature's convul
sions, we never hear of her falling into
hysterics.
A poor look ont. Aynl window, ,