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$2.00 FEU I!V ADTA!CE.
FROM THK MISSOURI RRPCBLICAH.
To tlie Whig of Missouri.
At a meeting of a few Old Line Whigs
-of t. Louis, who prefer Mr. Fillmore for
the Presidency over all his opponents, the
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,ve do not deem it necessary to go into a
minute history of the present parties, or of
thoe untowa
rd
'events which have brought
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the government! and the country into their!
present humiliating condition. Yet the !
mortifying; facts are before the world.
Those cntrustcjd with the powers of gov
ernment have failed to discharge their duty
Congress has failed to pass who'eome
J.w fr the good irnveri.ment of the people
the President has 'failed to see, as the
(Vunstitution comm inds him. that the
bus which are jpasscd -are faitlifiilly execu
trd. and tlie consequences of this neglect of
(titv are painfull v visible all around us. In
stead of pence, order, and mutual respect,
(the natural result of good laws well exe
cuted.) we have local parties, sectional ani
mossijies, intestine violence, ami actual
hloo.lshed, (the natural result of had laws
h:itllv executed.!) Instead of governing the
Territories with mild and paternal authori
ty, as was mildly and justly done during all
the time of Jefferson, Madison, and Mon
roe, the present government confess of im
potence, abandons its duties, abdicates its
power, and deejares its inability to govern
am! protect a dependent Territojy on our
horder, and leaves it to be scrambled f r
in Moody strife J
by armed factions from the
the count ry".
'opposite ends o
When President Fillmore resigned the
chair of state to President. Pierce, he left
him a countrv to-govern, at peace with all
foreign nations,! and quiet and prosperous vt
home. By mild and", judicious measures all
old, quarnels had been settled ; all f trtner
fictions had been quieted into repose, if
n.ot subdued into peace, and every thing
""Seemed to promise a long eontinuer.ee of
law. order, and prosperity, (the na'itral re
sult of a wise and conservative Whig policy
But this 1 right jprospeet was dimmed, ns it
tvere, with indnstrious haste. A sinnle
term of a democratic President has changed
the whole scene. . Instead of moderate
law s.
a'snirit of concession and '
lasseu in
compromise, to! soothe the wounded feelings
of opposing parties, we see extravagant the
ories, reduced with indecent hast, to the
form, of statutjes. ami passed in a spirit of
conquest and defiance, as if for the purpose
of lighting up Anew the extinguishing fir1-
brands, and reviving. and asperating the j
quarrels which had been sejlled, as we j
'-fondly hoped forever, by the w ise and mod-
erate. measures! of the last administration.
Instead of a prudent home policy, wisely
designed for the present and permanent
'good of our own country, by facilitating
commercial and social intercourse, in the
improvement of national highway's: by re
moving or softening-' of the asperites of so
' eal prejudice; by stimulating the product
ive powers of agriculture and nianuf actutes;
and by insuring a permanent and profitable
market abroad jfor the products of our labor
and skill , in establishing relations of mutu
al respect and confidence with foreign pow
ers. Instead of these good things, we see
diis administration and its peculiar supphrt-
rs negk-ct'-ng ihe home government 'in all
Us vrreat elements of peaceful progress,
a 1 ambitiously straining after foreign ac-
qinsilions, thus "nfTending. the pride and ex
ciiing the jeallousv and fear, of foreign na
lions, and tit its habitually sacrificing the
bome interests! of the country to the mad
nibition of grasping foreign terntiry which,
when acquired, they had not the wisdom
and courage to govern.
At home, instead of peace, order and re
ciprocal confidence, with the energies of all
narm-iniouiily directed ti national ends, we
behold peace and confidence destroyed,
ad mutual jealousy and hatred openly a
vowed in the halls of Congress and through
0ut the country. And these bad elements
have formed t lemselves imo parties, and
have not been ashamed, (such is the mad
r,Cs f the time) to call themselves by the
"mional titles of North and South.
give it las our deliberate ooinion.
tn,at Democratic party, as now organized '
nd administered, is justly responsible for
these evils.
If it did create them bv all
18 own immediate acts, it had the ability.
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ard lacked nothing hut the will! to nrevent
ihe Piln Lf . 1 , T. ......
tvo lJl wi em an. ii came imo
jntfersigneu were upponueu a committee ot the people. Hut those opportunities have
to prepare at address to the Whigs of Mis- been neglected and tho mean? have oen
ori. touching the course which, In pairN w.!tcd. The administration has succeeded
(,ti?m, in prudence, and in self-respect, j in denationalizing th government, by mak
they ought to take in the approaching ing all the great questions of constitutional
.Presidential election. principles and national poliev subordinate
f the discharge of the duty assigned us. ! to the local and transitory questions of slav-
power Willi allowing tide of popularit;-. It
filled every depiriment of the government.
and (all domestic troubles being settled by
its p ederessor) it .ad ample power toof:g-
inato and carry into execution all good
measures which the public interest minht
; require. Never before had any administra
( lion more inviting opportunities or more
ample means to accomplish the great end
of republican government to do the great
est amount of good to the greatest number
, . .
ery in the Territories, and in so doinc lias
lost the prestige with which it hegan its ca
reer, anJ has sunk into odium, evep-'vith its
own party. And the Government, in self
made weakness, has lost the confideree of
the people, and has no longer the p wr to
enforce the buys of the land. It cannot
even r store a runaway negro to his master
according to the terms' of th act of Congress
nor quell a riot in a eeMe Territory.
These ar some of the mis r:dle conse
quences of D moeratie misrule, during the
l.ort period of Mr. Pierce's presitlency .
Compare th t presidency with the quiet en
ergy and peaceful prosperity of .-. moderate
home-loving Whig government such as
Fillmore's administration and say. Whigs
of Missouri ! whether or not is it worthy t
h continued in power, in the person of Mr.
Burh 'tian as it - legitimate successor, ard
upon a platform 'affirming all the f rr rs of j
Mr. Pierce's Administration, with new and
dangerous errors of its own.
Parties are now in- a strange am! anoma
lous condition which cannot long continue.
The Whig ami D .-mocratic parti :;re !.t.h
permanent and enduring in ii. ir na'ure. -n
cannot le d; stroyed b" M') ?' ii'p' rvry d
feat or ai'cidental disorginiz ti.n. Tin
first will C"ttinue to exist as h!ig ;s men
can he f. -u ml who avere tin1 ousttt ution rf
thi-ir c untrv and dread a government e-
ml
pendent upon
the mere will of n an -i d
changeable as his passions men who eher-
ish that liberty which is establish-d " d
regi 1 ted and protracted by law. 'I h
are Whigs. The second is equally p. rm; -
nent. and is composed of th:.t I rye ch-.sy
of mankind, in all civil-zed c. uniri. s. who
long fr something in goveriiment bet; r
t'l in human v. isdom has ever en able to
write down in the form of law. Tin se are
Democrats, true and genuine. Others m y
often he found in their ranks; 'hut the :.re
for a special purpose they join th m ii
use them. They may have constitut cn
and statutes for eoniux n co:;ejm ;c , but
; hvas 5ijhvnlin:;te to the higher law of jn -pular
opinion, whenever and however de
clared. These two parties, by what- ver names,
are the natuual antagon ts in icrv free
Stat, -and will continue to hold alternate
sway, until the liberty of the one, and the
li ' ense of the other are both subdued under
the hand of a despot.
All oilier panics are transient and cca-
sional ; made by the force of cir in: stances
to meet some pressing emerge:. cv , : i -r
supposed. Phey c.mnoi e I..' sn. iv he
objects which called tl: m iuio being ; i ut
'Whether successful or u:is::c-vjs!"id !; tl'.i'ir
particular ik signs, lhey naiei.-S x die out
-with the easion which- produced them.
Of this character are, in our opinion, I i th
the -Republican and the American p rtit s.
They have both sprung .into exis euc:- to
accomplish a few specified object-, li ' th y
fail to attain their ends, alter a full and fair
trial of strength, there will be no motive o
keep alive tluir fruitless organiz niot.s, and
they will dissolve in their own w; ktoss.
If they succeed, the sole-ohjeei of their un-
ion w ill be accomp'idit d, ami tht ir only
principle of cohesion as a party, will be
consumed in the successful using; and then
dissolution is the natural am necessary re-
su't. And when they do dissolv as dis
solve we must where can their members
find a retreat? They can find it nowhere
but in the ranks of the two permanent par
ties, and the Democratic. And we confi-
dently b4ieve that the great majority of and some of them very strange, and are en
them, weary ol, maddening strife of the last titled to serious, consideration :
few years, will seek an nsjlum in the more j j; Not venturing to affirm that Fillmore
quiet and orderly associations of the Whigs 9 nol, and Buchanan is worthy of our sup-
rather than in the more turbulent ranks of
the Democracy. ' "
This condition of facts and principles im-
poses' upon the Whig party, (whi. h, even
in its present broken and dismembered state,
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is the surest iruarautee mat tne nation has
for the restoration of prosperity and peace.',
a great duty, full of responsibility toits
j own memhers, and full of hope to the eoun-
trv. If, now, in this trying time of our ad-
versary, we keep the faith, standing firmly
upon our ancient principles, and with pa-
tient courage still maintaining the wise and
LEXINGTON, NORTH CAKOLlXAr FRIDAY, OCTOBEit 3.-1856.
temperate poli, y ih.i h. made for our
ty the high character which it instlv hears,
! . w 7 VI nm uiaiiorm. witnoutex-
we can at least insure our own self-respect; pressing any opinion of our own upon their
and enforce the respect of others. And in n lattre merits, (for we are fully resolved to
doing this, we can hardly fail to accomplish oppose them.) we only say. that it is by nS
much more I for honesty is ahvrys the best means a clear point, which of their elections
policy, and truth, when urged with temper- would he most injurious to the public wel
ate boldness, is a mighty weapon. Ifwe fare. It is understood that Fremont aims
must be be beaten, let our adversaries beat ! at the pnihihition of slavery in the Territo
us in open conflict; let us not, in unreas- : ries, and will accomplish the end if he can;
oning fear and suicidal oowardice b,eat our- bnt it is clear that he cannot carry his point
Sf,,v's- withovt a consenting Congress. It is un-
As a party, we are too weak to have a ( derstood that Buchanan aims at the acqui
caudidate iif our own. and are, therefore, tin- sition of Cuba, part if not the whole of San
der the necessity to choose among the can- Domingo, and other countries stretching
didates of oiher parries. In iloing so. our thence towards the equator, and that he
sell-respect, our party fealty and our patri- .will try t get them, peaceably if he can,
otism all concur in ms.kiug it our duty to forcibly if he must ; and it is an undeniable
choose the man whose known and estah- ' fact,, proved by our history, thai he can be
lihed standard of doctrine and of practice . gin the war of acquisition on his own au-
most nearly conform to our own. Acknowl
edging this as a principle and a duty, we
have- no doubt; or hesitation in declaring j
ihat Millard iFilJmore is the man. In all
his pu'dc life down to his last hour in the
Pr s'd -ntial office, he was a Whig, without
t-iint or r po cb. Four years ago. he was
the unanimous choice of the Whigs of Mis
so ;r", ns their candidate forthe Presidency,
and th; t choice was based upon their belief
that he was a wise and temperate statesman
' a moderate safe, conservative Whig. If,
s'nee that time he has contracted any new
oMigations'or adopted any new theory of j
goveremeni. it is evident that in his own I
mind, be has donr nothing since he retired
from office.;' .in conflict wi'h hi former ptlit-
ieal chandelier and position, for, in the very
nPt r :,crf ptinjr the nomination of the A
m'T'can ivrv. h" refers with honet pride
to I lis JVl's administration, and tells that
partv. w'fh characteristic frankness, that his
prst administration will he a trm3 imb x to
!. s future. But for tie fact that Mr. Fill
more '"s understood' to have joined the A
mepe:n! p-rt". we confidently be'ieve tbat
there are not : hiifdr d Wings in Missouri
w h W nhl not take him for their first choice
for 'he presiiiency : ami we are stonglv in
el'ep l to ihe belief that there are thousands
I o
f P n.er .ts in the State, who, though
,,-,, hv p:.rtv ti-s to vote. against fiim. yet
9, nmch respert his personal character and
n.,it conduct, thai they would rather see
,;fr al tn,, had of government than either
Mr pn.m,.nt or Mr. Buchanan,
, , s fo Vr prPmontf We have verv little to
..iv, A a st:te?man we know nothing of
him : Politically, he has no antecedents, by
w h:ch he may be judged. His party se ms
to u tc be local ami sectional, and ::t pre
sent, unhappily, in a high passion. Its
main object, aud its only one, as f ir as we
kn-.w. 's the prohibition of negro slavery in
the Territories. Ami this we consider a lo
cal, sectional temponry question, tvhich
ought not to be allowetl t interfere materi
nMv with the good government of the nation
either in its domestic or its foreign interests
We are not aware of any Whigs in Missou
ri who desire Mr. Fremont to rule o.ver
th in. but as he has no electoral ticket here,
w need not discuss the propriety or impro
priety f voting for him.
Our old adversaries, the Democrats, call
prM, ,,, pntl:e;ica11y to come up to their
t. in th;s time-of need : ard we regret to
o'dit'et? to sav that manv Whigs have an-
w e l t 1 c call, and are n vv found side by
side Willi th' ir hl enemies, contending hot
lv against tlo ir old friends Doubtless they
believe th t they d( nothing worse than
tl -ir duty in taking this n w position, and
o iter themselves with the hope that, when
th.
i. tile is (ivf-r. ami they have succeeded
in pit:ng into power such a Democrat as
Mr. Buchanan, with such a platform as he
lias to carry out. they can retire at pleasure
t their old position, and co-act with their
old Whig friends, in resisting the follies and
vices of a Democratic Administration w hich
tin y, themselves." hare advanced to power,
pt rh;p that may be so. Yet there is room
to fear that those who choose to be Buchan-
. an Whigs in November, may not be allow
ed the option, if their candidate succeed, to
be other than Buchanan Democrats in
March.
The grounds upon which Whiirs are
urged to vote for Mr. Buchanan! are various.
port, they say that Fillmore has uo chance
j nf election, and therefore ve ought to vote
for Buchanan as against Fremont. How do
thev know that Fillmore has not as good a
chance as Buchanan, to get the vote of New
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- York and Delaware and -Maryland, ami
even! Virginia ? This assumption of the
weakness f;n adversary is a common
electioneering artifice, and those who ah
low themselves to be duped by it, deserve
defeat. - j .J
2. Assuming that Fillmore has no enhance
they assume also that every Whig will of
course prefer , Buchanan and his platform..?
to Prpmnrt nn.i i.:. . w
thority, witnout the previous knowledge or
consent of Congress. He may begin the
war of Cuba as confidently as Mr.'Polk bf-
gan his war for New Mexico and California,
and leave Congress to esstime the responsi
bility, and the nation to bear the burden.
3r They say that it is a matter of nation
al necessity to supprrt Buchanan, as against
Fr mont. because if Fremont be elected, ihe
Union will b dissolved. If that Th? true, it
is a stringent case, and we admit that it
would be better even to e'ect Mr. Bu ban n
than to dissolve the Union. But thr y d-
not tell us how the dissolution is to be
brought about, t or v ho are the traitors to
perpetrate the crime. It is not at all likely
that Fremont, it lawfully chosen to rule
Over the whole nation, would choose to dis
member it. in order to rule over one of its
I; cerated fragments. The Whigs, w e know
will commit no such wickedness, for they
are re'-o!y to die in defence of the constitu
tion. The Americans, we think, are equally
free from the imputation, for thei- devotion
to the Unio'i is the highest boast of thei
order. And so, there is nol-ody left strong
enough to commit the crime, hut the Bu
chanan D mocrats, and we are persuaded
that the imputation of such villjinly to them
s a cruel slander. The passions of men
may be highly excited in the fierce contests
of parties, and their judgments may be
warped by local prejudices, but we have no
thought that there is in any part of the Uni
ted States, any considerable body of men so
utterly corrupt as to rise in rebellion and
treason to destroy the nation, because a
man odious to them has been chosen to the
Presidency, in strict accordance with the
constitution and the laws. N the whole
suggestion of treason and rebellion for such
a cause, is a dishonest trick, designed to
frighten the timid into the support of Mr.
Buchanan a thing Which :hey would not
do on the promptings of their own judgd
ment, nor Ve persuaded to do by any motive
more respectable than fear.
Whigs of Missouri, we are diminished
and weakened, but not wholly powerless
Let us keep onrselves firmly united and
true to our old principhs, and then, who
ever is elected President, we will have the
conscious satisfaction of knowing that we
have done our duty. When the election is
over, and the excitement of the contest has
subsided, thousands of worthy men will find
that the violence of the times has thrown
them out of .their appropriate places, and
they w ill need just such a nucleus as ours,
around which all the scattered elements of
conservatism may meet ami combine.
If Fillmore should be elected we wVJl
look with confidence for the speedy resto
ration of harmony and peace, for he has ta
ken no active part in the miserable quarrel
about negro slavery. But .f either Fremont
or Buchanan is chosen, we shall contem
plate with sorrow, hut not with dismay, the
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continuance of that needless aud
controversy. ' EDW. BATES,
WM G. PETTUS,
E. S. FRAZ1ER.
The difference touween Messes. Fillmore
and Breckenridge, so far as speecji-making
in the present canvass is concerned, con
sists in this, that whilst the former has re
mained quietly at home, the latter has left
Kentucky and gone into other States, mak
ing speeches in behalf of the Democratic
party, himself being a candidate of that par
tv. It is true that Mr. Fillmore on his ar-
m
rival from the old world, aud when proceed
ing rapidly homeward through his own
State, made two or three speeches at ditler-
j ent points of the journey, but when he
j reached BuflTil j his dps thereafter were
j sealed. He declined a pressing invitation
j to visit Philadelphia, and, for aught We
know, other places. The speeches that he
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did make were in response to tributeH of re
spect on the part of his fellow citizens to
the exalted station he once held with so
much honor to the country and himself.
lie had been President had been absent
or a length of time abroad and on his re
turn home was warmly greeted bv, we take
it, political foes and friepds alike, in N. V
who assembled to do honor to the station as
well as the man.' He repaired with proper
dispatch to his home in BufTa'o, and has
since studiously avoided any participation
in tne canvass.
But with Mr. Breckenridge the case is cs-
sentiauy tlitlercnt. lie leaves his home in i
Kentucky for no other reason in the world
that we have over heard ot, except to make
political speeches, and accordingly we hear
hi. mm in Cincinnati, at I'ontiae, ajid at
Tippecanoe, electioneering for the Demo
cratic ticket, his name being'upon that tick
et ; and there is no knowing but that he
will, canvass the whole West, or as much as
he can get over between now and the elec
tion. And. the beauty of it is. he keeps
such fine company too ! Breckenridge. the
Democratic candidate for Vice President, on
the same stand with John Van Buren. the
notorious fire- soiler. whom the Washington
Union read out of the Democratic party
somc time since because be would not swal
low the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the great test
of orthodox Democracy ! There is no ac
counting for tates. but we think the Loco
candidate for Viee-Prestdent believes with
very questionable propriety. Jffl. Herald.
FROM TH r AYETTKVILLE OBSERVER.
' Letters from tlie S.nlor Editor.
Baltimore, Sept. 17, 1856.
At the afternoon session of the Conven
tion, the Committee on Resolutions not be
ing reaily to report some time was spent in
perfecting the list of Delegates; and then
vociferous calls were, made in the Hall and
galleries, fo Graham! Graham! Though
taken by surprise, as it has never been cus
tomary to call out speakers on the first day
f a Convention, and before there was any
nvatter prepared for action, yet Gov. Gra
ham rose and delivered an admirable speech,
in a mirable style, set off by his fine per
sonal, appearance so that in all respects
Uve iiad reason to he proud of the impression
mde by our State in his pet-on. He was
repeatedly applauded ami cheered. And
when he avowed the purpose- with which
he had come to the Convention, to nomi
nate Millard Fillmore, the applause was loud
and long continued, ending in a general ris
ing of th Members to their feet, shouts and
waving of hankerc hiefs and hats. It was a
moment of unbounded enthusiasm, and Mil
lard Fillmore was thus nominated by accla
mation, without w iting for resolutions.-;
Gov. Graham then went on to speak in
simple yet eloquent t rms of the' .purity of
Mr. Fillmore's administration, with which
he had been connected as a member of the
Cabinet ; of his moderation, his firmness,
his justice, his Nationality. It was nobly
said, an fell upon grateful ears.
After Gov. Graham sat down, the Hon.
Francis Granger of New York, was called
on to respond, and delivered an able and elo
quent speech in very fine style. Then calls
were made for Virginia, and Alexander
Rives of that State, spoke eloquently and
in the main appropriately. His manner
and voice were very fine. With the char
acteristic modesty of a Virginian, however.
he closed by calling for a speech from an
other Virginian, Mr. Jannej. who rose and
spoke without saying anything noticeable.
After that, Massachusetts was called for and
Mr. Geo. Lunt. a lawyer-poet, delivered a
speech abounding with j beautiful figures,
earnest national sentiments, but avowing
some opinions of government in which 1 do
not concur.
The Convention then adjourned till 10
o'clock to-morrow morning.
There was an immense concourse of per
sons present, as in the morning.
Baltimore, Sept. 17.
There is much to gratify my pride as 4
I North Carolinian in the character of our
I , H .i
Uf legation as wen as in me consideration
shown for it by the Convention. Two in-
cidents, out of many, will prove this. The
room had been arranged for 3000 Delegates
within the railway one for each Congress
ional District aud Senator. When New
York marched in, nearly 100 strong, and
Virginia 45, the arrangements were disar
ranged, and Virginia complained that she
had not had sufficient seats assigned her.
Tnis produced a reply from the Chairman
of the MarylandCniniuittee, w ho raid he
had not looked for such an assemblage of;
Whigs, and had been mortally afraid of .
empty seats. But he would make room for j
the Virginians, if Maryland had to go out of,
doors. Gov. Morehead then, in a few hap- j
py jcvords, alluded to the number ofNorth
Carolinians who were outsiders. His re
marks brought (bwn the house with three
cheers for North Carolina, and brought like
wise' a handful of the blue tickets which ad
mit all our Delegate to the privileged seats
on the floor. A gentleman of Baltimore
told the Chairman of the Maryland. Com
mittee that the North Carolina delegation is
the ablest in the Convention,
Again : When Judge Bates was an
nounced as ' permanent President loud
NO. 9.
cheers anise. Next followed the names cf
the Vice Presidents, which were received
with silent approbation, until the name of
Got. Wm. A. Griham of North Carolina,
was read, and that breugbt forth around of
applause, in the Convention and among the
immense crowd. Afterwards Gov. Trim-
bleS name and one other were received
ivith n like mark of respect,
The Delegation selected Gov.
Morehcad
for the Committee on Resolutions, but he
declined on account of having other engage
ments this evening, which would prevent
his meeting with the Committee. Mr.
Mordecai was then selected.
The speeches of Gov. Hunt and Judge
Bates were well received. Th hall is so
large, and there were so many thousand per
sons present, that I could not htar all of
either speech.
Baltimore, Sept. 18.
The proceedings and speeches in the
Convention to-day have been both deeply
interesting and highly satisfactory in all
respects but one. That one particular, in
which quite a number of members of the
Convention as well as myself dissented
from its action, was the nomination of Mr.
Donelson for Vice Presidents The first ex
pression of dissent to this came from the
venrahle Gov. Trimble, of Ohio.'tone of the
Vice Presidents "of the Convention. I could
not hear distinctly what he said.butbelieve
that he made no motion. Mr. Machette of
Penn. also opposed the nomination of Don
elson. Then followed the speech of Mr.
Banks, which was so well spoken in every
way, manner and matter, as to command
the most earnest attention of the whole
Convention and galleries, and whose motion
to strike out the resolution nominating Don
elson was promptly followed by a good
many cries of "agreed, agreed.' But it
was evident that the majority was opposed
o striking out, some, perhaps, (though. I
doubt.) because they approved of the no
mination, some because it would be ungra
cious to strike out what they would have
been glad had not been put in, but most, I
suppose, because those who voted for Mr.
Fillmore, as the members unanimously in
tended to do, must of necessity vote fof
Donelson along with him, aud therefore he
might as well be named in the resolution.?
For. these reasons I approved of the coune
of Mr. Banks. His motion to strike out
gave to many, including myself, an oppor
tunity to express our feeling that the nom
ination of Donelson was scarcely more ac
ceptable than would hava beeu the nomina
tion of Mr. Buchanan or any democrat, and
therefore thtt it was a nomination not fit
to be made, by Whigs ; and his withdraw
al of the motion was so handsomely done
as to br.ng the w hole body of the members
to their feet, with a round of cheers for the
old North StKte. I may here mention, that
soon after -Mr. Banks had. spoken, he was
waited upon by some of the Virginia dele
gates with a request that he would speak at
the great mass meeting to be held in Rich
mond on Monday and Tuesday next, the
22nd and 23d. He was obliged to decline
the. invitation, on account of business which
would detain him in Baltimore.
I have not time of course, to "write out
for the Observer, the speeches and proceed-
J ings. These will be better reported by
t the Baltimore papers, particularly by thoie
able and exceedingly enterprising papers,
the American and Patriot, from which, I
doubt not. the material matters will be cop
ied into the . Observer. All I desire is to
record those incidents which appear likely
to interest my readers. Among these, I
mav mention, that soon after the resolutions .
had been adopted by an enthusiastic and c-
nanimous "aye ! ami by cheer upon cheer
f . , ,t r
i the house and gaienes rang witn cans tor
"Morehead! Morchead! I was glad to
! see the nohl; form of our old war-homo
rise to respond. But before he could. utter
a word, a tnodeit gentleman from New York
who had not been called for. was speaking
at the top of his voice. After he closed,
the calls for Morehead were renewed, and
fter several annoying interruptions to a
dopt resolutions, &c. he did speak, at first
I thought with less power than of old,
doubtless owing to the annoying interrup-
tions to which he had been subjected ; but
as he warmed with his subject he reminded
me of the campaign of 1810, and of his
power as an orator then, itt is needless to
tell any bwly in North Carolina. I do not
agree,with him that this Union can never
be dissolved, but I most heartly respond to
his with that it never may be, and that its
existence may be perpetual.
Besides Gov. Morehead's, there were nu
merous other speeches, some very good,
and some rather indifferent, but every lhing
passed off in the happiest manner.
When it wa proposed to constitute the
j Maryland delegation a committee to prepsra
for publication the proceedings and 'speech
es dulivered during the Convention, Gov,
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