THE DEMOCRATIC SIGNAL.
RALEIGH :::::::::::::: SEPTEMBER 29, 1843.
and the sooner that organization be effected,
the belter for our party and the cause. The
machinations of whiggery have already be
gun, as for instance, it is apparent that, by
diminishing circulation of money it would
force the people to fall in with its current in
has ever been looked up to as a strong lea
der,) he has shrunk from the acceptance
of office, and alway displayed a willingness
to serve his country, for which, he has never
asked reward. The charge is unfounded
and at variance with the history of Mr. Hay-
TAe Register's attack upon Mr. Uayvood.
The Register is "ashamed" of Mr. Hav-
wood'a speech; or, in other wordf, thicks faror of a Bank. This is but one stratagem; wood's whole life. Ve have only for the
very contemptibly" of it 'as our distin- i gDt lnal these machinations should be present, to intimate to the Register a recur-
guished friend, the Little Blower' would say. met Thorough organization is the belt rence to its own files, both for original and
It is not a little surprising with what ease weapon with which the combat can be held, quoted adoption of the Bankrupt Law as a
this federalorgan can shiffiis sails orchange would suggest to our friends as speedy 'whig measure of relief in 1841. Not long
its tune: but a few short months since, and an assembling of the Convention as the con- after the passage of the act, it transferred a
it, in connection with the whig?, was 'satis- venience of the people will allow. ' glorification piece from the National Intelli-
fiVd' with hi elation, and it was difficult for ' .... . 7... gencer to its columns, in which, if we mis
th n.m,tr ,v,n to find I in its orioinal " r" C 8 . " j take not. it claimed all the credit The Re
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atock on hand,) soft enough speeches and
uur waggisn ana witty inena or me t rea- cordg of CongrcS3 however, will place the
icksburg 'Democratic Recorder,' has sd- ..... , .- j
r.,s.ri .rsr.w Thir,,.l.' mm ip,..T. responsibility where it properly belongs, and
Gales, the Editor, is not at home; but we
candidly think he ought to disavow the re
sponsibility of an attack that places him in a
very inconsistent position, and gives him the
appearance of seizing a very unfit occasion
to vent personal ill-feeling.
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ff- It is mortifying to witness the effort
of NorthXarolinians.to ridicule and disgrace
any portion of their own Stale. No matter
what motive urges such unhallowed attempt
or what object they have in view, such con
duct is condemned by every principle of fair
and honorable dealing, and derogatory to
every profession of Slate pride. Such are
the attempts to degrade this county, by pub
lishing to the world such statesments as to
induce the citizens of other States to believe,
that the .people are semi'barbarous and igno-
kind enough congratulations for our newlvl v
elected Senator, whom, if a Democratic Sen- Benefit, try Postivtly the last aDDear- snow lo ine country mat tnis act onrauu
ator naato oe eieciea, uwouia nave -prefer- u. .- uSu,.aru uut un.u, ucr.. ..-...j . ... . , - . OPD0Sed to the diffusion
i . ii i i rnrrnpr i-ia win unnear in rn npwnnn n. i - and than .an nniu hu a aipph n ntnnpn""' ---..-- r
rea 10 au oiners. uui no toooer M HEtne V -y5;y." . '. ! . J . ' : . T Arbnwl.. and education. Such conduct.
boldness to stand up for bis pany-tbe dar- T Rf . lh ori(tin,rrfrM, ,-. " ' " "V " . ,hrf, n,dnhle. ."oi.hi eect to.ee
A . I l - i . . 1 la I nn rria hair mint ha a nu arl tn havu hnrlcl1l-I"wi" J 1
ingenronieryiospeaKOi wnig v.oiauon 01 can be obtained .from Hanover, or even a J- 7 rft,imns of th North State WhiVand
la 1 I 1.1 .... . . . I f - p.av.Ai.x if nta nirnnir I " ' c
pieaces, ana wnig misrule, man ne is to De- sine e thread of it. as a Drecious re ic. UU5U ontnv',7 lu
come the theme of all the 'elegancies' which This new Whig humbug will be got up when an outraged constituency demanded.its
the whig press s so capable of heaping on. ?ilh ne.sce"ery Machinery, and Decora, repeal.
TV4.L -rj i ,i v . i iiuiis. xuc mauagcis nave uui yti uriiucu
xu un ncs.Mcr u,c cvcnuc luucy io sup- . rnsfnmps " hlnnmpnt &c. nor Inconsistency of the I ederal Ontan'
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posemai air..naywooa was 10 De cajoiea hjw iniich of the paraphernalia of the cam- An Address at Wake Forest Colleffe.SDoken Rut 'tis narticularlv morlifvintf that such a
into me supporv oi leaerai aocinnes r Ana paign ot lb40, viz: iiOg Uabins, tiara cider, June 15tb, 1843, has just been published. fh Roj-Jtfh nUter which claims
The Title page announces that the Orator I , . , ' . jf,.fi
Whig Clarion, whose editors deal habitual
ly in such vulgar wit and misrepresentation
- and not being nati res, are supposed not lo
entertain much partiality forNorth Carolina.
it did harbor such a thought, it will find
time to learn, that he is neither to be flattered
nor threatened into measures; and all the
4low and vulgar slang1 which whiggery may
pour upon him, will be as ineffectual as it
will be continual.
The whigs feel the force of his late effort,
and they dread the effect. It was a cool,
calm, deliberate and true survey of the course
of federalism; it appealed at once to the nr
and heart of those who heard him. "It has
set the People to thinking;" the honest, but
deceived farmers of the West will deliberate
upon it; the school boys in every log house
gourds and coon skins, are to be retained, to
stultify the good people. The Clay Club is
ihe first step in the process. For particulars,
see the large bills of the day.
We see tba,t this distinguished personage
is soon to appear upon the stage in 'the new
and entertaining character of the 'Mill Boy
of the Slashes.' ' It is expected that ibis
nn hi rrli
is John H. Whel'ler, Ireasurer of tjie , " , , ,. ,
State of North Carolina, and Member of na aecent gronnas, ana wnose cuuor oeing
the National InstUution at Washington a native North Carolinian professes so much
City.
We have read over the Address and find
it gives some good advice to the boys in
very boyish style however. As this matter
of making College Addresses stands, it may
will 'positively be his last appearance,' and be deemed harsh as well as wanting in pat
being for his 'benefit,' h? is anxious to en
State pride, should give currency to such
disgraceful charges. If they' were true, we
should suppose he would blush to expose our
deformities to the public gaze; would rather
seek to palliate and conceal them;' yet faith-
gage for the occasion 'all ihe talent' he may
br able. Such as feel any desire in the suc
cess of the Drama, will make known their
willingness to accept a place, as itis panicu.
riotism, to indulge in criticism on these an- less to h'ia profession of Stale pride, and still
nual effusions. It may be right that they more faithless to his motto, " unwarp'd by
he too has
jeconibe the
neo arrows of part? malice, because bbe
should share the exemption of the dead. party rage to live like' brothers, M
kNilni8i bonum de moriuis." -WV shall . f . , tU f. , c j,
. c ... . jo i discharged at the fair fame of fc,dj(
therefore say nothing of this printed Speech, j .. -
for the double reason, that it is the annual P0,5sei
in the mountains rvill rrhn the miestinn nrn-
, n . , , . . , , part' and know his queue so lhat there. may
pounded by Mr. Hj 'what have 1 gained by , .
.the federal triumph? and ihe. answer will be,
larly'desirable that each one may 'get his contribution to literature and that we coti- nobly sustained the principles she has always
be no misunderstanding and consequent ex
posures as in 1840, when self-contradiction
begat so much evil. ! Dress also, 13 to be a
matter of study as well as address, so that
the 'appearance may be to the best advan
I have gained a loss.' How have you Far
mers profited by the iriumph of 1840, a trU
umph secured by the prostration of decency,
sobriety, morality and religion secured by
the enccurarement of falsehood, excitement,
riot and debauchery, where female innocence
and modesty were brought to the arena to
minglo in the patty strife a triumph in
which the whigs gained every thing they
asked, and out of which they promised so
largely to benefit the People? Let every so
ber, thinkintr man. ask himself what has he &3" The Register of Sept. 26th follows
trained? Let Mr. Haywood's speech be dis- UP attack commenced in a previous num-
.trihotedfarnnd near, that all mav read: and ber! uPon Mr- Haywood, and pronounces his
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sider it already dead.
From the Register of 20lh June.
."Wake Forest Commencement. We
formed one of a large party that left the City
on Thursday la&t, in the cars, to witness the
Exercises of Commencement at Wake For
est College. We were about preparing an
t'ige. It is particularly desired that some of account of the excursion, but yielded with
the parts should be taken in North Carolina,
as a very important scene is to be enacted on
lhat part of the stege, in which the 'MillBoy'
himself appears. The character of 'The
Conqueior' is already bespoken.
pleasure to the contribution of a fair corres-
i .J i j . i .if .u.M.'.; c
oeen auacnea 10, dv aeieaun? me election oi
(he favorite Whig candidate, Edward Stan-
We have every reason to believe that the
census in thisState was'very imperfectly taken
in many counties. The duly was badly perfor
med in lhjs couoty particularly.' The census
of many other counties hear palpable errors on
pendent whose notice will, we are confident, S H t The number reported m Edge-
be far more acceptable than any thing we combe who canTi read and write, we believe to
could offer. I I be excessively large, and iucorrectly reported;.
"Mr. Gales: Will you allow several La- and we charge so on the fact, ibat the very
dies of Raleigh to express, through the col- moment the census was published, many res-
umns of your widely circulated paper, the pectable citizens declared, that the Marshall
gratification and pleasure they derived from put no such interrocatories as to the ability of
an attendance at Wake Forest Commence
ment
"Of the proficiency of the Students (which
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the People will ficd that they have rained ,aie Ptecn 33 ac0Ul as -oemagogicai as any we have heara nigniy complimented; we
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nue taken n.egisier; ever saw. iow mis rausi leave uiueis iu ?ptaK, u
seems to stick in the throat of the Register,
a loss -double taxes imposed, revc
away, fraud made legal, and expenditures
increased beyond the necessities of Govern
ment to a most extravagant degree. Such
is the glorious fruition to the country of whig
corquestand whig success.
The Convention.
The necessity on the part of the Demo
cratic Party of North Carolina of holding a and his frequent usage of the term is like the
State Convention to nominate a candidate for effort of one who had swallowed a bone and
Governor to appoint delegates to the Na- was choking: Is there any thing monstrous
i;onal Convention, and to decide upon the in this expression, or is it only a usual effort
manner in which this State shall be repre- of the Register, 'of a mole hill to make a
rented, and how her vote shall be giten up- mountain?' While Mr. Haywood is the Re
on the question of the Presidency, is now presentative of North Carolina in the Senate,
plainly seen and fell by alL The different and as such, it is his duty to guard her gen
counties are hastening to respond to the eral welfare and interests. It is no less true.
Democratic Meeting in Wake, and we have thai he was elected by the Democratic party
reason to hope that there will be such a dis- chosen by them as the exponent of their
play of unanimity and mutual concession a- doctrines the advocate of their measures,
persons' to read and write; and consequently
must have guessed at most of nis returns un
der that head. A nd though we regret that the
number is as large as it is, yet we have no
hesitation iu savin?, that the census far over
rates the number. And yet the- same census
exhibits other counties in this State, with a
s we arrived
oninion ofthe Register will he verv ant at merely in time to hear Col. Wheeler's ad
once to fix unon M. Havwood the ch.rae. dress. wbich all acknowledged to have been
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lCr ui utuiugogur.uuu tuc nxgiMer suou.u tica produclion. and.we are confident should larger number and a much larger proportion
have been more careful of his 'State pride' the students benefit by the nood advice iven who can't read' o'r wnie : vet the.ame is not
than Uius lo nave aeleatea me possibility of ibem by tneir friend, with regard lo unceas- blazoned forth to the world, because iheycon-
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good by Mr. H. in the Senate, by gmrg him Jog perseverance in tneir studies and a judi- lai-n aiarge jftv population. And the cen
such a name, ine Senator ot bis Jartv'' Vr. P""'"" l"CT..a,c v sus shows that tbe county of Sampson stroaff
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luiiuvv iu ttiici-uic, nicy waunui la ui uecoiii- I t- . u .. . -
e, 3 L. p r Democratic county, has but 13 persona in its
We copy from the 'Standard,' the above Jhat fact heralded forth to the world with such
different opinions of the 'Raleigh Register,' encomiums as it deserves ? Unfortunately,
as expressed at different times, and we have j Sampson is Democratic, therefore she is je
asked ourselves the question, whether this J nied justice-by those professing 'to live like
change can be the result cf a personal diffi J brothers." We claim that such publication is
culty between the Editor of the Register and disreputable in North Caroliua Editors, even
Col. Wheeler. Just and deserved strictures 11 were fact but a fair investigation wilt
unon literarvas well as nohtical efforts, it is P've -it false, leaving do possible ground for
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the part and province of the press to bestow,
that ihe public taste as well as the public
morals, may be advanced to excellence; but
even disappointment or malice to forge its
bafts. '
With regard to the vote of Edgecombe on
the 'School Bill,? she stands justified on the
mong .11 mrmbers ofthe Democratic family and the defender cf their principles against r u.v.u .y.u. .... ?roand lIla, ,he bj, js irop(!rfectlbe lund Cfl-
asnill .how the federal purty that it has fedeial opposiuon. Ir. this sense then.' he is ,T"y "in"ent ll,p "omjost crmcistn and ed is too small and defic.ent for any purpose
nothing to eipect from dissension and discord -the' -Senator of his Party'-lbeir immediate 'he eff"' 'J'1 'he P .o H was intended Jor, th, no adequate good or
in oar rant,; that contend for great and ri. rep'resenlatWe to carry out their kno.vn wish- e,e ' P? b h efforts, adran.age can be derived from it. The Leg-
. i -.:.t- x? a v - r i . L cp r ,. i c cannot think otherwise, than that this islature in their haste aac zeal to do some
tal principles, Federalism is our-worst foe, es, land the effort of the Register to imply . . ri'wi a- i i - j .u U axaa
j r 0 - lu . t ..- , cIm t4 J lastnoticeof Col. W.'s effort, is altogether thing, precipitated the matter and divided the
find all OUr ammunition Arm 1 1 hp Afr.Anrfar1 jmncnro frnm ihi rpmarb mFMr Ma t ixrnnd'o ' i 1 .
tpenaed censure irorn mis rem art oi Mr. tJay
upon it. It may not expect to rrtreat safely, is of a par with its other endeavor to make
or to attack successfully under cover from Mr. II. oul a Demagogue by the insuperable
xnr own ranks. Let it be assured that all argument of itself to pronouncing -him.
personal preferences will be forgotten, and Wtien has William H. Hay wood e ver exhi
there will be a union, if of no other and dear- bited the spirit ct the Demagogue, as that
er kind, an union of policy and interest a- term is defined? Now when has he criny
gainst a common enemy. A Convention ed, played the sychophani for popular favor?
pill be the fiist step to regular organization. So far from this being the c&se'ftbV Mr. H.
gratuitous, unnecessary, and unprovoked.1 It I funds which was then rabidly accumulating
was a laudable undertaking which we have so that the dividends to uach school district
read with much pleasure, as containing plain ias too small to effect any purpose it was inr
but sound, wholesome, and good practical tended for. The fruit was gathered before it
adWce. The effort met the approbation; of ' riDl and ihe conseouence is. that out of
g it, we hear of no
good effected. In
S,.nHr,! .Knr,hoWn.0 i, thZ.rs,a the COUDtie.S adoptlri
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to Col. W.f to shield his reputation from'all layorable return , of gread
attacks while engoged in their service. Mr. I some counties where it has been accepted, it