The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-14
From the Raleigh Register
NATIONAL CONVENTION.

II has already been announced, that
The Wing party have determined To hold
q National Convention al Harrisburg,
Penn. in December 1890. for the selec-
ton Of candidates for President and Vice
President The Fayetteville Obser-
YER suggests that q, the Congressional
Election in this State nextyear. the Wings
in each District should vote for some in-
dividual tn represent them in said Con-
yenlion: or IL il be more convenient. that
a General Ticket OF IS Deleg lies be Sc
lec,ed. and voted fur in the same way az
Electors IL President and Wee President.
Either mode, we think, is unexcepiion.
able.
So far as a concentration of public sen.
Il'neni. on the part Of the Wings, is de-
sired in North Carolina. no nomination
by a Convention is necessary. There is
no difference Of opinion among them, as
10 who ought to be nominated. Whist
Henry Clay is spared TO the country. they
wish no, to wander in search Of another
candidate. As often as the subject of the
next Presidency is spoken 81. his name
is the first 10 thrill through the Patriots
heart, the first TO be breaIhed from the
Patriots lips. There is no other citizen
Of the United States, who can call forth
an enthusiasm like him--none other,
who. Ike him, can unite the Wings of
the Southern. Eastern. Middle and Wes-
tern Stnes, aud lead then on To sure
and glorious victory. As long az We
adhere io Inn our cause Is safe; but. IL
we exchange him lar another, the dis.
rnp;I"n cfonr party will, perhaps, be the
inevitable consequence.
The Van Burenites charge the Wings
with inconsistency. in submitting the
claims uf their candidates to Na;innal
Convention, after having objected. SD
s,rrnnnusly as they dud. To Mr.. Van Blu.
rem, because Of his nomination by the
Rucker Caucus a, Baltimore. Bat will
any man in his senses, contend tina, there
is any simi!i,ule between the two eases!
The Biltimnre Convention, il can be dc
m"ns;rated, did no, spring from the pep
pie, but was cnnirived aud attended sole.
ly by the friends Of the nominee. many
ut whom held offices under the Govern
meni. anl had, therefore. deep persnnsl
inIeres: IN his elrctiun. Ills organs alone
advuca,ed-his friends alune sustained il.
Some Of its members prniessed to have
many constituents, Others but few. and u
theirs again acknowledged they had none.
-Philo White, Ering ia This city, was
appointed by meeting Of six persons I,
represent the Salisbury Di-trirr, con-
tanning a population Of $4,000 souls
The Wings then commended. and sill con
tend. that surll meeting. SD Tar from rep.
resentlng the vuIce Of the people. was
political cockpit, where The peoples
rights were staked upon iavorllc game
sier.
But such Convention as the Wings
propose TO hold. none can object tn. but
ihose who fear the virtue aud inteIIi.
gence of the people. There are nun.
her of Candidates, who have warm aud
jealous friends, aud each division thinks
It's candidate most suitable. How is the
sense of a majority Of the whole TO he
ascer,sined, bui by consultation and com.
promise! The Wings cannot. like the
Van Buren, Party. designate the " real
Simon Pure" and command all others,
under plain Of displessure. To Withdraw
their claims. They are freemen. AMI
ela'tn the right, each nI', for thinking