The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-15

a,m ~ Indian Caaee, 20 fesl long
-, psTsaas 70 manpgs i pFFsyed g g
- sssiume, which ufiFaciei much a
.ssfioa. The canoe bore On one 80
- Inscription, = I6f0--0ur moita ]
Y..,ary, We won't gise up The ship
On he olher side. '.Old IiP-she lie
hsas 81 our eauntry." The canoe sus
,.iaed banner beaiag various exeellsn
$500. - ..Old Rowsn. her cons ars
bere-WIllian Henry Harrison. nAt
Peo.ls's choice and nstion's pride-Ths
baIIol boz Is Our choice" &c. There
Us coop also. with > pert. cieseI
lo.kins cock therein; and on the coop
were Inc words ..Tsll Chapman 70 Grow.
Gov ch.pman. Crows capital bic.
CABARRuS, notwithstanding The
grrar dislanre. was represented. Her
Kramer exhibilied-" t'sbsrrus Wing
l775-Whig IsiO--we are ready"
MECKLENBURG. also, was usIl
rrnsesrnlcd. This county. in the Rev.
a ola,ian. was pronounced by CORVALLIS
= he most rebelIious 10 Ameries; IN al
lusi n % this her banner exhibited a
harnst's nest, with the inscriptions. ..The
horn Il &c Mccklenbuig commenced
binding 2Olh May. IT'S. Wings Of
Ne kleaburg; beaten, but not conquer
el."
lREnELI. was also represented. On
her banners vas likeness ~ Gen. liar.
r:snn. with The inscription. ..lredell--
Wing in &c; Wing majority in 1910.
1925
The Register sAys. il isimpossihle amid
the confusion and excitement of such .
scene. is sopy accurately The various ban
nee. aud dsriees. No doubt we have
omilled many IN llle foregoing account.
snI failed 10 do justice 10 others. but
nc have d,ns our best, and can only
promise 10 supply such additional infor-
,ua,iaa - m.y be Communicated 20 us.
There we're large number nf counties.
we kaas. the delegates from shich 81.
rired too late 70 procure any other desire
iian a badge. We rreollecl Cartsrei,
Pssaanlsnk. HEREFORD, Rockingham. Dup
lin. Edseromh. Guillord. Halifax. Hyde.
R,nsalph. Stokes. Suny and Washing
Ion; aud there may have been others.
On reaching the Capitol Square. Mr..
BABGER welcomed The assembled thou
sands 10 his own mslchiess style. in
speech which. coming from the heart.
must, we think. have reached ,he heart
If every nearer. Ga concluding. he sub
mIilel molion thai ihe Convention do
nov Drganixe, which being asseniei 10.
he proposed a. President thereof JOHN
uwES, of Bladen--a nomination Which
was ralIiisd by exclamation. On being
conducted 10 The chair, Gov. OWEN adj
dressed the Convention IS follows:
Friends aud Feilop Cifisen.
Its with no ordinary emotions that !
rise 10 tender YOU The homage Of . gra,e-
lal heart. iar this distinguished evidence
of your favor. TO be called on 90 pre-.
eide over the deliberations OF re.peeia-
bic portion Of my fellow citizens upon
any occasion which they may deem Of
sufficient importance 20 JUSTLY their as
s-mbling together. 10 an honor which,
when conferred on me. have ever felt.
and have never failed 20 acknowledge in
such terms as my heart and my under
standing have suggested. But. my Eel
low citizens. this is the first out pouring
.nf The people. The irs, pilgrimage Of The
Ffcemen OF North Carolina to their Ca
pual, as wotshippers Al the Temple Of
lsberiy, and he Who has so FAR won
your favorable consideration as TO be
called on 10 preside a, such meeting. is
more truly houored Than he Who has in.
heTiied . disdem.
Niy ielluw ciiizsns, why this aeila.
ton Of The public nind-why this nigh
" movement nl the American Penple
which is witnessed from one extremity
OF our beloved country TO the other! No
thing short Of q most thorough consIc.
tinn Of The necessity Of a revolution in
public opinion could produce it, nothing
but a determination To sternalIze the prIn'
ciples Of Civil Liberty, handed down to
US as the prize Of revolutionary toll aud
blond, could justify IL.
But, fellow citizens, il is not my pur.
pose as il is no, my duty 10 enter into
the DISCUSSION Of the causes which have
brought together this immense coneonrse
of freemen-Ihst duty, no. tina, privilege
will deyolye on some OF you-sutiice u
e.. me to say, that our assembling 'oge'
Their is one of the ines,imable rights Sc
cured II Us by the charter Of our hber'
ties; and who shall object to il! Is il an
operation by which the rights OF any c.,
tizen Of the state is invaded! No-snd
il Il lead to the establishment Of those
constitutional rights aud privileges upon
which all our former prosperity has been
based, il will also he the means of re
moving that dissatisfaction which now
covers the land. and which. wherever II
occurs, has, with much farce and truth
been called the expenditure Of govern
men,; and truly, my lcllow-ciiizens, tina
$ is the hcavies, expenditure Of any 60