The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-05
Whig state Convention.
TUESDAY, April 8, 1912.

was one gentleman IN that Hall, whose
opinions, as well from his peculiar position,
as from the deseryediy high reputation
which he had in The country, were entitled
10 The very creates, respect. Aud he knew
that this Convention were extremely anx
ous TO hear him on the present occasion.
He hoped therefore, that Mr.. BADGER, late
Secretary Of The Navy, the gentleman TO
whom he alluded, would mol refuse TO CRAFTY
his friends IN this matter.
This call was seconded by the mos, IN.
cquivocal marks Of approballon, which hav
ing subsidized,
Mr.. Badger rose and remarked, that he
could not resist the very ilatterlng call
which had been made upon hin, to say
something on the subject Of The Report and
Resolutions under consideration. Under
ordinary circumstances, II might be deemed
mperllnent 10 make any alIuslon TO bun
self, but occupying the peculiar position re.
lerred 10 by his friend from Berthe, he felt
assured the Convention would not attribute
TO cgotism slight deviation by him, from
a rule, the propueIy OF which, IN general,
none more readily acknowledged that bin
self.
Il was known 10 all ,ha; he had been re.
quesied by Gen. HGrrison TO accep; an ap.
poiniment as a member of his Cabinet. Ii
vas well known 10 bis immediate friends,
who understood his motives, that he yielded
his own personal wishes to the opinions Of
those he felt bound 10 consult. he went
into the public service with extreme reluc
lance, and SO far as he Nigh. be permitted
10 be Judge in his own case, entertaining
no vless Inconsistent with true devotion to
the country. We all know, continued Mr..
B. that the eyes Of the whole American
People were turned TO Harrison, with per.
feet confidence that every faculty he pos
sessed would be exerted ior the good Of the
country and he believed as truly, as he did
in his existence, that he ,roRId have admin.
siered the Cove nmeni according TO the
great principles that had received The sane.
ton Of bis fellow citizens. Not like al
Eastern Sultan, born 10 rule, who, by the
RICH, Of succession, claims the mastery ovsr
his follow. creatures; but, as the Represau
! tatiye Of free Constitutional Republic
{ chosen by the voluntary sutTrases Of hi
} follow citizens to administer the Govern
, ment they, themselves, had constructed, OF
the principles they, themselves, had dec!ar
, ed. Therefore, II was, that Harrison, be
? fore his election, and afterwards, ~ his In
{ sugural Address, took occasion distinctly
10 announce that his powers should never
be used to disappoini the known wishes OF
couaieract the deliberate opinions OF those
over whom he presided, and that the Gov
ernment should be restored to lis original
health and vigor, so fer as it could be etiec
ted by any legitimate exercise OF the pow
er placed in bis bands.
Was there, Sir, a member Of the Wing
party who did not look with confident hope
and expectation, to tha. session OF Con.
gtes, called by Harrison Who dad not
anticipate a complete ind satisfactory ad
justment Of all difficulties, caused by fraud
or mismanagemen! Every countenance
was bright with animation, and every bosom
beat high with the hope Of doiverance.--
Blu, in the councils Of Heaven, another re
suit was prepared. The good Harrison
was taken away. All caa bear witness TO
the pang which our hearts felt, when the
melancholy tidlngs reached US. And II
was not confined TO the Wing party alone;
for many a good man, who had differed
from him in political opinions, severely
fell the blow; some expressed indifference
at the event, and few SO Ear forgot them
selves as TO indulge in exul'ahon. lie haz
arded nothing in saying that no dlspensa'ion
of Providence, since the death Of Washing
ton, had produced throughout the whole
land so general a conviction, that we had
cause for sorrow, and the anticipation Of
evil. Still we could not but hope. The
gentleman, on whom by constitutional pro
vision, the duties of President deyolved, as
his friend from BERTHE remarked, had been
nominated and elected as a Wing, and
where votes were 10 be got by the de.
claration, was "every inch Wing.
How could il be supposed be would prove
falthless, and forget oil the obligations I'M
posed upon him by the circumstances OF his
election, heightened by solemn sense OF
Proyidential nterpositionl How cruelty
all our hopes were disappointed, is known
bot too well. Nothing which the ingenu
ty Of man could devise, deeply anxious as
the Wing Cabinet and the Wing Congress
were on the subject, was able TO satisfy the
( impractlcable notions of Mr.. Tyler. The
Extra Session closed in gloom and despon
/ dency. And he must be here permitted to
say, tina, he then regretted deeply, that our
Wing friends in Congress did not take up
at once and pass the bill to establish Fls
cal Bank, recommended by Mr.. Ertng, the
then Secretary of the Treasury, As a
matter of policy, he thought, IN this IN
stance, the Wings had acted injudlclously F.;
though subsequent Developments he con
fessed, had produced strong impression
that even this bill would not have received
his official appreciation
| Congress adjourned. The Wing mem |
bers issued an Address to the People OF the
/ United States, detailing the causes why
nothing efiec,uaI had been done tor pubic
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