The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-04-28
[ NUMBER 81.

mately, We should be doomed to fall, We
would fall with our face 10 the foe.
I There was one, and only one other sub.
iect he would notice-he alluded 10 the
slight detection IN the Wing ranks a,
Washington. Some three or four Mem.
bers of Congress, il was said, had deserted
the Wing party. What was the moving
cause of this treachery, he could not under.
take TO say, but il was rUmored that they
had abandoned The Wings, to get out OF
reach of the influence Of Henry Clay
( They were the kind Of men, that our Sena-
/ tor, MIR. Mangum, called two inca Po!itl.
clans, who hourlshed best in p0ricular
sphere. And this, said MIR. p. reminded
him Of a German Shoemaker, lie knew
once, who having some taste for farming,
planted field Of corn. When the corn
got to be of pretty respectable size, lie went
over it and pulled up ell the tall shoots,
leaving The shortest behind. Ga being in.
ierrogated bya ueigbbor, as 10 bis reasons,
for this conduct, be exclaimed" Why,
man alive, don't you know the little corn
can't grow when the long corn oyershades
III" Neither, said MIR. p. can such lille
corn as Henry A. Wise 4 Co. flourish.
when overshado@ed by the lofty intellect
Of a CLAY.
In conclusion, said Mr.. p. lie. me urge
upon my Wing friends, action, immediate,
constant and perseyerlng action. "Once
more unto the breach, dear friends, once
more and victory Will assurediy crown
our efforts.
Mr.. CHERRY, Of BERTHE, rose 10 respond
10 the sentiments advanced by the gentle
man, who has Just taken his seat, AID 10 as
sure him, and the Convention, that the East,
as well as the West, was hear. and hand
for MoREnEAD. |, was not necessary
here to 70 into any eu!ogium OF that gentle.
man, but be would say, that for sound prac.
teal abilities, lie had no superior IN the
State. As to the charges wh,ch had been
brought against the Governor, they were
really so very frivolous, that in his part of
} the country, the Wings were disposed TO
trea, the matter al first, jocularly. But be
had since heard, that the Loco Foco Can.
didate was ,raverslng the State, endorsing
these statements, and reitera,lng these
, charges. And, he confessed when he uu.
4 dersiood that Gov. Morehead, whom he
3. knew to be so prudent aud economical in
the management Of his own affairs, was
openly charged by his opponent, MIR. Henry,
5 with an extravagani expenditure OF the pub.
}, lie money, he had doubts whether he ought
Il not TO offer TO that part OF the Resolution
e before the Convention, declaring that Gov.
k Morehead had administered the Govern.
+ ment economically, an amendment in these
words-EXCEPT THE ICE HOUSE
5 For it seems that this matter Of the leo
, House is the great charge relied on, with
{ which the Governor is to be ousled. lie
! had been told by distinguished member OF
the Loco Foco party, in The Cars while on
his way 10 this City, that this affair Of the
: Ice House was serious matter, as going 10
, show with how lavish a hand the public
| money had been expended. To place the
, conduct of the Governor in lis true light be.
fore the Convention, and 10 vindicaie him
from the Misrepresentation Of his oppo.
nen,s, he had, on his arrival here, address.
f ed note to the Comptroller Of Public Ac.
counts, which, with the answer thereto, he
would take the liberty of reading to the
Convention. He would promise, however,
that at the last session OF the Legislature,
a Committee was appointed for the purpose
Of examining the Governors residence, and
ascerIainlps by personal inspection, what
sum was necessary to put II in proper or.
der preparatory to the Governors removal.
At the head Of this Committee, was Mr..
REID, Of Cumberland, prominent mem.
Der Of the Democratic party, who subse.
quently reported 10 the House an appro.
priaion Of 1000 for repairs, and 81 900
for Furniture. With this explanation, he
would read the Correspondence referred to:
RALEIGH, ArRIL 4, 1912.
SlR:-Will you please inform me, what sum
has been expended under the Resolution of the
llth January lS4l, Of the Legislature, entitled
g Resolution for repairing Governors residence
and for Furniture"
Tho sum appropriated was Three thousand
dollars for repairs Of the Governors house, out
: houses and enclosure, and One Thousand Dollars
for Furniture. Has moro than that sum been
expended or less And was it expended under
the advice and dire lion Of the persons mentioned
in the Resolution
An immediate answer will oblige
Yours Respectfully,
WIN. w. CHERRY.
To WIN. 7. ColLIys, Comptroller.
RALrIGH, APRIL 4, 1912.