Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-22
NORTH CAROLINA
WING STATE CONVENTION.
REMARKS OF NH. BADGER.

TuEsDAr, April s, lsis.
Mr. CHERRY, OF Berthe. said that there VA
one gentleman IN that Hail, whose opinions as wei
from his peculiar position, as from the deservedly
high reputation which he had IN the country, wer'
entitled To the very greatest respect. And he knew
that this Convention were extremely ANXIOUS to
hear him on the present occasion. lie hoped'
therefore, that MIR Badger late Secretary OF INC
Navy, the gentleman to whom he alluded, wouu
not refuse to crafty his friends IN this matter.
The call was seconded by the most unequivoeaI
marks OF appreciation, which having subsidized,
Mr.. BADGER rose and remarked tnat ne eou'u
made upon him, to say something on the subject oil
the Report and Resolutions under consideration.
Under ordinary circumstances, II might be deemed
impairment 10 make any alluson TO himself, but oe-
cupying the peculiar position referred TO by his
friend from BERTHE, he felt assured the Convention
would not attribute to egotism slight deviation by
him, from rule, the proptIety OF which, general
none more readily acknowledged than himself
IL was known TO all that he had been requested
by Gen. Harrison TO accept appointment as
member OF his Cabinet. IL was well known 10 nus
immediate friends who understood his mouSes' 'ne'
he yielded his own personal WISHES 10 'he opinionS
Of those he felt bound to consult. lie "oh' ln'o
the public service with extreme reluctance, ana so
far as he might be permitted TO be n Judge IN ms
own case entertaining no views inconsistent win
true devotion to the county. We all know, con-
tinued Mr. ID. that the eyes OF the whole American
People were turned to Harrison, with perfect conn
denee that every faculty no possessed would oe
.xerted Tor the good Of the eountTy and he believed
rs truly, as he did in his existence, that he ~oud
have administered the Government according to the
great principles that had received the sanction oil
his fellow citizens. Not like an Eastern Sultan,
born to rule, who, by the right OF succession, claims
the mastery his fellow-creatures; but rs the
Representative Of a free constitutional Republic,
chosen by the voluntary suffrages of his fellow
citizens to administer the Government they, them
selves, had constructed, the principles they.
themselves, had declared. Therefore, It was, mat
Harrison before his election, and afterwards, IN his
Inaugural Address, took occasion distinctly to an
nounce that his powers should never be used 10 DIS
appoint the known wishes, or count ract the dehe.
rate opinions OF those over whom he presided, ana
that the Government should be restored 10 ITS oris-
nal health and vgor, so far as 1t could be effected
by any legitimate exercise OF the power placed IN ms
hands.
Was there. Sir, a member Of the wing party,
who did not ook with confident hope ard eIpeeiA'
ton. to thFt SESSION o. Congress, called Nv Ham
SOM Who did not anticipate a complete aud satiS'
factory adjustment o; al difficulties, caused by
fraud o. acknowledgment Every eounttrance ~ss
bright with animation. sn5 everv bosom 1e.i tl;h
vri,s the hoct o. dsiivcrsnee- B.; N NE eounei
q leaee-. rnoih4- r-sst vas 3repsrei. he good
f7e--isor taken away. Al can eeaE witness
o. shs usnc Uhl-h or hearts fsi, WHEN the melAn-
chov u-fnSs reaches sc. Aud u vas ~; eoShHed
o. ne " .lc nay sio5t, for many a good man, /
VITO has -.ffc-e5 from tin political opinions, 4
severe Y fst tse Bow, some expressed indifference
a. ths even; snc lev 50 far forgot themselves as
snv-rs. that no dspensauon OF Providence, since !
re 5esih Of Washington, had produced thfoush
re Shoe lard 80 general conviction, that We had
esuss Tor sorrow, and The anticipation OF evil. SILL
could TO, but hope The gentleman on whom !
by constitutional PROVISION the duties Of President
dsvo we'd. as MS friend from Berthe remarked, had
teen nominated and elected as Wing, aud where |
votes we've 10 be got by the declaration, was every
inch Wing" How could it be supposed he 1
would prove faihless and forget all the obligations
imposed upon him by the Circumstances Of his eleo.
ton, heightened by solemn sense Of Providentia
interposiiion7 How cruelty all our hopes Were
disappointed, is known but two well. Netting
which The ingenuity Of man could devise, deeply
anxious Us the Wing Cabinet and the Wing Con /
gress were on the subject able to satisfy the
Impraciicable notions of MIR Tyler. The Extra
Session closed in gloom and dependency. And he
must he here permitted say, that he then regret
ted deeply, that our Wing friends in Congress did
not take up at once and pass the bill TO establish
Fiscal Bank, recommended by Mr. Ewing, the
then Secretary OF the Treasury. Asst matter of
policy, no thought, in this Instance, the Wings had
noted injudiciously; though subsequent deveope-
ments, he confessed, had produced strong impress.
SION that even this bill would have received MS
official appreciation.
Congress adjourned. The Whg members issued
an Address to the People of the United States, de.
failing the causes why nothing ,fecual had been
done for public relief, ana describing matters as
they actually existed. To every word contained
IN that Manifesto MIR 3. said he heartily subscrib
tons took place, and the Wings were defeated
What was the inierence3 Did 1t manifest any d.
minuuon OF Wing strength Did II prove that the /
Wings were less able, less willing than before to
carry out their principles Let examine. In
Maine, for instance, the election took place mme-
dlaely after the Veto. There, as elsewhere, the !
people suffering from all the effects Of disor.
dered currency-ths Bank Bill Iooked to by
them as great measure of relef-and, at the very
moment when they expected its adoption thew ore
Informed that 1t has been destroyed 10y one they
supposed friend. And without opportunity for
consideration, or time to rSlly from the effects OF
such blow, they forced into an election. DID
they go over to the enemy? No, sir, they remained
at home, and permitted the election go 10y default;
and, though not eScusable for this resul-for no
man rs excusable for nacton, when the great inter-
esis OF his country at stake-yet the circum. |
stances offer satisfactory solution Of the causes of
defeat, there and elsewhere. Such being the state |
Of ihngs-with one at the head OF the Govern. i
ment, who has now thrown of all dsgulse-who no I
longer claims to be Wing, either in principle, |
practice or name-and from whom we have now /
Just to expect active agency agninst Whig
SuccesS-what ought the great Wing party TO do ? |
A. the eloquent gentleman last up mir Cherry) had /
sa.d-this IS no time for uncertainty or indecsion
What was ever gained by II by honest men, united
for just purposes2 In 1886, the Wings were Ie.
enied for the Presidency, and Why Because,
they were split up into fragments, sustaining one
candidate N one State, and different one IN another
and by thus dividing their strength, as might have
Ns AZ.
when Harrison was nominated at Harrisburg every
man laid aside his personal predictions, buried /.
minor differences Of opinion, inscribed his name |
upon the Wing banner, and unfurng u TO the |
breeze, invoked the people 70 rally and drive the |
spoilers from their prey. The people OF the United
states gathered under shat glorious banner and IN
1870, achieved a victory, which asonished them. |
selves And so II will always be; for never was |
there greater mistake than this idea Of waiting
the tide Of evente While timidity s carefully cal.
cuaung the chances Of failure bodness moves for |
ward and conquers success We are not like men !
setting sal. on the high seas; delaying for a prop
tious wind. The mariner must VAT; but what |
events wait We fort II our minds are fully made |
up, m the name OF common sense, and Of the dis |
astrous results Of our former short.sghted and !
weak policy, and m view Of our glorious success |
before, let us proceed to act, and that prompty-
Why should we w0iD Do VIC expect that our Loco
FOcO friends will come 10 our support Or will
they wait TOO, and relax their vigilance, and say-
"They sleep let us not engage IN contest against
sleeping men," Experience has shown US, that
they are ever aclive-incessantly engaged by night
and by day, not Only the great theatre Of pu
action, but in the little circles Of neghborhood 40
ISOLATION, and IN the private intercourse Of life
where the kindler feelings Of our nature should
alone lie cultivated.
Under all the circumstances OF the case them il is
IDLE e. talk Of delay. Action is dictated by every
consideration Of policy and duty. No wise man
should hesitate for moment If them we are TO
act, and NJ once, what ought we TO do ; The Re
port recommends the nomination Of a Wing Can