The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-01-06
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN
ORANGE,


Pursuant 10 previous notice, a number
Of Democratic Republicans met at the re-
sidence Of George 4. Mebane. esq. on the
18th of December. On Motion OF Gen.
Joseph Allison, WIN. Mebane, esq. was
called to the chair. and Charles G. Smith
and Thomas p. Paul were appointed Sc
c7etaries.
George 4. Ma5ane, esq. Cal. Jones,
jr. Thomas p. Paul, Joseph X. Hester,
Charles G. Smith and Gen. Joseph Alli-
son, were then appointedt to prepare rsso.
lations expressive OF the object and views
Of the meeting. +
Cad. Jones, jr. from the committee, in
troduced the following report and rcsolu-
tons, which were unanimously adopted:
In republic where all power is deriy.
ed from the people, and where the gov
eminent was intended and established fox
their benefit, il is not only the right, bat
the duty, of each and every citizen, to ex-
press his opinion upon all matters OF pub.
lie concern.
IL ever there wa time when the De-
moeracy Of this coInlry were solenaly
called upo1 to exercise this unalienabls
right, to perform this great aal in2artan;
duty, IL is MR., when those we have de-
legated 10 speak for Us, AMI who would
have boldly given ut.eranca to our senti-
menls, are denied the right office h.bate
in the colneiis Of the nation. " When
the REPRESENTATIVES. gagged il m1re than
ever becomes the people to speak" We
therefore, u pof:iae Of the freeman Of Or
ang,, witaoIt in:en ling to speak far.oth-
ers, caacg. that tie extra s.ssion of Con.
gress was uac,iiel foT by the wants nf The
government; that very great expenditure
of the public moasy was thus nnnecessa-
rily Inc Ire !; thai, in or opinion, that ex-
traoriinary session was coayuked for the
purpose of dsi.a.ing the 'pu'.ic will, by
forcing throIgi Congress, in The inioxi-
cation and m tiIess Of patly feeling, Ger
tain fagorite MEASURES, whish our oppo-
nents, as purity, hal fsarsl 70 alsoca,e
or present as their inlenled policy, in the
previous elections, anl which they still
feared TO bring before the people. In that
fierce contest they broIght for ward their
men, bn. not their measures; /. is plain
that their object was TO leave the question:
Of pfia:ipls in glori,ys uncertainty, and
thus to unite men in opposition, whom ii
was vain To a!lenp: ID unite up1n any
o!h2F p1ia.; NJ o:he: policy would haze
held on! the re not,st hope of saccnss: for
it is nov mtlifss. that the strongest, it no.
the Only bal OF union anolg tha REFORM
ers, was opposition to the parry in power.
Ii is NJ answer to refer To the dazzling
promises which wa:a 50 beautifully sha.
dowei fof;h in Fele'al newspapers AMI
in the haTllgIes OF their prominent ora
tors; for these, like their log cabin, and
hlri ci.ler de5aIcheciss, being designed
to catch the poplar vote. were in quite
as many varieties as there were states in
the Union; besiles these were not made
BY tn party rs whole, bat shaped By po-
iiilcaI leaI'rs to suit the particular views
OF each different section Of country, with
ont the slightest reference to the promise,
which were nal, or the principles, that
were aVowel By their friends in other parts
Of the Union. IL is trls that all portions
IF the patty male vague anil indefinite
promises about reform and re;renchmcn:.
But the charge tia, there was M agreed
,oiiry which received the general concur
en:e is'proved by the fact that the Har-
ishurg Convention, Tie only authentic
'rgan of the party. nal, no declaration Of
Principle whatever. Ii furiier proof is
skel f1-, it may be ali indlaily found in
he Developments Of the extra session. in
he conflicting principles between The
Tyler WHY'S" asl " Clay Wings" the
Binl Wings" AMI /" aaii-Baak Wings"
..the abstractionists AMI incorrigibles."