The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-04-28

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lefIniai appreciation.
Congress adjourned. The Wing mem
bers issued an Address 10 the People o
the United States, detailing The cause
why nothing eifecluzl had been done 60
public reliel. and describing matters a
they actually existed. To every word
contained in that manifesto. Mr.. b. sais
he heartily subscribed. Immediately af
Ter this proceeding. several elections tool
place, and The Wings were defeated
What was The inference! Did il mani.
fest any diminuiion Of Wing strength
Did IL prove that the Wings were les.
able, or less willing Than before 10 carry
out their principles! Let rs examine.
In Maine. for instance. the election tool
place Immediately afier the Veto. There,
As elsewhere, The people were suffering
from all the effects Of a disordered cur.
Iency--ihis Bank Bill was looked 10 by
them as great measure nf relieE-and. Al
the very moment when they expected il
adoption. they are informed that il has
been destroyed BY one they supposed Q
friend And without opportunity for con.
sideraiion, or time to rally from the ef.
lects Of such blow. they are forced into
an election. Did they 60 over TO the enc.
my! No sir, they remained al home.
and permitted the election 10 90 BY de-
fault; and, though not excusabIs for this
resnlt-for no man is excusable for inac-
lion, when the great interests Of his coun.
Try are at stake--yet the circumstances
offer satisfactory solution Of the causes
Of defeat there and elsewhere. Such be-
ing the state OF things-wilh one at the
head Of the government who has now
thrown of all disguise-who no longer
claims TO be Wing either in principle,
practice. or name-and from whom we
have now just reason to expect an nc
Zoe agency against Wing success-what
ought the great Wing party to de-! As
the eloquent gentleman last up (Mr. Cher
ry) had said--ihis is no time for uncer.
lainiy or indecision. What was ever
gained by il by honest men, united for
just purposes! In 1896 the Wings were
defeated for the Presidency, and Why!
Because. they were split up into frag.
ments, sustaining one candidate in one
stale, and a different one in another, and
by thus dividing their strength, as might
have been expected. were bailled and
beaten. But when Harrison was nomi-
mated AZ Harrisburg. every man laid aside
his personal predictions, buried minor
differences Of opinion, inscribed his name
upon the Wing banner, and uafurling il
10 the breeze, invoked the people to rally
anl drive the spoilers from their prey.
The people Of The United States gathered
under that glorious banner, and in 1910,
achieved a victory, which astonished
themselves. And so it will always be:
for never was there greater mistake than
this idea Of waiting the tide Of events.
While timidiiy is carefully calculating the
chances Of failure, boldness moves for
ward and conquers success. We are not
like men setting sail upon the high seas;
delaying fora propiihus wind. The ma
riner must watt but what events wait we
for! lf our minds are fully made up. in
the name Of common sense, aud of the
disastrous results Of our former short.
sighted and weak policy, and in view of
our glorious success before, lei us proceed
to act, and that promptly. Why should
we wait! DO we expect that our Loco
Foco friends will come TO our support.
Or will they wait too, and relax their VIZ
GLANCE, and say" They sleep-let us
not engage in a contest against sleeping
men," Experience has shown US. that
they are ever active--incessanly engaged
by night and by day, rot only on the
great theatre Of public action, but in the
little circles Of neighborhood association,
and even in the private intercourse of life,
where The kindler feelings Of our nature
should alone be cultivated.
Under all the circumstances Of the case,
then, il is idle 10 talk Of delay. Action
is dictated by every consideration Of po-
hey and duty. No wise man should he.
state for moment. II then, we are to
act, and at once, what ought we to do!
The Report recommends the nomination
IF Wing candidate for the Presidency.
Who shall that candidate be! TO this
question, il asked in any assembly of
Wings in North Carolina, there will be
out one response. Not one man can be
ound, who will not answer-HENRY
CLAY, Of Kentucky. No sir, not Hen
y Clay, of Rentueky-nor Henry Clay,
VI Iirginia-he was not born, nor Goes
he live for any one portion Of this wide
spread continent-his patriotic affections,
enlarged and elevated beyond every low
md narrow sectional prejudice, are wide
Is the whole country, embrace all its
parts, and are given up with intense devo- .
ion to the prosperity and happiness Of the
,ntire Union-when we contemplate such
/ man, we think not where he was born,
Dr. where he lives, but regardless alike of
his nativity and his residence, instructive
y hail him as Henry Clay, n The United 1
States. True, he has been assailed--no ,
nan acting such part as he has on the ,