The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-04-28
rsoa The Raleigh Register.
Wing State Convention.



rassday. April s. Is4s.
| Dir. Cherry. Of Beriie. said ths, ther
vas one gentleman in thsi hall, who's
opinions, Is well from his peculiar pos
non. Is from The deservedly high repul,
tioa which he had in ihe country, wer
ssliied 70 the very greatest respect. An,
he knew thai this Convention were er
iremely anxious % hear him on the pre-
sent occasion. He hoped therefore. In
mr. Badger, late Secretary Of The Navy
me gentleman 10 whom he alluded, wouI,
not refuse 70 crafty his friends in hi
matter.
| This can was seconded BY The mos
nneguivocal marks Of appreciation, whieI
hasing subsidized.
Mr.. BADGER rose and remarked, ina
ne could not resist the very fallering cal
which had been made upon him, 10 "a,
samelhing on the subject &C the Repor
and Resolutions under consideration
Under ordinary circumstances, /, nigh
be deemed impairment to make anu II
fusion 70 himself, but occupying the ne.
culiar position referred 10 BY his friend
from Bersie. he Eel. assured The Conyen.
tion would not attribute 70 egotism !
slight deviation BY him. from a rule. Inc
proprieiy Of which, in general. none more
readily acknowledged than himself.
II was known 10 al that he had been
requested by Gen. Harrison N accept an
appointment As member of his Cabinet.
u was well knowR TO his immediate
friends, who understood his motives, that
ne yielded his own personal wishes 10
The opinions Of those he felt bound to con.
suit lie went into the public service
with extreme reluctance. and so Ear as he
might be permitted 10 be a Judge in his
own case. entertaining no views inconsist.
ent with true devotion 10 the country.
We all know, continued Mr.. b., that The
eyes Of The whole American people were
turned 10 Harrison, with perfect conf.
denee that every faculty he possessed
would ss.exeried for the good Of the coun-
Try; and he believed A. truly as he did in
his existence, that he rould have admi-
nisiered The government according 20 The
great principles that had received the
sanction Of his fellow.ciiizens. Not like
an eastern Sultan. born TO rule, who, by
The right Of succession, claims the masie-
~ over his frllow-creaiures; but, as the
Representative of q free constitutional Re-
public, chosen by the voluntary SURFACES
OF his fcllow.citizens 10 administer The
government they themselves had eon-
sirncted. on the principles they them
selves had declared. Therefore il was,
that Harrison, before his election, and az.
forwards in his inaugural address, took
occasion distinctly TO announce that his
powers should never be used to disap-
point the known wishes or counieract the
deliberate opinions Of those over whom
he presided, and that the government
should be restored TO its original health
and vigor, so far as il could be effected by
any legitimate exercise Of The power plac-
ed in his hands.
Was there, sir, member Of the Wing
party, who did not look with confident
hope and expectation to that session Of
Congress called BY Harrisonl Who did
not anticipate q complete and satisfactory
adjustment Of all difficulties. caused By
fraud or mismanagement! Every coun-
tenance was bright with animation, and
every bosom beat high with the hope Of
deliverence. But in the councils Of Hea-
yen, another result was prepared. The
GOOD Harrison was taken away. All can
bear witness 10 the pang which our hearts
lelt, when the melancholy iidings reached
Us. And it was not confined TO the Wing
party alone; for many good man, who
had differed from him in political opini-
,ns, severely felt the blow; some express
ID Indifference at the event, and few so
AR forgot themselves, as to indulge in
sxultation. He hazarded nothing in say
ng, that no dispensa,ion Of Providence,
'ince the death Of Washington, had pro-
iuced throughout the whole land so &c.
neral conviction that we had cause for
borrow, and the anticipation Of evil. Still
We could not but hope. The gentleman.
IN whom by constitutional provision. the
luties Of President devoived, as his friend
rom Berthe remarked, had been nominal
ID and elected as a Wing, and where
'otes were to be got by the declaration,
vas every inch Wing" How could
be supposed he would prove faithless,
md forget all the obligations imposed up
IN him by the circumstances Of his cleo
ion. heightened by a solemn sense Of,
providentiai interposition! How cruelty
III our hopes were disappointed, is known
,ut too well. Nothing which the inge.
,uity of man could devise, deeply anx.
Gus as the Wing Cabinet and the Wing
Congress were on the subject, was able
o satisfy the impracticable notions Of Mr..
Tyler. The Extra Session closed in
,loom and dependency. And he mus,
,e here permitted to say, that he then re-
yretted deeply, that our Wing friends in
Congress did not take up al once and pass
he bill to establish Fiscal Bank, recon-