The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-05-19
WING MEETING.

At 4 meeting held at The store OF Abel
Griflis, On Saturday The 18th inst, 10 ap-
point delegates 10 the Wing Convention
to be holden al IIillsborongh on Friday Of
the next May Court, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted:
Whereas great abuses and gross corrup-
ton have crept into the administration oil
our public affairs; and whereas the Wings
OF 1910 had good reason 10 expect and
did believe that the Federal Government
would be restored 70 its ancient simplici-
ty~ aud pHriiy by the integrity and ability
Of William Henry Harrison and his assoc
ciates and whereas these fondly che
rished hopes have since been disap-
pointed BY the fckleness. vanity. and dis
honest ambition Of the then elected Vice
President, in the exercise OF power
which such men as Washington, JeiTer-
son and Madison scarcely dared TO use;
aud whereas il becomes freemen thus out
ragged to speak language which Presi
dents, Senators and Representatives can
not misunderstood; therefore ...
|. Resolved, That the administration
Of Martin Van Buren,, BY folly apd extra
yaganee, has inflicted upon the country a
public debt which We are bound in ho-
nor and good faith 10 pay and not repudi-
ATE. a-#
2. Resolved, That nothing but a Ma
iional Bank, established upon such pinch
pies and with such restrictions as expert
enee has shown 10 be proper, can give Us
sound and uniform currency.
3 Resolved, That we regard the dis
tribuiion of the Public Lands among the
states as an act Of Justice to the old thir-
feen, and those who oppose said act as
hostile to the rights of North Carolina,
and in favor Of giving the said lands 10 the
new states.
4. Resolved, That John Tyler, in de-
parting FROM the principles of those who
made him President, by vetoing the bank
bill and recommending the repeal Of the
distribution act, has absolved the Wing
party from all responsibility for the acts
Of his administration.
S. Resolved. That the power and pat
ronage of the Federal Government ought
to be reduced and the expenditures re-
slricted within the most economical limits.
G. Resolved, That we heartily sane
ton the nomination Of our Governor, JoHN
NJ. MoREHEAD, for reelection, by the late
Wing Convention at Raleigh, and that
we will zealous!y support him in PREFER
ence to the Loco Foco candidate, Louis
ID. Henry, because the latter has not sa>
tisfied us that he is not federalist, an
aristocrat, bank stakeholder, a yankee;
that he was not in favor Of taxing the peo-
pie of North Carolina millions for inter-
nal improvement, and that he has truly
aud sincerely 4" conrcned and organised"
on genuine Democratic principles.
Z. Resolved, That those persons who
falsely charged Gen. Harrison with vot-
ing for a law to sell poor white men and
women to free negroes deserve the scorn
and contempt of every friend Of social or
der, until they restore themselves to credit
by doing Justice to the memory Of that
deceased patriot and statesman.
8. Resolved, That we approve Of all
Conventions which are subservient to the
RICH, Of general suffrage, and especially
lha, be holden on Friday of May Court.
0. Resolved, That the chairman APP
point twelve persons to represent Capt.
Grifiis's district in the Wing Convention
at IIills5orough.
Wherenpm the following persons were
named: Robert Dixon, Sydney Anderson,
George M.Cray, Henry Bason, John W.