The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-06
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ADDRESS.


An Adde'S 70 ihs Peaple or Mary
land. b. he genilsmen who Fepresensel
taaI STATE IN he Hsrrislslrs Nasios Il
consensiaa of Drrsmbsr. lisa has 40
nsarei within = few days past il he Bal
iimore rspsFs. h 10 signed ~ he I'll
lswiar .sil knsxa sd sssprcled aames:
RErERDF IoRssDx RoakKr ". BoWTE.
Wx. PRIcE. gAxIs Moons,
AsHToSALaxAsDER. u. n .GoLDssoRovou
GEoRsk HowARD. ]. BozxAS kERR.
L0f Inc sxs remaining delegates. MI
signing Inc address. the signature &C goHS
I.RTDs kERR has not beea sSked because
Of has pr senl oEilcial relation 10 The Ex-
eruuve; and The osher. RIcaARD j. Bow
~. has ma sigari the address only be-
eAass h did NJ, think IL necessary u this
time % issue il.
So much of me address, thus vonched.
~ concerns the relation &C these gcnile
men 10 The Harrisburg Convention. AMI
10 in siaAiealiea 10 lsseir Wing friends Of
their eourss q that Convention. Il Is not
only due 70 thea 10 cory, bit Is Of murh
interest 10 orr RAIDERS 70 know; and We
therefore extract from il The following
narratives
The motives which induced the under
signed 10 aequirsee in the nomination. Of
Mr.. Tyler will Be best understood from 4
hrief reference 20 events within the know-
ledge nf the country. Since the year 1882
The line Of separation between the t~o
great political parties Of die Uniied States
has been broadly and distinctly drawn.
A National Bank s0 constituted rs 10 re-
gnlaie efficiently the currency and ex.
changes Of the country; tariff Tor proiec
tioa as well Cor revenue, where projection
mar be found necessary 10 guard Ameri-
ear labor against the n n Of foreign CON-
pellon; The distribution Of The proceeds
Of the public lands among the States, The
rightfal owners of The public domain; =
Limitation Of al future Presidents TO aser
vice ofoue term. a. essential to an honest
administration Of the Government; pu-
riieaiion Of The practice Of the Executive
in appointments 70 Office, and suhjec.
ton of every department. and fnnetionary
of delegated power 10 shs contest OF the
public will. have bsen The measures and
principles which the Wing. have deemed
essential 10 naiionsi prosperity, whilst The
party now calling itself Democratic has
been dislingdishsd in ito actual admins
tra,ion Of ths Government by . syssama.
tic opposition 10 these very measures,
During the entire period referred 10, each
Of these great parties has been eager and
unyielding in the maintenance Of its owr
peculiar doctrines. which hare been dis
eusssd and debated in every variety o
form, and with . goal 10 which tim,
and labor have but impaired new suirna
ton. In the public press, in the lcgisla
tive halls. stale and federal, from The hus
tings, on the highways. aud in ever,
hamlet and lcr-essin throughout the I'm
ion, The contest has BEEN maintained with
out seasing. Father has been srraye'
against son, and brother sgsinss brother
the man was ns~h@e 70 be found Wit
had no. taken sides, and who was no
prepared 70 support by all The means il
his power the side he had taken.
In this strife Of parties the Wings. es
p.eially. had never compromised lhei
principles for the sake Of men. lfio an,
one maxim more than n all others the,
were constant. 10 was 81 that If /" inca
slrcs, mol men," Defested in an hun
dred battles. they were always ready tn
day after every defeat 10 renew the con
test. Disguised with what they deeme'
n be the rank and daring political corrup
tions Of those who hal possessed them
selves ri the Government. there had hee
no period since the era Of 1892 that the,
wanla have accepted political victor,
at the sacrifice Of any Of their principles
In this temper Of the public mind. III
National Wing Convention assembled a
Harrisburg. and 70 th,resu offs deIibe:a
ton, the Wings OF The Union looked wit
al interest the more intense that il was III
rgand rally Of their party. In the Ian
age Of tie eloquent and now The lamenie
Barbour, on taking the chair. il was an a:
semblage Of i" The gray heads of the lant
most Of whom might justly be called Il,
con.eripi flllers of the Republic-a till
won By long and i!luslrious services alik
in the State and Federal Councils >"
ras BY men such as these that the leader
OF the Wing party were 10 be appointed
its forces marshalled. and all its eneFgie
concentrated for great contest Of prime
pie. and Of principle alone. And 10 III
duty they had undertaken they atldresse
ther,.eiyes with a solicitnde and solen
nity becoming the men and the occasio
which rallied them together, All mino
Influences, all selfish views, were merge
in the grea. object of national regener;
lion.
In this Convention the undersignc
met John TYLER. Wing delegate fror
che Commonwealth Of Virginia. II wa
hot for them to question the title of an
accreii.cd member Of tina, body IN III
name and the character Of true Whia
They could not doubt his sincerity. b
The san. ruls that thew woaii not nPr n