The North-Carolina standard., 1843-12-20

iHeuuduie magnanlmIy OF spirit as friend -
Mr.. CALHOUN "
The Convention was addressed next and I...
by Mr.. FITTs, Of Warren. Venerable for h.
years; honored for his great good sense and irra
proachable life; the compeer of MACON, and
link of tried gold, binding US to the glorious 70
colleetionsof of the past; with what solemnity and
weight did the words of that good old man sII
upon the listening ear of the Conyentionl H.
spoke of the importance of union of concer ~
action, and singTencss of purpose; he told ,ba
Convention to think, Avhen they got home not ~
men, but of their couatry and make one nor.
energetic and perseverng struggle to save tb.,
country from impending ruin. We had, he sa;8
the requisite strength we had the right nr;ro;
pies; and if we would only act like men ",
would win the honors and rewards of men.tb.
thanks of a redeemed country, and the blessnn.
of grateful posterity.
Upon the whole, for solidity, for purity of i.
sign and principle, for general personal worth and
political intelligence, the Convention has not beon
surpassed by any which has heretofore assembI.1
in North Carolina. s'Fhe substantial and homo,
farmers and planters were there; men of the ,,t
war, the true disciples and cotemporaries of Man,
SON and JEFFERSON, mingled in its councils: and
the ardent and lion-hearted young men of the good
old Commonwealth were present, warm,nc al
around by the patriotic fire that burned upon tbo
altars of their souls, and preparing, from tho
admonitlons which were given, as we'll as from
the consultations which were held, for the biob
intellectual struggles that await them. It was M
mrth-nnaking, holy-day assemblage. Every
democrat seemed to labor under the vastness n
the crisis; and every one, with degree of sober.
ness which well became the great cause we are
engaged in, surveyed the strength of our opponents
counted upon the difficulties TO be encountered
and overcomeyand went forth resolved to make
one more tremendous effort to redeem the country
and restore to its nting arteries the vital streams
of prosperity and happiness.
But if we were pleased at the solidiv and pur.
ty of the members. of the Convention, we were
delighted at the extraordinary, the commendable
spirit of unanimity they displayed. Van Buren,
Calhoun, and Johnson, had each warm personal
friends; but such 4vas their love of countrv-
such their desire to think only Of the cause and Of
the best means for advancing that cause that we
believe no accurate calculations were made as TO
the strength held by either of the candidates in
the Convention. The members acre of one heart
and one soul; opposition to federalism and
Henry Clay was the batte-cry, and "Remember
1910" was the inscription for every democratic
banner. And we tell the peopleiof North Caro-
lima that their servants, the members of the Con-
vention have done well; and at the same time
we proclaim to the democracy in other States the
high and unalterable determination of the demo.
cracy here to sustain them, to stand by them, to
second their efforts, in the great campaign Of
1874. Beaten, but not dismayrd routed in one
contest, we have sprung forth with renewed life
from the elements of isas:er and defal and the
ensign of democracy, fresh and triumphant from
the atmosphere of twenty sovereign States Of
the Confederacy still floats and flashes to the sum-