The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-03-30
c,NDIDATRs ron CONGRESS.

CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
n he seventh dislries. comprising he
..uniies q Orange. Person. GranEills,
funkIin. Warren and HALIFAX. lllsre VAS.
i re Gosernor's election l.sifall. clear
Lao majority q some 500 votes. Not
xiihslanding such large odds against u.
de Roanoke Republican appears not in
,he least daanisd. but with The rue Wing
spiril proposes : convention 70 nominate
: Wing candidate. We are not APT 20
Indulge dependency. particularly in 30
cod cause. and viii ehseHully co-ope.
rae in any measures which, upon Cue
dsIibsr.liOn. il may be deemed expedieni
for he Wing panty TO adopt; but attach
81 as We are 70 one end Of lhe district.
our acquaintance does not extend far
enough 10 qualify Us 70 judge as 10 ihs
erpedieney q . eonwaliOn; We ran only
say, If a suitable Mhig candidate is
broasht oui. Old Orange viii be sure 70
do her duty.
The Loeos. we sec, have began 10 stir
in he matter. Mr.. J. r J. Daniel. the
late representative from the Halifax dis
,rict, Is again candidate. Weldon Ed
wards, Of Warren. one Of The most respec-
table gentlemen in The Democratic ranks,
has been spoken Of. And ], viii be seen
flom communication in another column,
which We copy from The Milton chrOni-
Gle, that Sidney Smith, esq, Of this eoun-
", Is fayorabiy spoken Of in various sec
lions Of the district. What will be their
policy with regard 70 convention, we
are no. prepared TO say; bu, As The dis
uict is 80 large, and there are so many
conflicting claims. we should not be sur
pri.ed IL il produced a difficulty in the
camp.
In the first district. composed Of the
cousliss Of Cherokee, Macon. Haywood,
Buncombe, lIendersos. Rutherford, YAM
cey. Burke, cleveland and Caldwell,
Thomas ]. Clingman, Wing. 10 annoonc-
ed as a candidate. The Hon. James
Graham, the late representative from that
district. has issued circular to his con-
sliiuents, in which he also announces
himself As candidate for reelection.
In the second district. composed Of The
counties Of Mecklenburg. Lincoln, Ire.
dell, Davie, Rowan, and Cabarrus, Gen.
BIN. Edney, Wing, has published a cir
eular, declaring himself candidate. Bur-
ton Craig, esq a Calhoun Democrat, has
been nominated BY Democratic conven'
lion as their candidate. The Wings
propose 10 hold convention at Mount
Mourne on the 4,h Of April, for the pur'
pose Of nominating 4 candidate.
In the fourth district, consisting Of the
counties of Richmond, Montgomery, An
son, Stanly, Davidson, Guilferd and Ran
dolpk, Geo. c. Mendenhall, ESQ.,, Wing
has been announced as a candidate.
In the eighth district, composed Of thu
counties of Nash, Edgecombe. Pitt
Greene, Beaufort, Washington, Tyrrell
Hyde, Craven and Carteret, the Wings
propose 10 hold convention in the ,owr
Of Washington on the 9th Of April. MIR
Washington, the late representative from
the Newbern district, declines q re-elec'
ton, and the Hon. Edward Stanly viii
probably be the Wing candidate. The
Democrats were to hold a convention OF
the 2sth instant. OF which we are promls
ed faithful sketch in the next Nortl
State Wing. Messrs. Tool, Arlington
and others, are aspiring for the office, ant
considerable interest is manifested b,
their respective friends.