The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-30
REECH o. Mr. TEELIscHTfygx


a sreai merhng wss held 10 Nsm Yosk
city, on Mondsy. n respond 10 the non.-
iasslon Of shs Wig ksllonsl Conssnsioa.
Afssrths proceedings oflbs meeting /. ere
over, the Wings sdjasrned 10 Mr. Ffeling.
hussen's hsoFe. .hen be vas called oul
and made shs follouins ,dmirsbls address,
which ne copy from he Express:
NY ifll0~.eil'zens. thank Won Coz
your enshusiss,ie sppsobsilon q he noss-
laslion i.iely made By the whigs Of ths
UnIied States. assenbltd IN Consen-
lion % Baltimore. To Be sci. iced by
sseh body NJ disliaeuished patrols Is
30 honor ] mosi deeply and ssnslbly
iesi. and The more deeply and sensibly,
ihsi u 70 80 rhrerfslly ratified BY my
friends aEd neighbers 10 New YoIk. I
can only say. that snch mark Of kind
mss will Strengthen my siisehmens 10
Whig principles, IL such strengthening
we're necessary. snd that &c is certainly
calculated 10 make me strive 10 the bssiof
ny abilities. u ] an ever rut 10 = silss-
zion TO carry ouI your principles. 90 90 sei
as 10 merit this kindness. and Ia ius.ly
The confidence you have conferred Dpos
ne. Cheers.
Genllsmen, the great principles Of The
Wing Patty. Tor which you have 90 long
and 50 molly struggled amid periods Of
the greatest gloom, and Discriminating
the nos, cruel d,.sppoininenis. are my
principles. CChsers, thlee nmss given,
and three tines repeared--wlih cries,
.. we know thai" Eve made the nomin-
alton for that" | hare long cherished
these PRINCIPLES. lshsll maintain them
hereafter. as Ihavs msintsined ihem here.
,ofore. [cheers. They are. as l UNI
dersiand ll.em-
A sound Ns,ionsi Currency.
A just limitation of Executive power.
A Tar It ior revenue. discriminating ioI
The purpose Of incidental protection 70
domestic industry. Loud cheering.
An equal and fair distrIbulloa OF the
proceeds Of ihs Public L-nds among the
several States OF the Union.
These. a. understand them. coniin-
ned Mt.Fiellnghysen. are the cardinal al
though not all The principles Of The Wing
party; and afier what | have already said,
lneed hardly add, ,hst,hey viii end me an
humble bui willing advoea,e in whatever
position may be placed. ICheess. !
We need On Executive administration
Of the Government (Mr. F. continued
10 "a, that will fairly and faithfully car.
~ out The principles Of The Constitution,
exercising its fpll power whore powers
are gwen IL. and keeping strictly within
lis limitations where powers are limited;
conreding when there ought 10 be con-
cessian, but firm when concession would
result "a injury; literally maintaining its
compromises. bul as independently car
rying out ITS posiuse com mands; and We,
one that sili iske no Other responsibilities
upon il but what he finds there. /, is a
mater, as IL seems 10 me, for thankful
ness, tina, in distinguished ciizen Of
k.niucky ell these principles are embodi-
ed. and .ha, he is not only pledged TO them
by long public life, but that such is The
uuthfulness and fidelity Of his nature that
the people can yell trust him with power
to carry them out. Grea, cheering.
Gentlemen. The pnilticsl life Of Henry
Clay. for thirty years past, has been only
an iIlusu ton Of Wing principles. and the
history Of his life for twenty years would
be the history Of his country. When.
ever there was struggle for the pro.
lection cf Aemrican labor aga'nst foreign
industry, where bot on the side Of his
country, was Henry Clay! Whenever
there was struggle to lin.i. the alarming
aud overgrown magnitude Of Executive
power. where bnt on The side Of The peo-
pie vas Henry Clay! Or, when the vas,
public domain was 10 jeopardy from be.
ing offered for sale in The political mar
ke,, where, but on the side OF fsltt, oil
honor. Of justice 10 all. ~as our illUstrious
champion and friend! CGres. cheering.
In oil Of these great questions his voice
has been heard from the first: in all
comba,s concerning Them he has led the
van. TCheeu. He'tss never compro'
missed The dignity Of his position to gain
a voc, or the momentaty breath Of popo-
lar favor: but, with an eye ever steadily
tixed upon an approving public. he has
fearlessly discharged what he has deemed
to be his duty, [Cheets ] | do not be-
hrye spurer patriot brealhes on the whole
continen, Of American, cheers; and to-
proof poin. to long public life. passed
in stirring scenes. which has never con
f,cted with prohi,y or honor; lie IN
sullled by mesnness or grorelIing appeals
TO improper ambition; in ill Of winch his
n principles have been put forth with atdo'
and as clear as light, while every pulse
beating within hun has been for The vel
faie and the true gla,y Of his country. u
, such man doee not deserve the name o.
a patriot, | do not know who does deserve
the name, OF who can. Cheers. They
say he is ambi,iou-! | dare say he IS
Be it so, then. Bot point me TO the TINT
when he has not sacrificed ambition ana
a . A .l.a.s al