The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-06

conssnsion @ould samina,s such ore.
TIE snafxs'ioa Of Texss %. q grsst
Nssisrsl question. shore Ell slhrrs. IN
~hieh every steiian ~ss snlsrsslsd. bsl
sspseisllY Ihs South; wish shon il mas
eass 81 lils ard dealh. he lheTsfars
dld not srree sish ether Clay Or Van
Bursn. Ilos will se defend Coz Soslh-
srn bofder! ne ssksd. lie discussed The
Supposed designs Of GEssi Bnlaia; csri-
ed he sxissncs Of sny decided ssr fer
,hs recovery Of T.1ss; and lhs force of
any Trsaly obligations 10 Mexico, wLIth
he believed xas Only Asserted BY polite
eians 70 sTsde the qnrsli0n lie night
oGrnd rome good Van Barren DemOcr.t
BY this; but he eould'ns hslp u; be nEsI
ssy whas be ,houRh'.
Ia conrlssian ne romplainsd oi every
thing being swallowed sp b, Nadoosl po-
liiies; By which We lose sgt Of Moth
csrolina. and are s~epi along IN The &C.
neral erowd-snd lra In il. He elusfd
"a hours speech, tdssoasd sniirsly 10
Nslionsl politics. BY thanking The people
Tor their attention. snd hoping that it
would Be squaIly sz.sndsd 70 bis oPPen-
cor. -..
Mr.. GRAHAM remarked. that lie ap-
pesred also befsre his fslla~ citizens %
. candidate Tor inc Office u Governor Of
die Stats. and in herensrks he shouIdsf-
fer be would be guilty 81 nothing in The
slightest degree 10 infringe The lIbtr.l leel-
ings Of bis honorable opponent, Before
he proceeded wiih the discussion. ltss
he should forget 10, he would sprsk of .
subject shich bad 6rsl been broschet in
q paper published in ,he town Of Mr..
fioks's tesideece, and recently spoken Of
by Me. Hake q, other places, but no, here
to-day. lie alluded 20 = vote he gave in
the Legislature of 1894 relative 10 change
Of The Constitution 70 give The election Of
Governor 70 The people. His opponent
charged that he had voted against that
amendment. The circumstances we're
, these 10 1899. he was one Of Com.
miiies who addressed The people on the
subjeei OF Convention. In that Address,
various amendments. including tho elee~
lion oi Governor by the people, were adj
vncsied. 10 1894. he was . member Of
the Legislature. IL sss very doubtful
whether The bill to call the Ceuveo,ioa
would pass. II could not pass without
some eastern votes, and the vote would DO
: very slose. 10 this condiiion Of things. bis
! friend, Me-. Outlaw, from Berthe. appeal.
ed To him 70 vote for lesving out the cleo
ton Of Governor by The people. stating,
! that IL that we're omitted. he sould vote for
the bill. With the hope af thus securing
the other grea, Obi. Gus OF the bill, includ-
ing the reform Of the representative sy SEN.
by which 5000 men in one county might
be allowed more political power Than 500
in another, which nigh, be los, without
Mr.. Outlaws vote. 90 they had often been
lost before. he did vote Tor Me. Outlaws
motion 10 strike out, though contrary 10 bis
own wishes and opinions. a. previously
expressed. The motion was rejected,
and he then vot.d for The bill, including
the eleetion Of Governor BY the people.
After the Convention met, Gov. Branch,
Nj. Macon. Mr. Weldon Ejssrds, Judge
Daniel, and other Democrats. who we're
members OF the Convention. voted against
! giving the election of Governor to the
people, and Mr.. Macon spoke against il,
and finally voied agsinst The whole smeud-
ed Constitution because OF tina, provision
aud biennial instead OF annual elections.
His friend Mr.. Hoke, he said. had since
that time, in 1885. so,ed for Mr.. Branch
for Gosernor, and he really thought. there
fore. that he COULD not entertain any ve-
ry snong opposition 10 his Mr. G.'s) cleo
ton on tina, ground.
Having disposed OF this matter, Mr..
Graham proceeded to notice Mr.. Hoke's
objections TO the action Of the 9th Con-
gress. Having complained OF oil these
measures, We had RICH, to hear from
him what he was in favor Of I He Oh
jected 10 the Bank. what else would he
haze! A National Bank. properly guard
ed, and the sub Tressury. was The real
issue. Did Mr. Hoke abandon the SUBJ
Treasury, to which he had never oace
alluded! Mr. G. read from . Democra-
tic Address TO which Mr.. Hoke's name
~ss signed 10 1898. in which The Sub
Treasury was spoken Of as .the great
measure of deliverance and liberty" in
volving al other questions. VIVA, has
become Of il! We bear nothing of il
nov. The Wings propose an ins,iia.
lion. properly guarded. 10 disburse the
public funds, aud regulate the curren-
ey. 10 the forty yesrs of existence Of a
Bank. it had collected and di.bursed more
than 500 millions Of dollars Of public mon
ey without The loss of cent to the eor-
ernment. No individual could do this.
tie showed its use in regulating vitia'ed
currency. ihan which there 10 no greater
curse. Every Stale has an interest in The
currency OF other States. By. all may
make Banks 81 discretion. Shalt gov
ernmen. oct the Shylock. By adopting
. system BY which only gold and sil-
I a