The North-Carolina standard., 1844-10-16
THE ALLEMANcE MEETING.

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Now we happen to have heard something about
the number, and we state, upon the authority of a
gentleman of Orange, whose veraciy no Coon.
would dare to call in question, that there not
more than six hundred persons on the ground.
So much for the tales of Cooneryl
The writer this account, land remember that
he is endorsed by the Register) speaking of the
persons assembled, says:
"Such men cannot be ensIaved by the arts of
Locofocoism, headed by such man as James
K. Polk-the mere shadow of Gen. Jackson's old
hickory staff! The fruits of it will be seen in No
vember next! and old Orange will speak in tones of
thunder to those who are endeavoring to fix upon
the country the "supple tool of petty tyrant,"
Without principles, without Abilities for the highest
office in the world. They are too true TO them
selves and TO the country, to permit miserable
bal and an old tyrant, who has done more than any
man living to break down the true principles of Ii
berty, to dictate who shall rule over them !"
People of North CaroIina-pcople of Orange
county-descendants of the Regulators-Jackson
used towards ANDREW JACKSON "An old ty-
romt!r' John Quincy Adams calls him a lin1;
and the Register echoes the cry of sold tyrant '
Orange county has never uttered this cry. Her
true-hearted and patriotic sons honor the Old Hero
of two wars, and they stood by his principles and
voted for him for the highest office IN the world,
at time when Henry Clay was intriguing for the
Presidency, and mady and corruptIy pfunging
after power, careless whether the country sunk
under or survived the baefn influences of the star
of Federalism. "Am old tyrantr' You were
present at the Meeting Mr. WaddeI-is this vour
language2 Your organ has spoken-do YOU
speak as he does2 What think You of it. DR..
Smith2 With but few if any principles in COM
mon with the Coons, do you silI intend to shame
your republican blood, and to endorse these de-
nunciations of Gen. Jackson, by cinging to Henry
Clay in the face of his rejection for twenty years
by the people, and in spite of the sins. political and
private, which foster on his garmcnts2 And who
is Henry Clay2 1t makes our blood run hot in
our veins to hear Andrew Jackson villifitd and
denounced blythe gracclcss minions ofso bad man
Who IS Henry Clay? Let the whole country
answer. Let the response come up in tones of
thunder through the long sweep oftwcnty years
he as the condemned Of the people, and the "snp-
pie tool' of an ambition which wonI ride in the
chariot of "lyrant' over the PROSTATE nccks of
his ruined countrymen. Let the South answer
He voted against choice for Prcsd, mt in 1924;
he has hcapcd taxes since; and he
would now repulse Texas from our embraces, and
her star Of glory glitter in the blood d-wroughl
diadem of England. Let the West answer. He
has waged war oainst frontier scitlers he has
banked and unbanked until his splendid spend
thris got the better of us;-and he then gave them
a law which released them from their debts, and
set them ahoat with as much capital as the honest
poor man, Let the North and East answsr. Ee
fastened National Bank upon us-a Bank which
paid him high fees as its attorney, but which ex-
pIoded and left thousands of US 10 the tender mer
cies Of poverty and want. Let the ,OhO!e country
answer We condemned him 1924 as unfit to be
President, and this too when he pretended to be
but we saw the coon-skin on him,
and we stripped him of it. We confirmed that
sentence of condemnation against has choice for the
Presidency in 1928; and in 1882 we told him
third time that we had use for him, and that
he was disturber of the moral and political re-
pose of the republic. Look in this glass, We coons
went to Allemance, and see your leader
The Register goes into agonirs of ecstacy at the 4
entertainment offered at Hills5orough to the 7
Raleigh Coons, on their return from the Meeting.
Messrs Freeman and Battle made specches-what :
marvellous proper men they are to alter the F'e- +
Iera Constitution, and impose "salutary restraints
IN Executive power But the Editor says nothing 4
bout the return of prominent member of the
Wake delegation before he even reached Ale f
about the dissatisfaction evinced
" Messrs. Badger and Manly at the GOODNESS .
which marked their reception at Hillsborough on 4
heir way up-nothing fthe gentleman who star ;,
ed from Raleigh Wing, bat aoho came back a ;,
.emocrat These were party secrets, which it
vas considered inexpcdient to tell. :
Truly, as we said last week. the is in his !,
ast agonies. Failures at Alernance-failures at
.exington-failures on all sides-how happily {
be prospects of the coons taper off to the little end
contempt and insigni6cance This is strong O
nnguage but we speak by the book, and as free "
they may make the most of it. Il
Democrats of the Old North, rouse yourselves W
or the contest Pennsylvania leads off for Polk tc
nd Dallas; Georgia shakes the evil influences of "
oonery from her brow; and New York is ready Il
open with her thunders upon the flying squad
ons of the enemy. Let there be a bold charge a
onset shout from the labor, the honesty and the