The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-29
WING SENTIMENTS.

A Grand Wing Mass Meeting was held
at Springfield. Massachusetts,, on Friday
the 9th instant. Among the speakers was
the Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, from whose
address. as reported in the Boston COuri.
er, we make the following extracts:
- shall not srgne before This assembly
Of inielligen, citizens hat Mr.. PoLx GAS
nominated At Balimure expressly for
TEXAS. In is sufficient to remember lha,
whenever We hear If one. We hear Ike.
aise of the other; that they are always to-
geiher; t.a,, like Castor aud pollux, when
one is mentioned The niher follows Of
cnutse. II is evident. on the very face Of
u, that Polk was nominated because he
was The man on whom The leaders OF the
annexation Irciecl could most confidently
rely 10 carry oni their scheme. aud for no
other reason. And this leads my mind
IN reflection which fills me wrh pro.
found humiliation. The gentlemen who
represen,ed the New Eng'snd and North
ern States in tie Baliinnnre Convention.
went to secure, most of them instructed
to insist on. the domination Of Mr.. Van
Baten. lie hsd allowed himself against
lie annexation Of Texas: they were
against il also. And had he succeeded,
they wopld now be ss loud a. any in on.
position 10 the project. But Mr.. Van Ru-
FEN was oui-,o ,ed or opt-msneu,I.d. 1
know not which, laughter anil cheers
and Mr.. Polk wss not nominated. Aud
nov, al nnre, as hv miracle, q cha"ge
IS wrought IN all tie sentiments Of these
gen lemtn, aud We hear from them sIttiosi
a unirer.al shout for the auntxa'inn and
Tor Texas. IL doe. appear TO me hat this
is an Instance of ar absndonms nj Of prn-
rip!e and a lark Of seli-resrecl ~h,ch !
know not where can be parsleled. agree
entin ~. gentlemen, iih tho.e who cay
and have ,nId you ,ha, Polk is the syao.
nyme OF Texs.," 1884,. .....
"Ihs Distinguished Qsrileman, my
friend from Nrw York, (Mr. Granger
has said that This is an era. an epoch IN our
hi,t,ry. It's true bUthe might well have
gooe iur,hpr. II /. an epoch in the his.
tory Of humaa liberty. IN the history OF the
tyranny &c one race over aneiheT, The
progress nf human sentiment has long IA,
yor.d the abolition Of slavery, aud. lo
. great esteut. such abolulon has beeu
Carried oui By the effort Of philanthropy
and mue policy, acting in o-rpsrairon
wnb each other. Aad IL w,ii. Indeed, be
an eanch, new era, IN tie history Of hu
10 sn libsriy-the manner 10 which the
confess before rs shall BE- decided. There
fore il is ih.t an before you II express
my deep couvIclion Of The importance Of
the s,rngRle; 10 cypress more especially
my interest, nv desire, 10 see how Mas
sschusetis viii bear herse1i-n he ,hef her
majority stall be BROKEN into factions. her
crest shesred Of lis glory. herself GeprIv.
ed "l her sergla aud influence 10 lie I'm
ION. 80 @ss.ast |..f. -. 4. -
- know very well that. If all the ci,i.
gems efMas. achnsetts who entertain SIM,
lar opianns on this subject vii act tngs,k.
er, Our majority will be .trdng sneI cislve.
II The ih,rd pnfiy. as y 10 called, viii but
unite with The Wings in defeating . mea-
sure which both alike condemn, Then, 10
deed, ths voice If Massachusetts will be
heard Throughout, 'hs Union. Bathere lie