The North-Carolina standard., 1844-10-30

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p -lcommenced wilma handsome alIusion 10 the yer
ir great unanima.y of political sentiments wbic
e. pervades this section of the State Declared it
is be worthy to be called the tenth legion of demt
y cracy-and expressed the belief that if1he peopl
Of turned out allathea mejeay of ftheir strength
e the great and enthusiastic crowd before him in
y dicnted they would do, that this district woul
T, cast majority Of Iwelve hundFcf for Polkgan
:e Dallas Mr. ". next took up the, four gyca
u whig gfaeasures-AIteration Of ihe Veto power
y Bank, Tariff, Annexation. He argued thes
a questions with convincing force rarely cquallet
VI He showed the inexpediency and unfairness Of
? bank, and tariff for protection--and brough
;, p1any new and striking illustrations to bear upor
Them He then corrected the. misaPprehensior
y into which some of the Wing papers have fallen,
n touching his admissions as to the patriotism
# Col Ezekiel Polk-disavowed ever having
+ admitted that he was a tory, and declared tina
n since the publication of Mr. Haywood's tindica
ton be entertained mol doubt that the revolution
!, larry character and services of E. Polk had been
}, grossly slandered, In conclusion he made a
thrilling appeal to the democracy to rally and
come to the rescue of their principles the 4th Of
5 November next Is
ttible stock OF rich and pertinent anrcdete upon
which he draws with great dexterity, to the no
little amusement Of his audience. His speech
lcommanded profound attention thIoeghout, and
4 elected repeated bursts of applause. ;. s -.
i >4Aller Mr.. Venable had concluded, the Presi-
dent announced that dinner was in waiting, and
invited all, to go and partahe. To their hearts
content and with richest flow of social feeling,
the large company enjoyed the plentiful repast
spread before them; and retired from the long
table with every appetite abunIanty satisfied
When the people had reasscmbled at the rostrum
Dr. Pritchard, of Warren was introduced to the
| meeting, who spoke upwards of am hour, in a
most eloquent and impressive manner He hand
| led Henry Clay and his partisans without mitens
| His comments on the Bank were able and apposhc.
He closed with an affecting appeal TO each demo
| crat present. from that time until the election to
| use his utmost energies for Polk aud Dallas His
speech like thai Of his prcdccrssor was received
with strong demonstrations of applause -s
The Hon. r. NJ. Saunders one Of the most able
and popular champions Of Democracy in North
Carolina-next took the siand and addressed the
meeting for an hour and hair in speech eloquent,
-argumrntaive, and convincing. It.wasa States
manlike and powerful production, every way wor-
thy Of the exalted reputation he enjoys as a man
OF great abilities and an emincntly popular, ,spca-
kpr. General Saunders did not go at length into
all the great questions Of the day FIe opened his
speech with beautiful allusion to the fine array
OF banners with which the rostrun Ind been dccora
ted-pald the Ladies deserved compIimtnt-l
gave passing notice to the two great whiy hob |
bics, Bank and Thrift" and d,rclt chirfy on
Annexation. So lucid and forcibe was bis treat. |
men. oi the various bearings and consequences ofi
this all absor rbing question: that the most vopn,
and nteinperate Anti Anne xa.ionst seems to us,
must have been converted into Texas man after !
hearving that truly eloquent and convincing speech
AT the conclusi'n n of his address General Saunders
displayed 10 the assembly beautiful Flag, tha,
had that day been presented 10 him, as an expires
sIVe proof OF his patriotic zeal for the high and
holy cause Of Democracy-by Miss Jane Terry,
Mcssrs. Lucy J. and Temperance A. Stampcr,
Miss Elizabeth L. Davis, and Miss Frances A
Thomas OF Franklin, Miss Lucy J, Arlington Of
Nash, Miss Mary p. Davis of Halifax, and Mis-
ses Ca:OliHe NJ. and Martha J. Alslon of Warren.
This neat and purely finished banner, a fit en-
blem of the Fair and accomplished Young Lldi,s
BY whom it was presented, General Saunders, is.
We 6tlirve, under pledge to the donors to become
he Ensign Of at the Inauguration of Col Polk
Il bears the following original anal beautiful in
'criptlon composed by one oflhe Ladies' l.
Hail TO the lone nd trrrnbliag!S Star
That Critters IN the South afar-
Too fair prIzc. bright gem .... .t--.
To grace Q foreign diadem
Ststesmcn exert your well known powers, +
And South and West alike are ours. ,
Grneral Saunders repeatedly interrupted by $
he shouts of applause from his drlighttd htarers
rresistaLIy called forth by his commanding elo-
lurncc. and noble and patriotic stntirnents.
After the Speeches were over Samuel W. Hun "" ""
er Esq. Of Franklin came upon The Stage and o
proclaimed TO the assemblage that he was long
Wing and in few pertinent remarks assigned e
he reason which had induced him to change $
nd avowed his settled purpose to 60 for Polk il
nd Dallas .
1t was a source of pride and congrafulalfon to IL
very Republican present that nothing transpired 8
urng the day to mar the harmony ofthe occasion =
III was life, ZEAL enthusiasm, hope and that firm o.
eliance on Divine Providence, which the Patriot if
yer feels when engaged in an arduous struggle ls
'r the epreservation ofhis liberties The gies fir
the people are aroused. The right spirit is Vi
wake. In the language of our EIector Mr.. Vena- OF
le, we feel it in our bones It comes. like the h'
oce ofthe prophet aFousing the people and The &C &c
alton. We can and we will conqueri 30 say the ,p
eople e.
Thus ended this glorious day, one that will long G
? remembered in these good old Republican hi
,unties. nc
The meeting then adjourned sine die IN
~ -. ALFRED 4ALSFON, Presldent: = VI
= G. D. Baskerville, - 4 OF
M WILCOX, sz..55 eli
HENRY G. WILLIAMS. zee FreA
D.. JOHN ARLINGTON. ssy
WILL1AMA. JEFFREYs Seer IN