The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-01-05
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

This body Od 'Urned on the 5ih u,. az.
ter session Of two days, Louis d. Hen
ry, E-q. Of Raieish. was chosen President,
Dr.. Andrfws, &c Wayne, Gen. Allison, Of
Orange, Gen. Hawkins, of Warren, and
w. +. Leake, Of Richmond, Vice presl.
dents mud ". W. Holden and W. Balne,
Secretaries. We stated in our last that
Michael Hoke, Esq. OF Lincoln county had
received tho nomination for Governor
We copy the following remarks relative 10
tins body from the Raleigh Register:
Louis D. Henry and Charles Fisher, were
chosen Delegates 10 represent the State at large,
m tho National o2vsntion-the one i Van Blu.
rem, and the other, Calhoun man.
Aud ihts appointment was no, the only oyi.
dence given by our opponents of a disposition to
"rldo both sides Of the sapling." They foicbore
y express their preference between tie Presidcn.
tai Candidates. because they know that the very
momen, they took a stand on this question, thew
must break up 10 disorder and confusion.
We really regret 10 hear that all the Speeches
made, were of the most Incorporate and proscrip
uEe character We regretted il the more, be.
cause IN the Wing Convention recently held, tand
we appeal 10 the public TO udge) not one word
fell from The Convention. or tho gentlemen who
spoke ~ tie slightest degree dcrogalory to the
character Of our opponents. We believe il has
passed into proVerb, that violence aud abuse al
ways indicate irfak cause
We heard, ourselves, but one Speech. and Tint
very short one, from Nr. Graves. Of Csswell
for though our good temper is well known, we do
not like TO SIT and hear ourselves abused without
The opportunity Of reply. The Graves, We refer
TO- Is Cen Birzillai Graves formerly and per.
haPs now, the Proprietor Of the Milton Race
Tract. Ills remarks, though brief, as above
animated, absolutely convulscd the Conven.
ton, aud seemed likely 10 have the same effect
on the whole body, as MIR Francis Speech had
on us ! he General said. ,if one understood him
Alright, bnt we could hear bat badly in the HALL
that oue-toutth of the Democracy The Calhoun.
ties were for a horizontal Tarif'-,hat is, having
the thing al lerel; the Wings were for per.
pcndlcuar Tariif-thai is, having the thing ricLt
up end dorm but the other fourth Of the Demo.
cflcy, TO which lie belonged the "raal Simon
Purcs," WIS for the a." Slanten dickkele. Tariff
Ia Tariff tia, every body could understand =
This sally created as much fun among the De.
mucracy, as an attempt TO run one of the Gener
ais Concsioga Studs upon his Race Tract, would
have excited among the grpoms and riders -
Twas good i--capital--'twas indeed as all can
testify. who heard IT,
But, besides this Speech, Judging by what VIC
have heard from others. there must have been
exhibited BY our Loco Foco friends. in the Con.
venton, some of tho rarest specimens of Oratory
which perhaps can be found on record Pretty
generally, Coon SKINS" :" hard cider" aud
" green gGurdS" were their theme, and they do.
claimed as cloquently, and with as much FIRE of
indignation and alarm, about these harmless gifts
Of nature, as ever Dcmosthones did at the ap
proach ri PhiIlip, King Of Macedon, to the gates
of Athens Not even Othello himself when re.
counting his exploits in war and his suiterings
and escapes, to his charming Desdcmona, could
have been moro truly pathetic than many Of them
were on the subject of Log Cabins There was
something's IN the recollection of all these things
which seemed 10 scar the eye.balls of tho Ora.
tors and "would not down at their bidding
What this was, We leave for each and all oc them
TO say We were well aware of their ability to
discourse upon these matters profoundly, but
there were some flights which We neither heard
nor expected but which We learn were received
with great eciat. One of them was ahor this
fashion somewhat; viz;
Mr.. President VIII any one deny, that the
Democracy is as strong as ever (" No, no.
exclaimed ~ emphatic voice. Then, sir, thinks
| to myself SEQ in my minds eve, the turbulent
waves Of political turmoil, mounting higher and
higher in the distance -dashinE and splashing-
ever and anon whrling 10 and fro and pointing
their ioamng crcsts like spires towards the liea.
vens The whole of the ocean of political war.
| fare seems wrought into an awful tempest
4 Here the Orator started back as If he saw some.
! thing rerg fcnifcl Now, | see little boat,