The North-Carolina standard., 1845-10-22
FIRST GUN FROM BUNcoMBE !

1hO OON cflOM 0OLNNOuuDA1
Buncombe has opened the Whig battle for l846
Buncombe, with Mr. r. L. CIingman the aidel
and abetter. ofthe abolitionisis) for gunner, has
fired the first Whig gunl Buncombe-the State
of Buncombe-we say it with all possible re-
specified Whig meeting on the 7th instant
at which an address was made, "fuli OF wing
fire." BY that particular friend OF John Quincy
Adams, the redoubtable Mr. Clingman, and at
which also, certain Resolutions were passed that
lie eye. A Whig State Convention was recon-
mended TO be held about the first of January, and
the following Resolution, among others, was
adoptedS.- -s,.-.f5 -.-....s
"Resolred, That we entirely approve of the
administration of his Excellency William A Gra-
ham," - ~
AS cold as the summit of Pilot on January
day I'VE entirely approve where is the
fire" and enthusiasm of 1902 Why this aevi-
IDENTIFY strained and commonplace "approval2'
Why this bare "approva2" We do not know,
kind reader-but we may guess. We may guess
that Mr.. Clingman, defeated candidate for Con-
gress-defeated by the Hon. James Graham, cares
but little for Gope,mor Graham-s His Excellen-
cy," as he is styled with such freezing polteness.
But guessing aside-for we shall get no thanks
for meddIing in family quarrels-we call upon
the people of North Carolina to bear witness that
the first movement for Wing Convention, to
nominate candidate for Governor, comes from
Mr.. Thomas L. Clingman. Will the people of
a sIave-hoIding State-wiIl Texas Wings, and
saunch friends of the South and Of Southern
rights, support has nominee for Governor? awe
entirely approve of the administration of his Er-
celLency William A. Graham "-remember that
will ye, Master Brooks2 There can be no doubt
about that Resolution, and strongly has it inn
pressed itself upon us that we cannot find it in
heart to dismiss it all at once. We come back to
it. -. We take it up again. We turn it over and
about, and look at it, not as it might have been,
but as it is. 1t is so warm, so glowing, so open
hearted, full of affection, so charged with cor
diaIities of all sorts, so touching! They not only
resoIre to ResOlUe but they absolutely go right on,
and utter the Resolution itscIfI What need of
Convention, after all this2 Why prescribe from
a second term the object of this warm-hearted
Resolution of fourteen words2 Prescribe? Per-
ish the thought There will be no prescription,
Mr.. CIingman, who was managed by James Ora,
ham, may think himself specially delegated to
manage William A. Graham. Management is
not proscription-not at all. But when MIR. Cling
mans personal vengeance shall have been sa,is6-
ed, will the ypeople elect his candidate for Gov
ernor2 The Register (whose editor no doubt
still hopes to, be able to live on that 81, 900 per
annum) publishes the proceedings of this Meeting,
and goes into regular fit of ecstacics upon the
strength of it He shoulders his batIe-axc, and
chases the Locos" (poor fellows, how he nick
names them y through whole half column; but
he will find when the heat of the struggle comes,
that the arm of Richard is wanting 10 wieId that
steel. We are perfectly content, however, to let
him and his Federal friends beat US as often as
they please-on paper. aea4- 3.