The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-05-28
THE CAMPAIGN PROGRESSING.
Correspondents Of the REGISTER.

Il correspondents OF tne Register.
4 Mr.. GALIs:-The war Of The Giant,
cams Of al Snow Hill, Green Couu.y, on
TUESDAY lsst. IL would DO discourlsous
TO Gov. Graham. and perhaps cruel 10 Mr.
Shepard, TO Say, that the polished steel
OF Giant was put 10 play upon q pigmy
-and therefore, and thai The Governor
may, by presumption. have a foemsn
worthy Of his steel. shall call them both
Giants: The Gerry VirginisD. Wise, vhsn
accused Of bullying Jesse Byuum. " scorn-
ed the impntsiioo, and wosld ss soon
think Of bullying fy." He deemed the
charge M worthy OF bis o vi HI Oh character
aud chisalrnss hons. \ -~0oiI -.-s - -.-:..
upon our Chesslier Hsya,d. by underyslu-
log The powers Of his opponent I would
sooner ,hink that Mr.. Shepard wss "no.
IN The vs,n"-,hs. he was fsugued aud
wasted by bis former effor,s--,hat bic
res, on the previous night bad been bro
en- by the Intrusion Of Unwelcome sisi-
tants--l would sooner suppose alnos, any
thing, than that bad he been himself be
would have fnund himself unable 10 cope
with The =. boldesl knigh, in Chrisienjie. "
But from some cause OF otber, there ne
yer was, since the days Of the children oil
AJAX. contest 50 aneausl, a victory 50
complete.
Gov. Grshsm led The way in a speech
OF two hours. by agreement. lie fisi re-
Piled to the charges which. he had been
informed, we're btcugh. agains. him by bic
competitor. lie hal been charged with
voting sgsins. placing the election of Co
vernon 10 .hs bends of the people by The
new Constitution. He had NOT had. st
hfst, any very decided preference lor Ell |
iher OF The modes OF election, but had OIL |
ginsily voted TO lake il from the Legisl,-
iure aud give it to The people. because il
was Chased With other proposed amend
dnents to The Coniilulion, which lie deem
ed OF much greater impor'ancs. How.
ever, as il seemed 10 meet with strong
opposition from some gentlemen Of The
East, whose votes might be required TO
etFecluate the other desirable changes in |
the organic law OF the land, he consented
TO vote that this change might be struck
out from the proposed sl'erstops. This
was the whole head and front Of his Of.
fent'ng. He bad offended also. II at all.
IN excellent company. Hare he read fEoO
the Journals. that Judge D.nisl, Weldon
4rba.! .1 M. safttss. q E5secon6. and
many others, who might be considered
loiersbiy good Democrats, had voted
asaInst the chsnga. Hs thought Il he had
erred by the side OF the fathers Of Dsmo-
crscy, that the young progress.ves"
ought 10 'onch bin tightly on ths. score.
Is va not good 10 affect 10 be- wiser meu,
Or better Demacrs.s than their fathers.
Another charge was. that Gov. Ora
lam lad once voted TO invest S200.O0OI
o The X leigh and Gsston Road, which
would have been nov totally lost. To
his be Iepl ej, thai there was then large !
mouat Of money in our Treasury recely- /,
d from she General Government from the .
'urDIus Revenue, raising from The land G
'les-ihat IL bad to be invested 10 some :
'sy 'n StIcks-thai it was only a qUes, )
on 10 what Sock il should be invested n
That The Raleigh X ,ad al iilal time pro- y
ised 10 be successIul--tha, the vnis was I
'pesIy given. and that every leading .
emocra, 10 North Csflins had been. 10 ii
csc Rail Road maitera, o. least az much b
istakeu 40 he--iha, every Democratic S
'nslor and Candidate for Governor "a
as, VIZ; Messrs. S.raage, Haywood, q