Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-09-04

i On the other hand, should ii be my misfortune
to fail altogether. and TO lose at the close the con-
Gdencc which has been SO generously bestowed IN
4 che outset my friends shall aot find a reason for
Tay failure in the lack of zeal to do all my duty to
North Carolina; nor will my enemies he able to
attribute it, in any degree. to vic ation of pre-
Cious ptedgesi for, beyond such as my kn0,Un POI
Eticdt principles hare authorized fairly to an
: fer. am bound by no pledges aelidteuer. do
not affect to be ignorant that my election 10 the
/ Senate was made by the democratic party; and /
sIiouidspurn the thought of desefting the princi-
pies OF that party after having been chosen to fill
50 exalted post for he very purpose Of helping to
sustain them. ] am my sell heartily and conseiea-
tiousIy a dem0crGt. 1t is the common lot Of pub
lie men to encounter calumny and smisrepresenta
ton. That would seem to be a tax imposed by
freedom upon patriotism, and am aot so vain as
! to expect to go free. May not, howeser,abe per-
mirted on this occasion, without censure from any
quarter, to bespeak the caador of tA Just mer a.
gainst those suspicious which are so common, hut
so well calculated to weaken the hands off repre-
sentative! do it more for the office of State sem
ator than for myself, and not so much 10 protect
my own feelings as 10 fortfy the station must oc-
cupy suspicious mean Of The political integrity
|ot representative begeting dIstrJist, if he fails
on all OCCASIONS, to range himself a servIle fol-
lower behind SEINE great party captain; and, on
the other hand, causing even respectable men to
their own dishonor and that of human nature, to
think Of eDticng political opponent from the
path of rectitude by pretending to anticipate his
treachery, if he happeIs to separate from his owl
party leaders upon any question whatever. The
dread of false camors, by selfish men of ones ow4
side, and the notifying entlcenents of Aattery
IRON the other, sprlnglng alike frunAhis unchafa-
table source. constitute serious Heterogeneous to
scrupulous and sensitive naiHd, against accep-
ting public office, willis to vena or to timid men
IN office they are pcfi!ous temptations to swerve
from the manly performance of their duty. 1t
must needs be that parties will exist; and perhaps
it is right and proper that they should. am not
to be understood as taeprecating party; but only
the malignant ingenuity with which it strives to
fasten Itself upon all and any and every question
which can be presented. This latter spirit is an
undenabIe evil. 1t makes Us slaves to the bad
PASSIONS not only ourselves but of gathers Also
It destroys che sanitary influence of we'll reg
u!ated and patriotic party spirit, having for
Its object the happiness of the people, and
looking to the welfare of the country. Honest
statesmen have always been more. or less party
men There ale, however, as there always must
be, some questions which concern our government
above the rightful control of mere pfutY-ques-
lions, in the determination ofwhich upright minds,
though attached to the same party, may differ with
out crime in either; and legislators for the Union,
though belonging to opposite parties, may happen
to concur without bad faith in eIther-questions
upon which it were as factous to adher 10 party,
contrary to theoconvictions of ones understanding
as itwould be dshonorabe upon others ola different
character to desert party, and to falsiy the proes
SONS, by means Of which he had been elevated to
Office. And is it not dictate Of prudence in the
people to multiply. rather than to diminish, the
number of these questions as it should be a prin-
clple OF honor among those who aim to give a
direction to the popular mind to allow to their re-
preventative that there are some pontsupon which,
being left to think for himself, he will be expected
10 act independently according to his own iudg-
ment without thereby exposing himself to be
claimed as an ally by his enemies, or denounced as
traitor by his friends! Though party man,
therefore upon measures which heitir,nfe|y con-
rect themselves with the acknowledged principles
OF party, and by no means approving the hypocri-
sy OF statesmen or politicians who may faign to
live altogether above its atmosphere, dare not
surrender the State to party, did featy to the lat
ter make 1t necessary to do it, nor will | ever sa.
crlfice my party to SELF should it be in my power
to do that.
Relying upon the blessing of God on nv efforts
TO serve North CoroIlna, and, as her senator, adj
herring to what is right for its own sake, in pub
TIC as in private life, shall strive to deserve alike
the confidence OF the State and of the party by
whose favor this high trust has been confided to
me. am your friend and countryman
WILLIAM II. HAYWOOD, Jr.
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