Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-04-30
SasesVsszFaeOF mn. BROGDEN,
or WAYNE,

Delivered n~She House of Commons of the
General Assembly of North Carolina, jan
vary Sth, i847-On the Preamble to the
Resolution appropriating the sum OF $lo'-
eco for the purpose of equiping. and paying
the expenses of the Regiment OF volunteers
called for from North Carolina by the Pres
ident of the United States.
Mn. SPEAKER: should be recreant to my
self were to retain my seat and submit, in
silence. to the ungenerous attempts OF the
dominant party in this House to force meas
ure on the minority, which has been design
edly prepared to eInbarrass the friends and
supporters of the present Administration OF
the General Government | am opposed to
the adoption of the preamble to the resolution
providing for the pay and equipment OF the
Volunteer Regiment required from this State
for the Mexican war, because no public good
is to be attained by the introduction OF sub
iect calculated to. excite party feeling, at a
time when there should be one general rally
of united interests and affections to preserve
sand. .Heaintan the honor and glory of our
country But whilst protest against the
-pfedmble, as being untrue and unnecessary,
intend TO give the resolution my support, and
content myself with awaiting the arbitrament
and award of public opinion for the rectitude
of my course. frankly confess that regret
that the preamble to the resolution has been
introduced atthis deeply eventful crisis in the
nation and when hear the party in the as
fcendant here declare thai they would. NOT vote
for the appropriation to pay the volunteers
who are about to GO fight the bartles Of their
country, were itnot for the purpose Of voting
for the preamble declaring that the country
has been involved in war with Mexico "by
the act Of the Executive" cannot but regard
such conduct az manifesting settled purpose
to substitute party for country and feel con-
strained by an imperative sense of duty to
raise nfyfeeble voice against such reprehensi-
bic and unworthy motives. All must admit
that this is not time for the fell spirit of fac
ton 'to'i1liberally rear It's crest; and did in
dulge the hope that on great and momentous
question, in which our common country is
involved, all exasperated feelings of party
character would have been Gin the deep bo-
som of the ocean buried" expect to endea-
Vor to show, before | am done, that the pre-
amble now under consideration is untrue in
fact, and that it is SANDER upon the President
of the United States. Every unprejudiced
mind who will take leave of mere unwarrant-
able assumptions and vagrant coniectures,
must at once come to the conclusion that war,
and war alone, was the only alternative for
the nation, and that the constitutional head Of
the government has used all honorable means
TO avert its calamties.
will first avail myself of the occasion Of
Tectifying some of the crude and silly sug-
gestions which emanated from the gentleman
from Davidson MIR. Walser1; and l do not
refer TO his desipient and clumsy assertions
because l consider he uttered single sentence
worthy of any notice, but because he has had
the assurance to intrude himself twice upon
this House on the question now under consid-
Grafton. And if he has attracted the least no
tee OF any one by hisvague and empty efforts,
it must have been for the ignoble and egregi
Gus nonsense which he so prominently dis
played in the inordinate desire which he SEEM
ed to entertain of wreaking his futile and con-
temPtible malice on those who differ with him
in opinion--and above all, for the inherent
style Of his 'elocution as well as for his dis.
torted gestures and his extensible tropes-
Willis. the gentleman was induIging his nfat-
mated fancy by such wanton and gratutou.
carpings, was induced to believe that all who
heard him might well exclaim, in the language
OF the Satrist, =.
"Such labor'd nOthings, in so strange style,
Amazed the unlearncd and made T. laatned smile!"
Will not ascribe to the gentleman from Da.
wilson wilful and corrupt Misrepresentation
OF any subject, if he knew it; but as he has
had the boldfaced temerlty to endeavor to- as
sail and traduCe the Democratic party for the
war IN which we are, now engaged, | hope
that hereafter when he thinks proper to troub
lie the House with his unreasonable and i'm
potent efforts to laud the Wing party, he vii
be charitable enough to so far condescend al
to notice some of their vices and imperfections
But believe. that the remark of Fielding ha
obtained universal acceptation that "a maj
generally talks better when he knows wha
he is talking about !" and thought he Nigh
have been benefited by being reminded of thu
O distieh OF Burns -
& Oh wai some power the giftie gic u,
To see ourselves as ithers us"
The gentleman from Davidson betrayed sucl
an utter. and inexcusable ignorance of the orr
gin and history Of the present wing party, tina
! hope the House will indulge me for a few
moments whilst show that they are mainl
indebted to one James Watson Webb for tn
new cognOmen of Wing. 1t was not unit
General Jackson had defeated the whole host
OF Bank minions and Bank dependents, that
disappointed and miserable faction became S
desperate as to introduce the once venerate
name of whig 1t was the same reckless an
unprncipled Webb who baptised the cohort
OF that great Clay-bank cOurser with the por
ular name of wing for .ffty-t1co thousand do
lars purchase money, in order to secure tr
umph over the friends of equal rights. Si
the time was when the name of wing carrie
with ite every high and patriotic association
1t was,a name consecrated by the gloriou
deeds of our gallant ancestors, and rendere
sacred by the brave and patriotic spirits of tn
Revolution; but it has now been most shame
fully perverted from its pristine purity by sue
depraYed, wranglers as James Watson Webb
who has recently sued for his character & reco,
cred the enormous amount of Sirpence damage
This, was the notorious individual who wa
forsThost.in appropriating to the enemies
popular government a name which had n,
before been recognised by them7a name rel
dered glorious by the " burning and shinin
lights" of those who so bravely contendsd il
equal liberty and equal rights against Il
most formidable obstacles in the days of pei
and disaster, and who vowed upon the alt;
OF their country unceasiRg hostility to ever
form, of. tyranny over the mind of man. B
the times have changed; and that once Writ
Gus name which had been enrolled on the lis
of fame has been rudely and uncivifly des
Grated by such mercenary hagglers as Jam
Watson Webb, who whitewashed the prese
seEf-styled and bastard whig party with pc
ular name for the detestable purpose of rail-
ing the tattered fragments of federalism in o
position to the Administration of Genl JAG
son. Ever since the brave and patriotic JAG
son so triumphantly put to rout the odds al
ends of all factions in the overwhelming d
Eao4 Of tbot e,Sau inad TUiDd pallo1 IL Il -.