The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-07-05

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hul simply hrcanss I fi.oeehf ne shoui
hcsi suhsesvr de interests Of Ire sourtv
~ Fussing forwnrd. N he present. cor.
Jfneinfr. lis, name .of Gea. Taylo.
MfF1 speak afolher randidases, muss
I, .,otbe undss.ocd "a refrr 10 Mr.. Web
I SER. Il uhrr. rsm.ii n,r u say. ihsfIle
! pe0g,e II HE United Si2ses wauld Rave
hoHorrS themselves. sud lave rendered
our IRE institutions illusifious, II thew had
made lin President long $50. II Is true
4 dae nine Of henry Clay has nlien been
on nv f1Ds. luii has erer been in scrents
~ praise anil admiration surh was The
fscl In 1884. wfrn I devolel slm0sl IN
eniife year IN ro-oreraIion with friends 10
resrning our Commonwealth from The
hands af the opponent. and in giving him
the electoral vote nf Connrrtirni. 4 elsiIn
Ia be 4 mueh irueI friend Of Mn. Clay
Than ihose who have 50 unadsisedly ufg-
ed him inin The field when there Was Ill
lle probability that he could he nominated
and lisa thai lie could be elected IL nomi-
mated.
3. II II well known here. and believe
throughout Connecticut. that having civ.
en- the entire subject a full and most
anxious consideration, early in the pre-
sent session came 10 the conclusion that
We could with more certainty put down
The present Administration. and promote
the success Of the Whig cause, under The
auspices Of Gen. Taylor. Than hy using
the name Of any other Of The distinguish
ed men whn have been brought helore the
public in this connection. Nevertheless,
have said on all occasions that ! would
not, as delegate TO the Convention, act
ON my own private opinions. but would
cooperate with the other delegates from
Connecticut in an effort 10 obtain such a
resul, as We might, on consultation, deem
10 be hest.
4. When the delegation assembled al
Philadelphia Tor consultation. in advance
| Of The deliberations ofihe Convention, my
opinions favorable To General Taylor. and
The grounds on which those opinions are
based were fully stated 10 nv co-delegales;
but, al the same time, avowed the pur-
Pose Of abiding by the decision of my as
snciaies. We then determined 10 vote for
Mr.. Clay: and | can assure Mr.. Blunt
that we should NOT have departed from
that determination one hair. IL other dele.
gates hal heen disposed To cooperate with
~, 80 as 10 give Mr.. Clay insjoriiy of
the omrentiun; in such case he would
have been The nominee 0f the Wing par
/ ~, and would have exeried myself, as
in 1874, 10 make him the Chief Magis-
,rate Of The American people.
i 5. On the FIRST ballot Mr.. Clay receive
ed % votes, fewer, by FAR, than | antici-
pated.l and on the second he receded 10
Sc. The delegation assembled the next
n morning for consultation; and knowing,
as We did. that many delegates who yot-
ed for Mr.. Clay on the first and second
ballots would vote for other candidates on
the third, and that therefore his nomina-
ton was unattainable, we decided unsni-
monsly that each delegate might lhereaf.
ter give such vote as he should be con-
j WINGED the good Of the country required.
I then REQUIRED, for the first time, TO my
, realopinions, and voted for General Zach
airy Taylor, and found myself supported
r ! by two Of my colleagues, Messrs. Stuart
4 and Trumbnll, who acted on their own
judgment, wholly uninfuenced by me, di.
rect!y or indirectly. | presume | shall
not be guilty Of breach Of confidence il
say that General Taylor would have re-
ceivet, if necessary TO his nomination,
i MIR. Clay being gu, Of the question: two
more votes from Connecticut. | believe
the same thing is true Of some delegates
from other states who voted for Mr.. Clay
to the last.
: 6 | entertain the utmost respect for,
} and confidence in, the Wings Of the CITY
: Of New York; but il must be rrcolected
: that | went into the Convention not az
| their agent, but as The representative OF
: the v higs ofConnecticut. Though, my
sell free man, acting for lie free " higs
, OF Noble State. in perfectly flee Ma
j tional Convention, with no obligations tn
t Mr.. Blunt excep, those Of courtesy and
respect. In that character did not deem
my self a mere auicma:on, but a reasona-
! BILE beng. in duty bound TO act fairly and
:, candldly. towards all, but with liberty 10
exercise an honest judgment as to the best
, means 10 be selected 10 accomplish an OBJ
ject which all good Wings desire. am
. supported in the course which pursued
|, by conscious rectitude; and through .evil
/ report and good report" shall pursue
, ",he even tenor Of my way paying no
. more attention 70 denunciaiion, from what
|, ever quarter il may come, Than | would TO
"the lille wind" am not at all appre-
hensise 4 having incurred the resentment,
either Of Mr.. Clay or my own constitu-
enis. know tao much Of that magnani-
nous and noble-hearIed man TO believe
that he will harbor particle Of i'll will,
towards such of the Convention as fear-
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