The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-02-23

} more favorable than even this. Tho Den
! ocfa's, as . party, did not make their nou
NEE. They, in fact, as | have learned
determined TO make no nomination, but I
leave each gentlemen free to &C, as he pre
ieHed. There was oh, iousy no inpropr
ely IN ny receiving their support, standing
a. did, IN the altitude of an ndeoendsn
} candidate. Oh the contrary. 1 feel that
have right 10 be justly proud Of such
support, given not 10 obedience to party &c
+ QUESTIONS or for the advancement, of part,
interests, but IN opposition to party organi
z''ion and party prejrdi.es; given fiou
high and patriotic considerai Of publ!
duty; support doubly honorable from ,h
circumstances under which il was er,ende,
as well as from the character and position
OF those who lender.d il.
There 10 smother Circumstance worthy
OF being mentioned in this connection. re
induce Democratic Senator from Stokes
10 support Mr. Badger, learn that it mas
proposed that his friends should agree to
DIVIDE that county centrally, as he desired
to have II done. Though the Wings gen
orally were unwilling 20 agree TO vote Tor
The measure un,ll they should, on exam,na
TOO, be ssished Of lis propriety, ye, was
crediby informed tina, there we're some OF
his active supporters who declared that
hey we're wiling TO "go 1t blind" Those
very persons shc protested themselves vii,
ing 10 sell their votes IN q meter affecting
seriously the rights and interests of other
persons. TO induce thereby Democrat 10
vote for Mr.. Badger, and Who was thus in.
duced TO decline voting, are, nevertheless,
violent 10 their denunciatlots Of me. be.
cause Democrats voluntarily, from q sense
Of pubic duty, ,hink proier TO support me-
Again. IN other elections some O. his lead.
'n2 supporters have abandoned the Why
candidates aud voted for DEMOCRATS with
out dra~ing on themselves Que word Of cen.
sure IRON those newspapers tha, have de.
n9unced my friends. 10. because they voted
tor Democrats, but simply because they did
not vote for particular Wing candidate
The reason. however. for The distinction in
The cases, 10 TO be loupd IN the fac, tina,
these persons were thereby fsvorin, the
pfo,eges Of the central jdn,o, whle nv
friends were acting 10 opposition 10 their
views.
Bu. the question uiIl he asked, fellow,
ciiz'ns, why did l assent 10 my friends
yielding, IN any event Whv since my
vote was increasing at each ballot rspidly,
aud since II was understood, iha, some
Wings intended, It came near an election
10 change their votes f, ON Mr.. Badger to
me, aud thereby elect me, Why was not tbs
contest prolonged TO the last moment Had
there becu no other motive for the course
Of my friends Than TO secure my election TO
the Senate, thus would have b EN- douc.-
But the Leading oil C, they had IN view was
to assert the right Of their section Of the
State to share m the public honos; and
q great stride had been made 10 tina, dlrec
non by demonstrating tina, they and had
the courage 10 assert tina, right against oil
the power and iLllence which the centfal
Clique could bring 10 bear on u.. I, had
not ouly been shown that there was a spirit
Of Independence aroused 10 the hearts Of
Neslern representatives., q feeling Of self
respect, and regard for the rights of their
constituents, but II had alec been shown
tina, they bad the routr to resis, the cen.
trail action. In short, II had been demon.
sIIated ihs, the incumbent could no, sue.
coed wIlhou, their aid, much as il might
be condemned. They had shown, thai un
der he impulses of splrI Of manly indie
pendance they lacked neither the poper nor
the uiH TO resist. 1t is by no means Ger.
tam that this leading object would have
been advanced by securing different re.
suit IN the contest. Had beca elected, i,
might, with more appearance Of plausbllity
have been alleged that the only motive to
action had been personal one, viz: u de.
sire TO advance particular person. Had
II simply resulted IN the overthrow of Mr..
Badger, and the election OF some third per.
con, II nigh, stall hase been Get down TO
the Of malice against a particular indiv,du
al. Yet the resistance would have been
persevered in but for considerations which
| am about TO state. My position vas one
of great dslicacy and embarrassment. 10
the first place, | was, seemingly, in oppos.
lion TO tue great grea. body OF the Whigs
of tina, party, to the promotion Of whose
success the efforts of my political life had
been directed. Secondly, /, was manifest
tina, . number of Democrats were sverse to
voting for any Wing, and were standing
out in the contest between Mr.. Badger and
myself. They having shown themselves
thus unwilling to vote after repeated trials.
was under any obligations to hold on TIL
Il vas seen whether they would he dragged,
by the force of circumstances, into my sup.
pon1 Or was it not mugnanimous on my
par, to relieve them from such an al,erna.
tive' Blu, there was, in the third place, a
consideration which was controlling with
inc. A majority Of tho members from my
own district, bu. with whose motives | find
no fault, were acting agains. me. | have
never yet, fellow citizens, sought, or been
willing TO receive. a public uus. against
the wishes Of majority Of those persons
ia my own section, those 10 whom ! am