The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-06-26

had jusi been held publicly recommended
no such rule OF action for The guidance OF
their nominee. Prom what region. lhen.
could il have proseededf II was coniec-
f,sred thai is smell OF The eharnsl house Of
The Warrington City facfies. and lhas Il
had been cent on, ready-made, 10 fIighlen
lhe Wings OF this Stale from their proprie-
~. and 10 place them in false posilion in
the election Of . Governor. What was
conjecture then. has, in pari a, least, be.
come history rou. Ii has been publicly
asserted and admitted al Washington. am
told. that il was gotten up and manufsclur.
ed there and sent on fv North Carolina
use; quoted and signed and glosied over
ss the infsllible Democratic thunder; rs
their patent exploding blunderbuss for
demolishing every hing. And il was pre-
d'cied with chuckling confidence Thai no
Wing Candidate. if placed within lis
range. could stand up before the people
in any Stale OF the Union for ten days.
Knowing foil well the excitement. The
sectional disturbance. and the parslysing
iaauence on the progress Of our State in
times past. caused By The agitation OF this
question Of constitutional reform; having
no authority as the organ Of the whig
party 10 declare their sentiments in regard
10 il, I'D neither opportunity nor lime az.
forjed during an ardent contest 10 obtain
their opinions. II became my steady aim
and efsrt 10 shut out the topic; 10 exclude
il from The canvass; 10 warn my party
friends 10 beware of such political iricke.
ry. and no. permit themselves 10 be diyi.
ded upon This new issue about amending
The Constitution OF the Slsle-an issue
which had not been mooted by the peo.
pie; which did not claim TO have sprung
from either of the great political parties al
home, bnl which had been imported IRON
. the grand national presidentmaking mint
and thrown into circulation among the
eastern and western Wings Of North Caro-.
lima. 10 .divlde and conquer" Those
schemers cared nothing about {" Free Suf
frsge" in Norh Carolina: nor whether
the Constitution of the Stale should b,
amended or not. Il was a blow aimed a
the supremacy Of the Wing party. Th,
contest for President Of The United State,
was then raging, and his election wa
soon 10 follow that Of The Governor. ]
was 10 cripple the Whiss-io defeat then
in the August election, in order TO secur
to Democracy more important trump
in November. Il was not TO equallze III
vosiag rights Of The /" people" OF Mort
i Carolina. bu. 10 elect The Democratic can
dida,e. Gen. Cass, 20 the Presidency. tbs
. set that ball in notion"
| Aud when, as the Presidential election
drew nigh. some Of these political necrc
mancers, in solemn council. were caic,
iating chances, and urging The probabilil
, Of their carrying this State for Gen. Cas-
/ the Chief OF the SanhedriIn, with porter
.ous foreboding. shook his head and iul
them:
" Set dovn North Carolina Hhi
STATE. GiUe her up. We failed to XII
them Federal Wnigs acith our pater
, Free Suffrage Physic in .Augusf, an
they'll go for Old Zach, suRp As DEATH
How prophetic
Yes! The political jugglers behind ih
Z scenes, who pulled the wires for the Al
i gust show. were disappointed. They ha
mistaken their men. The Wing part
had been too. long battling fot the gre;
conservative principles Of their politics
, faith, in one unbroken phalanx, 10 sufft
their columns to be discovered and born
down by the strategy Of their enemies.
They looked a, il through the glasses I
r and old western farmer, who said to m
up in the mountains, 81 am in favor ,
{ universal suffrage on the schife populafio
principle, and would vote for il, if ii
r question were presented at such time an
! in such way as my vote could be counte'
!. and would amount 10 any thing; but in IL
!. election Of Governor il makes no diiie
ence, as TO this question. how | vote.
= is a Locofoco party trick, and ! can 81
!. through il as plain as ! can see through
wheat SITTER" The Wings concurred vii
3 me in the sentiment zealously enforce
y during the whole progress Of the discu
sion. that the calm and sober reason an
!. judgment, essential 10 the consideration
!. a change in our organic fundamental la,
did not and could moi occupy the minds
1 the people engaged in fierce polite
!. strife on other grounds.
d They knew full we'll that such question
e Of reform pertained exclusively 10 the
9 gislsiive power. and 10 the people in the
II sovereign character-that the Govern
e had no power 10 adjust this measure I
j. voice TO establish ii: no veto 10 prevent
+ That his election on the one side or Il
,f other would neither advance nor retard
D. single step the progress Of such reform
u Unless by common consent the two p
litical parties Of The State shall agree
10 introduce this issue Of Constitutional
D. form into their divisions, the one adyoc
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