The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-11-05

rOundlng countrys THIS d1y heid IN ne
court house, Joseph Gibsea Was called
t. tie Chair. and Archibald Wilson and
Il. w. Ogtslrn isgsrsted 70 act as Sec
refaries-
Jnhn A. Gilmer. ESQ.,, explained. Ia
brief, the object &c the meeting. and re
marked. IN snbxfsner. thai nothing
more clearly indicated the necessity q
more thorough organization Of the
Wing party than the movements Of diff
ferenf sections Of the country for the
last tre years. That xlthough ihs
.Abolitionists of the North anlse Sc
eessionists Of the South were !, KENT
ly travelling in different directions
tber we're on the same errands and On
roads that led to the same place. The
path Of each leads 70 disunion, The
overthrow and destruction Of the very
best Government sser devised for the
liberty and happiness Of man. Mr.. q.
remarked that he had been and still
Was anxious to see formed . National
Party.--a party emanating from the
honest and patriotic of the people ol
both the Wing and Democratic parties,
--pledgcd to sustain and maintain the
Compromise and the administration Of
the government strictly within the pro-
visions Of the Constitution. That this
seemed necessary 20 defeat the success
of those who would disturb the Gem
promise 10 any particular. and Of those
who would dissolve the UnioRs from
real or apprehepded sangers growing
out of the same. That the leading men
Of the abolition party in the nation. in
their leading journal. had urged the
members Of that faction not 10 form in
to and act by themselves asa separate
party, but in the several States to at
tach themselves frpm time 10 time 10
sach party as NAV give most and bid
highest. for their yutes. Mr.. g. said
the strength Of the Government had for
some time been undergoing very seri-
Gus trial that he was gratiied 10 see.
from recent demonstrations Of popular
opinion, that the people understood
and were striking for their true inter-
est and happiness. lie remarked that
when aged, experienced aud patriotic
men Of both the great political parties
that had for years divided the country
proposed union in support Of the Conn
promise and hostility to all who should
oppose it, he was grieyed to see. in the
leading Democratic journal in this
State, appeals to the members Of his
party " TO stand to their colors." urg-
ing them to stand aloof. and charging
The movement as continuance OF the
Wings and intended only to advance
party strength. Mr.. G. said that he
believed he expressed the sentiment Of
North Carolina when he said he was
still Cor the Union--that he believed the
people Of this State we're as jealous Of
their rights and as ready and quick to
see that they were in danger as others,
and would 20 as far and risk as
much to maintain them. But they
were not to be forced out Of their pro-
priety, or in case necessity compelled
them To resistanca--A---sfsr rTTusr ssriIu
may threaten or invade thc;r institutions
with the excuse that they were provok-
ell to ii. Mr.. G. said he was glad to
hnd the great majority of the Wing
party in the nation for the Compromise
and the Union; that to the mainten-
ance Of these they were generally d.
recting their efforts, Indifferent wheth-
CT the individuals preferred have here
toiore been called Wings or Democrats.
He regretted to believe there was want
ing a corresponding liberality and sac.
rifice on the part Of those who claim to
lirect and contrnt the actiuns and opin-
ions 81 the Democratic party. That he
vas panied to see with them instances
81 exu'tation at success effected by the !
votes yf the enemies of the Unian and
'laimed as party triumphs. True. the
people were beginning to rebuke nDst
fanaticism and ultraism
ret The Wings and the honest and pa
riotic portion Of the Democrats had
till occasion for exertiun and union for
he sake of the Union. lie said he had
lot yetdespaired Of tie Republic /; tina,
n it he felt assured there were still to
g found friends enough to maintain
nd preserve the Government strictly
nder the provisions of the Constitu-
ion, and that he would rather be an
tumble citizen of the United States
han to be the President of any Soath-
r. or Northern republic.
William II. Walker, Esq.s then Offer
4 the following resolutions - the con-
liberation Of the meeting:
The Wings Of Guilford county, at
lchcd to their State and to its inter-
SITS, and to the Uniun of the States, as ,
lat Union was formed BY their fathers;
nd having watched with anxious inter.
It the official course Of the present.
xecutiye Head of the National Gov !,
'nmeat, surrounded as that Govern
eat has been by circumstances Of a !,
wing and perilous character ,
ilesoiUe, That they recognise in MILL ,
ARD FILLMORE n National Statos.s