The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-09-29

refrain from ssyinx ihns mneh, "a reps
N yuur cordial ~sd obilgins Ieslsr.
l beg you 70 hviiese me. gentlemen,
wnh great rrspes. year ob'ds- sev'l
WM. A. GRAHAM
10 Meszx w. P. Caldwell. r. H. Psrks.
John Dsvsdsea. r. Hold, Milton Camp
bed, Conniisee ~
Letter frem Hon. Gee e nadger
To fAs RakigA Soft and Graks~ Cab.
Raleigh. sspsemb<r Sis. lssa.
SrsroS GaIEs. esq.-SIRs II was ny
pnrpsse, when 1 ressIned from WASH
ins.on, 10 amend and address lhe Club of
our City upon The pending Presidential
election. Having been prevented. BY .
cause beyond my control, ffou dong
what had thus purpo-ed. | deem i pro-
per, in order 20 prevent or correct mistake
or missszlemens respecting my position
and ,is~s. 20 submit ibis communication
10 yau. and 10 ssk thai il may Be read 10
ihr Clnr.
I am q drcided and very earnest sup
poster Of the Wing Mammal nominations
! far The Presidency and Vice Presidency.
Il is known 10 you. SIT. az well q TO ma
nv others Of my friends. that Gen. Scott
was moi my 6rsi choice for the P~siden-
cy,-ihal | preferred Mr.. Fillmore and
greatly desired his nomination by The
/ Convention. ! will add, in all frankness.
I that. probably. no man in The United
States was more disappointed. mol To say
+, dissatisfied. Than was, when that gen.
lIeman was passed.over.
But what have these preferences. dis.
appointments. and dissslisiaclions TO do
with lhr imporlsni issue now submitted
10 the American people and by them soon
10 be deridrd ! The question . mol be
tween Willard Fillmore and Winfield
Sror. bu, between Winfield Srois and
Franklin PIERCE and assuming The SUI
| perioriiy. in p.in, Of qualifications. Of Mr..
Fillmore over Gen. ScolL IL by means
|, iollows that The latter Il not immessura-
bly, above Gen. Pierce in his claims upon
The nation. and especially the whig par.
~. For Fillmore Wings 10 retire in gioo
my discomfort from the contest, berause
The Wing OF their choice vas no, select.
. ed by The Convention. is TO give pre-.
, ference To men over principles, TO names
, over things; for such Wings 10 join on
, opponents and make war uponlhe nomi'
nee Of the party. is To desert Fillmore
, himself, 10 repudIaie The course he recon
] mends and pursues, and 10 involve them.
; selves IN the piliable absurlny Of sup.
porting Democratic mpn and measures
out Of an extreme and exclusive zeal To-
, Wing measures and Tor decided Wh,t
|. supporter Of Wing measures.
Is not this so Let us see. Winfield
Scott was nominated by a general Con
: veniion Of Wings from all The States
rha, Convention. previous TO his nomi
) nation. had adopted sci Of resolution
{ embodying the principles Of The Whil
a party. General Scott has accepted boil
: the nomination and the resolutions. r,
!. these resolutions no Whig-al least n,
!. Southern Whig--sn Ear as know, take
any exception. TO abandon the nomi
: nation then. so FAR as this ronlesi is ron
e cerned, is clearly TO abandon The primer
/ Piles themselves. II is opiefer Drmoca
4 tic measures 10 be carried oui by DE
E mocraiic President, 10 Wing measures d
E be carried on, by Wing named Scott
I when these same measures are admitted
e TO be altogether excellent, aud 10 bs
greatly desired, if carried out BY Whil
/. bearing the name Of Fillmore. Now d
!. any man prefers The principles 81 .ht
a Democratic party. then u is his duty Il
il supper, the nnnlinpes Of that party; hn
!. how IN ihe name nf reason and palriollsn
v can Wing support for President. one
: who will. III The administration OF lht
]. Government. oppose what that Wing
i believes right. and support wha' he be
Il lieves wrong, merely btca Sc dltTtren
. Wing has been chosen by the representa-
/, 'ires Of his party from the one he prefer
}. red. 70 support the right and oppose III,
!, wrong
i. Again: The Sonihrrn Wings were re-
], presented in The Con, enlicn. A platform
e OF principles was proposed and adoplr.
: which met their entire approval. Gen
e Scott was nominated. aud that nomina
Il lion was then ratified and confirmed b,
! Those Snnlhern Wing representatives
]. How then in hnnm ran We. Southern
! Wings. refuse Ia support this nomination.
e u was known 10 al. before the Convrn
!. lion, ,hal Gen. Sroli's name would b,
e presented 10 that body. No Wing Stai,
b Convention entered any cnUeut. in,erpo
e srd any ohierlinn against hls nomination
d m in>lIurIrd. or inlimaie,i, to their dele
d les that his rejection should he insislp,
n on. All that Southern Wings deeme,
!. indispensable, was iha, Their candldai,
q should be lrnr Wing aud pledged |.
!, support the Compromise. These cnndi
h TONS fulfilled. they every where pledge,
i The nominee their support. These ron,
j. 'lIlrons are fnund in the nominee. AN,
Y how then can we. with good faith, refuse
e TO sustain him. any more than his friend,