The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-04-28
SKETCH OF THE
speech Of Hon. w. y. saansuns,


is sfsasE. APsa 10 Il
Mr.. MAxeus said shal he bad no
speech 20 make. II me eFdiasry sense o.
ilae term. He desired "a mske fes fe-
marks On some few points. which. in fart.
manly frnrd u Us QUA personal pa
slsian. which he wss well aware wss Of
lille consequences 10 any hndy /; although
sell WAS topic On which meH sssIe sup
posed 70 b. sble Ia speak aasniiy,
iIxss kBssn D. Nae seasse that dasins
The past winter his health bad been de-
ridesliy indifferent and al besi ALWAYS va
rying Tie had not parsiripslsi In the
business of the Senate excerpt very slight
ly. and still less had be participated in any
arrangements or inirigurs touching The
Presidential eleriion. Yet he found.
humble an individual as he was. that lie
WAS made the subject of newspaper spe-
ruiaiion aud comment. II had been hls
habit throughout life on al questions
81 Ibis character ip be distinctly under
sload and he desired 10 explain himself
pSrfeclly. that hereafter no misEndersisnd,
ing may take place. In regard 10 The
Presidential election. he should very probe
ably stand prepared 20 support The MONT
nee OF The Wing Convention. lie pro-
(essed 10 be party man. and shnnld act
upon those principles whirh he preferred.
lie should yield. as he was called upon
10 do four years ago. against his judgment.
and against all his inclinalions. 10 support
The person chosen as lie nominee. But.
while he should probably io this. he had
his preferences nav, as he had fur years
ngo. That preference implied no derelic.
lion Of principle upon his part. nor any
departure from or modification whalso-
ever, Of The principles that he had steadi-
ly IN iiniained for liow nearly thirty years.
IN both branches Of The National Irgisla-
iure. lie knew, II he should 90 in par
iicular direction, that there were ronsrr-
saiives Of what was esiepmed The peculiar
in-iilulinm Of the South, In bp.h Nor,l
and Snnih. who imagined that q man VA.
nnfarlliul To them. was untrue 10 them, d
he did not happen-ia tread in The path In
sliraied by hen. Ilr was old enough, i
not wise enpugh. 10 arr npDn the sngges
lions Of bis nwn understanding and wis,
or onaise. he should pmbahly dosn with
out fear. favor. or aiIccIion-reward, O
hope nf rrwanl-nninll,nidaied hy power
ilnsednccd by The Establishments of 1ilte
~. In expressing The preference which
a. "A. he IL. A..
s.ifirr from the constituency he represen
ted still he could not for thai reason
abandon what. IN his Judgment, he shout,
think was pinper and right. lie locke,
forward 10 no personal rewards al III,
hands OF the people; ms purpose was ID
retire from public life.
lie was moi NOW. nor did he exper, "a
be, candidate for any office. Tie want
I'd nothing. asked for nothing, either fo
himself or for his.
lie undersio vi. from unmislab able rri
dcnre. that III. people of his State nn.
guesIionably preferred the presen, Presi
dent for the nomination fur The slirrps
sion. This preference was mol his pre-
ference. But lie should. u ii was so de
ri,lej. do as he had done four years ago,
yield his preference when another shout,
be selected.
lie knew that this expression of pre-,
ference for anotller individual wonli bIeaL
ilar-hly mon The cars nI the friends NJ the
Administration here, as WI as in Nor,i
Carolina. But his duly was ia speak iht
truth. and the mature convictions of hi,
judgment. he people of North Caro-
lima were so ayeise 10 the renewal her,
~ the agitation ~ all those exciting sub
jecls which had engrossed public attention
80 much within late years, that ipi
would ielsc,anily heslnw their supper
apo, anv One who tliferliy ur in,lirrrh,
would tav"r or encourage renewal Il
that agitation. In this he aud the PEG
pie ~ North Carolina did moi differ. N,
rnhghieaeii pairio, could desire TO see III,
country again pass through the scenes O
sirif', agitation aud excitement which
took place in 1910 and 80. lie praye,
tsad ,hN the country might never agai,
be called upon 10 witness such scenes.
He Ihorshl that as much had ieen dnnt
here IN Washington to promote agi,a,ibl
throughout the ceanIrv as had ever beel
done by the ahnliiioais,s Of the North q
The ,lisunionisis OF another section. II,
Ind no sympathy or feeling with lhos,
who wnuld revive Thai agiiainn.
BIthe III aghl there was man WIZ
upon this subject could present as clean
bill ni health as any other ona. Tina
man was Winfield Scott. tsen. Sco
was his first cliaire Cor the Presidency
and il he should be the n,minee Of The
Wing purity, he had LILLE fear Of The re.
sui. Tie knew how harl j, was for him
--siilIoul patronage, without official in
fluenre--n gel The ndsninsricn against liz
power at the Adminislr zion, which
.wislds 10 It's support the influence If one
hundred thousand oilicehol,lers AMI CsYe;,
friends, Amounting altogether To perhaps
assaif million Of supporters. II The All
miiiisraion silnnld use unscrupnlously
ihis power. il would be. lie knew. almost
impossibie 10 obtain nomination against