The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-07-19

= uo@t <ts<oins. Ar1h- % Hs S"'sneeos
fries. ssd r.. ". Saunders. sppcsred as Direc-
tors in lehslf Of the individual stockholders. and
Messrs. e. r. Fisher. N. G. Rand. n. =. Dick. !
Robert Strange. G. 8. Stevenson snd John Bef-
~, AZ Directors in i<hslf Of the Stale. Messrs-
Phifer. Donch and Hargase were sb-eni. The
Board was 9gsniaed by re-eieciins John NJ.
Morehesd President " the Company. The other
officers hold their places during the pleasure Of
the Board. We have no, heard Of any olher
business transacted by the Board; and as the
adjournment took plsce early on Saturday morn
ing. we presume nothing Of Importance was
done.
The Standard. while il cannot 6nd space Tor
that letter Of the editor 10 Gov. Graham, "pour-
ing out his heaa' in favor Of whis principles,
can nevertheless devote half column or more
70 string Of charges sgsinsl The Governor. some
Of which are fslsc. and all Of them presented 20
as 10 make false impressions.
The fisi has reference to the public lands.
Coy. Graham. at The se.sicn Of is4l. voted in
the sensie for the distribution act with prpsi-
50 in d, tina. the distribution should cease il the
tariff should be raised above twenty per cent.
In 1912 the tariff was raised, aodihe dis,lIp,iop
erased, North Carolina having received about
10000 dollars. This the Standard tells; but il
fails to add, what il must have known. that the
Wings. .in passing The tariff hil Of isi2, put in
clause repeating The p,osiso in the distribution
act, IN consequence Of which John Tyler, who
had then gone over 70 The Democrats. vetoed the
bill, SO that the distribution ceased by virtue
Of an &C, approved by the Democratic pariy-ihe
Wings having endesrored to continue the Dis
tribuiion. So much for the Standards FIRST
charge.
The next charge j. hsscd upon staiemcni
that Gov, Graham voted, in Is43, to lay on the
liable resolutions introduced by Mr.. McDuiie de-
clarins that il was inerpcdieni Cor the General
Government 10 assume the debts Of the States.
The charge, which we have no hesitation in pro-
/! bouncing false, is, that Gov. q. stands on the
platform Of assuming The state debt. by the
General Government" The STANDARD well
knows that motion to Jay on he table is par
liapentary mode, frequently reso.ted 70, of avoid
ing profiiIess debate. We doubt very much
whether there were two men ia the Senate, at
the time, who believed that il was expedicnt Cor
the Government 10 assume abe debts of ihe States
A motion to lay The resolutions on tho table,
therefore, would cut of debate, aud put the
whole subjec, at rest. This was, without doubt,
the object Of the motion, and furnishes the tea-
son that influenced Governor Graham in voting
for il. Will the Standard undertake to assert
that all who voted 10 lay the resolutions ON the
table we've in favor Of the Governments ASSUME
ing the debts Of the ststes' The editor knows
this would he untrue, and the attempt to make
the impression upon the public mind that Gov.
Graham was in favor Of such assumR:ion because
Of that xes.c is as unjust as il is jesuilical.
The staEdsnl charges tina, Gov. Graham, j,
1884, while in the Legislature, voted to strike
out Of the bill providing for Convention, the
clause ia the 18th section providing for the cleo
lion Of Governor by the people. Il is well known
that the west had great difficulties TO encounter
in getting the Convention OF 1895. and u,s,y
concessions we're made to obtain il. Gov. Ora.
hap was willing to conccde The election Of Go
vernon by the people to procure what he con-
ceiscd to be vastly r,ore impnr,ani TO the west,
viz: an equalization Of representation. After a
hard struggle, however, in which he bore hi,
part, the West got the Convention, and both OBJ
iects were secured-the equalization Of represent
talon. and The cleo ton Of Governor by the pro-
Pile. During all that contest no one ever doubi-
ed that Gov. Grsham was heartily in favor OF
giving the election Of Governor TO The people
bis advocacy Of that amendment was web
known to all who took an interest in public mat
tcrs. After the failure Of the hill in 1893 for
calling convention, meeting was held Of mem
bers friendly TO the proposed amendments. and a
CoHltftittcs VI WliCu rON. O1dndfft WAS Otc, was
appointed TO address the people gu the subject.
That address was published with William a.
Graham's name appended 10 it, and the PROPOSE
tim to give the election Of Governo, to the peo-
pie held prominent place in the address.
The next charge is simply ridiculous, to wit :
that Gov Graham, while 10 the Executive chair
in lS46. did not call on James X. Polk, at his
lodgings in Raleigh. until within short Time
Of his leaving for Chapel Hill.' The wonder
is that the Governor called on the President q,
all, after tho disrcspect which had been manifest
ed towards him as the Governor Of North Caro-
lima in the matter Of appointment, of officers for
the North Caroline Regiment. But the charge
is too small to be noticed more at length.
Again; The Standard says that Gov. Graham
war opposed TO the war with Mexico. question.
ed i's crns,itu'ional,.g." &c Il le veil saosn