The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-28
THE EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION

were represented, delegates being in at
tendance from most of the Colleges and
Academies in the State.
We also learn that there was quite an
excitement on Tuesday night among a
portion of the citizens of the town, caused
by the attendance on the Convention of
Mr. Hedrick, the black republican. He
was burnt in efigy in front of the building
where the Convention met, and was booted
and Kissed until the crowd was assured that
place, which he did early next morning.
To say the least, we think Mr. H. exhibited
great deal of impudence to appear in that
! Convention, although he had been appoint
ed for the purpose. His appointment was
made before he had publicly turned traitor
to the rights of the South, and he knew
that his presence there would not be toler-
ated. But he is doing all he can to make
the North hold him up as a martyr.
| THE VOICE OF FUsION-The "union''
or fusion State Committee of Pennsylvania,
held meeting previous to the late election
in that State and among other resolutions
passed the following:
Resolved, That it is desirable that all
the voters of Pennsylvania, opposed to
James Buchanan, the nominee of the Gin
cinnati Convention for the Presidency,
should unite on the same Electoral ticket,
on equitable terms, and thus defeat the
common enemy of Americanism and repub
licanism.
Southern men will please bear in mind
that Mr. Buchanan is pronounced by this
fusion committee as the enemy of republic
canism, i. e. black republcanism; and to
defeat him all factions are called upon to
unite.
Kenneth Rayner, of n. c., who is going
about making Fillmore speeches, has al
ready expressed q willingness to unite all
parties in opposition to the democracy.
Are the Fillmore men in the South willing
to endorse Rayner and thus subscribe to
the plan proposed in the above resolution
- A friend in Arson has been kind
enough to send US review of Col. j. w.
Cameron's speech in that county few
days ago. The Colonel is one of the Fill
more electors for the State at large, and
our correspondent has sifted his arguments
in favor of know nothingism with a mastery
pen; but we could not this week make room
for its publication, coming to hand, as it
did, rather late.
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democratic Elector for this District, address |
sed democratic meeting in Raleigh on the
18th. The Standard speaks of his speech |
as follows
'Mr Warning spoke of the results of the
late elections as an Indication that the Union |
would be preserved. The Democracy had |
always acted upon and looked up to the Con-
stituton, and in this might be discovered |
the secret of their success. He discussed |
the slavery question at some length and |
finally stated that how much soever the op-
position mig try to concealit, at the South |
the real issue was, whether the Missouri line |
should be restored or not. He went on to |
show that the principles involved in the re-
peal of that line was the same as the one |
advocated by Willard Fillmore, Mr. Dixon
and other leading Wings in the advocacy |
of the Washington Territorial bill. MI. |
Warning paid his compliments to Messrs |
Reade, Miller and Badger, and pointed to
their former cOurse-particularly to the |
letters Of some of them to the Kerr dinner |
of 1854, in which they unequivocally en-
dorscd the very bill they now dcnounce.
He ably defended President Pierce and |
his Cabinet against the charge of being the
cause Of the disturbances in Kansas, and
ridiculed the pretensions of Messrs. Ora
ham, Badger, and Bryan to the character
of old line Wings, after the course of
those gentlemen in the late Know Nothing
crusade against the Democracy. He call
ed upon the Democracy to look to the true
state of affairs and not to be led astray by
political ignnS .tatu1. The IFcSt was fully
aroused, and let but the East do her duty
and North Carolina would give old Buck
10000 ma iOrity.
On motion, the thanks of the meeting
were rendered to Mr. Warning for his able
and patriotic speech"
- The Vermont Legislature has re-
elected the Hon. Solomon Foot to the U.
S. Senate for the term beginning 4th of
March next.
THE SOUTHERN HERALD is the title
OF a new paper proposed to be publiShed IN
the city of New York, by n. a. Ramsay,
Esq, Of North Carolina. 1t is to be bold
defender of the rights of the South, and
medium for exposing the meanness of aboli-
tionism. Mr. Ramsay passed through Char
lotte last week, on a canvass of the South
ern cities for subscribers. lie intends
visiting New Orleans. Mobile, Savannah,
Nashville, Charleston, &c.
The object of the paper is thus set forth
in the prospectus:
'In offering to the people an opportunity
of pasronizing a Southern Journal, to be
published in the city of New York, it is
not done for the purpose of interrupting
the good feeling that already exists between
the two conservative portions of both sec
tions of the country, but harmonizing
element to bind us still closer together.
We desire to draw distinct, visible and
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