The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-01

Datts On tah4sE thN NHNht aSu.NssNe 'S NVA5
ven,ion follows;
| Gin lemen Of the Convention This is a
grel, day. Applause. | hope il will mol be
b, Titled by my presence as your head upon
this platform. You have heard it so,emnly an
nnunced 10 yon that il is The Anniversary Of
ihat glorious legacy which the father II his
country left 10 us all and now trusting IN The
good providence 81 Col, confidently believe II
Is the day OF The regeneration and refrigeration
and wjuvenaiion ol The glorious old Wing party.
| r Loud applause. Gentlemen, we have been
called Old Line Wings. am moi exactly sure
thar il is the correc, appellation. For my own
par, they call me an old logy--ifal | am not
even a line. thai is true. an, dot. full stop.
period, whenever You propose 10 me 10 adam.
don The opinions Of my fathers and 10 adopt
new tangled Inventions ot The pesen, day. We
are not an ancient naiinn, bul we are vast ma
ton. The worthy colleague Of nine, whom
| see honoled with seal upon this platform.
has JUS, completed journey from my lar home
in The Yves, in nine and lnrly hnurs-and there
are men in this country who ,alk abonl severing
in laceraed and bleeding fragments such con-
iineni al this.
Gentlemen, we, the old line Whigs--or the
od.dol Wings, if they may be 50 called-have
had privilege which falls 10 The lo,oi few men.
We have lived To read our own obituaries and
to find that after The strife Of life is past nothing
is to be said of the dead, hy our ad,ersaries.
hui what is good. Laughter and applause.
Il has been The fashion with those with whom
you and have been cnniending these many
years, after tie contests over, and they thought
We were silen, in our political graves, and the
glorious body guard Of the Constitution was
dshanded and dispersed 81 ltai they might as.
sail the citadel Of our liberillas. then TO con.
slider il safe to praise US. |. does no, become
us 10 praise ourselves.
We are nol here for victory, but TO re >nrgan-
izr reanimale AMI re.nsprl. ourselves for The
glorious fight thai les before Us. Applause.
Let not him who buckleh on his arnnr boast,
but he that tskeih il off ailer victory. We are
beginning 10 rouse ourselves. Let ME speak
The tain ruth with regard 10 lie country aud
the times. For these twenty-five years we have
been benghied in tie midst Of our political AL
verssues. They we're 30 strong and liumph-
snl that. ceasirg 10 fear their knosn and ancient
adsersares. they warred against each other,
giving us only occasional and temporary VIC
tory by their unais cnnfr,s. In tile mean
time when the bonds Of party had become weak.
when the universal sentiment oi genera! success
had prevailed throughout the nation, new ineo.
Iies we're adopted. bnld experiments were Tried.
wild, fearful, and oppressive lrgi.lsion planned.
and schemes lor personal asgrantllzemeni sought
10 be carried out. They have eel up The rlp-
mems OF power and wealth and graudeni for
The individual and lhe nation; they have brought
al their influences into requsillon, and have
leil US behind, have ouisirpped Us, a, The ial.
read car oulsirips The seed.
What is our office here: | have said that
the Wing party Of the United States we're
the body guard of the Constitution. ip-
plause.j Whether weak or strong, whether in
victory or defeat, is glorious banner has stood
untarnished when rs great and glorious lea
ders have descended TO the tomb. leaving be-
hind name that will animate our children
aud grand children to all posterity. IL NY
conscience believe that sou have done a,
good service to YOUR country when in the mi
nority as in the majority that vnu have siay-
ed the downward tendency of things, hare
resisted the procli,iiy 10 destruction. have
sounded the warning voice in time Of danger,
inviting those who have been entrusted with
the government Of tile country 10 consider
the origin ri their power, aud TO whom they
must trust for support. Its a matter deeply
in,bpd,lcd 10 the philosophy ofhuman nature
applicable to all parties IT men, that when
they are poor and weak and need pro,ect ton
they recur to first principles. because they
are necessary 10 their success and defence
But when they become strong IN power and
bloaieh with wealth and desire to exercise
control oterothers. good principles are in The
way If ambition and are therefore cast aside.
Such j. the history uf our country, when
ever there Is Presidential election. aud
men are anSinns 10 retain power they pos.
SEES ;apprais are made 10 al tie passions 81
the human heart bugbears are conjured up
winch do not exist; fatal consequences are
predicted. which commit he expected to take
plsce. We are tnld, and confidently told IN
some portions ii the Unmn. that tie uniun u
these States Is in danger. Now that il an
Old cry; have heard very often that tie
integrity and natipna.ity u this great and
slUriops Uniun, was put 10 jeopardy by tie
strife 81 party. Bat believed il nut. w
father fought at Yorktown. And perhap.
there j. MI man here whose anrp.tnfs-if
nuthimseli, Tor see many old and grey head.
ed men htre-,lid not carry tie, musket anil
face tie enemy IN the contest that tried men )
souls. And do not believe that this CIV.
eminent Would be worthy 1T the generation
which vas laugh, as = child 70 bear towards
: Il, il il could not stand al the trials and a..
saults TO be spprehehded from party strife
and contentious. What must be the perms.
nency 81 tbst government which cannot resls,
The occasional ebuIlition 81 popular passion :
Weak indeed would il be and utterly .ubyfr.
.iye q the fundamental principle d the Wing
dOttfine i that government was 20 depend
upon that higher law ~ the Democracy which
LINKS onls 10 tie temporary and fluetuating
Z III II i,5.u ~ ~ ht,,t.,ht firth t.nnn .a,nt.