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

he,c. We have undergone iiltcring pro-
cess !; we have been weakened and dlsbanded,
and brought back to the necessity of obeying
the iniunctions of Washington and recurring
| to first principles. We are poor, weak and
helpless. But, thank God, the broad fnunda.
tons our fathers built upon are still left us:
our enemies have only been able TO tear down
the superstructurc. We will buildupa great
and stately palace, moe comfortable abode
than our fathers had.
/ 1t will not be expected Of met would be
out Of taste as well as out Of time, just now
to 90 on in an elaborate speech. We came
here for work. That is what came for. |
/ have come a thousand miles, and would have
gone three thousand more, to bring back
this country TO what our fathers intended it
| should he. lcame here for work. We have
TO rebuild glorious party that has nothing
but its principles. We come here not for
office, not for honors-tor that would be a
hopeless task under present circumstances.
when our party throughout the country is too
utterly weak to have a candidate Of its own.
We must select, il we hope to do good, one
of the three candidates that are now before
the American people. With loud boast the
ram pant and blatant democracy call upon US
10 turn TO them-n0t because they make pro-
misses Of better behaviour in tie tutute-but
because they have chosen to add to their old
platform another dangerous and bloody plank.
They call upon us to countermarch the old lines
of the Wing party, all our walks OF social and
political lie, aud wrong all we have ever said
heretofore and / for one, will not do it,
Cheers aud applause.
\ A man that has in his heartsa real consci.
business Of the truth OF the principles that he
goes for, is not afraid TO stand alone. lie
says
tOh, lost 10 manly thought,
Lost to the nnblesi solaee Of the soul,
Who thinks il solitude to be alone
4 good man can stand alone. know
hundreds Of Wings who have stOnd almost
alone, for they could not muster a corporal's
guard for the defence of their citadel But
one thing We can do, we can al least reorgan-
ize these shattered and almost bleeding rem
nants IT this almost broken party. and open
new recruiting rendezvous for uur friends
and brethren who have left Us. Great cheers
ing. II the prodigal will return To us We
will receive him Win open arms. cheers,
and II he has honestly rcpentcd, perhaps he
will he a. safe man in all future time, as il
he Lad not left Us. because he had seen the
dangerous consequences Ut Il sertinn. We
are a little remnant ct the Wing party-nnt
80 Il,tlr either, because we have been talking
this morning about lcnsthening our cords aud
strengthening our stakes. aud the Chairman
~. n
up aud apologize because h. had not calcutta
ted fnr 20 large party here to-day. ,p-
plause. ony wish he could nov 20 TO work
TO tear down this enclosure and extend them
from end 10 end of this immense hall. Ap
plausr We could not have brought in all
Missouri here, because the Wings IL Missouri
are like the Sybilline books oil old, they rise
in value a. they decrease IN numbers
Laughter. Like prec Gus stones, We put
them up ~ small packages, aud not large
boxes. Laughter and applause.
But tell you one thing, gentlemen when
! see reverend old grey heads, from whom we
expect prudence. wisdom aud moderation,
and when see scattered all through them,
aspiring yOgng men, from whose ewes beam
forth the fire of youth, lexpect lnhaye in opr
party from til. day forth, all tie elements 81
hunor and Of success. But we must liberal.
ize Onrsc,e, ~ non essentials. We are nut
put To tile necessity ct deciding whether our
platform shall be tongued aud grooye,l. or
only laid together blunt laughter but onlv
how we shall accomplish The essential object.
We have not got TO tell the pcnple villa,
7 Wing j. I; the wayfsring man. though a ionl,
knows that. We need not To- write DOT
7 long strrg Of resolutions and call il plat
lnrm--pa.>ed by the impulse Of the moment,
and abandoned when another impulse c'mes
over u. Applause. We have the men
who, though dead. yet live. We dave
written Constitutions better platform, aud
much easier inierp, eied, because il las no
afiiul ambigaities IL II. tApplau.e.l 1t
may have an occasional dark passage in il.
but i has no elaborate cnntrisanre anywhere
III Il.
Tim lei Us 20 on in love, anil peace, a 4
harmony, hound together Nv tie external
pressure which We feel on all sid,s around
Us, hnOred IN firmly, as with iron, and baud.
ed together 10 one compact brotherhood. -
H. u study no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
about 10 line, not attempt 10 repeal lie die
tionary, aud give new Intaning. 10 words --
DO none Of those things which Democrats have
done. but il the simple spirit Of American
shiggrry, stand FOR b a. Wings ever s'ood 10
The revolution. That Is thing that has
gown neither wiser nor better, and. he
!, the wisrst man wbo carries out principles,
leaving consequences 10 Him who governs
causes. Appianss.
Gentlemen, viii not tie.pass upon YOUR
time. Ott,rr hu.inr.. 4. b.fi,r. a. aud -