The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-09-10
SPEECH OF HON. F. GRANGER.
o. oecspGne his noAhaiiqn as Dslegate TO the
Wing Noiioa0i Convention.


SIR President, and will again say. Eel
low Wings AS no one else has answered
10 YOUR call, and as the time has arrived tor
adjourning, will, before We part, say lew
verbs more. There can be no better coca
son for the expression Of my gratitude, than
now, when you have just placed me upon
vour list Of delegates to the Baltimore Con-
vention. Let delegates here acceptthe APP
pointment with thanks. and thus save the
Committee some trouble.
congratulate you heartily, my fellow
Wings upon the whole proceedings Of this
dav. They prove that the Wing power is
rot vet exhausted, but that it is still capable
Of accomplishing every object we desire.
Gould the Massachusetts Wings have looked
in upon this Hall to-day, they would no
longer stand irresolute, with some oil their
Stoe,es; hearts nquiring where shall we be
IN the contest but would have taken cour-
age to follow where duty leads them. Let
Kentucky Wings know where New York
Wings will be found, and Kentucky will be
where she should be. Let Maryland under-
sand that the Wings Of New York are firmly
bent upon their course, and will light on, re-
,ccting all compromises and disregardng all
overtures, aud Maryland will be found beside
New York in the contest.
BIT this is not the time, my friends, to
dwell upon these subjects at length. You
viii hear them discussed this evening, more
ABLY than can discuss them. ! will not oc-
copy your time by pointing out to you the
character of James Buchanan or OF J. e..
fremont, nor will detain you by the more
agreeable task Of dwelling on that Of Mil
f,rd Fillmore, except for the purpose Of say
III few words on one single point. Mr..
Fillmore, during his administration, signed
among other compromise measures, the bill
lnown as the Fugitive Slave Law. Although
hc stands before the world to-day upon the
slavery record, as pure white j. to scarlet
vaen compared with John c. Fremont, he
has been subject to abuse and SANDER and
Misrepresentation, such as no man probably
was ever before or since subject to, for that
single act. do not now. have not inquired,
whether Mr. Fillmore didor did not approve
lie Fugitive Slave Law because it passed the
onpress of the United States /; but do know
that Mr.. Fillmore was every inch Wing,
aud that when he signed that bill he did so
I'll accordance with the principles upon which
liz had received the sutlrages OF the people.
need not refer you to the time when Pre-
sdent Jackson vetoed bills and put them IN
I'll, pocket. II was not Wing doctrine that
dictated the yetoing of every bill designed
~ impruye this country and 10 promote her
inland commerce, during the administration
~ Jackson and Van Buren,. twas not this
that was the doctrine Of the men who have
been thus railing against Mr.. Fillmore. II
you will turn to the very last address OF Hen
~ Clay to his constituents at Lexington, you
will find therein the advice Of that statesman
hat an amendment should be made to the
Constitution restricting the veto power, SO
a. 10 guard against its becoming the one-man
power which shall override the representative
power Of the country. This, a. put forth by
that beloved leader, was and Is Whig doctrine;
aud il Willard Fillmore had not adheared q
IL he would M ,lonaer have heen : Ns,s
/ viii but allude to one other point. MIR.
Fillmore has been asssiled with all the coarse.
ness Of which his enemies are capable, and
branded as disunioniSl for one speech which
he delivered 10 this city. twas well known
r nv personal friends, and one now on this
niatform can verify the assertion that | IN
pnded to remain passive during this election
and not 10 enter the campaign at all. But
when saw Mr.. Fillmore 50 wantonly sssail
ed for tile utterance Of doctrines The truth
and Justice Of which believed in my very
heart Of hearts. then ! cast aside nv indii-
ference and entered into the fight. Yes. sir,
the prime PIES laid down in Mr.. Fillmore s
tpeech in this city, ! will maintain against
any and all arguments and il any man takes
issue with me upon thlse principles. let him
name his day. and am ready to contend
Wih him.
There are some milk .and.water newspa-
pers. standing on half way ground, that say
Mr.. Fillmore must have been MISUNDERSTOOD
III i not %. When Willard Fillmore speak
he knoss what he SAYS. lie has sDT been
misunderstood, but be HAS been misrepresen
led. He said that ihis was the first time
candidates had been selected from one ser.
lion Of the Union as candidates 81 thst section
alone, asking no supp0rl except from that
stciiOn, and endeavorIng to be elected b. tie
voters u that section to rule over the uhOle
Union. Why, gentlemen, is this not true
Was any tiekei ever 80 presented before, by
my regularly organized party: NJ humble
name has been presented IN connection viii
that 81 General Harrison, with the design 81
Gisproting Mr.. Fiimofe's position. Bui wa'
the ticker upon which bad the hOnor TO hold
a piaee, nominated - The Fremont ticket wa
noininatcdl DID not old Kentucky give M
such vote as ! shall te proud Of u The las
hour II ms tie was Maryland out n Iii
confess: Was little Delaware unheard 81
our side. No, sir, no, They were there q
DO their duty--thefe. where ihey should be
hand IN hand with their sister SAFE u III,
North.
III you would knn@ iie secret II these a.
saults upon Mr. Riimore's AlblDy Speech
YOU can rradily find il. T.; because thrs
seeuonaliss flt that lie lad touched Choir
Hiat would ,ibraie in The pubic hesri--iha
would awake an eebD fr.in etery pari Of thi