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Pie candidates for Governor addressed the people
df Henderson County ON. Thursday the ioth nay.
Mr. Gmer Dpshed tlre discussion by COMMUNICATING
xlN sebme aeA bcNnfifQ scenery; Of he nonnlalG
SSantia and the fertility Of the SOIL He spoke OF
the richsess Of the 0ndeveloped resources Of tue
country and said that nothing needed but easy
access to it by Railroads to make it the greatest
country in the world He referred the people to his
legislative record show that ON all occasions when
their interests we're concerned he hadsteed up man
fa3y for them. lie had voted for Railroads, he had
voted for new Counties to please them, and though
hc did not say so in SO many words, yet he did most
artfnlly attempt to show that he was still strong
for the white basis and a; Convention as ever tie
did not tell the people Of Henderson, as his friends
are telling the people in the Centre and East that
the Western Address had accomplished its object
and he no longer desired to disturb tho basis On
the contrary the impression he endeavored to leave
was that IN that respect, he was still as much
Western man as he ever was. Closely connected
with the subject Of internal improvements he said
ives the devsing some scheme to relieve the people
IA FAR as possible from the burden of taxation TO
which the construction of the various Railroads he
has advocated and voted for has subjected them
pannacea for Ill these ills he seemed to think be
had found q most vague and indefinite proposition
to establish monster Bank based on Railroad stocks
He consumed o. great deal of time attempting to ex-
plain this matter but as he did not 60 into any de.
tails on the subject-did not state the amount OF
capital or tho particulars in which this Bank was to
differ from any other, in fact advocate any plan
except so far as the general principles he endeavor
ed to enforce might apply to any corporation organ
ized upon those principles, he left the people entire
" in the dark as to tchat he soas AFTER He pressed
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his Bank, to which the Gov replied very promptly,
that whenever he was able to understand Mr.. Gill
mer's scheme he would willingly answer him but
for the present he obliged to confess that the
confused tumble into which Mr.. Gmer had contin-
ued to get the whole affair rendered him incapable OF
expressing any opinion of thing which he honest
" believed Mr.; Gilmer himself did not comprehend.
Nh. Gilmer was understood to deny that his scheme
was the same as that introduced into the last Legs
sasure by some crazy man from Guilford-Caldwell,
believe his name is-and which was ;repudlated
by the Convention which nominated Mr.. Gilmer.-
From the rambling and incoherent manner in which
the Know Nothing candidate discussed this matter
twas very evident that his object was to lead Coy.
Bragg off from discussion of the paramount prn-
ciples of Americanism." The Governor was too
smart for him.
Free Suffrage was the next topic, and upon this
Mr. Gilmer made lame defence. He declared that
he had always been and still was Free Suffrage
man but that be had constantly voted against it for
different reasons at different times, but mainly be-
cause his constituency the freehoders of Guiford,
were opposed to it. He considered himself instruc-
ted by them to vote against it, unless it and other
things could be put together and obtained by Con-
vention When he found that Convention was no
20 his constituents further objected to Free Suffrage
(and he considered himself instructed to carry out
their willy unless it was accompanied by further
amendment to the Constitution providing for equai
izing the tax upon negroes and land That his pro-
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amendment to the Free Suffrage bill embraced his
views on this subject. While on this point he labor.
ed very artfully and earnestly to arouse the preju
dces of the non-slaseholders who own land against
the owners Of slaves-dwelling upon the injustice
of exempting slaves from an ad Ualorem tax which
land was subjected to 1t was generally under
stood that this part of his speech was intended to
bolster up Mr.. N. w. Wood6n for another slow race
for the Senate, as these views freely advanced
by that gentleman with the addition of very loud
clamor for the white basis.
Finally, after consuming nearly all his time, with
very dry face, Mr.. Gilmer marched up to the par
amount principles of Americanism. He endeavor-
ed, in very feeble way, to foresta what Gov.
Bragg had to say against the dark lanterns, by tel
ling some very stale anecdotes, and making sport
of the whole matter. Gov. Braggs attack on the
oaths and organization of the order was, he said,
fighting a thing that was dead. All that had pass
ed away He contended that the party was neces-
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grips and secresy were necessary, in order to save
the party-in its infancy. He referred to the
promise legislation of $780, having restored peace
and quiet TO the country. He read the celebrated
pledge signed by Mr.. Clay and other supporters of
the compromises of 1850, binding themselves to
abide by and maintain those measures He then
discussed the Kansas and Nebraska bill, and de-
cared that that bill had re.opened the sectional is.
sues which were Quoted in 1850 that it mad exas-
perated the anmosities of the North against the
South, and the South against the North and ar |
gued to show that its enactment breach of the
faith plightO by those who signed the congressional
pledge above alluded to, and that it relieved them |
from the bonds entered into on that occasion. He
attacked the bill on account of the squattcr
eignty feature, which he alleged it contained. The
whole course of his argument to prove that the
Kansas bill was in the language Of his platform "a
reckless and unwise act Of Gen. Pierces admins
tration, and yet at the conclusion of his remarks,
he complained that he had been represented as ia
vorng its repeal, and the restoration of the Mis-
souri, Compromise. He declared he was for neither
Of these things but the declaration seemed to have
little effect, it difficult for mountain men to
why he should traverse the State de-
measure he did not wish to see amended |
or repealed. Ert' ."..r...,.
! Charges against the administration for removing |
Bronson, and for its extravagant expenditure Of |
public money, filled up the remainder of Mr.. Gil. |
mers time-wiih some scattering illusions to Fill |
more, and little nothing about Don. jackson |
Doneson. Don't you want your sheer of the pub |
lic lands, was never once asked.
7.Ar. Bragg began his reply, by stating that no
had been made of him for the manner. |
IN which he had administered the affairs Of the |