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| transgression he has this day commit
| ted The Union added:
From whatever motive this extraor-
binary wrong has been perpetrated upon
| the whole country, and especially upon
his immediate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES un-
der the influence of that erratic 1magin-
| alton and that feebleness of Judgment
| which in the most critical emergencies
1 often betrays like RESPONSIBILITIES it was
because of the overweening vanity of the
| Senator who aspred to the merit OF orig
| inalitv and contemplates honors or author
| shin until he became so deeply committed
IN he blunders that he could not extrl-
cato himself without Sinking from ms
pest and surrendering it into the hahos Oh
! the enemy-yet the wrong is done. II
| NAV he felt by every man in North caro-
| lima All confidence in his stapllty Is
gone. No man hereafter Will know now
| to trust him. Mr.. Fl. had better seek at
| once the retirement to which ne Is DOOM
ed. He is destitute OF that clearness OF
Judgment and irmness Of purpose which
are essential elements in the composition
1 of statesman
| The day after Mr.. Haywood's resigna-
tion Mr.. Benton. of Missouri, arose in the
Senate and said that Senator Haywood had
n month before told him he would re-
sign rather than vote for the bill. and.
! no added: 81 believe there was never a
man on earth who acted upon purer, high
or nobler motives than he has in regard
to this matter in everything that he did
I'M to the time of his resignation"
Senator Mangum (Whig) of North Car
DINA followed Mr.. Benton. Without adj
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the course adopted by his colleague, Sen
ator Mangum was satisfied that Mr.. Hay
wood had acted upon the best considera-
| ton. and upon his honest conception of
! what was due to himself and to the
: country as a patriotic citizen
| in the House Mr.. Biggs (Dem.), of
North Carolina, found it exceedingly pain
, full to be compelled to characterize the
| conduct Of the Senator as he thought it de
served 81 cannot but view it as the
grossest act OF political delinquency that
ever was perpetrated. Whatever may be
! his motives, no justification, no palliation
can relieve him from the bitter reproof OF
an outraged people"
| Mr.. Barringer (Whig), without passing
on the wisdom of Senator Haywood's
course, believed his resignation was act
uated from pure considerations of high
|
public and conscientious duty.
| Mr. Dobbin (Dem.), desired to protest
| particularly against one charge-that of.
| bribery He said: "For my part, do
1 not and cannot for one moment harbor the
/ suspicion that any son of North Carolina
J is capable OF being seduced or purchased
with the gold of manufacturers or 9TH
ers."
Mr.. Dockery (Whig), had no doubt Mr..
| Haywood would find appreciation Of his
course in the election shortly to be held
in North Carolina.
| The Raleigh Register, the great Wing
| paper OF this State, commended Mr.. Hay
wood for his bravery and printed long
editorial on political Independence and
Intellectual Freedom" The Standard, the
State Democratic paper. on the other hand,
| found itself compelled to say with pro-
! found and unaffected sorrow, that Mr..
HAYWOOD has deserted his friends at a
moment when they had q right to count
| upon his assistance and cooperation, and
! that in this matter he has proved faith
less to his State. faithless to the Demo-
cratic party faithless to the interests OF
the South. and to the repose and welfare
Of the country
! At the door of the postoffice, in this city,
one night week after the resignation,
a picture was posted representing Mr..
Haywood on his knees, attempting TO
| creep into the Wing ranks. At Green's
| boro defeated candidate went so Tar
| as TO declare in a public address: Will
! liam Fl. Haywood has been bought up
he is a traitor-a Benedict Arnold-and
! when he crosses the State line he de-
/ serves to be shot through the heart.
This rage and denunciation sprang from
three causes: ID The fear that Senator
! Haywood's resignation had defeated the
i tariff bill: (2.) The fear that the Gov
ernor would appoint Wing to the vacan-
CIV in the Senate. and go The paralyzng
blow 1t gave to the Democrats and the
new ardor and energy it Impaired to the
Wings in the campaign then in progress.
After period Of painful suspense, the
tariff bill passed the Senate by majori-
ty OF one vote. 1t was ordered to a third
reading by the casting vote Of the Vice
President and passed by % yeas to q
nays-Mr. Jarnigan tWhg), of Tennessee,
voting for the passage of the bill.
The State campaign ended in election OF
| Governor Graham. and on the heels of
the victory there came through the Reg
lister the official announcement that no
appointment would be made by the Gov
/ ernor to fill the vacancy at this time.
Trusting to the intelligence Of the peo-
pie he will leave it to their decision, to
pronounce at the coming election whether
/ two Wings or two Democrats shall repre-
sent the State in the next Congress"
That Legislature being strongly Wing,
Mr. Mangum was reelected and George
E. Badger was chosen to succeed Mr..
Haywood, who retired to private life.
Senator Haywood's Defense.