The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-04-01

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basis. And. Sir. whsl are tao yean Of
lasless dominsiiOn. in The lie Of grezi
Government!
The Opposition. without mourning he
ealumny and odium thai have closed he
public ear against them. would have been
heard. The fruits Of q weak and wicked
policy would have riPeaei inIo their full
maturity Of bitterness. The Pe0pie would
have tasted them. The Z" glory" fruit
might have been beautiful % The eye. but.
like the tabled fruir ON the borders Of the
Red sea. would a. The taste have turned
10 ashes and bitterness. n,
The People may yet have TO taste
some 81 these bitter fruits. II an explO.
sion shall come. a come il must soaner
or later. IN The paper system, aud twenty
ar thirty millions sf public moaey shall
b. lnsi by broken banks. (Which Is not
a al improbable the wise and sober
minded may regard il a. 4 biIIeF fruiI of
the :. hari money" hnmbug. The
faithful" will defend il as not TOO high a
price fnr the {" glory" Of the experiment.
II war shall come. learn irsm military
men that thousand or fifteen hundred
gun-earriagrs will be Immediately needed
Ia work the guns IN the i0rIresses now
ready In receive them. learn thai there
are scarcely one hundred Ill for use. and
thai. With all The la or that can be applied
10 II. not more than one hundred and
Giiiy or sixty can be made in a month.
~ that. Notwithstanding regular sppro-
prIaIIoHs for that object have been made
Tor the last seven years, not more than
one hundred guns can be mounted. nor
can the full number for five o. six months.
This Is fair specimen Of the ability and
vigilance 10 be found. nowadays. in the
public service. Sir, the fact cannot be
disguised. that almost every department
of the Goyernmen. is in a stale little short
oi uIIer dIsorganlzaIIon.
| The only department over which
energy. skill. science, aud . sleepless
vigilance preside. is the one unknown 10
the law, created during THIS AdmInislTa-
nOn. without law aud against law. but
vet we'll known ~ practlce-i mean the
rleclloneeung department. IN this last
department every thing Is full oil lite,
acusIiy. WgOr, alertness. and precision.
| Ii the elections nfa State are 10 be carri-
ed. though We have hutiew gun carriages.
yet every gun Is brought Ia bear upon il;
emisssries and agents are afoot. the whole
battery Of The press opens. and the whole
pack unkennellel: and. amidst shouts oil
glorIticauon. humbug. ealumny. smoke.
smut, fire and thunder, victory usually
perches on the bannernf this department,
and approves il yell worthy Of lis high
and distinguished reputation. II State
Legislatures are % be carried, whether %
make Senator's, or 70 make " black lines :
M troops but such as The Sparlsns OF
Tennessee. or the Romans of Pennsyl.
vania, can guard REPRESENTATIONS surprise,
or repel the fury Of assault. But as to
the other departments, their condition
can neither command admiration nor
excite envy.
| The Post Ofice Department sunk.
two years ago. under a load Of guilt.
corruption, and disgusting roIIenness.
The public eve was turned for moment
an a spectacle so appalling IN so young
a Government, but il vas again dazzled
by the glory Of this Administrator. and
the WhuIe Department. With IT'S rotteuness
and couupuons, passed from under the
eye as ii passed on, Of the minds Of men.
II scarce ' produced sensation. II hardly
left an impression. trust il is getting
better under the present head: ! hear that
Il Is. ~ as financial condition. would
humbly suggest that little more expedi
u"n aud little better sealIng-wax might
deeldediy enhance lis usefulness aud cha
racier.
| The State Department may safely resi-
It's hopes oIlmmortalIy upon lis mastery
diplomacy IN the late negotiation with
France. Besides the enduring fame IN
photography which il has achieved fol
our country. it has well nigh got US into
war with our earliest Trend. and mos
ancient ally, upon cause SO slight tina
u might have defied the inventive gealu.
and WHY dex,eri,y Of ralleyrand hun
self TO make so much of il.
| The Treasury Department, trust
Keeps steady eye on its deposite banks
aud the " better currency" II, whei
they shall come to account for the thirty
millions in their vaults. they shall be al
wide Of the mark as are the Secretary
reports and estimates to Congress, tn
G. .ernment will be either very rich o
very poor. IL might take the liberty.
would recommend the purchase Of Pike
arithmetic. Learning and science in thi
enlighlend age, whether in lexicograph,
or arithmetic. are quite commendable
particularly in Department.
i There can be no reason To doubt ths
the Secretary Of the Navy will infuse int
that branch Of the public service a suihc