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

ers, friends. and retsiners, on the Other.
These aEe lhe parties. | take my stand
on the side Of the States and The people.
I AXE II with confidence. though with Ger
tain knowledge that all our present efforts
viii be defeated. 4 rejoice 10 see every
party compelled 10 take position. ] am
Rratifed 90 see gentlemen come upiO The
mark. There is no middle ground. They
must fall into the ranks on the side oi
III States and the people. or they must
fall into The ranks Of this Government
and il official crops. Take position. gen,
llemen. Let the people see where you
are. | know yonr strength. l know
that present defeat j. our lot We know
thai our cause is good. and. with the
blessing Of God. We shall BE- ready 10 do
battle f,r il. from day 10 day. from year
10 year: YES. sir. firmly aud fearless
w will we do battle for il. for the term
Of the lOnges, nf the Pnnic wars. The
people will look an; they will inEesII.
cate its merits: they will come To our
aid; they will achieve the victory over
power aid its friends and myrInldons.
even in their entertainments. Sp. ! know
We are beaten for the present. The Off
cal corps and It's adherenis have tower
II strength in the President aud his veto.
They win keep the money for a while.
The Presidents infiusUce may screen
and sustain them Vet lillle longer. BE-
ware nf the hour when that protection
shall be Withdrawn. Beware Of the ven.
geance Of an abused people. You may
bind poppies, mingled with the laurel OF
New Orleans, Vet a little longer round
the brows of the people. But beware:
the day Of re,rhuuon atli surely come.
Many Of Us may. and most probably will.
sink under the hoof Of power. " The
blood Of the martyr is the seed Of the
church." There will he those 10 follow
who will drive the spoiler from his prey.
have said the States and the people
are on one side. Is II no, so, Have
not the most DECISIVE expressions Of Pc.
pular opinion bren heard. in the old
States, in favor Of the Land bill! Have
not the Legislatures that we're free from
party control expressed their appreciation
strongly! DO they not know tina, the
public debt is paid. DO ihey no, know
thai the money here j. not needed, aud
cannot be property used! DO they not
know that this superahundance DESTROYS
responsibility, begeis extravaganza. aud
must end IN profIgscy and corruption!
Do they not know thai II u in this form
only thai ihey can hope to be shsreIs IN
this rich and princely public domain,
DO they mol know that an equal dIsiribG.
ton would awaken enterprise. STIMULATE
industry, and entich and embcIlIsh the
States! And is il wonderful that the
people every where desire the measure
But not 80 the politicians To them II
Is wurm-wood and gall. To the great
/" spolls party" il brings terror and alarm.
To all Others it brings healing or lis
wings, unless. perchance. To very few
v hose pride Of opinion may be startled,
or tu some frou the new States, Who
NAV hope by other modes To derive vet
greater benefits from the public lands
than this measure promises. 1.-THE mea.
sure shall pass, know It will be vetoed.
That is a great evil. and yet | would not
ahrOgate, modify. or touch the veto pow
er. regard the veto as one Of the con-
trivances IN our system to break the shock
ofcopsolidated power; wise continuance
TO break sudden excuses in legislative
action. In the long run, it must yield
to the settled. dispassionaie judgment Of
the country. In this case, venture to
predict that result. Blu, the " spolls par-
ty"-how is it that this party can have
an interest distinct and separate from the
communities through which it is dilsri.
buted! Let us look into this matter.
This great scheme Of civil and political
liberty Of ours. the admiration and WON
der Of the age, is yet bu, an experiment.
an experiment thus far illustrating. and
glorlously illustrating, the truth Of the
great principle upon which our Whole
system rests-that man is capable Of self.
government. This system, in its sue
cessfuI and splendid career, is year by
year developing new symptoms. new
tendencies, and unforeseen phenomena;
some portending evil, others full Of re,
freshiug promise and encouragement.
In the early and purer times Of the
Republic, parties were divided upon great
principles. growing out Of. the workings
Of the system itself. With equal zeal
and patriotism, they took essentially diff.
ferent views Of the tendencies of the sys>
TEN. This diversity of opinion was
found in every State. connerled with no
local interest or sectional bias, bu, hav.
ing reference solely to grea, questions. on
which each and every part Of the body
polite had an equal interest
These parties were the best and purest
that have sprung up in our history. Time
alone could settle the great questions be-
tween them. In the progress of events.
these parties took tinge from sectional
prejudice and local interest, and we're ex
posed TO other occasional disturbances