The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-11-04

We received ~ last Fniiay's nal
amazed elrenlaF addressed 10 lile cilzens
4 Caswell county. signed by BarEiilai
/ Graves, IN reply - an address On the
SUBJECT OF tue approaching Presidential
,lec.ioa signed BY Staring Gum and
others. published 70 eur pssaer Of the 2lsl
4 ulnrao. To this ciscalar j. aaarhrd d
i urlilen request thai We will publish IL
a. as an act ol justice II the character
or standing 81 Mr.. Grsyes was e0ncerusd
in The matter. as Ne have published the
4 first, He SHOULD feel constrained 10 pub
! lish his reply. whatever might be our
opin,on of ms deienrr. But Inc msllers
here involved are purely poliuc.l. on
I which al men have q riga % differ in
q opinian. The truth. however. can he ON
one .Bie only. We published the address
4 Of Starring Gum and Others, because we
believed their statements correci and their
arglncnls calculated to enlishlea the peo
pie upon an important Question. We
ealerlsin different opinion Of the clreu.
lar II VIZ. Graves: and ne cannm con.
ceHe that " Justice" can require II US. on
the II an imporlaal election. To spread
brfire onr readers paper which Ne be,
hese To he erroneous IN srgumeni. inc0r-
reel in fact. and false in. prlBciple. To
show that these opinions are not without
ioundauon. We wall make lev obssrya-
tons.
Mr.. Graves sets out by admitting tina,
the gentlemen who signed the FIRST al.
dress were formerly gOpd Republicans
Of The right ORDER" but thinks that II will
now b. admitted " that they have been
mlsled by designing men. or otherwise
gone asray." Aud shy! lie saws iha,
both parues in Caswell clam TO he r.
publicans; bu, one party gave 1886 vuIes
4 Cor Spalgh,. the other only ll6 Tor Dud
ley; and a. il is not " possible that one
thousand and tifty.six voters can be so
easily deceived ar misleh in their poliIi.
cal opinions as one hundred and sixteen
can" he considers this a. proof sufIi
cent to show that the seven whose names
are on the address are IN error. and con
sequenlly the address entitled 10 but lii
lie weight" II Mr.. Graves will lnok
abroad, he viii see that this argumen.
will prove more than he intended. In
Rowan county, al the last election, Gov.
Spalght received but III votes, while
Gen. Dudley received 1912. II will ap.
pear. therefore, according 10 his argument.
that whai is republican in Rowan will be
anti republican 10 casweIl. Take the
sa'e At large; Gen. Dudley received
$40 votes more than Gov. Spaighl, and
therefore If the argument is worth any
thing. those who supported Gov. Spaighl
nus, be anlirepuhllosn.
Again: Mr. Graves processes To ap.
prove the first line in the address. which
says. Ia our free country II is the prl-
uiege Of every man freely 10 adopt. err
p s's and act upon his own opinions"
out he thinks thar here the address
should have closed. there should not have
been another word In t." One party
may lndustriously circulate their views
and "plnlons. by means Of circulars,
printed speeches and pamphlets. aud IL i
al right; bu, II the other party attempt
also freely 10 express their opinions. 4
right guarsu,eed b. an express proVIsicu
oil The constitutional they are declared q
be trespassers. Is this the republican
ism Of which Mr.. Graves so eAultingIy
boasts! M
i Mr.. Graves farther says. tina. The an.
.hors Of the address tell the people o
aasweu that "waeu we cease 10 tllinl
and act Tor ourselves. and Surrender on
oPaions into the keeping Of any man O
sci u men, we cease To be lree;" he lhet
IrIamphanIly asks the people. !" WheI
dId YOU make this surrenderr' We hop,
the people Of CasweIl will convince Mr
Graves That they have not made The sur
render. that they will read whose circu
lar they please, and always ",hink an'
ACT Tor themselves"
Mr. Graves complains that the author
OF The address have quoted so much u
Or. Van Buren's letter as shows that
has male an explicit ayowal tina, Soon
gress has power to abolish slavery ia tn
DlsIric, Of Columbia" and have neglect
ed to quote tina, portion Of his lette
which says. that if elected he will g,
INTO the Presidential chair The inflexibl
and incorporating opponen, Of any a,
tempt on the part of Congress TO abolisI
slavery in the dslric, of Columbia agains
The wishes Of the slave holding states.
But Mr.. Graves should remember tina
DIR. Van Buren, In the same letter says