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

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Executive. is relainers. and diappointed
nominees. l. II not wonderful that, IN
this unequal contest. the SENATE. planting
itself upon The ramp3rls Of The cOnstisu.
ton. has bern sble 10 hold out - loag
against an Executive a. remarkable for
his popularity As Cor the fury Of his
assaallsl Right or wrong. does II not
AFFORD eOnsoliag eEldenee of individual
6rmness and integrity! Does 10 not
manifest on the part Of Senator'S . conf
dence in the ultimate right Judgment Of
the people. IS refreshing 70 our hopes
as il Is complimentary TO The intelligence,
good sense. and virtue Of our country.
men!
The events Of another year. though
they NAV not solve. vel they may throw
much lightnpon This interesting problem.
If the Senate shall be permanently
broken, either By direct action upon il,
or indirectly through The State Lesisla.
lures, one Of the great safeguards Of IL
berry will have fallen. The direct and
inevitable tendency will be 10 the cenlra-
lizasion al all political power.
IL there be any ruth in political sei>
ence. perfectly clear il is that centralized
power is bur another name for despoiic
power. Precisely in proportion as YOU
cen,raIize. in the same proportion do
You approach absolute power. Power
begets power, and tendency to cenlra,
lizaIlon, in the long run. will reach thai
point.
To render power innocuOus. il mus;
be broken up into fragments. and such
distribution made Of il. that. without the
power Of one department TO control
another, IL may yet check and stay its
action. Tosland still is safe. To move
onward with the concurrence IL all the
parts. il accomplishing the highest object
of Government. Blu, for one department
to be endowed with the strength Of
silencing or dragging on all the Others.
per fds Guf nsfas. willing or unwilling,
is 10 consummate the highest disasters Of
an irregular aud despotic Government.
Opposing powers in polillrs are not
unlike opposing powers in physics. BY
delicate adjustment, perfect harmony may
be preserved, and a iust equilibrium
attained. II. in the distribution Of power,
all the great interests that Government il
designed to protect shall be fairly repre-.
scented, and that representation shall be
so adjusted. upon organic principles. tina.
no interest can act on another without
the concurrence Of mgopty represent
ing each and every interest, il would
present a scheme corresponding To our
highest conceptions Of just and wise
Government. The history Of all ages
and at all Governments shows that where
power has been centralized. there il has
been absolute; and that liberty. 10 every
country. has borne direct proportion 10
the equality and skill with which oppos>
ing though not conflicting powers have
been distributed. The characteristic dd.
ference betw cen the Governments "f Asia
and Europe is. that. IN the former, there
Is GENERALIZATION Of power. and. of
course. the dead level of despotism; in
the latter. power is more or less disiribut-
ed. and. Of course, more or less liberty
in exact correspondence. will not
pursue this subject. though examples
drawn from history nigh, shed food of
ltuht nm thaaa nr,nnait,nue
Sir. the Frenrh war disposed of, and
the Senate put out nI the way, or rather
the " facuuus majority" got rid uf, the
dnmInan, parry will a; length reach the
great immediate object of all their efforts;
| mean. the surplus revenue, the thirty
millions on hand, aud the rapidly accru
ing revenues ofihe country. All the rest,
sir, are mere pretex;s, decoys for gulls.
That stubborn majority IN the Senate out
of the way, a show of war must yet be
KEEP, up to decoy the People. through
their feelings Of patriotism, TO yield as.
sent to The lavish and profgste squander.
ing of thirty millions; yes. and all the fu,
iure accruIng SURPRISES, until thirty mil
lions shall be more than three times told,
upon jobbers. contractors, lavorites, and
all the vampires belonging to the set,
under the guIse Of warlike preparations,
as If war were the sole business of life.
| know gentlemen are not so shallow as
10 attach so much importance to these
gigantic schemes of national defence as
their speeches might seem to indicate.
The surplus revenue must be seized upon.
Sir, it will be so comfortable; it will not
only serve to Gil their pockets, but will
give prodigious activity to all the cleo
tioneerIng operations ID The making of
their President. Sir, it is vain to speak
Of the intelligence and virtue Of the Peo-
pie being able to resist the power Of a
party backed by thirty millions in money,
and all amount not much less in the
shape Of the public domain. know
Isaid Mr.. VI. that there are States. and
people IN some OF the States, that scarcely
feel the influence. But at other points
Of the line Of battle, where a decisive
impression IS necessary TO be made, IL
can and will be made. The Government
IS too rich. ltmust be made poor, before
il can he made economical and nura A.