The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-06-16

N8NAMINA It 4&NAAa - -
hing whirh i too earrnristing - be
bornr-liks pang Of The rhrnmaiism, %
an extraordinary twinge nflhr goui, In
deed, fram ihr experienre ne noE base,
ue nav Judge that he bad elninence u
Inc Inaalsilian may be superreded nv y.
aud il one shall he hereafter siFetched up
an ibr Eark nr hrnken IN The wheel, u
nav he said. while al his bones are
erarkins. al his muscles swapping, al his
veins are pouring. ihsI he : anis. passing
into heilef state through the delightful
pIaress If al IS s1pfrinasai."
Geuilemen. yan nil naturally ash.
wne.e Is this 20 end. and what io BE- The
,enedvl These are questions al momsn-
sans importance. hut probably the proper
moment has nnieoms fur Considering this.
We are vet in The midst If sliE . hIria iud,
and scarcely able n h"'d nnr hats an
Every mans thoughts aTr turned To his
awn ln.me,lls'e preseTEaiInn. When tile
blast is aver and ne havr breathing time.
the country must take this suhJTci. iills
an important suhieel IT reli'f i''T the prs-
sent. and security 4ur lhr iulnre. in'o It's
most serious consideration. n UMl un-
dombledly lirss engage the attention ard
wisdom If congfess. n will call "n
pnhl,e men. entrusted WITH public atia'rs,
:, lay aside party aud private preferences
and prejuiiees. and unite an ,h- cr@a.
wnrk nj redef ming The country from ihls
state If disaster and dIsgFsre. AL liiai ]
mean u present 10 say. geuilem' -.
thai the Gn,rrnmeni 1T the United States
slands chargsahlr. ~ my opinion, with
gross drTelIellan lgnm duty IN leaving the
currency ui the country entirely a. the
mercy nf Others. wiih"ui seeking {" eN-
errIse over q any ennir"l Whatever. The
means ol exercising tins cnRir'l rests "a
the wisdom Of Gongress. hui The duty ]
huld Ia he imperative. It's power tbaI
cannot be yiri,led In Others with saieiy tn
itself or TO them. u might as we'll give
mp the power Of making peace or war tn
the states. and ieaye the lwrnit six inde-
pendent sasereigHiiss tn select their own
fors, raise their nWh troops. aud conclude
their own terms III peace. II might o.
well leave the states 10 impose their OWn
duties. regulate their oW u terms aud ura-
ilrs of commerce. y IN give up al con-
troll over the currency. in which all are
Interested.
Tile present Government has been in
operation fnrty eight years. l'urng for-
~ NJ these inriy-eighi years We have had
a national institution performing the du.
lss oil fiscal agent tn the government.
and exercising most useful control over
the domestic exchanges, and over the
currency OF the country. The hrsI inst-
iulinn wss chartered on the ground that
such an institution was necessary to tie
safe and economical administrator Of the
treasury department ~ The COLLECTION aud
disbursements OF Its revenue The ~.
perIence of the new Government had
clearly proved It's necessity.
Al that time. however, there were those
who doubted the power Of Congress. uu
der the PROVISIONS of Iie Constitution, TO
incorporate bank; but = majority Oi both
Houses were OF different opinion. Pre-
sIdent Washington sanctioned the inca
sure, aud among those " n doubted, those
at most weight aud consideration IN the
country. and whose opinions were entl-
tied to the highest degree nf respect,
yielded to the opinion al Congress aud
the country, and considered II settled
question. Among those VIM fire. doubt.
ed III the power If The government was
one whose name should. never be mrn.
TONED without respect and ,eneratIon.
one for whom | can say feel as high a
veneralIon a. Gne man can or ought 10
feel for another. one Who was Intimately
associated with all the features oT The
Constitution. Mr.. Madison; vet, when
Congress had decided on the measure, hy
large mal0fllles, when the President had
approved IT, when the Judicial iribunsls
had sanctioned II. when public opinion
had deliberately and derldedly confirmed
ii, he looked on the subject as definluye-
y and finally settled. The ressoners of
our day think otherwise. No decision,
no public sanction, no judgment of the
tribunals Is allowed 10 weigh against their
own respect for their own opinions.
They rush to the argument ~ to tina, Of
new question. despIsIng all lights bat
that ol their own unelnuded sagacity, and
careless OF The venerable living. and Of the
mighty dead. They pulse this impor.
,ant question upon some small points of
their own slender logic, and decide il on
The strength Of their own unlntellre,ble
II never enters into all
their Thoughts that this is a question to
be judged of on broad, comprehensive and
practical grounds; sull less does ii occur
10 them that an exposition of the Consul.
luton. contemporaneous with its earliest
existence. acted on Tor nearly half cen.
fury. IN which the original trainers and .
government officers vi the highest note