The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-10-27

selves in ifremidisble ruin. Suppose no
tariff Cor projection had filed onr Golfers
with useless and dangerous lre4sure-no
United States Bank had Rinmphed over
The Constitution, and ihe currency il had 1
prosided-no systems Of inlernalimprose-
menl BY the General Government, silh
all IFS attendant exirssagancies. had been |
Adopted; how inVulnerable should We
have been 70 the evils Of which We now
complain! Bn, al those things we're
done, and our Constitution, Tor The for-
nation Of which The blond and s0Il OF our
lnrefslhers had been 50 literally poured |
ont and expended, was fast becoming az |
unmeaning fhing-a dead letter; bot the
present crisis awakens Us 10 sense Of
our present condition, and brings US 70
reflection. A literal construction Of that
sacred instrument which We have al
sworn 10 support, Tin my humble judg.
ment. the only rallonal ground Of hope
for our happiness ss nation. The only
guaranty against the evils Of anarchy,
violence and fraud. wRh which We are
threatened. 80
Having thus glanced at The causes Of
this crisis in which We find ourselves, |
CONE next 10 consider briefly i,s nature.
But yesterday We boosted Of an overflow
ing treasury, and were al our wits end
for place inp which il might pour It's
supeT6uous riches. Real properly was
in demand al most exiraysgani prices: la
Dor was high. and the products of The soil
repaid 10 their hearts, content lis indus
Tious culliVators; our merchants were
daily becoming miilionairss, risalling in
splendor and luxury the princes Of lands
where that title may be borne. Sudden.
ly, as though smitien by the hand Of
some offended deity, or as if all that we
beheld was fairy fabrication dependent
upon some dissolying spell, The whole
scene is reversed. Our bloaied Treasu-
ry has collapsed; the millions We we're
beseeching somebody to keep for US.
have disappeared, and the public eredi-
tor applies in vain for payment IN. the
constitutional medium. The possession
Of real estate but marks the poverty of
him who owns il; the laborer is without
employment. or ,oifs for half bis accus-
toned compensation; our products linger
upon our hands, prey 10 corruption and
the moth; and our merchants send forth
one universal wall from Maine 10 Flori-
da. These are the gioumy features in
the crisis. and by many they only are
seen in their unmiligaied darkness; but
10 me there are cleanse Of the most cheer
ing brightness gliding the gloom, and.
like the struggling rays of the sun upon
the dark cloud Of evening, come 10 the
heart reflec,ing promises Of hope and Joy
for the approaching morrow. The crisis
is full Of assurance that the wounds Of
the bruised aud battered Constitution will
be healed, and that, stripped Of all the ex-
trsneous appendages which have obscur.
ed its beauty and simplicity, IL will be
restored to iis legitimate control over the
affairs Of this nation. So far as the Elk.
ecutive is concerned. he makes to US the
declaration tina, the Constitution will, in
its literal simplicity, be the standard Of
his actions; and it remains for the two
houses Of Congress to decide whether
they will stand by him in the noble re-
solution. trust they will, aud, in that
trust, feel;hat This crisis is one for any
thing bu. despair TO the heart Of The pal.
| riot. ~. 49, 80 /
have now adyeried TO the causes and
nature Of the present crisis. matters in
themselves Of lilile consequences, and al
together inadequate TO the time they have
| consumed, except so far as they may as
sist US in the determination Of the third
question. namely: what il behooves US 10
do in the present exigency. The evils
we have seen are twofold: first, to the
United States Government as body po-
litic--affecting its vital principle, the We
| ~ current Of lis existence, its fiscal sound
ness; secondly, to the individuals. or
some Of them, composing the nation--in
blasting their present pecuniary prospe-
ri,y and their hopes for the future.
These il behooves US TO consider with q
due sense Of our responsibilities, and, if
in our power, TO provide for them re-
medy; and here permit me 10 remark that
the President has been most unjusily &C
cused Of having recommended nothing a
dequate to the occasion; Of having indi-
Gated no relief for the sufferings of the
people. Will no relief be found, | ask,
in the emission Of Sl0, 100000 in Trea-
sury notes to be thrown into circulation!
| If the want Of sound circulating medi-
um be part Of the distress, will j. not be
thus supplied TO the amount | have men,
toned! And will il not be farther bene.
fetal in infusing more vigor into the
whole mass Of the circulating medium in
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