The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-11-03

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the plan operates sucrrssfSllg. ihis belisI
Uill gather strength from day today. and
snIi-bsnk habits become established.
while these iaslilulions, deprived or the
'siimulas which ihe gayernnenI ieposiies
have minislered. vii gradually dimIHish
in number until they become app0fiIon-
ed 10 ike real commercial demands 81
the country. Al the worst, should our
scheme Gail. il vii merely bring US back
10 the position lhai bank agency is nrces-
sary for conducting the fiscal concerns of
The government. and we shall only have
reached thai degree Of approximation 10
. United States Bank Al which The Sena-
TOR from Virginia sets out.
It's objseled 10 The plan proposed. that
i, win increase Executive patronage.
With cprla,n class Of poliiicIans. This
has been q matter Of yssi alarm, and they
have become 80 much accustomed 10 as
sociale vlih this expressions certain most
JepIorsble incidents, that they can never
hear IL without having this horribls array
presented 10 their imsginatIons. Now
men are exceedingly prone 10 mistake
names fnr lhlngs; anil although there l.
something very imposing IN the name Of
patronage. yet | am vastly mistaken IL the
Executive patronage II this government
is not 10 him shn wield- il principle Of
weakness rather than nf strength. For
every one 90 whom il is IN his pnwef to
confer an office, ten greedy expectants
are disappointed. ard feel lhs1 some great
personal merit has been oyerlOoked 10
them. or sumo important service migrate
fully tsgoliep. How can one admire
ami snppan the man WIN has So Iiule
d,scenIulenl as TO b. blind 10 ones me.
rats, or :" liile heart a. Ia be insensIble
20 the zeal and devotion with which one
has. ahyacaled hrs cause! And what is
sull worse, 1t is BY no means certain that
lie pFizeholier will be- true Ia his sliegi-
ance. NJ FAR a. my experience goes. in
large majority af cases. man M Soon
er receives an appointment than he be-
comes adverse tn the administration from
which he received il. This. at the FIRST
blush. may seem a li,le remarkable: but
unr wonder aiminishes Shen we advert
To the decei,inlness of the human heart,
and find how large a pOrnon OF il is in
,hp quiet pnssession 0f personal vanity
and pride. Generally speaking. the III
.'umh"ul has reached the acme Of any
reasonable expectations h. runld TORN,
and hope, therefore. no Longer keeps hun
sIeadfast with rrnmIses for The future;
here il nnlhing then hu, he fear "f re-
mo,al. and this power y the Executive
is watched hy the pnblic with So much
jealousy. that few ere Willing 10 exercise
il ailhnut some apparent and satisfactory
reason. The mere change of p"litlcal
o .,inipn will seldom dn Tor reason, and
is iheref re seldom relied upon. Thr
danger, therefore. Is just enough 10 euahle
a man Ia take credit To himself for great
independence. -who can say. /" You see
am an nfiire holder, hut thar does not
hinder me from differing from the Govern
meat, and finding fault when see
occasion. And what Is, there human
with which one cannot find .fanlt who
h;s fame or any thing else IN gain by so
doingl Bul, granting that The patronage
uf the Executive was an available means
of increasing his paruzans. how much
more efficient could that means be render
ed through the Inslrumen,ality Of the
banks. Than when hrnueh, directly 10 bear
upon the Individuals who might BE- APP.
pllcants for office, as is urged, with great
fnrce aud propriety, III the Presidents
Message. Bul this brings me 10 view
Of the subject startling in the highest de-
gree. in the contemplated continuance Of
the league of banks in connection with
the revenue Of The country. Al present,
the President and the money power of
the country are in opposilicn. and happy
will il he if they always remain so. But
do YOU not see thai the system proposed
will have the tendency, in the. end. 10
hiring them to cooperation and alliance!
Parlies in this country may be sUbdivid-
ed as you please, bu, the grand disiinc-
tlon at last is that between those who are,
in favor Of a sirong and splendid central
Government. absorbing all the sovereign
powers once possessed by the States, BY
the most liberal and enlarged construction
of the Constitution Of the Union, and
those who are in favor Of limited and
economical Federal Government, exercis,
ing no more powers than those expressly
conferred BY The Constitution. and leav-
ing all beyond to be exertcd by the States.
To the former Of these, the mercantile
classes. comprehending nearly all the
moneyed power ofthe country, will gen.
orally be found To belong. and il you
want proof Of this, you will find IL in
their habit Of looking mp to this Govern
men,. as the great pareas Pot'is IN all
emergencies, as on the present occasion.