The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-08-04

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Private indDlence - disgrace, pubic
apalhy i death. Private eulerprl1e Is
Nealfh, pahlir spirit i safety.
In p1lsics. as IN religion. there are
sins d uzhisslon . well = c0mmission.
Aol, nv friends. that We would hsve 81
n rur country % be praiessed and hack
nesed polIlirians. Heaven deliver us
from such trading hesFd-hI only for
The shambles Of the markel-Pisce-oiier.
Ing themselves 10 self Degradation %. the
highest bidder, and hungering for Office
with the vile praverb Ut lte mendicsnt.
that " beggsrs must not be ehaosers."
Such vile crew would BE- more exhaust
ing 70 your treasury Than the bought L.
gi0ns ~ Rome: more y0raeIOlas Of your
substance Than The locnsIs Of Egypt; and
more poisonous 10 lhe lile-biOOd III Re-
publican liberty than the SImoon Of the
desert. But We would have every cili-
ZEN ol . free republic 10 he acquainted
with The fundamental principles at his
government; 10 know ms rights, and dare
In MAINTAIN them; % cherish 4 disinle-
rested public spirit: In perform all his
public duties with pr nPiness and siarri-
~; d especially, never 10 slight by
omission that great public privilege,
xhich is the corner stone oi the building
the riglI Of ss.grage--unlrammslled
and Inlelligens exercise vi which is sn
essential 10 the preservation OF liberty.
Sometimes IN our eounlry. il is morlliy
ing 10 hear, otherwise gnnd men. express
The utmost indifference about public al-
FAIRS. "ll was not worth their tine or
trouble 10 vote, or perform other public
duties: u was of no moment 10 them who
tileu tins station on that; II Others could
lave anu prosper uuder any kind Of laws.
they could too" Such sentiments are as
dangerous as they are humillaiing and
unWOr1hy freeman. OF what avail Is
Il, my friends. TO Goil and laho- If We
shall not respl 10 acehmulale during
a Lifetime, and. hoard up lor our off,
spring, wealth that may be swrpI away
the very next generation. by a ruthless
tyranny, the seeds If which we're sown
IN our own day. grew up under our own
negligence, aud were Certain uf maturity,
unless bllghIed IN the grtm by those who
alone had the power and the motives to
destroy them! DO we owe no,hlns To
the memory Of our ancesl1r>! It. vas
not 80 with them, else we should u"l have
been tree. do We owe nothing 10 our
selves; ia our p0slerly; 10 mankind; 10
the cause Of liberty herself! II we
would fulfil these obligations, we must
" ko p our Ions girdrd and lights burn
ing. Freedom must not be sacrificed
at the altar of aEarlee. IL is by perse-
Eerance alone, that we can commune TO
enjoy the rev ards Of an honest industry.
We must beH are too vi the day Of pros
periiy; when the thief comeih as in the
nighttime, then will corruption that bane
ot republics. he most ready TO undermine
our Institutions hy depraving public vir.
tue, and Introducing " iuxury's contaginn
weak aud vie" These will penetrate
where the sword cannot divide asunder.
Gresce. noble Greece, vas already hum
bled by her corrupunn for the yoke Of the
Macrdoutan. Rome M her meridian
pride was traitor Ia herself: and with
her Own treasure the price of her own
Corruption, bull q" 'hr"f Il '3e Cusars
on the ruins of puh,lc H. go. YES, nv
friends, liberty may BE- <....i --.srI ,Ie PEG.
pie pay The tribute mon, j. What can
not br effected by whence aud audacily,
will be assayed through fraud, intrigue
and. corruption. The very representa-
hves Of the people may be employed TO
mlslead them. Those whom they have
placed a. senlinels an the walch-iowers of
Freedom, may either sleep upon their
posts, or be bribed aud seduced TO utter
the false cry OF &" Ais WE'LL" and
" Peace, when there Is no piace: bib
ed by reward or the hnpe thereof-and
seduced by the base fear 0l losing the
OF a stalIOa. of which they
never were worthy. These are the men
who seek popularity b. the tow arts of
hypocrsy--not as the result uG an honest
anu eihcienl performance OF public duty;
The men who are without. credit to them
to their piaee--or benefit
10 lhe pubic.
Yes, my friends. de'hagogucs may in-
lest US with the breath Of their hollow
aud unPrIncipled professions Of devotion |
10 our lnsteIesIs. With all the colors of !
lie raIu-bow, aud all the devises Of the /
1ypDcIIt, they often succeed, for a llmc, !
"a leading even all honest and vIrmous |
people from the paths Of truth. We are |
;sugat with the illusion, uasjl The bubble |
,ursIs-and we are amazed IN tie midst
Il our ruin. at our own creduIIly. What
yer may he the fluctuations Of public
'pInIJn, the demagn que is sure to be in |
he majority His province is not 10 |
uide. inform, and be himself governed
y well-enlIghtened public mind; bntto