The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-12-22
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STATE AFPAIp-N II.

.h.a. Fansnees Gas not
s sss.oalas .. cur Ind would resume
i ~. - sow grsliksd l should
lei 4 -. know ihai my eiEon %
roa.s a. s5ple 70 an examination Of
.,.,e az. had even induced he readers
az yaur sper % silempl for themselves
: s.;sing nc The estimate. Boz fear,
a, ,Isss xho look The trasble tn re.d ny
i, eOmmunicasion. Few have 81 cared for
desc lhlnxs." and none Of ihem enough
70 carry Them further Than . shrexd
guess about |" eAo 10 Mfnforr 81 what
nan y 30 silly . lolsbOr on IheseIhings"
Add very probably. they Who have set
lied NV real nsme in their own minds.
viii charilsbly SET 10 work. in desislng
some impulaiiOn Of selfish or sinister
design in me.
b., bad rather endure false charges
which can easily oui-live lif ! live long,
and which none will credit aller ! die.
lshould l die soon,) than not SIR their in
dnlence Intn activity. Iflhe people can he
started into arrive thought in these matter.
ihey will coon take a proper direction.
The evil 10 our stale is, that :. they iriH
NOT coasid0l"
Ishowed. in nv Last, thai ihs slate will
soon hsse clear income % sl45.00O-
over and beyond The ordinary expenses
Of The government That she has fund.
welLinsesled. Of nearly ft0o Millions,
and osces no man any thing. The
precise sum is sl. 9S6, 400.
In sdlinon 70 these resources. she
will come mo possession Of The Indian
bands next wear. The Cherokees have
eeded then; they ere TO leave them in
1888; our officers are nov epgsged IN
surveying Them for sale. and, by Law Of
The last Assembly, they will be exposed
10 sale. doub, The policy If our legisla-
lion on this subject; bu. that 10 foreign IN
The question 10 hand. These lands are
yariously estimated from 100000 w 800,
900 dollars. shall avoid The charge Of
exusVsgsnee. by adopting The least cum.
This sum being also permanently invest
ed. by the state. will yield 6 per cent.
or $4,000 dollars per year. Thereby
increasing ourpermanently invested funds
TO the sum Of O.. 256, 400, and the annual
income OF the state 70 sl83, 900; and the
state out of debit
10 the hands of wise and pruden,
Legislators, this win be fund Of blessings
10 The state and all her people. Unwise-
" administered, il will be curse. . bitter
curse. Then let Us watch every tendency
to exrsvsgsni follies; but be careful to
discriminate between the vice Of extrava-
gsnce and the virtue NJ enlightened liberia
lily. We may differ upon the question
OF divorcing the banks from the general
government. bai no patriot can refuse to
a.d IN divorcing our domestic financial
questions, in the stale, from national
politics. 0iherwise, il must soon happen
ina, legislator will do nothing ior North
Carolins; or he may squsnder our urea.
sures in idle and ill-diges,ed plans Of
sectional improvements, or suffer them
In lie idle. and be Of no avail; provided
he thinks. with one party, thai Mr.. Van
Buren, is a magician. and curses Gen.
Jackson's administration; and with the
other party. provided be is for Van Buren,.
and gives due praise TO General Jackson.
] am for giving TO national politics its
full share ofinfluence in national councils.
] don't insist upon its having no weight
even IN state elections. But | do and will
protest against its swallowing up the
state and all her interests. State rights
and state interests are so intimately blend
ed. that total neglect Of the former will
certainly destroy all the latter; and tend
more W consolidation, than all other exist.
ing causes combined. In passing. / have
barely thrown on, this remark fer the
" state Rights party" TO consider.
There is another general remark that
must be allowed 10 make here. The
reform Of our constitution promised 10 de-
suoy the old local party divisions Of east
and pest. Would that il may DO so.
The grea, danger we have to encounter
is Iog-roliing legislation; a system by
which public money 10 squandered.
through the combined strength Of mino-
rules. For example," You vote for
my project thai you DON. approve. and
IN vote for yostr project tina. Idon't ap.
prove" The paren, Of this system is 10.
cal or sectional party spirit. and every
patriot is bound to his country 10 destroy
forever this mother of evil.
In the foregoing exhibition Of North
Csrolina's funds and income, | have o.
mi!led the cash balances in The treasury.
have not counted the sum Of els, 400,
which has just been paid by the old State
Bank, as a final dividend on is Stock
have also omitted the sum Of nearly 20,
900 dollars which 10 is supposed the state
will receive in few weeks, as her final
dividend on stock held in the old New.
bern Bank. refer 10 them 10 convince
you thai have not been one-sided OF