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

gar Ora'ann d~iisefsd ~ 1Nl. Danlei VI
Bsrnnerr. il Concord. n. c. on he an
Of Jul,. 1887:
And Hhli. my e0Hnirymen. Is 10 Be the
haal siessIns IL this our eonntFyg Shall
tine soon snsrribe ms epiiaph Ger The
grave IT nnr lheHyl Is there any thing
in ih- lore vista Of the future Ia east
gla ~ A. apprehension around the heart
ofihe rsSaal! Daes the same fate AVIAN
u. ihal belell the aneieRI Espsbiies. Rni
oh shr free nations that heEe lived before
u.s.
Icy yer. bat they are nsi.
Gee. g'iahnsaag thFoaeh the taIRgs tina were,
4 - 80, by is!e--ih' w.ndsE OF ~ 'soui !"
And wkn rrused their ruin! These
are ahe snxinus inquiries that crowd lhs
mia,i &c the rejecting lover ri hrs uwn
ca0nlry an day Ike this. What solemn
responsibility does ahls republic awe Ia
ils,.lf and IN. al future ages. II This
grssi experiment Of seli-govrTnment. un
der Ill the advantages OF success which
W. enjoy. shall fail. when and shsre
again shall The sun of freedom rise, and
lis yesial fires huEn with such a virgin
brightness! let The people be loyal TO
themselves, lei them lay aside The beseI-
Ting sins. and take warning from The re-
corded mssl0rIunes III republics. We
must know our dangers and he ready 10
avert ihrm. To preserve ihe blessings
Of lsherlv, we must pracElce the great
lessans nf our own ret0iuIion; lei priJa-
riBls alone be the rule Of public action,
a. IL - tie only standard OF private m0-
rails This u the only beacon light that
cal gnIde Us IN safety. No exploits
huwevpr brilliant, no publpek services
however great should mIslesd Us mto
the support of measures which destroy
the landmark nf liberty. the sacred rights
ei person and properly, or invade IN the
smallest degree the turns and securities
OF constitutional government. IL Is not
sufficient that a man shalt have been
prrai hrnelactnr, Ur shall have even ven
iGrrd his life ~ the defence oi hIs eoua-
iTy 10 enIlIle INN Ia an Iadefinme aud
unwairhful confidence. The most des-
poIr usurpers have thus served their
county. The Golfers Of Rome were fill
ell hy her Cesar, and the world With the
s.,iendnr uisnIs achievements. YET Ca
sar passed the RuhlcOn and Rome kneeled
IN her master. Even England embraced
thu usurpsiiOn Of Iyrant under the Re-
publican name OF &" Protector Of The Com
munwralth," and France, his bei0red
france, - as dragged bleeding victim at
lhr heels 1T her r'upernr, while he bes-
trade Europe ike COLOSSUS, and king
doms vanished at his touch. The very
feds 1T France proclaimed the desolauon
Of MS u Fanny. The history OF her woes
is suueu m biuod. Yet Napoleon was
lhr ldnl at Frenchtnen, the glnrlfisd he
neias''sr oi hIs county
: 90 Why n"iuply examples! Pow
er ~ill iuioxicale; men will be ambitions.
p, rhsps they should be So: but ii should
b. lae amhition faithfully 10 serve, not
a. rnslave their c"uniry;i the vlriunus
aInbnlnn Of Washington, not the vault
ting desire al the imperial conquerur.
A generous conidece TOW arus their rulers
Is the attribute Oi tree people. When
surrounded With a Cautious wisdom IL Is
a noble virtue Without This defence IT
is an instrument III deSlrucilOn, ready for
the use ui tie tirsl slave 10 false ambition
or an Overwhelming vanity, pamperd by
the grovsliing parasites OF power, Tor
their own acknowledgements; who bOasl Of
their servtlly To t'leIr chief, and crawl
through their own slime, 10 the iooIstool
OF authority for ufice.
I.et the peorle then be distrustful Of
those ia authority, holdIng Them al all
times in strict accountability To them
selves, as the only rIghlful source of pow
er and To the laws "hIch they have
imposed on their servants for their own
secufrv. BY their fruits shall We know
them. Ii they he evil. lel the axe be LAID
a. the root without INSTRUMENTATION
comm,seranon. Nenher, my friends, can
liberty be destroyed by first and single |
blow. IL must be assaIled by secret and
gradual innovations. The fruit mus, be
ripe before il is plucked. The attacks
of despotIsm are often unobserved and
sometimes cennived at. Like the ST.
lent offerings of the wafer, through the
embark menI Of mighty river. which
Confines It's Ierrors; al tirsi, they are dis
regarded Tor their lnsignifcance, I'LL at
la. the wide break is cleared. and The
lani IS oversPread with a rulnous mum
datum which IN human effort can arrest.
OPP"se, then. the very first and small
sst advances Of the Invader OF cOnsutu-
,Dnal freedom - Enlernal vigilance is
he price Of liberty" whether IL be assaii-
ID ny the barred arm Of open usurpaIion.
,r by the suil more dangerous enemy Of
atse pretences, unier the forms Of the
avs and the constitution. Wicked am