The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-08-25

| can hold candle % us--snd all thass
wanting on nur part i % feel and % sei
As We ought 10 feel and 70 sct--and thsl
4 Is for every man who has cot the rae
/ GRIT in him 70 unshaekle himself from al
nasty party prrjudices---and look 70 NE
GOOD Of his country as he would 10 ms
own good and that Of his family and chill
dren.
In some countries where have been.
the will or wish Of one man Is The Ian oil
1 The land--vhen he whistles he says. LEI
no dog bark. l. il TO be 50 with u.s.
are We an independent and free people,
and vet n be whislled into the traces and
fancies Of any man or any SEA Of men! !
for one pOn't---rll see any man or eel Of
men. or any other man-ln hamsealsa
FIRST. Well. what is the puzzle nov be-
FIRE us! We are al al odds and ends.
PARTY that selfish deceinulinOflsisF. has
been NJ work and twisted Us inio snarl,
and il is our business 10 unIwisi Is---a'nd
of the best parl for our own use. aud
throw the rest 10 lhe devil where il came
lrom---along with ihnse who wlekedly
strive 20 draw lines between the people
and set one class up again another, jest
to serve their own party purposes.
| II would be a useless task for me To al
tempt IN On Into all the causes. why aud
wherefore, ~ show hp@ W. g0t into the
serare we are nov in---ii Is enIfi tn know
We are IA a scrdps. and | don't know
shorter way u explain il than 10 say, that
il farmer - ants 20 see bis farm well I'LL
ed. he WON'T take matchmaker TO nll u
iii halmaker, or shoe maker, ar
nail-makef. or a carpenter. az mason,
or any klnd of manufacturer. wants good
workuien To assist him, he wont employ
persons Who don't know any thing about
the trade. A shipbullder won't employ
a halter or mason to aid him in building
ship. and wisy-wersa. Some iolks~an
kill Ingins aud some can manage finances
--eyery man 10 his trade; there Is a trade
aud calling for every man but II IN the
cuursc 81 party management a tinker
says.he can cut a coat better Than tailor,
il would not be strange Il some OF US
should have lin kettle lied to the tails
Of our coal daps---snd so il is in matters
Of more importance. But wha, grIis
sgin the gram with me, Is to see some
folks who have been put into high oth-
ees by US Z" the people"---and paid by as
Out Of our earnings TWENTY-FIVE thousand
dollars a-yesr-.-about seventy dollars a.
day, besides house rem, and other CLIP!
plings---,urn round and Tell us.--lheir mas
iers---whst they want done and what We
must DO, bersuse they say so.
Has il come To this then, IN this conn.,
fry of lars made BY the people for their
own good, tina, any man in office, and
well paid By US fnr his services. shall dare
to dictate To Us cut duty, when his duty
is sim,ly ~ follow the law zee chuse To
make through our representatives for
his and our guidance! Shall It be also
that any man who has been IN office and
well paid Tor his services, dare to pre-
sumo upon his former popularity to die
tate to us by his opinion and notions whsI
we should do. when u can be seen with.
out speriacles he has made gross mis-.
take. ard, ike the fox that los this tail in
the trap, now " ants all Of US to Gu, of OuI
tails. so as to cover his mistake. II such
: things are TO be, and we are slaves to fall
into these notions, then tor one say, III
, scrape off the name of the Two Polite:
Of Downlngville,' and paint on her starr
, "The Niger Of Araby," land any mar
who wears a collar may command her.
Fellow Citizens---l Amt in the hume,
4 just now to tell you the fatal error yOr
. are laboring under. | am one Of your
= selves, beaten down, shipwreeked ant
humbugged-- almost ashamed to say how
il has all come abou, as il hss---becaust
!, in telling you the story. tell il to al
, creation, and that is wha don't like.
. would rather keep our family quarrel
within the walls oflhe old homestead; AM
that is The reason, when was abroad ant
among foreigners. | heard them ialkIn,
= about aud reading aloud the Globe AM
|. other official papers, containing matters
was ashamed Of, I would say that Globe
was published away down in South A
/. | "ttiIds diu Ndt AlC iuiho uiCfG Wftt ~
kounlerieit Americans---lIiey bad paper
and editors and towns. all called aile
!, our own, anu there warn. no dependenc,
N to he put IN 'em.
n But as | said jest now, we are in
i scrape, aud | mean TO try---as good cit
/ zen. loving my country and ever,
!, useful class Of ci,izeus in it, as a maj
n shoud--to get Us out Of it. We are al
r ashore, jest as the " Two PoIlles" is--
= We have not gone 10 pieces vel. nor bu
she mother, aud | don't think we shall
l.. but this depends on ourselves. hav,
: known pilots 10 my day run a ship Of
!. shore aud to kiVer his mistake, wish ev
/, cry other pilot would do The same thing
have seen cook spoil whole pot o
j. broth. aud when turned out. laugh il