The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-21

ptGEe AuMaAos viz hHtEAAEaN IcuAsca anu
yet thar same press nov has ihe sHrOnIe-
~ 10 deny that IL ever inIimalsd that the
Senate Was useless body.
But Mr. Speaker. in pursuing the
individual ISLANDERS Of The Ginbe. | have
digressed liule from my promise 10
show that The Government press also does
. " wholesale SANDER business" and
throws its poisoned shafts 81 masses Of
: men--yes. sir. II Ihe great body of the
J People themselves. ] beg leave now Ia
read that part Of The ariirle from The Go
Vernment press which | before alluded 90.
announcing the result Of the Senatorial
election then recently held in Ohio. Re-
Ierring 10 The district whirh I have the
honor tn represent in this body, the Pre-
sident's official organ says:
The bank held immense power in
his my district. and exer,ed lis mnnsy.
ed influence in aid Hf the Federal parry.
which has stronger hold in that quarter
Than in any other part ol Ohio. II sac
ceeded by a small m.jnrily in elseIIng
! Mr.. Bond. the COLLECTOR 81 lis bonds there.
lie may be lnoked upon as The representa-.
tive Of reprieUsd debtors"
i Alter the vile ISLANDERS which the Go
vernmen; press had wantanly hpapetl
upon many Of The most eminent and Just
/ ly distinguished public men oi the comm
Try. Me-. Bond said an humble individual
like himself shnuld not complain. bu,
rather feel honnred that he was thus
noticed. Fur himself. personally. he
would say nothing; but l"r his district
his consiiluenls-fnr the People. who had
honnred him with their coincidence, aud
made him their representative here. he
had much 10 say. lie could NOT, perhaps.
express all The just indignation that lie
!. felt. My constituents. sir, (said Mr.
] Bnnd,) in every trait of character which
] can Justly ennoble man, are not second 81
| those Of any member in this House.
, With Gods mercy. aud their own right
! arm, they have been the builders nf Their
! own fortunes. In every sense, they ART
) virluous. intelligent. and independent free
/ men" who know their rights, and
I knowing, dare maintain them" They
! love their country, and revere lie Con
! s,itn,ion; but they have never vet bow.
ed The knee 10 Ball." and because ihey
: will not, the editor Of lhis vile press
r blosled and swollen with Gosemnen
: patronage, s,igmalizes them as " fepries
5 ed Debtors" Mr.. Speaker, shnuld thi,
!. "hired scribbler." Francis p. Blair, ev
e er venture into that district, | do NOT be-
J.. lleve that the People, whom he has thu:
n basely slandered, would consent To de
/. file their hands by touching him; but the,
d would cast upon him scornlul and wiilur
- ing look Of honest and just Indignation
y which would give TO his visase NOR
u cadaverous aspect than il even now has
|, Blu. who is this man who thus impudenl
l. ly arrays himself against the People
o Why, sir. he is himself repricve
= debtor" Of the very bank which he i
i every day ieviling. DO gentlemen re
II quire prouf! The files of this Hous
Il furnishit. A paper reported or fled b
d one of the committees OF this llous
d shows that this same Francis p. BlaiI
j. whn was brought here from Frankfort
Is in the State of Kentucky, owed The Ban
NJ Of the United States the sun Of S20,74
Is &c. II is true that nnly part of this sun
e was his own debt; nevertheless, on hi
~ own account, and as security for Others
If he was debtor To that hank, On the 30l
s. day of November, 1880. for the Who'll
is amount Of the sum which have mention
Is ed. Did he pay u! No. sir. Dos h
|. vet owe il! No. sir. How was he d.:
u charged! lie compromised. If The term
IT On which he was released are just
h entitled 10 be called compromise. WIZ
Il were those terms! WHY he held a clerk
81 fee bill, amounting 10 s37 40. aud 4 M,
=, on a gentleman by The name uf Graz fl
% $500. say, together. S237,42. which II
# gave up Ia the bank. and was release
: from SCOTIA SO! Now, sir. thin
II Francis p. Blair may justly be called
IS "reprieved debtor"
), Such a settlement proves that Bla'
rs was utterly insolveut al The close of III
2, year 1890. Ii his insolvency was ocrs
,r stoned by misfortune. he should be n
e tied rather than cnGdemned an that al
lie count OF the circumstances Of his fa,
D. ure am ignorant. refer tn his inso
is vency for what | esteem perfectly ja'
a purpose in this debate. We find hl'
ic brought 10 Washington in 1851, aud in
ployed as The publisher or editor Of III
ot Glube. which lie made the Gnvernmel
Is press. We soon see streams Of pa,fo'
is age flowing in upon him from all ii
I'd Executive Departments. The ex,ea, an
v, character of this patronage have be'o'
he alluded to. In brief space Of time "
u, see him living and entertaining expensive
to ~, and going all the rounds Of the c"n
ad soriely al Washington. IL Mr. BIa
lal had no connexinn with this Governme
Ia patronage, he might do all this. and I
y. man would be justified in abiding to
d. commenting on it. |, is high prerogau
he of every freeman 10 do with his own
ir. he pleases. But. Mr. Speaker. the su