The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-08-23
"TAisf! ssi.f! d. culprits cry,
To hide their shame aud ialamy."

The " Standard" in exrusing itself for
emitting certain mafaUorabs returns Of
The late election, declares that i" We can
no, cOnseu, TO copy them from fe'irral
sources, because we have no confidence
in them" Now. without stopping To
inquire how far such language as this is
consistent witt the rules Of the Editorial
Convention, 10 which the Editor profess
es 10 adhere so strictly. we would ask
who constituted the - Standard" the sole
umpire Of the veracily Of its colenpora-
riesl II we mistake moi, the Contention
appointed no such Officer; At least, the
members uf that bndy would hardly have
looked to Sodom for righteousness.
As the Editor is so jealous Of I" Fede-
raj statements, let us examine his own,
and see whether he has first plucsed
the beam from his own eye" hefure he
censures his neighbour. The Wing gain
in Pin is stated as only one vote. when on-
~ the week previous. this precious " al.
Ihorily" prin, conceded that the Wings
had gained fwo in tina. county. Again, the
Wing gain in Galf'rl is wholly omitted,
because it happened To be rather annoying
I" the party; and in Northampton, Mr..
AIMS is set down as a " Demnctauc Re.
pubIlcan!" Here's 60! Mr.. Anis, il
is well known. ac.irety aud sfrenuously
opposed the election OF Mr.. Van Buren,;
aud was then. with the Standard. 4" Fe.
drral Bark Whig;" a " Bank-bough, Fe.
deralist!" &c. No sooner, however,
DIES he yield his support 10 The sub-rrea.
sury plan nl the Administration. than he
! 10 converted at once into Jeffersnnian
Republican" and as such. is placed cru
spicuously among the " Democratic Re-
| publicans" for whom the verilable scribe
| Of the Standard stands gnd-ialher. VIVA
beautiful and inflexIble standard o.
faith do we boast of, when he who gain:
The epi.hei Of " Federalist" by .oppusin.
the President. becomes a, once freed %
| all political sin. and clothed in the CART
Of Repubticanism, by yielding reluc
tanl support 10 one Of his " ex2ed'en,s.
! Aud how much more sublime will tia
standard appear, when we reflect tia
thOse who were most active and etticien
in eleva,ing Mr.. Van Buren, To office. ar
bv iis decree, converted al a breath int
Federal Aris,ocra,s." il they dare dis
sent from the isolated doctrines Of th
&" iron safes" &c.
But the Standard says tina, SeUerut q
the members sci down as Wings ar
sub.Treasury, and with the AdminisIrs
; tion on all the essential features Of its pa
Icy" Will the Editor give the name
Of these members! Will he not perm
those wings whom he intends 10 manu-
: faciure into wool-dyrd Democrats" /
> see the strange relation in which they ar
TO be placed! We have heard Of but OH
Wing, as We. who supports the sui
I Treasury theory; and, on the other haul
one Of the Van Bureniies, Mr.. Hester. {
: Granville. is decidedly opposed TO III,
ruinuus scheme; yet both these gentle
D men THAN whom no two individuals ca
he more widely separated in pulIIics) II
CHASED by the Standard as " agreeing wit
the Administration on all the essenli.
features Of its palicy!" To avoid eve
the possibility Of error. we have give
both in our table 10 the jAd ninisirsiIaa
though Mr.. Amis must have great
changed since we had the pleasure Of see
IN. hun, If h, is now Van Huren man
Raisist Resistsr,