The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-04-20


he Senator had On olheroeessions. besides
his Edge6eld lelier. claimed thai The
influence Arising from he inlerlersnce Of
his can stale had elfeeied The tariff enn-
ptamise. Sir. q. hsd % stated The fset
when up befare. Bul IN ihe Edgeheid
Irusr he SenaIar tnuk neW grnand. he
denounced hose with whom be bad been
seling - persons in whom he could have
m confidence. and imputed 10 them The
dSsign IL renewing high iaFin snd pa
unnizin. exlratagsnl expenditures. - Tie
natural consequences II The establishment
Of Rank II The unlled States, and had
nrasenled his Is : reason Tor his recent
course. When. said Mr. &. saw
charge Ike this. together wish IN imPuia-
linn Of nnwariiy motives. and III ihls
d,liberalely written and pablishsd. | Gould
mi but ierl very differently fr"m what !
should hare done under mere casual
remark.
But tie Senator says. that II have not
changed my principles. ! have II least
90. in,n strange company. Why really.
Mr.. President, The gentleman has 50
recently changed his relations ihal he
seems IL have fnrgollen in,n shal CONF
pany he has fallen himself. A laugh
!, lie saws that s"ne Of ny trends once
belonged to The Federal party. Sir. AN
ready 10 60 into an examination with The
| honorable Senator Al any time. and then
we shall see il there are mi more members
Of ina. same old Federal patty amongst
those whom the Senator has so recently
inined. Than an nur side Of The house. The
/ pIain truth is. that in is the old Federal
party with whom he il nos acting. For
all the former grounds nj difference which
distinguished lIial parry. and were the
great suhieets Of contention between ihem
and the Republicans, haze ceased from
lapse time and change of circumstances,
with the exception of one. and thai Is the
maintenance and increase Of Executive
HoSer. This was leading policy Of The
Federal parry. A stt1ng. powerful. and
energetic Executive was rs iasotile tenet.
The leading members of that parry had
some Out of the National Convention with
an impression that under The new Con.
slitaiinn ihe Executive arm was ino weak.
The danger they aPprrhended was. that
the Exeruilvc would be absorbed BY tie
Legislative Department of the Cavern.
mrni, and accordingly the old Federal
doctrine was that the Executive must be
upheld. that its influence must becxiended
and strengthened. and ~ a.ineans To tins
LII: il pa,ronge musihe multiplied. Aud
what. | pray. is al this hnur the leading
object Of that party Which the Seaalor
has inined but this very thing! II was
maintained In the Contention by Mr.
! Madison. that tn remove n public officer
wiIhnu valid cause, would ilghnully
subject a President ri the uni,ed S'a,rs
to lmpeathment But now not only
is 10 reason required, but the principle
is maintained that M reason can he asked.
A Is removed and II Is put IN his place.
herause surh is The pleasure Of the
President In free Government. found
ell upon the principle ri responsibility.
the President ol the United States is not
only pracucaIly irresponsible. but does
not delgn In assign a reas"n fr the ex.
ercise 1T ane of the must important lUnc-
tinns NJ GavernmenI Now, if We are To
look al things and not III names. thea il
il certainly true. tha, the Senalnr is artiug
with the old Federal party, which con-
iinues IN its ancient vocdtinn. IL there
are some Of the Federal party WIN acl
with Us. It is because they are shocked
by the extrasagaut preIensions ai modern
democrats To Executive power aud prero-
gaiiEe. can tell the gentleman that be-
will find the true old Democratic party,
who were far resisting the encroachmenls
ofpower, and limiting Executive patron
age, on this side &c the Senate. aud mt
with his new allies the Jsrkson Van
Buren, democratic parry. whose leading
principle is Co sustain tile Executive aud
kleny all power 10 the Legislature; aud
!. Which does mol hold solitary principle
in common with The republican party ii
l705. Yet the Senatsr, true TO The
| principles Of his new allies. il Tor uniting,
By this Government bank. the purse and
the ssord, and laying both al The feel II
the Executive. The Senator tells rs that
he found banks in existence IN 1916. aud
that he Gully acquissced in their con.
slituiionaliIy. But. II he argaiesced IN il
then. uhy cannot he acquiesce in tic same
thing nov! The banks Al thai tine were
not paying specie, the legal connexiun
between them and the Government had
ceased; thr whole currency and busin, a
| Of the country were IN a STATE II tlrranee.
meni, just as they are now. ye,he degui.
esced in aBank Of The Uaite,i States. aud
/ he acqniesced again in 1894. Why
cannot he scqniesce in 1881 The Sc.
major y fond of The record. should moi
myself have gone ~ il bu, for The infinite
gravity and sell.eomplacency with which
no appeals In IL in vindlra,ion oil his own
L A Ia.