The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-07-12

Car CORsis.mrg.-A co"ri" OF CO.
lunnns are occupied by a Plain beater IN
MONDAYS Cniga. in furnishing proof oil
nur inconsistency. Alter ragsseking The
tilcs Of llle Esplsilicai, he establishes the
lscl, ,llal. in 1884, we aHPst aen.:r'' fatal
ellec,s 10 tile lshol.ng community lrom
,he banking 5, slem-il'aI we believed II
would have been we'll for Tennessee had
tLere never been bank within her limits
that ,he labOEing classes ought 10 keep
clear oil bank4--lhsI they had M need
If flucluaung paper cnrrency--,llaI IN
lie ordinary transactions q iye We
wan,ed 10 see 10 other currency Than
gold aud silver, aud finally, that We we're
i,r giving mnh,nctimg support Id The
measures Of tue Administration which
had lDr lhcir object tie promised reform
and improvement. in tie currency. u"
an winch We haze 10 reply, Gfs,. thai our
apnr,hr nslons rs 10 the IaIal ell els at
,'r banking system. as then conducted
h,y. all been realized; and. secondly. that
mr. confidence IN Gen. jacksnns judy
m.at and financial skul was sHoseIhrF
misnlaccd, as subseqeni events have de-
,na,.,ra,ed. We id lrei tow4rds him
a. We never have lett. nor expect n ieei
AGAIN, TOW AIDS any public man. We did
e,.irr,a,n mistaken confidence III his
saaaclly and patriotism as statesman.
We went win Inn III hIs Veto Vi the
Unued S,alcs Bank. lie sa'd lie could
s,e Us a better aud more UNIFORM cur-
rrncv. and We were willing 10 sustain
hmm m the experiment. lie sad. in effect.
he would mahe - gold flow ~ the Mis-.
sl.s,pI j." aud We c,ctlitd lie Gec'ard'lun.
For Years We exptc;ed tie " golden
showel." IleIemu,cd ,he drp"siIes. aud
We supported The medsule, suli conhdIng
in h., ludumenl, aud IN his ablIuy to
fulfill h,s promises. lie es.ab''shtd the
system vi deposiIe banhs. with repeated
OSCILLATIONS IN his auunal messages To
Cunprt -, that it was wOISsug admirably,
and vuuld furnish better currency and
cheaper exchanges, than tie United
States Bank had ever doue. We suii
had fifth. But hi. steal sys,em nl finance
suddenly exploded. All LIS hlsh-ilu"n
PROMISES o. improving line cuFrtncy have
iallcn 10 lhe g,ound. Now, whodeservcs
most 10 be rdiculed and laughed al, we,
for our blind and misplaced confidence in
his Judgment aud ability, ar lie for his
inglnsIuus lalIure-his complete financial
sbnrlion. We leave il with Plain
Dealer" to say. Yet 10 We not desire
10 escape Tie lash Tor Tie decisions Of
! .Eocksopistn which onre so heavily besel
us. As wcIIiremaTksd by Plain Deal
en-" we advocated " eCcTy measure Ol
! Gen. Jarks0n's Administration UP to the
I'LL Of 1884, when our connection wit,
| The Republican ceased: aud aiier dong
al dat, lad the satisfaction ol seeing
! o irself denounced by name IN his olivia
organ, the Globe. merely because we
prelprred Judge W hile to Mr.. Van Buren,.
Not even the supper, OF erery nseo8urf.ni
his administration. could save US iIom
abuse and denuncisiiun, unless We world
also consent TO support Mr.. Van Bu"n n.
Plain Dealer" asks. If We have no
" compunciious visiIings." Yes, we have.
We rtgrrl that lie " early dream' OF our
youth as 10 a really "greaI man." has
turned out wtelc!,ed delusion. We re-
greet that our beau ideal Of a ssgiaclOus,
profound and patriotic statesman has
disappointed all our hopes and expccia-
lions. Bitter, indeed, is the reflection,
thai we have heapcd on the heads Of
political oppouents. as lIones'as ourselves.
reproaches aud opProbrlous
rplheis. But worse " Than This, than
these, than ALL" is the probability, nay
certainty. that we may have been the
mrans of prupagaiing error. We were
at the head Of a press, and in our cor
lidenre IN Gen. Jackson, may have led
astary some Of our readers. And our
- sntferings" would be lntoIerable."
did we not feel that we had in some
ptoned for any errors we nav