The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-07-05

that now sEowed and praeiised BY The
dominant party, " that The sp0ils bslung
10 The yiclnrs." Mr.. WirklilFr. Jackson
/ reformer. denied and condemned such
right. He was appointed member Of
| The reirenchmenI and reform committee.
and, after General Jackson came inIa pow
er, Mr. Wiekliffe Zealnusly underworld
TO carry out the promised rrfarm: but mol
finding the cooperation he had expected,
he ahjured the parry" About tins
time, il happened that the rrloumeTs \.
vowed The doctrine " that lie sp0lis be-
long 10 the Fielnrs." aud Mr. PesTee en-
listed under their banner.
4 Sir.has noi the country heen disappnin
ted' Have not Ihe People been deceived
and allured by sprrinns and vain prami-
/ sesa Has moi the Federal Executive pa.
ironage inordinarely increased. and is il
not still unresIraine,l! l. not the pnwer
over il abused aud perverted! DO not
the expenses Of our General Government
far transcend in amount all our past his
tory! Why are these things SO. and why
has not this - plague been Stayed" Mr..
i Speaker, according 10 your plighled faith
| will tell you Why, sir. hui prefer do
ing 50 in The language aud illustration of
one Of your own friends, Mr.. iiuchanan,
al the Senate, Ia whnm have befare re.
lened. In his speech here, 10 which |
have already alluded. and when he was
assaulling The l,hen) administration, he
! thus exclaimed: &" The very possession Of
, power has strong, a natural tendency 10
. corrupt the heart. The lust Of dominion
: grows with its possession; and The man
= who. in humble life. was pure and Inno-
; cent and just, has often been transformed,
) by long possession Of power. into mon.
: sier. In the sacred BUuk. which contains
4 lessons of wisdom FOR the politician as
e well as ior,the Christian, we find hap
/. ny Illustration Of the coirup'ing influence
= at power npon the human heart. When
= Ilazael came 10 consult Elisha whether
!. his master, the King OF Syria. would re-
Z cover from dangerous illness; the pro-
|; phel, looking through the vista of lutnriiy,
e saw The crimes ol which the messenger,
e who sinod before HIM. would be gull
L ~, aud he wert. Hazael asked Why
i weepeih my lord!' The prophet then
= Feeonnled to him The murders and the
- cfuellies Of which he should be guilty To-
II wards the children Of Israel. llazaeI,
~ IN The spirit nf virlIUus Indignation, re.
;. piled: Is thy servant a dog. tha. he
?. should 10 this lhingP And Elisha
q answered: The Lurd hath shown ne
" Tia, thou shalt be- King over SYRIA
e This man afterwards became King. by
e the murder Of his master, aud was guilty
s. Of enormi.ies, the bare recital Of which
a makes US shudder."
e How true. and. alas! how applicable
: is this sacred Illustration TO those whn
invoked its use in eleva,ing themselves
e TO power! 3
4 Suppose. Mr.. Speaker, that some
$ inspired Elisha had been present when
G you and Mr.. Buchanan, with others
i. engaged in the debate which has been
: referred 10, and moved by The sympathe-
i tic tear Of the prophet, you had asked,
e /" Why weepr,h my lord!' how would
J. you have been as,nnished in being then
i ."ld what the People Of this country have
!, since realized!
r. Imagine. sir, the inspired one looking
!. through The vista Of \ few brief years, aid
d saying: YOU will be placed IN pnwer,
i bu. will greatly increase The amount oi
u all public expenditures. You will use
= the offices an,! patronage Of the cnuniry
Il for private and not for pabic ennd. You
' will create offices for favnriles. You
t will enlarge all Executive power You
e will deny the right ocall fpr. reasons Oil
q removal from office. anil in a few years
. will remove more than 1900 persons
: from Office FOR opiniun's sake. You will
e tierange aud cnrrupl the Post Office De-
&! partmen,, which yon now admit to- be
sound, and you will not refnrm any Of
: your designated abuses in the other De-
partments. You will appoint more mem
/, bers of Congress Ia Office in four years
than has been done in all the past his.
. tory of the Government. Your bill inr
the abolition Of The power aad patronage
/. over the Press will sleep the sleep at
J death. You will retain The press, the
post office, The armed force. ard the ap-
!. pointing power in The hands Of the Presi-
dent, aud will not suffer them tn change
position and take post On the side q! the
L. People" You nav censure a small
} appropriation Ia purchase some additional
furniture Tor thu Presidents house, bal
you will furnish that house in luxurio,Is
!. style for General Jackson, whn vii be
succeeded by Mt. Van Buren,; and he.
no, content with the secondhand furniture
Of his predecessor, will cast il of and
make his entry into that editice. with one
appropriation Of $1,000 for alterations Of
the house and snperinlendcnce of the
grounds, aud ann,her appropriation of
5000 for new furnlnre; and This. too.
in the very year when your public 'rea'