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

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oi ihe powers most advanced in cisiliza-
tim; aud in spite Of al that has been in-
sidiously done against the interest. and
Shieh is still doing, our cherished manu.
iaein'es viii. trust. stand up and main.
tain themselves against the Unnatural hos
nl'iy at home. aud all jealous rivalry
abroad.
The Senator from South Carolina gets
tired of his hobbies tho som. The
whole country was filed with Just alarm
al the fearful strides Of Executive power;
and judging from The tone Of the Senator's
speeches, and the sirenuOusness of his
exrfgIans. no one was more anxious Than
he, hni lew short months ago. 10 reduce
iI within safe and constitutional limits.
Bot he suddenly goes over In . party
which mainlains 10 The very letter the
wh''ie ex'eat Of the power ever claimed
hy the Excessive Drparimen,-mainiains
that IN free, intelligent. and response.
be Government. every subordinate Ex-
ecui:re officer Is bnand implicitly 10 obey
tie "iil al the President, aud that he may
rXrrrl.e a. his discretion the tremendous
p1we: ri sll.missinn. not only without
assigning seasons, hui without the smallest
prarmcai az available responsibility for
iis exercise. His Efforts have not only
ce,.el 10 restrain and cireumserlbe he
power. bat he supports measure which
wfll give 10 il a vast augmentation. |
r"peat what have SO often said. that IT,
ihis Executive bank is 10 be sanctioned
by Congress. il will he the utter deslruc-
lion ri all other banks in the country.
We shall have. in fact, ultimately but one
bank, and that Treasury bank, exclusive
ly controlled by the Executive. emitting
all the paper medium in circulation. and
amassing aad boarding the greater part Of
the specie Of the Country. We shall
have, in short, that perlec. union Of the
sword and The purse, which all real pa
iriois have ever so much dreaded.
think, when the honorable Senator under.
takes TO establish his own consistency.
he assumes llerculean task. beyond his
powers. great and gigantic as he believes
them 10 be. llemay have all the speeches
he has ever delivered. read tn us in an
audible voice, by the Secretary, and call
upon the Senate altenuVely 10 hear them.
beginning with his speech in far0r Of a
hank of the United States in 1916, down
10 his speech against bank Of the Unit
ed States. delivered the other day. aud he
wal have made no progress in his task.
| ,lh not speak this in any unkind spirit;
hut will tell the honorable Senator when
he will be consistent. lie will be so,
when he resolves heaceforward. during
the residue uf his l,fr, never 10 pronounce
the word again. We began our public
career nearly together; we remained
together throughout the war and down TO
the peace. We agreed as 10 bank Of
the United SIaies-as TO a protective
tarifr-as TO internal mprovements-anl
| lately, as 10 those arbitrary and violent
measures which characterised the Ad-
ministraiion of General Jackson. No
i iwo prominent public men ever agreed
better together in respect Ia important
measures If national policy. We concur
now in nothing. We separate forever.
The Senator sometimes says. that he is
going to fall back upon the Republican
parry of 1897. Then il is the entire
1 Snu,h which he would unite. Then i,
is the Republican party Of %. lie pro-
fesses To rally on Mr.. Matiison's resolu-
TONS; but he aad Mr.. Madison never
could agree about their true import. The
Senator deduced notification from those
resolutions. Buinullllicaiion never enter
ed into The head Of Mr.. Madison. Tha,
pure and enlightened patriot never could
comprehend how a Conicderacy Of 26
states could get along at all, if any one
of its members could, a, its pleasure, Sc,
aside and nullify the will Of the whole.
The Senator, too. processes TO belong to
the Republican party Of '9s. but | fear
we should differ as much about its real
tenels and doctrines as we do in respect
to any constitutional question. The Sc.
nator has allowed himself 10 use some
Expressions not very customary or parlla.
mentary III deliberate assemblies; shall
not initiate his example in the employ
mens of them. But beg leave TO assure
him of my feelings Of perfect aud entire
reciprocity. -
|. The Senator appeals to his present
parry, rallies his new allies, and cries out
| Il them that victory is ahead, tn which he
viii lead them. Pass The bill. he ex'
claims, aud decide The long vexed ques'
tian. and thus put an end to all con.
uoversv. But does the Senator, aud dc
any nl his friends suppose, that il 'heI'
bill shall pass this Senate by majority
of one or ayo votes, and the other House
BY similar majority, it will pour oil OF
the troubled waters, and give peace e
this distracted country! No, sir, no.
The upturuPd business. the embarrass
ment, and The threatened ruin OF The com
/ munity, are not to be restored 10 orde