The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-28
RGom the Frankfort Commonwealth.
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PEG
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ITO be eOa,inued }

AN AA1E AAtN ENNAA ENNAstN VI
the United States. have been in notion.
and. when they move. a broad path is
made which can be seen from alsr. and
followed without danger at deviaiing into
crooked ways. Unlike the footsteps Of
General Jackson, that L" illusuious pre-
dteessoT" Of Van Buren,. they do not
tread down the rich products Of nations
induslry--lhey do not crush the many,
that the few nav rule-they do not
break up The barriers erected by patriotic
caution against faclinus ascendencies--
they do not make the land a solitude and
call il peaee--buI they move 10 increase
the general SUN Of happiness, or 10 pre-
vent The success Of schemes, which il
eonsummsled would make confusion
worse eonlounded. and polIute the very
fountains Of liberty by concentrating all
that was corrupt in The high places, which
sooner or later in every Country give
tone 10 manners and wound The ethics
81 the nation.
The popular movement has not. like
The Gulf stream, commenced in one lal-
tude and increased in impe,uosiIy as i.
Nhirled around capes and promOniories.
hut i, has broken out, simultaneously,
10 various sections, and its collected en-.
srgies will soon be felt laundering at the
gates Of The Presidential palace. II we
look 10 the North. we find upoa the
verge Of the national boundary. the
state Of Maine arraying herself against
The fasoriIe policy OF Van Buren,. Mas
ssehusclls stands where she stood when
every foot OF the earth was made holy
ground by the master spirits Of the Re-
volulion. Rhode Island has just come
nuI OF the conflict. and. as has been wit
lilly said. has discharged her " Duiy."
Conncr;:eu,, tired Of notions. Comes back
again 10 her steady thoughts and habits.
and the first fruits Of her regeneration are
a Wing Senate. a Wing House Of Repre-.
sen;alives, and Wing Governor-prooI
sufficient that her peni,enre was sincere
and her conversion real. Vermont need
ed no awakening-the green Mountain
Boys could breathe no other atmosphere
than that Of the puresi freedom. New
york., the Empire state. a naiiun within
herself, like the Spartan mothers OF old,
looks upon her dwar.ish banliing with &c.
Voting sensations. aud lnaihes il. She
has made her fooiSiep, and mighty ohe
il is. II makes the earth To iremb.e. and
perplexes iil-gnlten power with "a feat
al change" New JersPy-who has moi
heard Of The Jersey blue to his Country
true!" and the supremacy nl the Wing.
shows thai the old stock has not failed
in the new. DeIewarc. whole snnled
liule Delaware! WHO could keep her lron
forming in The line whirh is matching lc
Washiagton!-the lstIe star, like the
" lille corporal" makes up in Iusut
what it wants in size. Maryland has long
commended with all odds against her, and
50 far from relaxing her exer;inns, sht
but few days ago, recovered her an.
cient capital, and the Wing banner
waves 10 triumph over the Monuments
city.
But here comes Old Virginia-lhs
mother Of States aud SlAtesmen-ihe
birthplace Of Washington. OF Madison
of Jefferson. of Patrick Henry, and 81
Henry Clay. Sampson has awakened
and his locks are unshOrn. woe he TO the
PhilisIines, for the strong man is up an.
upon them. Virginia makes her foofsieI
measure Van Buren's by The side q
IT. aud what figure does u cut! In ihs
Carnlinas snd Georgia, Mr.. Van Buren,
holds doubtful supremacy; he fears the
day Of trial. and would gladly put il Of
10 more convenient season. MIssis
sippi has alsn asserted her rights. an,
broken all the trammclS which bound hei
To the victorious car Of Jsckspnism--
she too mas made her fcDtslep. snd ere
now Preniiss and Werd are in the FEEDER.
al city. with the oiIiciaI statement and
siga Of the Wing victory. I.puisianr
ONO and Indiana are against the LpcO
Focos. and they know il. The Ohio
river, throughput its whole extent. Dies
not leave Van Buren, space on which Ia
pu, his foot. ~
! With Kentucky and Tennessee. we
will conclude our note Of the movings ol
the people-these two states, SD united il
interest, similarity Of climate, in quail.
ties Of s"il, 10 physical sspec. Of country.
and, above all. in aImos. perfect identity
of mental constitution each being remar-
kable for indomilsble courage. bold enter
prise. imbued with fetvani love for The
American name. principles and glory,
these two states are standing shoulder Ia
shoulder IN the Wing ranks. See ye The
f'otsteps Of the peaple'--do you hear
them. Mr.. Van Blu en- do they sound